Some of the other contenders for the role of James Bond are, from top left, Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan, John Boyega, Damson Idris, Grant Winchester, Tom Hardy and Timothee Chalamet. (PHOTOS: Gallo/Getty Images)
Wanted: one actor, preferably under 50, must look good in formalwear. Ability to make people weak at the knees with a flash of come-hither eyes a plus.
It’s a tricky business trying to find the right person to become the next tuxedo-wearing, martini-swilling, cool-as-a-cucumber secret agent ready to risk their life for king and country.
James Bond is, after all, James Bond – the sexiest devil ever to enter the world of espionage and playing him isn’t a job for every Tom, Dick and dirty Harry.
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