{"id":117786,"date":"2025-08-04T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117786\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:59:12","slug":"tom-holland-breaks-silence-on-james-bond-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117786\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Holland breaks silence on James Bond rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tom-holland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Holland<\/a> has finally addressed the long-standing rumours that he could be the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Bond<\/a> \u2013 see what he had to say below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-3057021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018No Time To Die\u2019 review: Daniel Craig\u2019s surprisingly emotional final fling<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/daniel-craig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Craig<\/a> retired from the role of 007 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-3057021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No Time To Die<\/a>, fans of the long-running franchise have been speculating who would play the titular character moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Among those names were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/idris-elba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Idris Elba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/henry-cavill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Cavill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robert-pattinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Pattinson<\/a>, Tom Holland and more. Speculations have since picked up steam after Amazon MGM Studios in June announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/james-bond-dune-filmmaker-denis-villeneuve-set-to-direct-next-film-3872521\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve will helm the next entry<\/a>, while it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/peaky-blinders-creator-steven-knight-to-pen-next-james-bond-film-3882067\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced last week that Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will pen the script<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/amazon-james-bond-wants-tom-holland-jacob-elordi-1236442329\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a> reported that Amazon\u2019s wish list for the project will be an actor in their twenties, with the intent of focusing on a younger Bond in the new adventures. The list includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/babygirl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Babygirl\u00a0<\/a>actor Harris Dickinson, Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/saltburn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Saltburn\u00a0<\/a>star Jacob Elordi, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/marvel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a> actor Tom Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being rumoured for the role for several years, Holland has never spoken publicly about the project \u2013 until now. In a recent video with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, the world-famous cook asked Holland: \u201cHave you ever thought about using the name James in future movies going forward?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom replied: \u201cListen, there\u2019s speculation at the minute. We\u2019ll keep it to a minimum for now. We\u2019ll get there one day.\u201d Gordon then asked Tom to imagine what would happen if he landed the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean every young British actor, it\u2019s the pinnacle of working in our industry. I already consider myself to be the luckiest kid alive. I could not have dreamed to have the career that I have,\u201d Holland responded.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the interaction below, beginning at the 9:40 mark.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Amazon MGM Studios has yet to officially cast an actor for the role of James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>When it was first announced in June that the next Bond would likely go to a younger actor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/bond-fans-sceptical-about-tom-holland-playing-007-hes-too-adorable-3874918\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the internet criticised the idea of Holland as 007<\/a>. \u201cI adore Tom Holland, and he has more than proved his ability to play action characters\u201d one fan wrote on X. \u201cBut\u2026 He cannot play James Bond. He\u2019s too adorable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Holland is a fine actor, but I\u2019m convinced he\u2019s going to look like a 16-year-old for the rest of his life\u201d one user explained. \u201cHe\u2019s about as far away from James Bond as you can get\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Holland has recently begun filming his fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/spider-man\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spider-Man<\/a> film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/mark-ruffalo-reportedly-set-to-return-as-the-hulk-in-spider-man-brand-new-day-3882314\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brand New Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other Bond-related news, Kingsman actor Taron Egerton \u2013 who has also been a fan favourite for the role \u2013 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/kingsman-star-taron-egerton-not-eyeing-james-bond-role-it-would-be-wasted-on-me-3881852\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seemingly taken himself out of the running<\/a>: \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m a good choice for it. I think I\u2019m too messy for that\u2026 as far as I\u2019m aware, nobody\u2019s asking me to do it. But also, it\u2019s possibly not quite the thing that would make me happiest. I do think it\u2019s a big old undertaking, it kind of consumes your life, a role like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Holland has finally addressed the long-standing rumours that he could be the next James Bond \u2013 see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-117786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}