Overview
- Final screen tests are scheduled to begin as early as Friday, October 23, and are expected to run through next week as the studio brings the shortlisted actors to London for on-camera auditions.
- At least four test offers were reportedly extended and multiple outlets name Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor as three of the expected finalists while the identity of a fourth candidate remains unconfirmed.
- Insiders say the sessions will be rigorous and built to assess three concrete areas—stunt work, on-camera presence and dialogue—to judge each actor’s physicality and screen command for the role.
- Recent trade reporting challenges earlier insider claims by noting Jacob Elordi is not part of this final round and that other previously named names such as Jack O’Connell are also not testing.
- The auditions follow Amazon MGM’s careful rebuild of Bond’s creative team under producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman with Denis Villeneuve directing and Nina Gold casting, and the studio is widely expected to name a new 007 before the end of 2026.