Jonathan Bailey has addressed the possibility of him playing the next James Bond or Batman in James Gunn\u2019s DCU. In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the actor did not directly express interest in taking on the roles, but engaged in playful banter with Fallon, jokingly asking the latter if he would costar as the two iconic characters\u2019 closest allies: Moneypenny and Robin.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Bailey on being fancast as Batman and James Bond<\/p>\n
In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on November 4, 2025, Jimmy Fallon told Jonathan Bailey about rumors that fans want to see him as the next James Bond. Fallon expressed his support for Bailey as a potential candidate for the role, adding, \u201cAfter seeing \u2018Wicked\u2019 and then seeing \u2018Jurassic World,\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018This guy can do everything.\u2019 You\u2019re phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bailey responded by jokingly saying that he would only play Bond if Fallon costarred alongside him in the next film. The former then jokingly asked Fallon if he would play Moneypenny opposite him, to which the latter humorously agreed.<\/p>\n
Fallon informed Bailey about chatter that people wanted to see him as Batman. The latter responded by jokingly asking the former if he would play Robin. Fallon happily and jokingly agreed, saying, \u201cYes! I would totally be Robin if you\u2019re Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fallon then asked the Jurassic World: Rebirth star if he would be open to playing Batman in James Gunn\u2019s DCU. The latter replied, \u201cWould I do Batman? Listen, I grew up with Val Kilmer, George Clooney, obviously Christian Bale, and Robert Pattinson.\u201d He continued, \u201cIt\u2019s a legacy. And I think James Gunn is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bailey did not directly express interest in playing Batman, but wondered what he would tell Fallon in his next appearance on the show. \u201cWho knows? Who knows what the next Jimmy Fallon appearance\u2026,\u201d Bailey said before interrupting himself with a laugh. Fallon responded by saying that Bailey brought \u201csome amazing news\u201d every time he appeared on the show. <\/p>\n
Neither the DCU Batman nor the next James Bond has been cast as of writing. Gunn revealed in an interview with IGN<\/a> in September that many \u201cbig actors\u201d have expressed interest in playing the Dark Knight. Meanwhile, Deadline<\/a> reported that Denis Villeneuve was eyeing a \u201cfresh face\u201d to take on Bond and that casting would begin after he wraps up production on Dune: Part Three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Bailey has addressed the possibility of him playing the next James Bond or Batman in James Gunn\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[17349,6491,96,949,5453,19613,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-295104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-batman","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-james-bond","tag-jonathan-bailey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}