Wanna know who the next James Bond is? Here's our guide to all the latest contenders for the role of 007, including Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and more. Aug 21, 2018 - Danny Boyle will not have a James Bond movie on his filmography. The Oscar-winning director is leaving the next movie in the legendary.
Because Bond is eternal — the only question is what form he’ll take on next. It’ll probably be a while before we get a real answer, but in the meantime, here are some of our favorite choices. The beauty of Bond is that the character changes to fit the times. Daniel Craig was a very different 007 from Pierce Brosnan, who was not a whole lot like Sean Connery, and so on. But while making our picks, we tried to keep a few guidelines in mind.
The first and most important rule was that the actors had to be British or Irish. We’re proud Americans over here at /Film, but even we’re aware that James Bond is an iconically British character. Casting an American as 007 would just be wrong, and would probably result in a war between the U.K. We also tried to keep in mind that the next Bond probably won’t get to take on the mantle for another couple of years, and that the filmmakers will likely want someone who can stick around for years after that. In other words, they probably wouldn’t cast anyone too old. We additionally ruled out any actors who are already leading other blockbuster franchises (sorry, Henry Cavill; you were great in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.). That left us with a crop of up-and-comers and about-to-blow-up-ers, all falling between their 20s and their 40s, and all from the other side of the Atlantic. Scroll through our choices (listed in no particular order) below, and let us know in the comments whom you’d like to see pick up that Walther PPK.
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