So who will be the . It's not real. I look pretty good in a suit. The number of times Tom Hardy's been 'announced' as James Bond is getting silly now, but despite him being (along with Idris) the people's choice, we can probably him to bed as a future Bond now we know it'll be a thirty-something actor. Whoever it is will have to do the same scene for their audition: the one in From Russia With Love where Bond suspects an intruder has come for him in his hotel room, only to find it's Tatiana Romanova trying to put her moves on him. "Yeah, Ive heard that and thats thats all Ive heard," he told We Got This Covered while on the promo rounds for the new Resident Evil film. You dont know which direction they want to take Bond in and so I like to say that everythings always on the table.". Boyega did a Google Assistant ad which toyed with the idea of him playing Bond he's in a tux, does the classic pre-credits Bond crouch-and-gun-point pose, and likes what he sees so much he calls his agent and managed to come across as both a laugh and a real contender to take Bond and make him funny, dashing and buoyant. But we will point out he pulls off a double-breasted suit even better than Roger Moore. We should all probably stop asking him about it now. Six actors have played the iconic role: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Aussie George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service and of course Craig. Age: 39Odds: 20/1One-time Poldark saucepot Aidan Turner would be the second Irishman to play 007 if he landed the gig. Related: "Bond dealing with age is a brilliant idea and I think we should go the whole way until Daniels 85," he told GP in 2021. It's a fresh angle to come at Bond servant of the crown, member of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George from. Tom Hardy is favourite to be cast as the next James Bond. Will his relative lack of big-screen experience rule him out. There's been no fresh interview with him where he laid out his yearning for Bond, no role announced that's basically a Bond audition by stealth. Yeah? Were reinventing who he is and that takes time. (Do track down Live Wire if you can. The Long Bond years beckon. The tough but conflicted but fragile but dutiful thing is solid Bond training, and Madden's silence on the subject feels more like a 'something is about to happen' kind of silence than a 'nothing is about to happen' void. One: Bond must be a guy. If you've seen Elba in shows like Luther then you know he can put out a competent multi-faceted performance. We can all go home. But clearly, many people are able to see past whatever the opposite of nominative determinism is. And he'd be the first Jewish Bond too. He's got form in both heavyweight dramas (Denial, '71, Small Axe) and big action-y British films (Dunkirk) and think-y period pieces (Mary Queen of Scots, War & Peace). He might well have had enough time away from Spidey doing his own thing to consider getting back into a giant franchise too. . Definitely, he said. It was strange, as they didnt want to talk about Bond, but they talked about Bond. If Craig's Bond was a craggy, hard-boiled, careworn interpretation, there's no harder an about-turn than going to the internet's slightly taciturn but soft-centred boyfriend. Lovely Dev Patel isnt the only first gen Skins alumnus who might be in the running to play Bond next. It's speculative, It was such a strange experience, but I enjoyed it, We've been banging the drum for Lowden's suits for a while now, actually. He addressed rumours again with the Sunday Times in January 2021, saying: "Time will tell. You might as well get the Ouija board out to ask the spirit of Cubby Broccoli what he reckons. Plus, back when he was filming his 2019 Spider-Man sequel, he pitched the idea of a young Bond reboot to studio execs. It's probably too early for him to be launching himself into the Bond machine, and to this point he's given every indication that the indie world is where his heart really lies. It's easy to see why the Hardy angle persisted though. The world is not ready for a Gen-Z James Bond. But he's got a track record of being in (sorry Liam) generally quite rubbish films, leaving aside the Hunger Games years and maybe bits of The Dressmaker. He's a brilliant actor, obviously, as you know from Nightcrawler, Four Lions and The Night Of, and on top of that he's very much One Of The Good Guys. The 32-year-old author of Testament, a novel about the Holocaust, will be the first woman to write a Bond sequel authorised by the Ian Fleming estate. Jimmy? There are no calling cards more gigantic than Bond, and youd think that the wet thud with which Dark Phoenix ended the X-Men saga is just about far enough in the rear view mirror for Hoult to consider saddling up in a massive franchise again too. Let's get this out of the way early doors: yes, it is extremely difficult to imagine the role of a military-grade hard nut, suaver than suave clotheshorse and world leading shagger being played by a man named Clive. This content is imported from {embed-name}. The concept of having plans in this moment in history is mildly hilarious. But, there is still the pesky question of nationality. (Image credit: StudioCanal) Obvious? But he's about a decade too young. Then again though, theres a lack of big screen heft beyond the underwhelming and possibly cursed CIA drama Bastille Day, which ended up being pulled from French cinemas after it opened following the terrorist attacks on Nices Bastille Day celebrations, and the deeply boring Eternals. At 48, he would be the oldest actor to ever debut as James Bond, at a time when the role has been trending younger and younger (by comparison, Craig was 38 when he debuted). But anyway: