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Is This 'Bullet Train' Star the Next James Bond? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Since Dandew Craig said
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  Speaker 1: goodbye to Double O seven in No Time to Die,
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  Speaker 1: there have been multiple stars rumored to be the next Bond,
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  Speaker 1: namely Edris Elba, who more or less passed Tom Hardy
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  Speaker 1: James Norton, but now it appears another less known actor
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  Speaker 1: maybe the front runner, Aaron Taylor Johnson, who fans of
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  Speaker 1: Bullet Train will be familiar with for his recent portrayal
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  Speaker 1: of the assassin Tangerine, but Aaron's probably best known for
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  Speaker 1: playing the title character in the superhero comedy kick Gass
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  Speaker 1: back in. According to Puck, Aaron has met with Bond
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  Speaker 1: producer Barbara Broccoli and it went extremely well. Is Aaron
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  Speaker 1: checks all the boxes required for the role. He's British,
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  Speaker 1: he's handsome, he's clever, proven, he can handle action scenes,
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  Speaker 1: and young enough at thirty two for several films. The
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  Speaker 1: only problem might be, ironically, that Aaron could become too
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  Speaker 1: famous for the job. You'll play the Marvel Hunter character
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  Speaker 1: Craven in a standalone film later this year. They will
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  Speaker 1: start alongside Ryan Gosling and the big budget film adaptation
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  Speaker 1: of the eighties TV show The Fall Guy. But if
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  Speaker 1: he really is the next Double O seven as well
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  Speaker 1: remains to be seen. That's direct from Hollywood.