Who Will Be the Next James Bond? Every Actor Who's Talked About It, Ranked from Most to Least Likely

After playing James Bond for nearly two decades, Daniel Craig revealed he'd be hanging up his crisp tuxedo in pursuit of other projects, after No Time to Die came out in 2021. Since then, the search for the next 007 has been on. Fans have shaken and stirred several names into the mix, from Idris Elba to Richard Madden to Joe Alwyn and Theo James. At one point, Pierce Brosnan — who played the fictional British spy in four films in the '90s — was even asked if he would make his way back to the franchise.