English actor reportedly ready to sign contract to play spy and start filming
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has just finished Marvel superhero film Kraven The Hunter and is being eyed as the next James Bond. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPAThe 33-year-old British star, who rose to fame as a superhero in Kick-Ass and played John Lennon in Nowhere Boy, has been touted as the next 007 for some time after
Patrick Freyne: 12 reasons why it hasn’t always been cool to be Irish - including Murder, She Wrote and BatmanOn Monday, Ladbrokes said the actor is still favourite to replace Craig, who bowed out of the franchise in 2021’s No Time To Die. Taylor-Johnson has just finished Marvel superhero film Kraven The Hunter after playing the title character and Spider-Man villain. He is also set to appear in The Fall Guy, starring
Kinnear, 46, has starred in the last four Bond films, first appearing in Quantum Of Solace in 2008 as MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner.