Though he never suited up as Bond, Fassbender shared his opinion on who could take up Craig’s mantle. He recommended his “Black Bag” co-star Regé-Jean Page as a “front-runner” for the role as well as Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Michael Fassbender blew any chance he might have had of playing 007 when he recommended another actor for the iconic role – Daniel Craig.

After being asked by host Josh Horowitz if there was “ever a real Bond conversation” involving Fassbender, the X-Men actor responded, “I met with Barbara Broccoli just, you know, through passing and I actually went in for an audition phase before Daniel [Craig] was cast, but I don’t think I was ever in the mix.”

Fassbender was featured on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, where he revealed that he met Barbara Broccoli, the former producer of the James Bond franchise, for an audition for the part. He revealed that he doesn't know why he named dropped Daniel Craig. “I don’t know why I was promoting him, I should have been promoting myself,” he said.

Michael Fassbender recently recalled recommending Daniel Craig for the iconic James Bond's role. Read full story to know more

If I had to describe Michael Fassbender in three words, they surely wouldn’t have been “terrible at auditions.” Unfortunately the Black Bag star has given himself that designation, and after sharing some rather interesting stories involving auditions for Mad Max: Fury Road and Casino Royale.

Michael Fassbender championed Daniel Craig in a big way to be cast in the James Bond role he ultimately played for five films.

Michael Fassbender, famous for playing the supervillain Magneto in X-Men movies, recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. During the conversation, Fassbender revealed how he ended up suggesting Daniel Craig’s name for the iconic James Bond role, despite auditioning for it himself.

Actor Michael Fassbender has revealed his "terrible" audition to be the next James Bond. The 47-year-old actor has revealed he was in the running to play 007 when producers were looking to replace Pierce Brosnan, but his try-out ended in disaster as he told Bond bosses to hire another actor - Daniel Craig - instead of himself.

When Craig was chosen to play Bond he made his first appearance in 2006's Casino Royale. Another actor up for the role when Craig got the gig was Michael Fassbender. Fassbender, t