Where a juice channel claimed last month that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be thenext James Bond, British tabloids have already prepared the next allegedcandidate for you: Lucien Laviscount.
Daniel Craig has his next mega franchise after almost fifteen years as JamesBond with Knives Out. the second movie, Glass Onions , was recently releasedon Netflix and immediately became a hit. A hit for which Craig is paidconsiderably more than for James Bond.
Who will be the next James Bond?
In front of No Time to Die the 54-year-old actor reportedly collected $ 25million. He earns $50 million per film for his performances as the detectiveBenoit Blanc. Not wrong!
Yet the British actor cannot completely escape his past as 007. During thepromotion round for Glass Onions Craig was still continuously asked aboutJames Bond. It’s a catch that’s too popular for interviewers to ignore.However, the actor emphasized to Happy Sad Confused that he is not concernedwith the big issue of the moment: who will be his successor, who will be thenext James Bond?
Rightly so. Still, especially the British media can’t stop talking about it,and betting shops have been making money since announcing No Time to Die afortune to the issue. We’ve already seen many candidates pass by, from IdrisElba to Tom Hiddleston.
Aaron-Taylor Johnson as the favorite
The big favorite at the moment is Aaron Taylor-Johnson. At 32, the Britishactor is the perfect candidate, especially if you list the requirements thatthe producers behind the Bond films have mentioned during interviews.
In fact, a popular juice outlet recently claimed that Taylor-Johnson hasalready auditioned, and that producer Barbara Broccoli is so impressed thathe’s most likely going to replace Daniel Craig.
AaronTaylor-Johnson (right) in Bullet Train (Image: Sony Pictures)
Emily in Paris star in the race
Is the battle already over? For now, it’s just rumours. As long as Broccoliand co. have not announced the new James Bond, the rumor mill will continue torun at full speed. At the beginning of this week, the next alleged candidatepresented himself: Lucien Laviscount.
You may know the 30-year-old star from Emily Paris , the mega-popular seriesfrom Netflix. A source from the British tabloid The Mail On Sunday claims that”Lucien ticks all the boxes”, and that Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is”delighted” with the actor.
“He is a super talented actor, extremely handsome and has gained a lot of newfans in the last 18 months Emily In Paris ,” said the tabloid source. “Bondbosses are already saying you can totally picture him in the 007 tuxedo, howneat and well he would fit the role.”
Lucien Laviscount (right) in Emily in Paris(Image: Netflix)
Big Brother as a pain point
According to the same source, however, there is one piece of LucienLaviscount’s CV that the producers have difficulty with: “There is a stickingpoint, and that is Big Brother. Lucien appeared on the show at a time whenhis career was not going as smoothly as it is now.”
It is not really clear in the article why this is such a big drawback.Immediately afterwards, the tabloid emphasizes that the 30-year-old actortherefore also has a large fan base that spans generations, “which is a dreamfor Barbara.”
Should we take this news seriously?
You don’t have to read British newspapers every day to know that tabloidsdon’t exactly have the best reputation there. The tabloid press goes extremelyfar there, with all its consequences, and journalistic values and processesare safely ignored in order to score. Add to that a big subject like thesuccession of Daniel Craig, and you have a pressure cooker in which a lot ofempty rumors and other nonsense are cooked.
Is there any chance that Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lucien Laviscount areactually the two leading candidates of the moment? Sure. Only we will onlyfind out when the producers behind James Bond officially announce the winner.
Until then, it will be just rumours, rumors that there is a good chance thatthey are not based on anything. Take this news, and the many rumors that willundoubtedly come, with a healthy grain of salt. To the looks of Laviscountit will in any case not lie: