{"id":16290,"date":"2026-05-21T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16290"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:32:24","slug":"the-hunt-is-on-for-the-next-007-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16290","title":{"rendered":"The hunt is on for the next 007 actor."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interesting article if you are into movies in general and James Bond in particular.  Hit the link &#8211; you should be able to access the whole article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/007-symbol.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16291\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/james-bond-auditions-actors-at-top-of-the-list?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/james-bond-auditions-actors-at-top-of-the-list?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\">\u201cThe search for the next James Bond is underway,\u201d said Amazon MGM Studios in a statement. \u201cWhile we don\u2019t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we\u2019re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Gold and Amazon MGM have kept the search close to their chests, some information about who they\u2019re auditioning has slipped out. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/james-bond-tom-francis-audition-amazon-mgm-1236749910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em> reports<\/a> that 26-year-old Tom Francis, a Tony nominee for his work opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/nicole-scherzinger-power-and-glamour-portfolio?srsltid=AfmBOoo8X7B3plV5Y2Y9VtjwSusf362kx762NMZs5neq2t3SXChOY8VM\">Nicole Scherzinger<\/a> in Jamie Lloyd\u2019s revival of <em>Sunset Boulevard,<\/em> auditioned for the role over the weekend. While he\u2019s got an Olivier Award for that same theatrical performance, his onscreen resume is rather slight: Francis previously appeared in the final season of <em>You<\/em> and <em>Jay Kelly,<\/em> and is set to appear in Peter Berg\u2019s <em>The Mosquito Bowl<\/em> opposite Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd. Still, the new Bond could easily be a relative unknown with a theater background\u2014it\u2019s a formula that worked when casting Craig, who was mostly known as a British stage actor with a few plum supporting roles in films like <em>Layer Cake<\/em> (2004) and <em>Munich<\/em> (2005) before he booked 007 in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prediction markets are also placing bets on who they think the next Bond might be. As of publishing, the future Mr. Dua Lipa, <em>Eternity<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/callum-turner-interview\">Callum Turner<\/a>, sits <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/next-james-bond-actor-635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at the top of Polymarket\u2019s odds<\/a>, commanding 18% of the market. Also in the running is Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/02\/aaron-taylor-johnson-hollywood-issue-2023\">long been rumored<\/a> to have been a top choice for this role. In 2023, reports even indicated that Johnson was close to signing a contract to take over the role\u2014but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/no-aaron-taylor-johnson-has-not-been-offered-the-role-of-james-bond-yet?srsltid=AfmBOor_pIzNHq2YuxVQdy5Gu8KopfUwPtTdcMLc-jD--T52TCHZztDZ\">those reports turned out to be false<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article if you are into movies in general and James Bond in particular. Hit the link &#8211; you should be able to access the whole article. \u201cThe search for the next James Bond is underway,\u201d said Amazon MGM Studios in a statement. \u201cWhile we don\u2019t plan to comment on specific details during the casting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-people","category-remembrance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16292,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290\/revisions\/16292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}