Deborah Lipp

That’s the question on everyone’s lips. A year ago, the leading contenders were Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen. Everyone in Bond fandom was sure it would be one of them, although outside the fannish arena, speculation was more wide-ranging. Here’s a sample.

Now Owen is scheduled to be filming a movie at the same time that Casino Royale will film, and Hugh Jackman has been quoted in the media as saying he’s turned down the role (although these particular media stories are from “unnamed sources”). The rumor mill churned a few weeks ago with the news of Daniel Craig and Julian McMahon as the leading contenders, both wildly inappropriate. Both are now out of the running according to “unnamed sources.”

At that point, I still thought Ioan Gruffudd was the horse to back, but things have changed.

The “final four” supposedly being auditioned and mulled over are
Goran Visnjic
Henry Cavill
Alex O’Lachlan
Ewan Stewart

These are, frankly, insane choices, except perhaps for O’Lachlan.

So who will be Bond? I haven’t a frickin clue.