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Rumors surrounding the following James Bond had been shaken and stirred after the British tabloid “The Solar” printed a narrative saying 33-year-old British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson had been provided the function of 007.
The Solar reported, citing an unnamed supply, that “Bond is Aaron’s job, ought to he want to settle for it. The formal provide is on the desk, and they’re ready to listen to again.”
CNN has reached out to Eon Productions and Taylor-Johnson’s group for remark.
The Taylor-Johnson rumors come after years of hypothesis on who will take the enduring function after Daniel Craig’s last run as Bond in 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
A supply with data of the state of affairs tells CNN that Johnson has not been solid as Bond.
And, BBC Information experiences {that a} “manufacturing insider” mentioned there is no such thing as a reality to the rumors about Taylor-Johnson’s casting.
Taylor-Johnson, 33, first broke by means of as a mainstream actor after his function within the 2008 teen comedy “Angus, Thongs and the Good Snogging,” in accordance with IMDB. He achieved even better success after his breakthrough in 2010’s “Kickass.”
In 2017, he gained a Golden Globe for Greatest Supporting Actor for his function in “Nocturnal Animals,” a 2016 neo-noir directed by dressmaker Tom Ford.
Different actors who’ve been floated for the function embody British actor Henry Cavill and Irish actor and up to date Oscar for Greatest Actor winner Cillian Murphy.
Murphy even just lately was given a thumbs up by former Bond, Pierce Brosnan. “Cillian would do an impressive job as James Bond on His Majesty’s Secret Service,” Brosnan advised the BBC.
There has additionally been hypothesis for years that Idris Elba was a contender to be the primary black James Bond, with the actor saying he felt “tremendous complimented” by the strategies.
He mentioned he was flattered, however acknowledged some weren’t pleased he was being thought of.
“People who weren’t pleased concerning the thought made the entire thing disgusting and off-putting as a result of it turned about race,” Elba mentioned on the “Smartless” Podcast in 2023. “It turned about nonsense dude, and I obtained the brunt of it.”
It’s unclear when an official announcement will probably be made or when manufacturing of the following chapter within the storied sixty-plus-year franchise will start.
Final 12 months, James Bond movie producer Michael G. Wilson, of Eon Productions advised Deadline, “There’ll all the time be a Bond.”