Robert Pattinson, Nicholas Hoult, Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor are all said to have auditioned to play Bond. A final decision is expected before the end of the year.
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It’s been five years since Daniel Craig bid farewell to the role of 007 in “No Time to Die,” which ended with a closing credit promise that “James Bond will return.” And while corporate machinations have slowed the character’s reappearance, the battle to play cinema’s most famous secret agent is playing out more publicly than usual.