James Bond may have found a new (and fascinating) face, which we are sure you will instantly fall in love with. Impersonating the new 007 could be Aaron Taylor Johnson. The English actor, young, beautiful and with an undeniable charm, would have conquered the historic producers of the saga, who would be one step away from confirming him as the next secret agent.
Aaron Taylor Johnson, the face of the next James Bond
There is no official yet, but it seems that the next James Bond could be the charming one Aaron Taylor Johnson, English actor who would take the legacy left by Daniel Craig, who lent his face to the most famous spy in the world for fifteen years.
The indiscretion came from the English press: it seems that the thirty-two-year-old actor, known to the general public for his role as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Kick-Ass in Matthew Vaughn’s film of the same name, would have already supported the auditions and he would conquer everyone.
According to Daily Mail, the actor would have bewitched the Broccoli family, historical producers of the 007 film saga, who would have thus finally found a worthy heir of Daniel Craig. Even the Sun confirmed the news: it seems that the producer Barbara Broccoli – said a witness – “she fell in love with Aaron at the audition for who will be the new Bond in September”. If the rumors are confirmed, she will have to lend her face to the secret agent.
In contention for the role it seems that there were also other well-known actors: Henry Cavillwho played Superman, Regé Jean-Page, who conquered everyone in the Netflix series Bridgerton; Tom Hardywho played the role of venom, it’s still Chiwetel Ejiofornominated for an Oscar for his participation in 12 years a slave. All actors who, in addition to their undeniable beauty, would be young enough to be able to play the role of the secret agent in several films, just like Craig, who played James Bond for five films, from 2006 to 2021.
Aaron Taylor Johnson, career and success
Blue eyes, handsome brooding charm and a great deal of talent – it’s easy to imagine why Aaron Taylor Johnson managed (according to rumors) to outperform the competition.
Born in 1990, he began acting at the age of six and hasn’t stopped since: his film debut came in 2002, with Tom & Thomas by Esmé Lammers, and in the meantime also works on the small screen in the part of Johanan in religious fiction San Giovanni – The apocalypse. After many roles in as many films, 2009 is the year of his big break: he plays a young John Lennon in Nowhere Boy with Kristin Scott Thomas. The film will bring him not only professional luck, but also sentimental luck: falls in love with the director, Sam Taylor Woodand despite the big age difference – 23 years – the two will first become parents of a girl in 2010 and then get married in 2012.
To decree the success of the general public is his role alongside Nicolas Cage and Mark Strong in Kick-Ass (2010), adaptation of the graphic novel by Mark Millar. Since then it’s been a crescendo: star in Albert Nobbsby Rodrigo García, alongside stars such as Glenn Close and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, while in 2012 he was part of the stellar cast of The beasts by Oliver Stone.
After Godzilla of 2014, in 2015 he plays the Marvel film by Joss Whedon Avengers: Age of Ultron and the following year he was in Tom Ford’s second film Nocturnal animals. In addition to having taken part in the film keeper by Christopher Nolan, will play another Marvel character, Kraven the hunter, in a new feature film to be released in 2023.
