Hey, it’s finally happening! Some concrete news has arrived surrounding the search for a new James Bond to lead Denis Villeneuve’s film for Amazon MGM. Deadline reports that auditions could take place this weekend, with invitations extended to four actors: Callum Turner, Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor, and a mystery actor. Hmmm…
Turner and Lowden shouldn’t come as a surprise. They have been on shortlists for months to play 007. O’Connor isn’t even mentioned in THR‘s report, so he’s either a dark horse or someone is deliberately downplaying him because he’s the real frontrunner.
Absent from the report are a couple of popular choices from fans: Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jacob Elordi. Elordi is said to not be in the running at all anymore, nor is Sinners actor Jack O’Connell. It could be that Taylor-Johnson is the one we still don’t know about. Or it could be one of the other rumored actors in the running, such as Harris Dickinson and Paul Mescal.
Whatever the case, a decision is likely right around the corner. Bond 26 will be Villeneuve’s next film following this December’s Dune: Part Three, working from a script by Steven Knight.
