Two names have seemingly made it to the final stretch in the search for the next James Bond: Callum Turner and Jack Lowden. They’re both young, British and very different. Everyone’s got their opinion, everyone’s endorsing someone, but it’s all still speculation. Well, sort of. We might just have got our biggest hint yet that one of them could be out of the running.
Filming a Bond film is a famously demanding commitment, and there’s no doubt that the producers will want someone who can make time for the next 007 blockbuster. While one of the contenders appears to have a relatively free schedule over the next year, the other looks rather busier.
After he finishes filming the Possession remake and sports comedy The Comebacker , Turner has no other major film or television projects lined up, at least none that have been publicly announced. Jack Lowden, however, looks like he might be busy for the foreseeable future.
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