Next Bond odds – Star who ‘impressed producers at new 007 auditions’ in lead

It’s been over a year and a half since the last 007 movie was released and Daniel Craig blew his take on Ian Fleming’s spy into oblivion.

Nevertheless, the credits concluded with a promise that James Bond will indeed return.

This will be a total reboot set in another world to that of the outgoing star, with a new actor in the much-coveted role.

It’s been 18 years since the last set of auditions when Craig beat Henry Cavill to star in Casino Royale.

And now the latest odds have an actor leading the pack of hopefuls who is rumoured to have had a secret audition that impressed producer Barbara Broccoli.

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Taylor-Johnson, who has odds of 15-8 with Coral Bookmakers, previously told Vanity Fair he finds all the buzz “flattering” but certainly didn’t confirm or deny the rumours that he was in the running.

Meanwhile, not far behind him in the next Bond odds are James Norton on 5-2, Henry Cavill on 3-1 and both Tom Hardy and Richard Madden on 7-1.

Additionally, Regé-Jean Page is on 8-1, Jack Lowden on 10-1, Idris Elba on 14-1, both Callum Turner and Sope Dirisu on 16-1, plus both Aidan Turner and Lucien Laviscount on 20-1.