Overview

• Powell told The Hollywood Reporter he is Texan and said the role belongs to an authentic British actor, adding he can joke about playing “Jimmy Bond” but not James Bond.
• The actor had been cited in media speculation to succeed Daniel Craig, alongside names such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Henry Cavill, Theo James, Regé-Jean Page, Harris Dickinson and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
• No successor to 007 has been announced since Craig’s final outing in 2021’s No Time to Die.
• Amazon MGM took creative control of the franchise in February, confirmed Denis Villeneuve as director in June, and People reports Steven Knight is attached as writer.
• Villeneuve has called Bond “sacred territory” and pledged to honor tradition, while other rumored contenders like Taron Egerton and Idris Elba have publicly cooled on or ruled out the role.