Next James Bond odds slashed in half on Oppenheimer star changing Daniel Craig | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

There’s been a ton of hypothesis round Christopher Nolan directing the subsequent James Bond.

The Golden Globe-winning director may be very a lot the 007 fan and rumours have surfaced of talks with producers over him helming the reboot.

And if Nolan bagged the function, maybe the acclaimed filmmaker would forged one among his blockbuster regulars to comply with Daniel Craig.

Interestingly sufficient, odds have been slashed in half on his Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy, who additionally picked up a Golden Globe on Sunday night and is hotly tipped to win the Best Actor Oscar this 12 months.

Take this all with a pinch of salt, however based on Coral bookmakers, the 47-year-old Irish star has had his odds slashed from 12-1 to 6-1.

Coral’s John Hill mentioned: “Cillian Murphy has got off to a good start to the film season in his role in Oppenheimer, and on the back of that success, he is being backed to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.”

Pushing 50, we’d be stunned if the star was forged, but when an older 007 was wanted, who is aware of?

The different newest subsequent Bond odds are as follows: “6-4 Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 7-2 Henry Cavill, 4-1 James Norton, 5-1 Rege-Jean Page, 6-1 Cillian Murphy, 7-1 Tom Hardy, 8-1 Jack Lowden, 12-1 Paapa Essiedu, 14-1 Callum Turner, 16-1 Richard Madden, 16-1 Sope Dirisu, 18-1 Aidan Turner.”