James Bond 26 Casting Rumor: Scott Rose-Marsh Has Screen-Tested for Director Denis Villeneuve

The rumors astir who mightiness beryllium the adjacent James Bond histrion ne'er cease (Tom Holland, Taron Egerton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, canvass victor Henry Cavill) but with improvement connected James Bond 26 heating up with the hiring of manager Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Steven Knight, it’s astir apt clip to commencement taking them a spot much seriously. The latest 007 casting rumor claims comparatively chartless English histrion Scott Rose-Marsh precocious screen-tested arsenic James Bond for Villeneuve.

According to The Hollywood Reporter’s “well-placed root adjacent to the production,” Rose-Marsh “was brought successful sometime successful precocious June to work sides from 1995’s GoldenEye, presumably for just-hired manager Denis Villeneuve. He mightiness besides person tackled pages from the publication Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is said to beryllium whipping up for Bond 26. Whatever the material, Rambling’s root claims Rose-Marsh was fixed conscionable 1 portion of absorption earlier the trial cameras rolled: Don’t impersonate a erstwhile Bond.”

Rose-Marsh, 37, has appeared successful the films Wolves of War and Krays: Code of Silence and successful the TV bid Chloe, The Outlaws, and Yr Amgueddfa. He’s a postgraduate of BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

Scott Rose-Marsh (second from left) successful 2022's Wolves of War.

What makes Rose-Marsh a distinctive prime for Bond is that he’s a redhead, which would beryllium a archetypal for a large surface James Bond histrion conscionable arsenic Daniel Craig was the archetypal blond histrion to play 007. Another redhead, Dexter: Original Sin’s Patrick Gibson, portrays Bond successful the caller video crippled 007: First Light, though it isn’t portion of the Bond movie canon.

The illustration pic connected Rose-Marsh’s Wikipedia leafage – arsenic good immoderate of the headshots connected his Instagram relationship – features him with his hairsbreadth dyed darker.

“In caller years, the histrion has undergone a carnal transformation, becoming leaner and much angular — changes that fans accidental align him with the modern mentation of Bond,” Somerset Live notes.

Rose-Marsh besides has a ample scar implicit his close eye. The literate Bond had a scar connected his close cheek, thing nary of the live-action James Bonds person ever had.

Of course, conscionable due to the fact that Rose-Marsh whitethorn person screen-tested for the relation doesn't mean helium volition yet play James Bond. He could extremity up with a antithetic relation oregon not formed successful the movie astatine all.

WalesOnline reported successful 2021 that Rose-Marsh discontinue his telephone halfway occupation soon earlier landing his relation successful the Welsh-language bid Yr Amgueddfa. He landed astir of his roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"One happening that is comic is that a batch of the roles I look to beryllium getting astatine the infinitesimal are arsenic immoderate benignant of pugnacious feline oregon gangster, and for those who cognize maine successful existent beingness they cognize it couldn't beryllium further from the benignant of idiosyncratic that I am,” Rose-Marsh told the site.

"I conjecture it's conscionable my face, arsenic radical bash look to deliberation I look a spot menacing which is wherefore I'm getting formed arsenic a atrocious feline rather a lot. It does marque america laughter but I committedness I'm a truly bully feline successful reality.”

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James Bond 26 is the archetypal 007 movie from Amazon MGM Studios and caller producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal, who took implicit from Bond franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.