Overview
- Industry outlets report multi-day screen tests are under way in London, with candidates evaluated on stunt work, tuxedo camera presence and dialogue readings.
- Trade reporting names Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor among a small final group, with Lowden and Turner currently favored by prediction markets.
- Amazon MGM Studios has declined to comment on casting while the process continues and has said it will share news when ready.
- Idris Elba has publicly ruled himself out, saying the search favors a younger actor and that his name will not appear among candidates.
- The choice will shape Amazon’s reboot and public reaction given Bond’s long history of high-profile, often controversial cast hunts, and a formal announcement is expected soon.