Who will be the next James Bond according to bookmakers???

  

Who will be the next james Bond?
Will Daniel Craig remain the best British spy?
Who are the candidates?
Damien Lewis? Really?

     According to The Hollywood Reporter, William Hill revealed that it slashed its odds of the Homeland star, Damien Lewis becoming the next James Bond by more than 75%, from 25/1 to 3/1. This propels Lewis ahead of Idris Elba (5/2), Tom Hardy (4/1), Henry Cavill (5/1), and Michael Fassbender (7/1). While we may not know the intricacies or influences of U.K. bookmakers, this doesn’t seem to be anything more than a friendly wager among friends.

     Back in 2013, Lewis joked to The Telegraph that Skyfall "paved the way perfectly for a redheaded Bond" by introducing the Scottish heritage. He also told Esquire magazine that it would be "wonderful" if he could pick up the mantle, but he would cross the bridge when he got there.

Redhead James Bond? Damien Lewis

      Earlier this year, we were on the set of Spectre in Mexico City, where we spoke to producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson along with a crop of other journalists. In speaking about Craig’s future as James Bond, they said that he has an "open-ended contract " and implied that he can decide which films to do on a case-by-case basis. As expected, their official statement was that they’d like for him to play the character forever, but as Broccoli noted, a role like this eats up an actor’s life and most people have to be talked into it. Whether that’s something Lewis is still interested in is beyond us, and there’s not much evidence to suggest the actor is an actual contender. Even Elba , for whom fans have been campaigning to become the first black Bond, doesn’t seem like a legitimate contender.

     We still have a ways before we know if Craig will drop out of the franchise.