Two different reports about potential James Bond casting have emerged today and paint a very strange picture.
On the one hand, The Hollywood Reporter has published a piece from a “well-placed source close to the production” claiming that 37-year-old red-haired Welsh actor Scott Rose-Marsh (“Wolves of War,” “The Outlaws”) may have already auditioned in some way.
Specifically, they say the actor was “brought in sometime in late June to read sides from 1995’s GoldenEye, presumably for just-hired director Denis Villeneuve”.
The source claims Rose-Marsh was given just one piece of direction before the test cameras rolled – “Don’t impersonate a previous Bond.” If accurate and he has tested, that would shoot down talk that Amazon was looking at a twenty-something Bond to lure in younger audiences.
Amazon MGM Studios and Rose-Marsh’s reps did not return a request for comment by the trade. That wasn’t the only unexpected Bond casting talk today though.
OK Magazine is claiming Amazon chief Jeff Bezos wants to launch his former journalist wife into a prominent acting role in the James Bond reboot, saying: “This isn’t just fantasy casting – Jeff wants her on screen, period.”
Denis Villeneuve will direct the new film which is being written by “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight.
