{"id":430857,"date":"2026-01-24T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430857\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:35:09","slug":"who-is-the-next-james-bond-jacob-elordi-28-in-talks-with-films-director-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430857\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the next James Bond? Jacob Elordi, 28, in talks with film\u2019s director (reports)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Elordi could be the next James Bond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Multiple reports claim the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star is allegedly in talks to take on the role of agent 007, following Daniel Craig<\/a>\u2019s five film run. According to Mandatory<\/a>, the 28-year-old actor has been having meetings with the upcoming film\u2019s director, Denis Villeneuve (\u201cDune\u201d), as well as producers.<\/p>\n

While the next Bond hasn\u2019t been officially announced, the idea of Elordi, who a became first-time Oscar nominee<\/a> for \u201cFrankenstein\u201d on Thursday, in the tux has already become a big topic of conversation amongst fans and fellow actors. The consensus? He might not be a good fit for the role due to his height.<\/p>\n

On social media, fans immediately claimed his 6\u20325\u2033 stature didn\u2019t fit the role. \u201cHis nemesis this time is gonna be low doorframes,\u201d wrote<\/a> one person.<\/p>\n

Another quipped in a BlueSky post<\/a>: \u201cJacob Elordi is too tall to play James Bond. They\u2019d have to give 007 a panel van to drive. He won\u2019t fit in any sports cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, actor Riz Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2021 for \u201cSound of Metal,\u201d has been throwing his own name in the ring. While promoting his upcoming Prime Video comedy series \u201cBait,\u201d Ahmed told Variety<\/a> in a piece published Friday that his new role is essentially a 007 audition.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has an audition for Bond. Daniel Craig\u2019s was \u2018Layer Cake\u2019\u2026 This is my audition for Bond. I dare anyone to watch this show and think we shouldn\u2019t play Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahmed added, \u201cI don\u2019t mind who plays James Bond as long as it is me.\u201d His \u201cBait\u201d co-star Gus Kahn, familiar with the Elordi rumors, told him: \u201cI think Jacob Elordi will be James Bond over Riz Ahmed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outlet wrote that after Kahn said this, Ahmed \u201cplayfully stormed off set.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next James Bond release date hasn\u2019t been announced, but in September, sources told Deadline<\/a> that Villeneuve was looking for a \u201cfresh face\u201d to take on the 007 mantle in the franchise\u2019s 26th installment. Additionally, Villeneuve and his collaborators were hoping to cast a British actor \u2014 a detail that might work against the Australian Elordi.<\/p>\n

What we do know for certain is that the latest James Bond series will be produced under Amazon\u2019s MGM studios following a February 2025 deal. Meanwhile, \u201cBait,\u201d also produced by Amazon, follows Shah Latif (Ahmed), a struggling actor whose life turns chaotic after his audition for James Bond goes viral. The series will drop on the platform on March 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Elordi could be the next James Bond. Multiple reports claim the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star is allegedly in talks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337,179505],"class_list":{"0":"post-430857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-pmarc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}