Scottish Netflix actor rumoured as ‘serious’ contender to play James Bond

A comparatively chartless Scottish actor, Stuart Martin, is the latest prima rumoured to beryllium connected with the highly coveted 007 role.

Since Daniel Craig officially stepped down from the relation aft the 2021 film, No Time To Die, fans person desperately wondered who is acceptable to go the adjacent British spy.

Rumours person been flying astir James Norton,  Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Idris Elba – but a new, lesser-known histrion has present entered the shortlist.

Stuart, 39, is reportedly the latest histrion being discussed successful Hollywood circles.

‘Stuart is the sanction that has been discussed successful Bond circles by those successful the know,’ an LA movie advisor who has worked with the Bond franchise told MailOnline.

‘He is successful superior contention. No 1 volition corroborate this due to the fact that Eon goes each retired to contradict and shy distant from thing concerning casting, but it would beryllium an astonishing milestone to person a Scottish Bond again.’

The movie advisor added that determination are inactive ‘hurdles to leap through’ but the Bond accumulation institution Eon, which holds the rights to each of Ian Fleming’s Bond works, ‘doesn’t springiness a damn whether the antheral who lands the occupation is celebrated oregon not.’

Stuart Martin is champion known for playing Den successful the Netflix films from Zach Snyder, Rebel Moon and the sequel Part Two: The Scargiver.

He is besides known for his tv roles successful Jamestown, Medici: Masters of Florence, Army of Thieves, and Miss Scarlet and the Duke.

The past clip a Scottish histrion played James Bond connected surface was successful 1971 erstwhile Sean Connery appeared successful Diamonds Are Forever.

The histrion appeared arsenic Bond successful six authoritative Bond movies and is remembered fondly by fans of the franchise.

If Stuart is so successful the moving helium volition person stiff competition, fans are convinced aft watching Playing Nice that James Norton is acceptable to play 007.

Fans noticed that the histrion avoided wearing a tux successful the bid and alternatively wore a suit erstwhile his quality attended a ceremonial achromatic necktie event. This led galore to theorise that helium had been formed arsenic Bond, which would mean helium is not allowed to beryllium seen successful a tux successful immoderate different media.

In 2023, James addressed the Bond rumoured, helium told Variety that nary discussions with Bond producers had taken place. ‘No, nary conversations. Basically thing other to accidental different than I deliberation they’re astir apt inactive moving it each out.

‘It’s a large situation to cognize which absorption to instrumentality that immense franchise in. But beyond that, it’s tons of rather amusive and bemusing media coverage. There’s thing factual down it.’

The Crown’s Josh O’Connor besides precocious had a coy response erstwhile asked astir the Bond rumours.

He told Deadline that the rumours astir him playing Bond are conscionable that, rumours: ‘The information is that … I deliberation successful the abstraction of a week, I made a gag about, wouldn’t it beryllium comic if I played Bond? Then, maine and Daniel [Craig] did an Actors connected Actors, and past thing other happened, and past abruptly I was James Bond.’

He added: ‘If I americium Bond, I don’t cognize astir it.’

Metro has reached retired to Stuart Martin’s representatives for comment.

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