The identify’s Dickinson… Harris Dickinson.
On Thursday, the younger actor, 28, addressed rumors that he’s within the working to be the brand new James Bond.
Whereas at Cannes, Dickinson was requested who he thought needs to be the following British Secret Service agent within the franchise.
“Jonathan Bailey is your first choice, so let’s go with that,” mentioned the star after the reporter acknowledged Dickinson can be his third decide. “That sounds like a good idea.”
The British actor gained notoriety after starring within the erotic thriller “Baby Girl” reverse Nicole Kidman in 2024. Dickinson performed an intern that had a torrid affair along with his 57-year-old boss.
Rumors have swirled over who would painting 007 after Daniel Craig, 57, went on his ultimate journey in 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
In February, franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson bought a stake of the movies to Amazon MGM Studios for a reported $1 billion.
A month later, it was introduced that Amy Pascal — who helped carry Craig in because the seventh Bond — and David Heyman can be spearheading the following James Bond mission.
By the point CinemaCon got here round per week later, Amazon MGM shared that Pascal, 67, and Heyman, 63, had been already in London “getting started” on the twenty sixth Bond movie.
Together with Craig, the opposite Bonds within the franchise have been Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
In March, Brosnan, 72, who portrayed Bond in 4 movies from 1995 to 2002, mentioned it’s a “given” that the following man to go well with up have to be British.
He added that it was additionally the “right decision” for the franchise to be given to Amazon.
“It takes great courage for them to let go,” Brosnan informed the Telegraph on the time. “I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect.”
“In this world that is moving so fast now, at the speed of light, [the takeover] does come with a certain lament,” the Irish star continued. “I thought it was coming for some time I guess, but I think it was the right decision for Barbara and Michael.”
“They will still have a say in matters,” Brosnan acknowledged.
Throughout his seven years because the martini-sipping agent, the actor starred in “GoldenEye” in 1995, “Tomorrow Never Dies” in 1997, 1999’s “The World Is Not Enough,” and “Die Another Day” in 2002.
“History has been passed on and I’m very proud to have been part of the history and the legacy of Bond and the movies that I made with Barbara and Michael,” Brosnan mentioned.
In the meantime, the identify that has been floated round essentially the most is actor Henry Cavill, the “loose second reserve choice when Daniel Craig got the role back in 2005,” in response to Bond commentator and Mark O’Connell.
“What often happens in Bond is that the runner-up is kind of favored next time round. Roger Moore was looked at for Dr. No in the first Bond film. Timothy Dalton was looked at in the early ’70s,” the writer, who wrote, “Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan,” defined.
“The guys in waiting sometimes get their turn. And Henry Cavill’s worked with Amazon and he looks the part. He’s a great clotheshorse. I’d love it if it was ultimately Henry Cavill.”
However in response to the editor and writer of 007 Journal Graham Rye, not everybody has that very same feeling.
“Lots of fans want Henry Cavill, which only just proves to me that they don’t know what they’re talking about,” he informed The Publish. “The man’s just not James Bond.”
“There’s only one actor I’ve seen around that could do justice to the role very much in the style of Sean Connery,” Rye added, “and that’s an actor called Stuart Martin.”
Martin, 39, is greatest identified for starring because the Duke within the British collection “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” for 4 seasons from 2020 to 2024.
As Rye put it, “If Amazon fail to cast Stuart Martin in the 007 role in Bond 26, I shan’t be bothering to see the picture!”
