Latest James Bond Update Reveals All Past 007 Rumors Are False

A new James Bond casting update suggests that nearly all the past 007 casting rumors are not true.

Upon finishing Dune: Part Three for Warner Bros. Pictures, Denis Villeneuve will make a new James Bond film for Amazon MGM Studios. The movie does not yet have a release date, and no casting regarding who will play 007 has been announced.

What is the latest James Bond casting update?

There have, however, been numerous rumors suggesting that actors such as Jacob Elordi, Tom Holland, Austin Butler, Glen Powell, and more could be in consideration for the part.

According to Deadline, Villeneuve is looking for a “fresh face” to play Bond in his movie. The character will be male and played by “an actor who hails from the British Isles.”

“That rules out fanciful speculation that the likes of Timothée Chalamet, Glen Powell, Austin Butler, Jacob Elordi, and others who don’t hail from UK shores are in the running,” the article reads. “Frankly, 99.9 per cent of the names we’ve heard speculated online so far won’t make the cut. Those in the know tell us the ideal approach is to cast ‘an unknown,’ possibly in his late twenties or early thirties, to play what Fleming called ‘a blunt instrument’ – the lethal but ‘extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened.’ If that criteria is stuck to, then that means favourites such as Tom Hardy, aged 47, Idris Elba at 53, and Henry Cavill, aged 42, presumably don’t match what Villeneuve, producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal, and execs at Amazon MGM Studios are leaning towards.”

It was reported last month that 37-year-old redhead actor Scott Rose-Marsh seemingly auditioned for the role, making it unclear if he could still be in the running for the part. Rose-Marsh is a British actor who has only been in a handful of smaller projects up until now.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net