Gary Oldman has claimed that the next James Bond has officially been selected by Amazon MGM Studios, and he is publicly backing his Slow Horses co-star, Jack Lowden, for the iconic role.
Speaking during an interview with Canada’s Global News, the Oscar-winning actor revealed that while the decision has not yet been publicly announced, the studio has finalized its casting choice.
"It's been rumoured that he's on the shortlist... We're going to find out pretty soon, aren't we? Because they have picked him. They have made their choice, but they have not announced it yet. So, my fingers are crossed for Jack," Oldman stated.
The next James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay written by Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight.
Speculation continues over the next James Bond, with Callum Turner, Jacob Elordi, Tom Holland, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Harris Dickinson and Jack Lowden among the names linked to the role.
Amazon has yet to confirm any casting decisions.
Just last month, Lowden’s wife and mother of his child, Saoirse Ronan said she was “dead serious” about playing a James Bond villain.
“I want to go dark,” the star of Little Women and Lady Bird told Empire while promoting her latest feature, Bad Apples.
“I said that I wanted to be a Bond villain and I’m dead serious,” she added.
Ronan noted, “I think it would be really interesting, having a young female villain. Especially for girls and women, to see someone who can just take all that pent-up anger and direct it somewhere, there’s something interesting in that dramatically. So I would love to do more of that.”
However, official confirmation is still pending on whether Lowden secured the role, but the 36-year-old Scot, who shares the screen with Oldman in Slow Horses, has consistently been tipped as a leading candidate to take over the tuxedo.
