Aaron Taylor-Johnson 'has been formally offered the opportunity to play James Bond',

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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,746Chief of Staff
    edited June 22

    If that’s true, then here is the next Bond…


    Cartoon Head from the BBC comedy Ideal 👍🏻

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    The search is over! 😄

  • LuciusNightmareLuciusNightmare Posts: 264MI6 Agent

    If only there was a 2024 version of George Lazenby in his prime that was out there that can act......This man was so James Bond on paper. Literally stunning.


  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,948MI6 Agent

    I'm starting to lean towards Harris Dickinson. I think he's got a bit of 'it' factor.

  • LuciusNightmareLuciusNightmare Posts: 264MI6 Agent

    I see it....Though he has a very looooong face


  • LuciusNightmareLuciusNightmare Posts: 264MI6 Agent

    Seriously impressed with ATJ's look in Nosferatu's trailer🩸🧛🔪 Perhaps he is a James Bond after all......

    Also, Lily-Rose Depp would be a fine addition to the series


  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    Fan art of ATJ as 007



  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,746Chief of Staff

    That’s probably as close as he will get 👀🫣🤣

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited July 2

    The Sun made it up, but that doesn't mean it can't be true one day.

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,746Chief of Staff

    If it’s from that rag, it’s usually all lies 🤬

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent


    So true, but my point is that this can happen in the future anyway.

  • Quentin QuigleyQuentin Quigley Terminal One, Hamburg AirportPosts: 1,201MI6 Agent


    This is one I did the other day, combining the recent GQ pic with Roger from TMWTGG.

    ATJ is James Bond in Solstice comic book adaptation A Tailer in Paris.


    Triple-meaning title:

    A. Taylor in Paris

    Mathis' tailor in Paris

    Bond tailing someone in Paris


    I would like to see my fave comic Solstice adapted on screen and extended upon, much like TLD. The Bond in this story seems around ATJ's age or perhaps younger.

    Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff

    Good title, QQ.

  • Quentin QuigleyQuentin Quigley Terminal One, Hamburg AirportPosts: 1,201MI6 Agent

    @Barbel Thanks mate. I first suggested A Tailor in Paris, which looks better in writing than 'Tailer', but that would mean more focus on the tailor character who, in the comic, is simply there to supply Bond with equipment.

    Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
  • MarkerMarker Posts: 154MI6 Agent

    I think it should go to this little man.


    He'll be just the right age when filming starts!


    Author of 'An Ungentlemanly Act' and 'Execution of Duty'. The WW2 espionage series starring Harry Flynn.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited October 15

    I think Nicolas Hoult is one of the strongest candidates to play Bond. Versatile British actor , 34 years old , 6' 3'' tall and has classical good looks.





    He races cars:


    He boxes:


  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,336MI6 Agent

    NH has always been high on my list. Ticks lots of the boxes.


    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,596MI6 Agent

    I could never forget NH's weird looking eyebrows from About A Boy and Skins. He seems to have had them remodelled judging from that last pic which certainly does justice to the idea of him as Bond.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    My impression of Hoult is that he takes on a wide range of characters as an actor, maybe to get better at his craft and keep it interesting. At the same time he does action man things in his free time because he likes it. That's good for a potential Bond actor. He also seems well balanced as a person with no scandals as far as I know.

  • John from CorkJohn from Cork Posts: 129MI6 Agent

    Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson wrote a treatment in 85/86 about young Lieutenant James Bond. (In that script, Bond meets Strangways and Strangways mentions to him that he's just been offered a Job in Jamaica) I think they should use that treatment as a template for the next movie, because with a "prequel" about an early=mid 20s Lieutenant James Bond, there's no need to elaborate with the general public on why Bond isn't dead anymore. I know some Bond fans say that it's too soon for another origin story but casino royale was 20 years ago, also it wasn't really done well as Craig was old looking for 38. The origin story I envisage would have an actor who qualifies for the young adult bus ticket here in cork playing James Bond.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    I don't think the origin story thing has been done and even after NTTD there is no need for it. Linking Bond26 to DN just complicates things in my opinion.

  • SeanIsTheOnlyOneSeanIsTheOnlyOne Posts: 503MI6 Agent

    I agree with @Number24. Why are so many people obsesssed with the continuity?

    CR06 is a reboot and it didn't bother anyone. Bond 26 is likely to be another reboot, and it'll be fine.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    I asked AI to picture Ncholas Hoult as James Bond in not entirely random locations.




  • SeanIsTheOnlyOneSeanIsTheOnlyOne Posts: 503MI6 Agent

    His face doesn't make me feel he's the tough, hard boiled spy created by Fleming. He looks more the perfect son-in-law than James Bond to me.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited October 22

    That's been the problem with NH for me for years. but I think in the last few years he has matured and has grown into a tougher look. Have a look at the photos of him posted on October 15th. He's 334 years old now, so I think this will only get better as time goes by.

  • SeanIsTheOnlyOneSeanIsTheOnlyOne Posts: 503MI6 Agent

    Yes he has matured but I still think there are strongest candidates. Nowadays, young people look younger than a few decades ago, which doesn't help.

    A point I'm particularly attached to is Bond's tough face. Connery, Lazenby, Dalton and Craig all share this characteristic. Despite his sympathetic face, Moore looked mature and the fact Brosnan was in his forties when he started his ride made him credible, which was not the case back in 86.

    Whoever they choose, I hope the first thing I'm gonna say is "This man looks tough, he will make it".

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    You have a strong point.

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff

    Don't you think that might be a little .... er .... too mature, Number24?

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent

    Only by a few hundred years, Barbel. 🤣

  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,948MI6 Agent

    I’m not against Hoult at all; he tends to play sort of innocents a lot, but I don’t think that means that’s all he can do. He’s also very experienced in film, which has got to be a massive plus point. A big potential negative is that he may be attached to future Superman movies, which would make him less appealing to the studios in terms of availability.

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