Christopher Nolan open to directing James Bond movie

The name could be Nolan. Christopher Nolan.

The celebrated “Oppenheimer” and “Inception” director just reiterated that he’s open to directing an installment of the iconic James Bond franchise, calling such an opportunity “an amazing privilege.”

“I love those movies. The influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent. There’s no attempt to shy away from that,” Nolan said in Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “It would be an amazing privilege to do one.”

However, the British filmmaker — who addressed speculation about his involvement in 007’s world back in 2017 — again hesitated about going all in just yet, noting that when directors take on a character or legacy franchise as renowned as 007, they have to be “working with a particular set of constraints.”

“You have to have the right attitude towards that. It has to be the right moment in your creative life where you can express what you want to express and really burrow into something within the appropriate constraints, because you would never want to take on something like that and do it wrong,” he told host podcast Josh Horowitz. The five-time Oscar nominee explained that he felt a similar responsibility when he adapted Batman for the “Dark Knight” trilogy back in the late aughts.

“You wouldn’t want to take on a film not being fully committed to what you bring to the table creatively. So as a writer, casting — everything — it’s a full package,” he said. “But I sort of stand with my previous answer: You’d have to be really needed. You’d have to be really wanted in terms of bringing the totality of what you bring to a character. Otherwise, I’m very happy to be first in line to see whatever they do.”

For years, the “Batman Begins” and “Memento” director has been in talks to take over the 007 franchise, which has been helmed by Terence Young, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Guy Hamilton, Sam Mendes and John Glen, among others. In 2017, Nolan told Playboy that he would “definitely” be interested in directing the movies and has had an open dialogue with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

“I deeply love the character, and I’m always excited to see what they do with it,” he said at the time.