With local legend and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight having signed up as writer for the next 007 flick, it’s time for the rest of us to bond over who will be Bond…

Since Daniel Craig’s swansong back in 2021, the debate has raged, the pundits have weighed in, and we haven’t got any closer to knowing who will be taking up the license to kill and stepping in to Rachel Weisz’s blue-eyed-boy’s ample clogs.

There have been many front runners and keen contenders over the years - Idris ‘Luther’ Elba being one, and Henry ‘Kal El’ Cavill being another.

While handsome hard man Elba has taken himself out of the race several times, cool, Kyptonian Cavill has actively pursued the part - indeed, actually losing out to Craig back in the Casino Royale days, reportedly due to his age. No stranger to a bit of suave, sophisticated espionage (Mission: Impossible, Argylle, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) he’s said since that he’d still love the proverbial keys to the DB5. But come on, Henners - you can’t have Bond and Superman. For God’s sake leave something for the rest of us…

Regardless of who side-holsters the fabled Walther PPK in Bond 26, Knight’s........

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