Now that Daniel Craig has finished his contracted tenure as British superspy and confirmed martini-enjoyer James Bond, the speculation is obviously heating up on who will be his successor. Names like Idris Elba and Tom Hardy are floated constantly, but it turns out that the punters are absolutely set on it being Avengers man Tom Hiddleston.
British bookmakers Coral had a bet running on who would be the next Bond, but uncorroborated reports that Hiddleston was meeting with Bond director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli led to a massive influx of bets, forcing his odds down to 2-1, then 1-2. 1-2 is not a strong bet by any measure.
So they had to frantically cancel the whole damn thing thanks to those dramatically shortened odds. It’s a weird one, ultimately, as Craig himself has denied reports that he has resigned the role, and nobody from the Bond camp will confirm or deny whether he’ll continue. He’s a pretty popular Bond, but they tend not to stay on that long.
Fan favourite is still Idris Elba, despite the legions of Daily Mail commenters who would rather England go to bloody war with France again than have a black James Bond. We all know he’d be very good and extremely sexually powerful.
We’ll have to see how this one goes, but the keen-eyed punters are in Hiddleston’s court.
Source: The Guardian.
Photo: Getty Images / Mike Marsland.
