Right now there are moreJames Bondrumors flying around than anyone can possibly keep up with, but it is all hinging on the idea that it seems likeDaniel Craigis leaning towards not coming back for another go as 007. With word around town being that Craig turned down nearly $100 million for two more films, all eyes are on who will be taking up the mantle next should it come to pass thatCraigis actually done with Bond. A hashtag #NextBond started on Twitter for fans to voice who they think would make for the best new Bond, and a very interesting choice came up in the form ofX-FilesstarGillian Anderson.
An unknown internet fan decided to make a James Bond movie poster withAndersonfeatured as Bond in it and it actually got a lot of traction on Twitter, getting shared thousands of times with much of the reaction to the outside of the box idea being very positive.Andersontook to Twitter herself to respond to the fan push, seeming to be open to the idea as completely unlikely as it would be.
“It’s Bond. Jane Bond. Thanks for all the votes! (And sorry, don’t know who made poster but I love it!) #NextBond"Andersonsaid.
Obviously, there is almost no way that the producers of the Bond series would cast a woman in the role, asAndersonherself joked that it is not Jane Bond, but it is James Bond, after all. Though, there have been plenty of examples over the years of social media campaigns getting the attention of producers, so it is possible that all of the fan attention could putAndersonon the radar of Sony and MGM, but that doesn’t mean she would get the role of007. However,Andersoncould fit into the world of Bond as another 00 agent at MI6 or maybe even a villain. This is of course wild and outlandish speculation, but it isn’t exactly that hard to imagine.
Along with the rumors thatCraighas turned down a ton of money with conflicting reports that the actor has yet to make a decision firmly one way or the other, a frontrunner to take over for him has emerged and spoiler alert, it is notAnderson, or anyX-Filesstar for that matter. Last week, bookies were actually forced to stop taking bets onThorstarTom Hiddlestonbecause the odds tilted so far in his favor that it appears to many he essentially already had the role ifCraigdoesn’t come back. One Irish bookie had even said that he wouldn’t be surprised if an announcement were made any day now andHiddlestonhimself has publicly stated that he would happily take on the mantle of 007.
Other actors that have been rumored for the role in recent months, which also came up with the #NextBond hashtag includedLutherstarIdris Elba,HomelandstarDamian Lewis, one of the busiest men in HollywoodTom Hardyand the seemingly very obvious choice,Michael Fassbender. Should MGM and Sony be forced torecastthe role, it would be helpful to make a bold choice for Bond in order to try and distance themselves from theDaniel Craigera, just maybe not a Jane Bond level of departure. In any case the producers have made it clear that another Bond film won’t be due until late 2018 at the earliest, so it may be quite some time before we hear anything solid.
