Tom Hardy

He is suave, smooth, and has one of the best track records of full film transformation. He's done action - and fast cars - in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road, as well as Inception and so many others. He looks different every single time I see him and I reckon he would go all out for a Tom Hardy-style Bond transformation.



Kit Harington

Oh, it's Jon Snow. Just imagine him without the long curly hair, can you see it? He's British and recently had a taste of modern-day action with the Spooks film. And he's said in interviews he would very much be down for it.


Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis! Some people are saying he's not 'street' enough to pull it off, and I'm not sure. I like him enough to shortlist, and he's such a talented actor. Yes, let's acknowledge the elephant in the room and say HELZ YEH there can totally be a ginger James.



Tom Hiddleston 

Tom is actually one of my favourites. As is Tom Hardy actually, so Team Tom is looking strong. The epitome of the British gentleman, he's an impeccable actor too. Plus, if he's as good a hero as he is a villain (you have to see the Jaguar ad), we're in for a jolly good show. He can swap the Jaguar for an Aston Martin any day.


Sam Claflin

Here's a name that doesn't get bounced around much for the debate. Ok, he looks like the friendliest guy ever and he's always smiling so he may have to work on his smoulder/glare/intense glare. He's played characters from page to screen like in the Hunger Games series and Love, Rosie, so it could be time to get some inspiration from Ian Fleming.



David Gandy

Can he act? Is he secretly a black belt and trained in parkour? Call it a wildcard. I've heard the name of this former D&G model being thrown around a couple of times, so maybe, just maybe... Plus, we know he can rock a suit.



Jeremy Irvine

At 25 he's too young. But I'm officially putting him on the list because I officially like him a lot. Me calling this can have a 25 year use-by date, so don't rule it out for another quarter of a century.


Speaking of young actors, there's also people like Alex Pettyfer or Sam Taylor-Johnson, if producers wanted a real change. After all, Alex Pettyfer played the kid James Bond as teenage spy Alex Rider in Stormbreaker, and Sam Taylor-Johnson always appears wise beyond his years...

And there's also people like Ewan McGregor or Gerard Butler, or famous non-British actors like Aussies Sam Worthington or Hugh Jackman. OR equally it could be someone completely unknown who's currently an accountant moonlighting at a theatre and one day a talent scout walks into the office... Who knows. And I'll confess, I haven't actually seen Luther or any of his other roles so I can't throw Idris Elba's name into the hat just yet!

Daniel Craig has done a stellar job of bringing a brand new James Bond into the 21st century. Whoever the role goes to, and it could still be in a few more years' time, they know they'll have large boots to fill.

Until then, we have the countdown to Spectre! Who's excited?