Media reports are buzzing that the license to thrill has gone to hot Hollywood hunk Callum Turner, who has shot to No. 1 in prediction markets as the next actor to play the iconic role of secret agent 007, James Bond.
Although there's been no official announcement that the 36-year-old Brit has been cast by Amazon MGM studios, final auditions were reportedly held last week, with insiders telling Deadline that the studio screen-tested three straight stars: Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor, at Bray Studios in Berkshire, in South East England.
Now comes word from the The Sun that Turner is no longer running the production company he founded with his pop star wife, Dua Lipa. Saturday's report in the British tabloid said the One Night Only star recently stepped down as a director of Twentytwo Films Ltd., a move that has fueled speculation that he may be preparing to take over for actor Daniel Craig.
Craig resigned from the role in 2021 after No Time to Die, his fifth Bond film, in which (spoiler alert) the never-say-die character was killed saving the world. Again.
"Callum is making all the right moves to become the next James Bond," a source told The Sun. "The role is all-consuming...