His name is Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. According to British media, the actor is about to sign up for the role of James Bond. He would be the 007th face of the legendary spy.
Update: According to the site E News, the role of James Bond was not officially offered to Aaron Taylor-Johnson as declared by The Sun. The future agent 007 therefore still remains unknown.
Has the next James Bond been chosen? According to the British magazine The Sunactor Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass, Bullet Train…) would have received a “formal offer” to reprise the role of Agent 007.
The actor has been on Daniel Craig’s successor list for several years and is one of the favorites of bookmakers English but no official announcement has been made yet.
In December 2022, The Sun already claimed that Aaron Taylor-Johnson had passed a secret audition to be Her Majesty’s new favorite spy.
But nothing has happened since then and rumors about the possible interpreters of the spy are rife since the names of Taron Egerton, Regé-Jean Page, Lucien Laviscount, Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Tom Hiddleston and Paul Mescal have recently circulated.
“There is no truth in these rumors”
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The BBC has contacted production company EON for further information, and according to the production there is “no truth in these rumors“The information must therefore be taken with caution, especially since producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson declared a few weeks ago that the next film was not moving forward.”There’s nothing I can tell you about the next Bond film. There is nothing. Nothing is happening yet”.
For his part, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, claimed that being considered for the role was a “huge compliment”. The British actor will soon star in the action film The Fall Guy by David Leitch alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, the remake of the vampire film Nosferatu by Robert Eggers and the new Sony / Marvel film Kraven the Hunter.