> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://spyglass.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A Bond for the (Correct) Ages? - URL: https://spyglass.org/aaron-taylor-johnson-james-bond/ - Published: 2024-03-19T14:49:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-06T23:28:57.000Z - Author: M.G. Siegler - Tags: james bond, film, entertainment, #nodate [ Aaron Taylor-Johnson Offered James Bond Role Reportedly will "sign contract this week" ![](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/icon-e1459786005667.png?strip=all) The Sun Howell Davies & Ellie Henman ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/ca/afcaa655-46e2-45b8-889a-2881de5cce69/content/images/2024/03/skynews-aaron-taylor-johnson_6494660.jpg) ](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/26774029/aaron-taylor-johnson-offered-role-james-bond/?ref=spyglass.org) At last, some spy news on *Spyglass*. With the very real caveat that I'm linking to [a UK tabloid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FSun%5F%28United%5FKingdom%29?ref=spyglass.org) (owned by News Corp) and that even they are couching this news with the notion that he's been offered but *hasn't yet signed* on to the role of James Bond, here you go: > BRIT actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is taking his martinis shaken, not stirred, after being formally offered the job as the new James Bond. > > Insiders said the Kick-Ass movie star is expected to accept the role as 007, taking over from [Daniel Craig](https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/daniel-craig/?ref=spyglass.org), who has played MI6’s most famous spy for 15 years. > > A source said: “[Bond](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/james-bond/?ref=spyglass.org) is Aaron’s job, should he wish to accept it. The formal offer is on the table and they are waiting to hear back. > > “As far as Eon is concerned, Aaron is going to sign his contract in the coming days and they can start preparing for the big announcement.” If true – again, a big "if" for the moment – [I like this pick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%5FTaylor-Johnson?ref=spyglass.org). While not as big of a name as some of the others in contention – namely, quite literally: Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, and most recently, given all [the Oscar buzz](https://spyglass.org/oppenheimer-oscar/), Cillian Murphy – Taylor-Johnson has long been [one of the front-runners](https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/who-will-be-the-next-bond-james-bond-actors?ref=spyglass.org) ([and recently the odds-on favorite](https://sports.ladbrokes.com/news/tv/next-james-bond-odds/?ref=spyglass.org)) for the role. He's 33 years old. In Ian Fleming's *Bond* novels, Bond is perpetually [in his mid-to-late 30s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%5FBond%5F%28literary%5Fcharacter%29?ref=spyglass.org#:~:text=Background-,Early%20life,was%2037%20at%20the%20time.). So by the time filming actually begins – perhaps end of this year, but more likely next, Taylor-Johnson will be 34 or 35 years old. Compare that to [the other Bond actors](https://screenrant.com/james-bond-movies-007-actors-ages-how-old/?ref=spyglass.org): - **Sean Connery**: 32 in *Dr. No* (1962) – 41 in *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971)[1](#footnote) - **George Lazenby**: 29 in *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969) - **Roger Moore**: 45 in *Live And Let Die* (1973) – 57 in *A View To A Kill* (1985)[2](#footnote) - **Timothy Dalton**: 41 in *The Living Daylights* (1987) – 43 in *License To Kill* (1989) - **Pierce Brosnan**: 42 in *Goldeneye* (1995) – 49 in *Die Another Day* (2002) - **Daniel Craig**: 38 in *Casino Royale* (2006) – 51 in *No Time To Die* (2021) If we assume Taylor-Johnson makes three to five *Bonds*, and those are released every two to three years, he'll likely be in his early-to-mid-40s by the end of such a run. So that would be the best age overlap with the actual character since Connery. If this does indeed come to pass, everyone will have to get up to speed on Taylor-Johnson's previous work, which includes *Nowhere Boy* (in which he played John Lennon, directed by his wife, [Sam Taylor-Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%5FTaylor-Johnson?ref=spyglass.org), who is seemingly about to have [a big new movie of her own](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%5Fto%5FBlack%5F%28film%29?ref=spyglass.org)), *Kick-Ass*, and *Bullet Train*. His most-seen film was undoubtedly *Avengers: Age of Ultron*, where he played Pietro Maximoff (aka Wanda's brother). Though his biggest star turn pre-*Bond* will likely be the upcoming [*Kraven the Hunter*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraven%5Fthe%5FHunter%5F%28film%29?ref=spyglass.org) – unless it's horrible. And it has been delayed multiple times at this point (official word was simply the strike – [the director is a good one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%5FC.%5FChandor?ref=spyglass.org))... Then the search will be on to find a director of the next Bond. Guess who was in Christopher Nolan's *Tenet*? [Just saying](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/why-christopher-nolan-should-direct-bond?ref=spyglass.org)...3 I had [long](https://x.com/mgsiegler/status/1055682957157920769?s=20&ref=spyglass.org) been [holding out hope](https://twitter.com/mgsiegler/status/1457094316468289540?ref=spyglass.org) that [Richard Madden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%5FMadden?ref=spyglass.org) might be the long-shot next Bond (back to the Scottish Connery roots). But again, this is a good pick. Incidentally, the first Jewish James Bond, [it would seem](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/23/aaron-taylor-johnson-avengers-age-ultron-interview?ref=spyglass.org). Also, holy shit, a James Bond who was born in *1990*. --- **Update January 6, 2026**: Perhaps not so fast on Taylor-Johnson after all... [Back to Basics BondIs Callum Turner already 007?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/ca/afcaa655-46e2-45b8-889a-2881de5cce69/content/images/icon/Spyglass-Rings-----Multi-849.png)SpyglassM.G. Siegler![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/ca/afcaa655-46e2-45b8-889a-2881de5cce69/content/images/thumbnail/8e1a625e-0604-49ff-995f-af29b9303573-1.png)](https://spyglass.org/back-to-basics-bond/) --- 1 Though, yes, Connery played Bond again in *Never Say Never Again*, the updated "unofficial" remake of *Thunderball*, released by Warner Bros. in 1983 when he was 52 years old. 2 The OG "JB" when it comes to doing an intense job at an advanced age, much like current "JB", Joe Biden. Too soon? 3 Sadly [sounds very unlikely](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-nolan-not-directing-james-bond-1235674448/?ref=spyglass.org) for this next *Bond* installment, at least.