There have been six official James Bonds over the past 60 years of official 007 motion pictures.

As EON Productions gear up to decide on their Double O seventh, the chances race on the bookies’ continues to have its huge shake-ups.

For the previous few months, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been the favorite following unconfirmed rumours of a secret audition.

However, his lead on 6/4 is being threatened by a brand new contender who solely joined the bookies’ race this week out of nowhere.

The star in query is now joint second on 3/1 with Regé-Jean Page and will quickly turn out to be the brand new favorite.

William Hill spokesperson, Lee Phelps, stated: “There seems to have been another dramatic twist in our search for the next Bond, with Snowfall star Damson Idris a shock new addition to the list of favourites.

“The 31-year-old was only added to the betting on Tuesday at 5/1 but has since been backed into 3/1 by Thursday morning, meaning only Aaron Taylor-Johnson (6/4) sits ahead of him in the odds.

“The market is still however wide open, and all of Regé-Jean Page (3/1), James Norton (7/2) and Henry Cavill (4/1) are still deemed to be in with a chance.”

Damson is a 31-year-old British-Nigerian actor who additionally performed the co-lead within the Netflix sci-fi motion film Outside the Wire.

Also on the bookies shortlist are Tom Hardy and Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy on 7/1.

Of course, this could all be taken with a pinch of salt however who is aware of who Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson will select in the long run?