In a surprise few saw coming, Robert Pattinson has emerged as a contender for 007. The 40-year-old actor is among those who have been screen tested for the role of James Bond, according to multiple sources. The Hollywood Reporterjoining prospects Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor.
Conventional wisdom has it that the next man to get the license to kill wouldn’t be a globally recognized star like Pattinson, one of the biggest actors in his age cohort, and already the face of DC Studios. Batman franchise. Screen testing would have taken place over the weekend of October 24. THR previously reported that four, possibly five actors were in the mix, but only three names surfaced at the time.
Another name now surfacing among Bond’s mystery men is Nicholas Hoult, runner-up to Pattinson for Batman years ago.
Pattinson is a favorite of authors, from Robert Eggers to the Safdie brothers to Christopher Nolan, whose 2020 spy film Principle in hindsight, it might seem like a Bond audition. And more importantly, he worked with Bond director Denis Villeneuve on the upcoming Dune: Part 3which bows on December 18 and would have gone well for both men.
The actor is in the midst of the biggest year of his career, with a key role in Nolan’s film. The Odyssey and as co-manager of A24, The drama and anchor the well-kept film Prime timealso from the A24. It is currently running The Batman Part II in London, where screen tests took place.
Amazon had no comment on the tests.
While conventional wisdom runs counter to a world-famous Bond, we are living in unprecedented times in the franchise. This is the first Bond film made under the control of Amazon, which bought the creative rights from the Broccoli family in February 2025. And the producers are Spidermanby Amy Pascal and David Heyman, producer of Harry Potter movies. A young Pattinson rose to prominence with a tragic role in 2005. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Firebefore acquiring worldwide fame a few years later in Dusk.
The casting of Bond comes just over 20 years after Daniel Craig was announced as the next James Bond in October 2005. He retired from the role after five films with 2021’s release. No time to diehis tenure including the franchise’s first hit and just $1 billion, the 2012 feature film Skyfall.
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