The million dollar question for lovers of action and suspense movies is who will play the great James Bond.

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Expectation that has been fueling rumors for years since Daniel Craig suggested his desire to leave the saga, when he said he would rather cut his wrists than return. And although he later explained that it was a joke due to the fatigue he felt after filming and the doubts about his age, about to turn 50, there is a requirement that puts several of the current applicants on edge and that Craig fulfilled more than enough.

British bookmakers held parties waiting for the chosen actor. And names like Idris Elba, Henry Cavill, Tom Hardy, Sam Heughan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Regé-Jean Page and James Norton have been considered as favorites to become the new 007.

However, as revealed by casting director Debbie McWilliams, only a select group might have a chance.

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In a recent interview, McWilliams said that younger actors lack the “mental capacity” to play the agent with a license to kill. “When we started, it was a slightly different feeling,” said the professional who has been working on the saga since 1981. “We looked at a lot of younger actors, and I just don’t think they were serious. They didn’t have the experience, they didn’t have the mental capacity to take it on, because it’s not just the part they’re taking on, it’s a huge responsibility. So we scrapped that idea, went back to the drawing board and started over.”

And it is that of the six actors who played James Bond, only one was 30 years old. Jorge Lazenby was the youngest, at 29, during the filming of 007 at Her Majesty’s Service; Sir Sean Connery was 31 years old; Roger Moore, 45, Teo Dalton, 40; Pierce Brosnan, 41; and Daniel Craig, 38. Thus, physical and personal maturity is an essential part of the character. James Bond is not a young or inexperienced agent.

And that is something that the producer of the saga, Michael G. Wilson, had already commented on in October 2022 when he said that they had tried to incorporate a young man into the role, but “it didn’t work.” “Bond is already a veteran. He has had some experience. He is a person who has been through wars, in a way. He was probably in the SAS or something. He’s not some guy fresh out of college that you start all over the place with.”

All this indicates that when choosing James Bond there is an important requirement – maturity and age.

Let’s remember some of them: Sam Heughan (42), Cillian Murphy (46), Tom Hardy (45) and the name that has had the most weight in ‘Bondian’ rumor mill in the last decade, Idris Elba (fifty).

And it is that although the latter said that he never had an official conversation with those responsible for the saga, many fans still expected him to be the replacement for Daniel Craig.

The other big favorite that would be about to pass the requirement would be Henry Cavill, he may have even dethroned Craig at the time. “I was told [los productores] that I was close, but in the end it went down, I was the youngest option. They went with Daniel and I think it was an incredible choice. I probably wasn’t ready at the time,” he revealed at the time.