Over the final 60 years, there have been six official actors to play James Bond.

Now as Daniel Craig has been the most recent to bow out of the franchise, EON Productions can be looking out for his or her subsequent 007.

Producer Barbara Broccoli has made it clear that the character will even be a person as Ian Fleming supposed, however she’s open to contemplating actors of any ethnicity.

Meanwhile, within the bookies’ odds (which needs to be taken with a pinch of salt) Aaron Taylor-Johnson stays their frontrunner on 6/4.

He shot to the highest after unconfirmed rumours that he’d impressed at a secret audition.

Meanwhile, simply behind Taylor-Johnson on 11/4 is Casino Royale’s runner-up to Craig, Henry Cavill.

And now he’s sharing second place within the operating with BBC’s Happy Valley star James Norton, who at the moment has the identical odds because the outgoing Superman.

William Hill spokesperson, Lee Phelps, mentioned: “There seems to have been another dramatic twist in our search for the next Bond, with Happy Valley star James Norton the new name on everyone’s lips.”

Norton started at 7/2 on Monday earlier than seeing his odds shortened to 11/4 by Friday.

Behind the highest three are Paapa Essiedu on 7/2, Regé-Jean Page on 4/1, Tom Hardy on 6/1 and Richard Madden on 8/1.

An announcement of who the following James Bond is may very well be inside weeks or as far-off as over a 12 months from now. In the meantime, followers will simply must be affected person.