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It said both would take one last screen test at the end of the month.Two others were also offered tests, Deadline reported.
One was Josh O’Connor, 36, from The Crown.
The fourth name was not shared.
In April, it also emerged that the new Bond would look younger than past ones, per Variety.The next Bond will replace Daniel Craig.
Craig played the role in five films, from Casino Royale in 2006 to No Time to Die in 2021.
Sean Connery was the first Bond, in Dr.
No in 1962.
George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan also played the spy.Villeneuve, who directed Dune, and Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight are behind the new Amazon MGM Studios film.
Jack Lowden goes unfiltered over James Bond casting rumours November 3, 2026.
