Hunky Alex Cross actor tipped as new James Bond after spicy scene

A caller contender has been enactment guardant for the relation of James Bond aft the histrion wowed with his starring crook successful a caller crime thriller TV bid connected Amazon Prime Video.

While we proceed the agelong hold for a successor to Daniel Craig’s 007 to beryllium formally announced aft he handed successful his licence to kill pursuing 2021’s No Time to Die, determination person been galore actors’ names connected fans’ lips.

Chief among these is of people Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who has long been considered the front-runner after reports of a rumoured audition backmost successful 2022 adjacent made it arsenic acold arsenic his casting being announced – earlier it was swiftly denied.

But he’s not the lone fashionable choice.

Other actors who are seen arsenic having a changeable astatine landing the iconic role see Theo James, Bridgerton heartthrob Jonathan Bailey, Callum Turner and Damson Idris.

Now though, fans person fallen hard for Aldis Hodge acknowledgment to his commanding show arsenic Alex Cross successful the gripping caller TV amusement Cross.

Based connected the novels by James Patterson, Cross is simply a forensic scientist and homicide detective successful Washington DC, who pursues immoderate of America’s astir unsafe killers alongside his partner, Detective John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa).

The 38-year-old, who would beryllium the archetypal American Bond were helium to beryllium formed successful the role, had fans particularly convinced of his suitability aft 1 peculiarly macho – and somewhat spicy – scene.

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Hodge arsenic Cross is seen interrogating a racist suspect, who announces helium knows that he’s smarter than Cross arsenic it’s ‘just a substance of genetics’.

Reacting supremely coolly, Cross softly retorts: ‘Same crushed my d**k is bigger than yours.’

Strolling implicit to contiguous his crotch person to the sitting man’s face, and propulsion his ignorant statement backmost successful his face, helium past repeats: ‘My penis is larger than yours. Goes without saying, right?’

Having intelligibly aggravated the suspect, Cross past reveals that helium uses this play respective times a week and ‘it works each time’.

When the feline denies this, Cross responds: ‘You sure? Your eyes tightened. Your neck’s flushed. Even now, you’re gritting your teeth – those are each tells.’

‘This happening has maine up astatine 2:56 americium watching it. I’m connected Ep. 7 and astir to beryllium up till 4am! Thank goodness I’m disconnected work!’ enthused 1 fan, portion different exclaimed: ‘Aldis Hodge arsenic James Bond is not a want, it’s a need!

‘Y’all prayed for a achromatic James Bond and present we got it successful the signifier of Alex Cross. Aldis Hodge whitethorn person fixed america a certified classical connected his hands,’ added @justhugee.

‘Imo, Aldis Hodge would beryllium a large James Bond,’ posted Hayley Ward.

‘With the countless British actors getting Oscar nominations (and wins) for playing American humanities figures it’s lone just that Aldis Hodge plays fictional icon James Bond and/or Sherlock Holmes tbh,’ pointed retired @tortillablanket successful a erstwhile post.

Hodge has really spoken earlier astir playing cinema’s astir iconic spy, aft being asked if former Bond Pierce Brosnan – his co-star successful Black Adam – had suggested helium enactment himself forward.

‘No man, helium ain’t nudged me,’ Hodge laughingly told Esquire. ‘I don’t deliberation I tin beryllium Bond. I deliberation you person to beryllium British oregon European arsenic similar a request to play Bond.’

However, helium didn’t look to beryllium ruling it retired entirely, adding: ‘But I’m gonna get my accent crippled up, though. ‘Bond, James Bond.’ I gotta enactment connected that.’

Hodge has besides appeared successful Straight Outta Compton, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back with Tom Cruise, NASA play Hidden Figures and TV shows similar Friday Night Lights and Turn: Washington’s Spies.

Producers Barbara Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson person precocious confirmed their imaginativeness for Bond.

They are focusing connected actors successful their 30s, which could revitalise the franchise for a younger assemblage but rules retired long-rumored options similar Idris Elba, 52, and perchance Henry Cavill, 41.

While astir of the fashionable names successful the moving are white, the franchise runners person said that this is not a fixed successful what could beryllium a historical casting move.

Bond volition inactive beryllium a antheral though, after Lashana Lynch made past successful 2021’s No Time to Die as the archetypal Black pistillate 007, Nomi.

‘Every clip we formed a caller actor, the films change. It’s the excitement of a caller Bond, a caller direction,’ Wilson observed. ‘Every 1 of these radical who took connected the relation offered thing caller and different.’

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