{"id":78043,"date":"2025-08-19T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78043\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:23:09","slug":"james-bond-26-british-rising-star-screen-tests-for-role-with-one-firm-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78043\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond 26: British rising star \u2018screen tests\u2019 for role \u2013 with one firm \u2018instruction\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s been claimed that 37-year-old British rising star Scott Rose-Marsh has screentested for James Bond<\/a>, which would debunk claims that Amazon wants a younger actor for the role. <\/p>\n

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 35, has long been the rumored frontrunner<\/a> to replace Daniel Craig as 007, but director Denis Villeneuve<\/a> might be eyeing up a lesser-known star to don the tux.<\/p>\n

Rose-Marsh, whose credits include Krays: Code of Silence and Wolves of War, reportedly auditioned for the role, with a source close to the production claiming that the actor read lines spoken by Pierce Brosnan in 1995 Bond film GoldenEye.<\/p>\n

However, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the actor was instructed not to impersonate Brosnan or any other 007 star, including Sean Connery and Roger Moore.<\/p>\n

If Rose-Marsh did screen test for Bond, then it goes against a recent rumour suggesting Amazon, which acquired the series earlier this year, wanted a younger star<\/a> for the role. <\/p>\n

At 37, he is just one year younger than Craig was when he appeared in his debut Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). The actor\u2019s other credits include TV shows Chloe and The Outlaws.<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted Rose-Marsh and Amazon for comment.<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/p>\n

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Scott Rose-Marsh has reportedly screen tested for Bond 26 (Signature Entertainment)<\/p>\n

Other actors rumoured to replace Craig in the role include Masters of the Air actor Callum Turner, Theo James (who currently appears in The Gentlemen), and Bridgerton\u2019s Reg\u00e9-Jean Page.<\/p>\n

Tom Holland distanced himself from speculation<\/a>, with the Spider-Man actor hinting he was too busy to play the spy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll keep it to a minimum for now,\u201d he said in a video posted on YouTube<\/a>, adding: \u201cWe\u2019ll get there one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 26th Bond film will be the first to arrive after Amazon MGM took full creative control by striking a deal with long-time stewards Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. <\/p>\n

It will be overseen by producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman, who hired Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to write the film.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, noted Bond fan Villeneuve will direct the film after completing work on Dune: Part 3.<\/p>\n

\"Steven<\/p>\n

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Steven Knight and Denis Villeneuve are collaborating on the next James Bond film (Getty)<\/p>\n

When he was confirmed as the film\u2019s director<\/a>, he said: \u201cSome of my earliest moviegoing memories are connected to 007. <\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr No with Sean Connery. I\u2019m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he\u2019s sacred territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bond 26 is expected to be released in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-78043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78043","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=78043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}