Favourites for the next Bond girl include Coronation Street legend and Netflix star

The aboriginal of James Bond inactive remains unclear with fans desperately waiting to find retired the adjacent histrion to play 007.

It has been reported that producers whitethorn person secured the latest Bond villain with nary different than Colin Farrell being eyed up arsenic the adjacent antagonist.

But the producers are besides connected the hunt for the adjacent Bond girl, and determination are galore actresses emerging arsenic favourites to instrumentality a starring relation other Daniel Craig’s ace spy successor.

Hailing from each implicit immoderate of the apical names made their sanction connected the cobbles, and others were calved into stardom.

Here’s a breakdown of immoderate of the apical contenders.

Eve Hewson

Eve Hewson, whose celebrated dada is nary different than U2 fable Bono, impressed fans with her relation arsenic Amelia Sacks successful Netflix’s The Perfect Couple.

The steaming execution enigma whitethorn beryllium her summons to 1 of the movie world’s astir coveted parts.

Gambling.com has her successful the pb arsenic the adjacent Bond miss with likelihood of 6/4, though the Behind Her Eyes prima is yet to code the thought herself.

Sydney Sweeney

Eve is conscionable up of White Lotus prima Sydney Sweeney successful the rankings, with the Euphoria histrion inactive remaining a beardown favourite astatine 13/8 aft months of speculation.

Her roles successful the likes of Euphoria, The Handmaid’s Tale, Immaculate, Anyone But You, and Madame Web person turned her into 1 of Hollywood’s astir wanted stars.

Nicola Coughlan

Nicola Coughlan who received huge praise for her portrayal arsenic Penelope Featherington successful Bridgerton has besides been fixed bully likelihood to look successful caller Bond film.

‘Coughlan is besides nary alien to the large surface having appeared successful past year’s Barbie movie, and she would beryllium a shrewd signing by Bond bosses.

‘The prima is 7/4 to adhd a Bond movie to her movie credits,’ Gambling.com expert, James Leyfield commented.

Michelle Keegan

Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan has besides been mentioned arsenic a contender.

The histrion delighted Netflix viewers in Fool Me Once earlier this year, and successful March her likelihood chopped from 5/2 to 7/4.

Michelle has the backing of her hubby Mark Wright, who admitted portion his woman has rubbished the proposition she’s successful the running, he thinks she could bash it.

‘Why not,’ helium exclaimed connected his Heart vigor show. ‘Imagine that, being Bond Girl, that is my imagination shattered, of being the adjacent Bond himself.

‘If she was the Bond miss it would beryllium wholly weird if I was Bond, possibly I’ll combat her for it.’

Charlotte Kirk

In October, Duchess histrion Charlotte Kirk was 3rd successful the bookies’ database astatine likelihood of conscionable 7/4 aft giving a precise coy effect pursuing a leaked casting telephone suggesting she’s successful the running.

‘I americium sworn to secrecy, I person to beryllium precise cautious what I say,’ she told the Sunday Express. ‘I truly similar your readers, but I don’t privation to person to termination anyone! Nothing is simply a 100 per cent, but it volition conscionable beryllium an honour.’

Any imaginable Bond miss would person to surface trial with whoever replaces Daniel Craig, but Charlotte did connection immoderate penetration into however the relation evolved with Ana de Armas in No Time To Die.

‘This is simply a caller era. Ana acceptable specified a modular with girls for Bond girls, showing that they aren’t conscionable this sexy entity for Bond to play astir with,’ she added.

Fans are eagerly awaiting who volition beryllium pursuing successful the footsteps of the likes of Halle Berry, Michelle Yeoh, Ursula Andress and Lea Seydoux.

Jodie Corner, Kaya Scodelario, Molly Gordon, Jenna Ortega, Saoirse Ronan, and Grace Van Dien, person besides each been name-dropped this twelvemonth successful the database of imaginable actors for the role.

When it comes to Bond himself, Bond producers person revealed they are looking to formed a antheral histrion successful his 30s and person said they are readying to wholly ‘reinvent’ the character.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been heavily linked to a stint arsenic 007, with James Norton, Henry Cavill and Regé-Jean Page also thrown into the ring.

This nonfiction was archetypal published successful October 2024.

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