The next James Bond is the biggest open casting question in Hollywood right now, and Jack Lowden’s name keeps landing at the center of it. So when the Associated Press asked his wife, Saoirse Ronan, whether the rumors are true, everyone expected a juicy hint. Instead, she pointed straight at Gary Oldman.“Well, Gary Oldman thinks he’s James Bond,”she said, referencing Lowden’s Slow Horses co-star, who claimed at the Toronto International Film Festival that Bond has been cast but not announced, and that Lowden is on a six-person shortlist.
Ronan didn’t stop there. She made it clear the couple is not exactly losing sleep over 007 speculation, saying they’re“kinda getting on with our life,”adding that the dog needs to be walked and dinner needs to be made. Lowden himself hasn’t commented, and he’s currently busy filming Slow Horses. Meanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios is still searching for its next Bond, with Denis Villeneuve set to direct.
One more detail that makes this story so fun: back in August, Ronan said she wants to play a Bond villain and that she is“dead serious”about it. So the internet is now dreaming up a very specific scenario where her husband plays Bond and she plays the villain. Would you watch that? Tell us in the comments.
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