We’re now a 12 months and a half on from when Daniel Craig so explosively exited the James Bond franchise in No Time To Die.

Last 12 months’s Sixtieth-anniversary celebrations for the franchise got here and went with none news on casting the subsequent 007.

Nevertheless, rumours have been circling sure stars like Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who reportedly auditioned for Barbara Broccoli.

Ever since then, the 32-year-old has been the bookies’ favorite to be solid because the seventh official Bond.

However, an enormous shake-up has seen him knocked off the highest spot by a rising star who has out of the blue simply entered the bookies’ race.

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According to Ladbrokes, Paapa Essiedu is now 2-1 to be solid as the subsequent James Bond.

The 32-year-old BAFTA TV nominee is understood for Gangs of London and I May Destroy You and is ready to star in Black Mirror season 6 this summer season.

He additionally had small movie roles in Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express and A24's people horror Men.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes mentioned: "The name could well be Eddiedu... Paapa Essiedu, if the latest odds are anything to go by. It's by far the biggest Bond betting move of the year."

Taylor-Johnson is now on 3-1 alongside Happy Valley’s James Norton. Behind them are Henry Cavill on 4-1, Tom Hardy on 7-1, Regé-Jean Page on 9-1 and Richard Madden on 10-1.