Haven´t they been looking for a new Bond since....forever? It is like with Doctor Who. The new guy (eh) barely starts and they are already looking for the new one
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But this is Craig´s last Bond movie so I am sure *now* they are looking for a new one. And I am sure the man (because Barbara Brocolli said it would be a man) must be in a certain age range so he could stay for at least a few years. Which I think (sadly) rules out Idris Elba who is closer to 50 than 40. I am not saying man cannot handle it around that age and I am the last one who would rule out an appeal of men over 50 (90% of my favourite actors are closer to or ove 50
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) but it is physically demanding and it is much more complicated to get into shape.
So if Tom should get it then now or never.
I honestly think it could work even with his MCU comitments, so he could do both (especially since he has to probably really work around only with the show schedule, any movie appearance imo would be just a cameo or something that would take only a few days or weeks to film)
But, if not Tom, whoever gets it, I really hope it is not Tom Hardy. Nothing against him but I really cannot see the appeal. For me, he is wooden as a brick. Maybe they will go for someone relatively unknown. Who knows. Maybe they will also want some break from Bond, given this movie has already two years delay in its release so it still may be a while before we get to see another one.
I have honestly no opinion about James Norton. I caught a few episodes of Grantchester on our TV and he definitely looked like he could do it but since I haven´t seen him in anything else, it is hard to tell.
Michael Fassbender sounds good to me as well. He would probably need some carreer boost, too. Sadly, his last movies were not huge critical or BO successes. I love the guy but really, the last decent movie he did was X-Men: Days of future past.