Subsequent James Bond – Rising star’s odds lower by 75 per cent and now equals Tom Hardy

Since Daniel Craig introduced that No Time To Die could be his last James Bond film, there’s been loads of fan-casting buzz round A-listers.

The likes of Henry Cavill and Tom Hardy are sometimes introduced up and have been favourites within the subsequent 007 odds over the previous couple of years.

But let’s not overlook that Craig wasn’t precisely a family identify however “that guy from Layer Cake” when forged in Casino Royale 18 years in the past.

So it’s definitely value holding an eye fixed out for rising stars and it seems that certainly one of them has simply had his odds of being the following Bond lower by 75 per cent within the final 24 hours.

In truth, this actor is now equal to Hardy in his possibilities and threatens the leads of the three favourites in entrance of him.

The man in query is Paapa Essiedu, who featured in Murder on the Orient Express and A24’s Men.

Most not too long ago the Emmy and BAFTA-nominee starred within the newest season of Black Mirror, within the last episode Demon 79.

The 33-year-old’s odds of being the primary black Bond have been sliced from 20-1 to 5-1 within the final day.

Coral’s John Hill mentioned: “Black Mirror star Paapa Essiedu is the big mover in our next James Bond betting. He has gone from an outsider for the role to one of the leading candidates, according to our odds.”

Ahead of the rising star within the bookies’ race, which ought to be taken with a pinch of salt, are James Norton on 4-1, Henry Cavill on 3-1 and Aaron Taylor-Johnson on 7-4.

Behind Essiedu and Hardy on 5-1 are Regé-Jean Page on 6-1, Jack Lowden on 12-1, each Richard Madden and Callum Turner on 14-1, Aidan Turner on 16-1 and Sope Dirisu on 20-1.