{"id":821732,"date":"2026-11-02T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821732\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:14:10","slug":"jack-lowden-responds-to-james-bond-rumors-im-flattered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821732\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Lowden Responds to James Bond Rumors: ‘I’m Flattered’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJack Lowden<\/a> is keeping relatively quiet about the possibility of becoming the next James Bond<\/a>, even as speculation mounts that the \u201cSlow Horses\u201d star is among the frontrunners to replace Daniel Craig as 007.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an interview with British GQ<\/a>, the Scottish actor addressed the ongoing casting rumors, including recent comments from his \u201cSlow Horses\u201d co-star Gary Oldman who publicly backed Lowden for the role: <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s all very flattering. It\u2019s nice to be mentioned \u2013 for any role \u2013 and I\u2019m just not really going to add to the noise,\u201d Lowden said. \u201cIt\u2019s very nice, and Gary\u2019s a sweetheart \u2013 it\u2019s particularly lovely, coming from someone like him. But I don\u2019t really listen to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLowden, who plays M15 agent River Cartwright opposite Oldman\u2019s Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV spy thriller, suggests that being linked to Bond is almost inevitable for actors of a certain type-cast and age.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs a young male actor, generally, the minute you\u2019re not playing a zany artist type, the minute you\u2019re in a suit, people fling it at you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tLowden\u2019s comments arrive as the search for the next Bond reportedly enters its final stages. As Variety<\/a> reported on Oct. 23<\/a>, Amazon MGM Studio was preparing to conduct final screen tests for the role, with Lowden and \u201cMasters of the Air\u201d actor Callum Turner believed to be among the contenders. \u201cChallengers\u201d star Josh O\u2019Connor has also reportedly received an offer to test, while other names previously linked to the franchise include Jacob Elordi, Harris Dickinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Paul Mescal. <\/p>\n

\n\tLowden\u2019s name gained particular traction in September after Oldman appeared to suggest <\/a>that Bond producers had already selected Craig\u2019s successor. Speaking on Canada\u2019s \u201cThe Morning Show,\u201d the Oscar winner said Lowden was rumored to be on the shortlist and expressed hope that his co-star would land the part. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThey have made their choice, but they have not announced it yet. So my fingers are crossed for Jack,\u201d Oldman said.<\/p>\n

\n\tOldman later clarified his remarks during a Toronto International Film Festival appearance, explaining that he had only heard a rumor that producers had selected an actor from a six-person shortlist, not that Lowden had secured the role. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo I do not know [who has gotten the part], but I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s Jack,\u201d Oldman said. He also pushed back on headlines suggesting he had inside information about the casting process, joking that the coverage made it sound as though he had a direct line to director Denis Villeneuve.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next Bond film will mark the franchise\u2019s first installment since Amazon MGM took creative control from longtime custodians Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson in 2025. Villeneuve is attached to direct, with \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d creator Steven Knight writing the screenplay and Amy Pascal and David Heyman producing. Casting director Nina Gold is overseeing the search for the next 007. <\/p>\n

\n\tCraig last portrayed the British secret agent in 2021\u2019s \u201cNo Time to Die,\u201d concluding a five-film run that began with 2006\u2019s \u201cCasino Royale.\u201d An official announcement naming his successor is widely expected before the end of 2026, though Amazon MGM has not confirmed a timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Lowden is keeping relatively quiet about the possibility of becoming the next James Bond, even as speculation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2289,5453,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-jack-lowden","tag-james-bond","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821732","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=821732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}