James Bond, Halle Berry and Jinx
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The next James Bond odds latest is in, and here are the five stars who are most likely to replace Daniel Craig as 007, according to the bookies.
Rosamund Pike says during her audition for 2002's 'Die Another Day,' she was asked to "drop the dress" she was wearing. Pike made her big-screen debut as Miranda Frost opposite Pierce Brosnan's James Bond.
While the scope and impact of Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign-made movies are totally unclear, the President has promised that one non-U.S. film series will be totally immune: the James Bond movies.
Rosamund Pike has shared that she refused when asked to strip down to her underwear during her James Bond audition.
"I don't know if 007 should be a woman," Berry told Variety at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. "In 2025, it's nice to say, 'Oh, he should be a woman.' But I don't really know if that's the right thing to do."
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Now, of course, we all know about Mr. Craig’s history with stunt-based injury from throughout his tenure in the tuxedo. But as you’ll see in the video shown below, Special Effects Supervisor and James Bond legend Chris Corbould lays out that those sick donuts the Aston Martin did in the pre-credits sequence didn’t require a stunt driver:
James Bond themes are almost as iconic as the films themselves, and back in 1966 The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson tried his own hand at writing for the franchise.
Actor Henry Cavill is widely discussed as a top candidate to be the new James Bond now that Daniel Craig is leaving the role. However, the possibility that he could be the new 007 is sharply dividing fans.
The future of James Bond remains undecided, with the sale of the franchise by owners Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson to Amazon and producers scratching their heads as to how to reintroduce 007 following the character’s demise in Daniel Craig ’s final outing in No Time to Die.
Anthony Hopkins starred in a 1971 spy film that ended up leading to a meeting with the James Bond producers that resulted in an offer to star as Bond.