Overview

• The Hollywood Reporter says Rose-Marsh read sides from GoldenEye in a late June screen test and was told not to mimic past Bonds.
• At 37 and with red hair, he would become the first ginger Bond and contradict reports Amazon sought a twenty-something lead.
• Denis Villeneuve is attached as director and Steven Knight as screenwriter for Bond 26 under Amazon MGM’s new creative leadership.
• Neither Amazon nor Rose-Marsh’s representatives have confirmed the audition and the production schedule remains tentative.
• Parallel unverified tabloid claims, including OK Magazine’s Jeff Bezos casting rumor, highlight the swirl of conflicting reports.