00:00Welcome Martini. Shaken, not stirred.
00:03I like my James Bond casting rumors shaken, not stirred. And lucky for me, just about
00:08every day there seems to be a tasty new frontrunner supposedly screen testing to be the next 007.
00:15It's no wonder that the Post critic Johnny Olitsynski wrote,
00:18The endless James Bond search is worse than a presidential election cycle. The last man
00:22to play Bond was fan favorite Daniel Craig, who stepped down after 2021's No Time to Die.
00:28The next guy is going to have big blue britches to fill, so let's break down who's in the running
00:33and who's out. Starting with Jacob Elordi, the 6'5 Euphoria star was previously rumored to don the
00:39tuxedo, but he's now no longer being considered, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
00:44The same goes for much shorter Jack O'Connell. Last year he sank his teeth into sinners,
00:50and 28 years later the Bone Temple, so maybe he's more of a Bond villain.
00:54Now for who's actually being eyed to play the dashing British spy. The latest report from Variety
01:00says Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Holt have emerged as potential contenders. However,
01:06when reached via email by Page Six, Amazon MGM Studios declined to comment. Page Six previously
01:13reported that another major finalist was Callum Turner. Yep, Dua Lipa's husband. In fact,
01:19former Bond star Pierce Brosnan endorsed Turner as quote, so strong. They worked together in 2017's
01:27The Only Living Boy in New York. Brosnan told Vanity Fair,
01:31I'm just an audience member now. I'm just the man in the street who is eager to see who's going
01:35to
01:35play this epic role of cinematic history. All the men who are on the list now are actors I admire.
01:41They all have a voice and a physique and a presence on film. They all have longevity as actors. All
01:47of
01:48these young men. Another buzzy contender, Scottish actor Jack Loden. That's right, a ginger James Bond.
01:55Loden recently broke his silence on the speculation to British GQ, describing it as very flattering and
02:01saying, it's nice to be mentioned for any role, and I'm just not really going to add to the noise.
02:07As for his wife, Saoirse Ronan, here's what she told the AP. That's its own thing. We're kind of
02:13getting on with our life, to be honest. We have plenty of other things to be dealing with. So yeah,
02:18it's not really a subject that's coming up in our house, to be honest. The dog needs to be walked.
02:23The dinner needs to be made. We're most focused on that. So yeah, the years-long hunt for Bond has
02:29become a bit of a mission impossible. That is, until last week. A source told The Sun that Josh
02:36O'Connor had already landed the part. During a night out at a London pub, one of O'Connor's
02:42loose-lipped cast members from a West End play reportedly spilled the beans. Quote,
02:47Out of nowhere and oiled by a few glasses of lager, they blurted out that Josh was the next James
02:53Bond.
02:53They said that he had confided in them about getting the role when the cast of Golden Boy
02:58had celebratory drinks after the play finished its run on Halloween. Oopsies! O'Connor did previously
03:04address the rumors, saying he is very honored to be in the running, telling the BBC,
03:09It's an incredibly bizarre, pinch-me-moment, even being uttered in that same sentence and being
03:15considered for something like that. To be considered in that same sort of bracket is extraordinary.
03:20However, the Crown actor declined to elaborate further on the speculation,
03:24saying he was afraid there was nothing to say beyond that.
03:27From there, the list keeps going. Harry Styles. Theo James. Damn, I'd watch these two in just about
03:34anything. But here's what we actually know. The new Bond film is slated for a 2028 release,
03:40with Dune director Denis Villeneuve set to direct. As for the plot, it's shrouded in secrecy,
03:46but hopefully it doesn't drag on as long as these endless casting rumors.
