Tom Hiddleston, Jamie Bell in talks for James Bond

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By Darian Scalamoni

James Bond is one of those rules that is unbelievably iconic. Similar to Indiana Jones and Han Solo, but it seems that since Daniel Craig wants to walk away, the producers of the legendary franchise must find a new person to wear the suit. Though rumors had been circling around people like Idris Elba and Tom Hardy to take on the role, we have two reports of people that are in talks to play the role.

            According to Birth Movies Death, it seems that Tom Hiddleston is in advanced talks to play the role of James Bond. Hiddleston is best known for playing Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also, recently starred in Ben Wheatley’s latest film, High-Rise. Hiddleston has been a top choice to play the role for a while now and it seems that this might become a reality.

            There is also a report from The Playlist, which claims that Jamie Bell has also met with Bond producers to play the coveted role. Bell was most recently seen in the Fantastic Four reboot that came out last year as The Thing, but he’s probably best known for playing Tintin in the 2011 Spielberg movie, The Adventures of Tintin or even way back sixteen years ago as Billy Elliot in the film of the same name.

            With both actors being in their 30’s, it appears that Bond might be going young as the last movie in the franchise, Spectre, disappointed most audiences after its predecessor, Skyfall was such a massive critical and box office hit.