Aaron Taylor-Johnson

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Meets With 'James Bond' Producers ... (HYPEBEAST)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson Meets With 'James Bond' Producers, Emerges as Front Runner To Be Next 007: "The meeting went well."

[Deadline](https://deadline.com/2022/06/james-bond-daniel-craig-next-007-reinventing-barbara-broccoli-1235053969/) over the summer, Broccoli said that it would be “at least two years” before the new Bond film will begin production. The 32-year-old British actor was first [rumored](https://hypebeast.com/2022/12/aaron-taylor-johnson-reportedly-chosen-as-next-james-bond) late last year to play the titular role of the legendary 007 spy. Belloni says he is a “great actor, British, fits the younger direction the Broccolis want to go, accomplished but not particularly famous.”

Aaron Taylor-Johnson meets with James Bond producers (Black Hills Pioneer)

The 32-year-old star met with Bond chief Barbara Broccoli to discuss stepping into the suave spy's tuxedo following Daniel Craig's exit in the film 'No Time To ...

James Bond fans respond to Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumours (digitalspy.com)

James Bond fans are reacting following news that Aaron Taylor-Johnson reportedly met with producers and is a frontrunner to become the next Bond.

[tweeting](https://twitter.com/DanSanguineti/status/1610411307005784065): "I didn't know Aaron Taylor Johnson was British. But I then realised his work in [Tenet](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a33634131/tenet-review-christopher-nolan/) felt like an audition for the Bond franchise." [Puck News](https://puck.news/23-semi-surefire-hollywood-predictions-predicaments-and-preoccupations-for-2023/), the meeting went "very well". Heughan and Worthington both auditioned for the role at the time. Bro was beautiful." Prior to Christmas, it was widely rumoured that Taylor-Johnson had filmed a screen test at Pinewood Studios in private.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson isn't the guy to reinvent Bond (British GQ)

Strong so Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in the likes of Tenet and Nocturnal Animals, the next Bond era requires a totally fresh approach.

The [sexist, misogynistic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEujAIjTldk) ones. [Broccoli is to reinvent who Bond is](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/james-bond-reinvention-2022). Now a 60-year-old cultural behemoth, Bond has been in need of a big screen zhuzh for some time: the Craig era was one of the franchise's more consistent hitters, giving us the likes of Skyfall and Casino Royale, but even with its modernised approach to Bond's interiority, had shades of an outdated beast — a relic of the Cold War, to paraphrase M's view on the double-O in Pierce Brosnan's That ability to command the attention of the frame is all too rare, and would certainly lend itself to the screen magnetism demanded of 007. [Bond archetype](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/new-james-bond) quite easy to nail on paper, yet the casting process for England's most popular cultural export goes on for eons. In more recent years, he's had a slew of parts you might consider auditions for the big one, as Roger Moore had The Saint and Daniel Craig had his geopolitical thriller in Munich: take Tenet, Christopher Nolan's time-bending action-thriller, or indeed his role as a British assassin in Bullet Train.

Will Aaron Taylor-Johnson be the next James Bond? (Capital FM)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is widely thought to be taking on the role of James Bond next, here's everything we know so far.

Who do you think will be the next James Bond? Aaron Taylor-Johnson is widely thought to be taking on the role of James Bond next, here's everything we know so far... Will Aaron Taylor-Johnson Be The Next James Bond?

Aaron Taylor-Johnson emerges as James Bond frontrunner after ... (Yahoo Singapore News)

It was first reported in November that the 32-year-old had impressed Bond producers following Daniel Craig's exit from the franchise.

Who is the next James Bond? Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lucien ... (HOLA! USA)

The source stated that “Bond bosses are already saying how you can see him in the 007 tuxedo, how dapper and fitting to the role he will look.”

A different source has revealed that Laviscount has also been considered by producers, and Broccoli was reportedly “very taken” with the actor. “That move takes him a step closer to signing a deal,” the source added. “Aaron has impressed bosses so much that he has filmed one of the franchise’s famous gun barrel teaser scenes, something all the actors do.”