Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Speculation is increasing again about the next James Bond

Speculation over which actor will take on the role of James Bond has increased once again, after it was reported that British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been offered the role.

The Sun has reported The Kick-Ass and Marvel movie actor has been “formally offered the job” as spy 007, previously played by Daniel Craig.

Craig left the role in 2021 after starring in five films over 16 years.

The next Bond film will be number 26, after No Time to Die.

The BBC has contacted Taylor-Johnson and Eon Productions for comment.

Taylor-Johnson recently he told Numero magazine He found it “lovely and wonderful that people saw me in that role” when asked about rumors naming him as the next Bond.

“I take it as a great compliment,” he added.

The actor, 33, who played John Lennon in the biopic Nowhere Boy in 2009, is now the bookies’ favorite to play the role.

He also starred in the thriller Nocturnal Animals, for which he won a Golden Globe in 2017, Anna Karenina, Godzilla and Tenet.

Over the past three years there has been no shortage of names to decide who would succeed Craig, something that is generally considered a tough act to follow.

Mark O’Connell, author of Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan, told the BBC after Craig’s departure: “A new Bond is not just a red carpet suit and a watch promotion agency.

“He must be a movie star, an ambassador for TV and film, a media diplomat, an anointed son of British culture and the face of a multi-billion dollar ecosystem of products and sponsorships.

“He must be instantly recognizable in every corner of the world as James Bond.

“He must be handsome, able to hold the camera and command movie screens the size of football fields.”

One of the current favorites to take on the role is the Super Man and Mission: Impossible actor. Henry Cavill who was thought to be in the running to play Bond before Craig was cast.

He he told GQ in 2020 that “he would love to play Bond, it would be very, very exciting.”

One of the youngest names believed to be in contention is 32 years old. Damson Idris.

He is best known for his role in the American television crime drama Snowfall, which ran for six seasons between 2017 and 2023. He also played the lead role in the Netflix sci-fi action film Outside the Wire.

Another favorite among bookmakers is James Nortonwho recently starred in the stage production of A Little Life and was in the cast of the 2019 film Little Women.

The 38-year-old actor has starred in several television dramas, including McMafia and Happy Valley.

In 2018 he dispelled rumors that he could be the next Bond, telling the Evening Standard: “There is an inevitable amount of speculation. But that’s all it is: speculation. Very flattering and very humiliating speculation.”

But of course, a lot can change in six years.

The tastes of Tom Hardy, Idris Elba and Chris Evans These are other names that have been mentioned.

But Elba, 51, acknowledged that he might now be “too old” to take on the role, given that if he stayed as long as Daniel Craig did, he would be 66.

Producers don’t necessarily choose the biggest name for the role; After all, Daniel Craig’s name wasn’t in the spotlight the year after Pierce Brosnan’s last Bond film in 2002.

Speaking of Brosnan, he recently told the BBC that his fellow Irishman and Oscar winner Cillian Murphy He would be a “magnificent” 007.

Brosnan has also previously said that the Bridgerton heartthrob Regé-Jean Page It would be a “wonderful” link.