{"id":631723,"date":"2026-06-10T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631723\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:14","slug":"callum-turner-responds-to-james-bond-rumours-as-a-lister-backs-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631723\/","title":{"rendered":"Callum Turner responds to James Bond rumours as A-lister backs him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: Harald Krichel \/ United Artists Releasing<\/p>\n

Wed 10 June 2026 16:12, UK <\/p>\n

Callum Turner has responded to rumours that he is set to takeover as James Bond<\/a> as George Clooney backs him to become 007.<\/p>\n

Turner is currently the clear bookmakers\u2019 favourite<\/a> to step into Daniel Craig\u2019s shoes as Bond, but has been tight-lipped on the speculation linking him to the world\u2019s most famous spy.<\/p>\n

While a new Bond movie is currently in the works from Amazon MGM Studios, which Dune\u2019s Denis Villeneuve is set to direct with a script from Peaky Blinders\u2019 Steven Knight, it remains unknown who will portray 007.<\/p>\n

Many names from the film industry, including Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley<\/a>, have supported the notion of Turner as Bond.<\/p>\n

Now, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter <\/a>for a profile on Turner, Clooney, who directed the English actor in 2023\u2019s The Boys in the Boat, has made the case for the 36-year-old to be Bond, stating, \u201cI hope Callum ends up being the next Bond. I think he would be a great Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney then expressed his reasoning as to why Turner is ready-made for the role, adding, \u201cHe\u2019s tall and handsome and charming and British, so he\u2019s the perfect guy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Turner himself has played down rumours linking him to Bond, even though he didn\u2019t rule himself out of the running.<\/p>\n

After initially saying, \u201cI\u2019m not going to comment on that,\u201d he then said, \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s so funny about the Bond thing: Even your best friends ask you, people text you that you haven\u2019t spoken to for 10 years \u2014 and you know nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He elaborated, \u201cIt\u2019s such a weird thing of something happening and nothing happening at all.\u201d Turner then insisted, \u201cI genuinely know nothing,\u201d and stated that he finds the situation \u201cquite amusing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s latest comments are unlikely to cause the rumour mill to die down anytime soon. However, one person who certainly won\u2019t be the next Bond is Idris Elba, who was the favourite for many years.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, he said the rumours were \u201cnever legit\u201d<\/a> and remarked, \u201cI\u2019ve always felt that it\u2019s not a realistic thing. James Bond was written how he was written for a reason. But I was complimented by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said, \u201cAnd also, I think, in realistic terms, some markets just don\u2019t go for that. Bond is big all over the world. And [audiences] won\u2019t go for a Black male, an African male, playing Bond. That\u2019s not what they like in their culture. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n

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