Liam Hemsworth. There will be no James Bond Jr reboot. If you believe the bookmakers, hes now the hot favourite to play Bond. Emerging from nowhere (and Nowhere Boy) to lead the field is Taylor-Johnson, who is said to have had a hugely impressive recent meeting with Barbara Broccoli. Knives Out 3: Everything We Know About The Upcoming Film So Far. Hes proven that he can play a gun-toting hard man with the requisite pathos, and his critically-acclaimed work over the past two decades on indie and blockbuster films alike undoubtedly bolsters his cause. So, here we are at last. With Daniel Craig no longer playing James Bond, if the plots from his movies continue, Lashana can surely keep the story going as the all-new 007. According to reports, Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be the next James Bond, after the previous 007, Daniel Craig shot his final movie for the . The mask slips. 8 Feb 2023. The 31-year-old's also got that mix of sensuality and sinuousness (he used to play quarterback for Birmingham uni's team while he was studying there, so he can handle himself) which Bond demands, and he seems interested in parts which look at the empire and colonialism differently. Unfortunately he's the wrong side of 40, but he has the dish appeal, and he used to be bang into competitive fencing so would be exactly the guy to have around if Gustav Graves starts getting uppity again. So having auditioned potential new stars in early 2022, surely the perfect time to announce the next Bond is on October 5, Global James Bond, 60 years to the day after Dr No's release. His current odds 2/1 are low enough to make Le Chiffres eyes water. Stick him in the fridge and come back to him in a decade or so. At 39, he's just about the right age and he's absolutely able to look a million quid in some tailoring. What's happened here is a bit of confusion between a job title, and a character. Fair enough Lowden was 15 when Craig was cast. Then theres the general sense of Bond-ishness: Connery "moved like a jungle cat," as Cubby's wife Dana Broccoli put it, and that sense of muscular virility has been an essential part of each Bond actor on screen. By: Edward Jones. He studied acting which includes accents. . Turner hasn't been exactly prolific since Poldark sheathed his scythe and popped its shirt back on his last film was Love is Blind in 2019, and there was last year's starring role in a historical drama about Leonardo Da Vinci but since rocking up the police thriller The Suspect things have got a bit more spicy again. He seemed excited by the thought. Glad you think Ive got a shot! Let's start with the basics: one thing we do know is that the next Bond will be another man. Leona Flowers - which, sidebar, kind of sounds like an amazing Bond girl name - tweeted her preference for the new 007 and said: He has everything theyre looking for talent, looks, strength, worldwide appeal & oh, so cool. So he's probably thinking, 'Do I really want that thing?' His current odds 2/1 are low enough to make Le Chiffres eyes water. s Chris Pine. "I had a meeting, after or during Spider-Man 2 [Far From Home], with Sony to pitch this idea of a young Bond film that Id come up with," Holland told Total Film. Until that time comes, theres a tonne of fun to be had in speculating who will commit near-on a decade to playing MI6s finest. He also explained that he felt like hes now the right age for the part. When fans started campaigning forThe Wireactor to take on the role in 2014, Idris tweeted that he was happy fans thought he was a good fit. Will Aaron Taylor-Johnson be the next 007? But give it 18 months or so, and he might just be in the picture. By the time No . The Londoners recent conscious uncoupling from, and the DC universe and to lesser extent, his departure from Netflixs smash hit series. And the rumour mill has had him firmly in the running since McMafia and War and Peace first introduced the UKs living rooms to him. So, job done. He isnt some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the latest star to see his name at the head of the betting after a flurry of interest from punters over the last two days, notes Alex Apati of UK bookmakers Ladbrokes. The even darker horse from this particular stable is Nicholas Hoult, the nose-tapping ITK choice to drop next time the conversation comes up. But next year is even more likely. With over a year sinceNo Time To Diehit theaters, there are lots of people speculating about who will take over the role, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 32, is reportedly one of the frontrunners. In both cases, these announcements happened about one year before each respective new Bond's movie came out. They have three children. Picture: Getty/Alamy. It was an amazing experience and I was completely out of my depth, he said, viaParade. The question turns to who will be the next James Bond now he's swapped his Walther PPK for a P45. These are the frontrunners. Oh. As we said up top, one of the great long-running cultural questions of our age has finally been answered. The actor has been rumored to take over the franchise in the past, but a source close to producer Barbara BroccolitoldPage Six in 2017 that she didnt think he was the right fit. Similarly, Daniel Craig was announced as the next James Bond in October 2005, more than a year ahead of his first appearance in Casino Royale, which was released in November 2006. Think about it: Hes handsome, hes British, and he has leading man experience. And like Pierce Brosnan, he packs a tonne of charm under a self-contained exterior. "Its tough to do.". While fans might want to see Idris suit up, he shut down the possibility of it happening anytime soon in an October interview with ITV.