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Exclusive: James Bond Auditions Have Started, and 2 Actors Have Already Been Nixed as 007

The race to become the seventh new James Bond is heating up, and Heat Street has the latest information from a well-placed source.

We can reveal that two young British actors have had screen tests to replace Daniel Craig, who has been 007 for over a decade but who has made it publicly clear he wants to move on as Ian Fleming’s iconic spy and will soon be handing in his license to kill.

Jamie Bell (star of King Kong and AMC’s historical drama Turn) and Theo James (star of the Divergent series) both screen tested recently. “Neither test went great,” the source tells Heat Street, “and the race is still wide open.”

The source added: “[Producer] Barbara Broccoli is currently making a [non-Bond] movie with Bell but when it came to his test, he just didn’t look the part.

“Theo James impressed Eon by conveying a Bond aura with his Hugo Boss adverts but this didn’t translate into the audition and he’s now out of contention.”

The source also revealed that Irish actor Aidan Turner—best known for his smoldering turn in last year’s British TV period drama Poldark—Dominic Cooper and Tom Hiddleston will all soon be meeting with producers. “There’s an increasing feeling that the new Bond should be on the younger side, which is bad news for [45-year-old] Damian Lewis and [43-year-old]Idris Elba.” There has been speculation that Lewis and Elba could get screen tests.

Contrary to what has been written elsewhere, Hiddleston’s high-profile dalliance with Taylor Swift has not damaged his 007 aspirations. “Hiddleston boosting his ‘red-blooded male’ status with the paparazzi attention hasn’t lessened his standings in the eyes of Eon,” the source said. “Quite the contrary.”

It’s common to audition a number of actors as part of selecting a new James Bond. Prior to Craig landing the role in 2005, Dominic West and Sam Worthington were among those who auditioned for the part.

John Drake wrote:

https://heatst.com/entertainment/exclus ... xed-as-007

Exclusive: James Bond Auditions Have Started, and 2 Actors Have Already Been Nixed as 007

The race to become the seventh new James Bond is heating up, and Heat Street has the latest information from a well-placed source.

We can reveal that two young British actors have had screen tests to replace Daniel Craig, who has been 007 for over a decade but who has made it publicly clear he wants to move on as Ian Fleming’s iconic spy and will soon be handing in his license to kill.

Jamie Bell (star of King Kong and AMC’s historical drama Turn) and Theo James (star of the Divergent series) both screen tested recently. “Neither test went great,” the source tells Heat Street, “and the race is still wide open.”

The source added: “[Producer] Barbara Broccoli is currently making a [non-Bond] movie with Bell but when it came to his test, he just didn’t look the part.

“Theo James impressed Eon by conveying a Bond aura with his Hugo Boss adverts but this didn’t translate into the audition and he’s now out of contention.”

The source also revealed that Irish actor Aidan Turner—best known for his smoldering turn in last year’s British TV period drama Poldark—Dominic Cooper and Tom Hiddleston will all soon be meeting with producers. “There’s an increasing feeling that the new Bond should be on the younger side, which is bad news for [45-year-old] Damian Lewis and [43-year-old]Idris Elba.” There has been speculation that Lewis and Elba could get screen tests.

Contrary to what has been written elsewhere, Hiddleston’s high-profile dalliance with Taylor Swift has not damaged his 007 aspirations. “Hiddleston boosting his ‘red-blooded male’ status with the paparazzi attention hasn’t lessened his standings in the eyes of Eon,” the source said. “Quite the contrary.”

It’s common to audition a number of actors as part of selecting a new James Bond. Prior to Craig landing the role in 2005, Dominic West and Sam Worthington were among those who auditioned for the part.

Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:[This article sounds iffy. Most sources insist that Hiddleston has already met with the producers.

Kristatos wrote:

Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:[This article sounds iffy. Most sources insist that Hiddleston has already met with the producers.

Turner too, though I suppose it's quite likely that they would want to meet with their shortlisted candidates more than once. But yeah, it just sounds like a rehash of previous stories quoting unnamed "insider sources".

John Drake wrote:Daniel Craig is supposed to be doing an interview for an event called Beyond Bond at the start of October in New York. He's bound to be asked if he's doing the next film so it will interesting to see what his reply is.