10 Actors Most Likely To Be The Next James Bond - Ranked

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The Night Manager Tom Hiddleston
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Though Daniel Craig will start shooting his final Bond movie at the end of this year, discussion is already running rampant over who will succeed him as the seventh actor to play 007.

The hunt for a new Bond is always of intense interest to the general public - evidenced no better than by the initial outrage at Craig's casting - and fans aren't waiting for Craig's tenure to wrap up before floating names for his successor.

Granted, everyone has their personal "perfect" pick for Bond, and tabloid newspapers love to tease some utterly ridiculous names - Benedict Cumberbatch, John Boyega and Emily Blunt - but in terms of semi-possible prospects, these are the 10 to watch.

From some of the most respected actors of their generations to on-the-rise TV stars and everybody in-between, these are the hotly-tipped Bonds-in-waiting who actually have the cred to back it up, even if most of them also have a question mark or two over their heads.

While the new Bond reveal likely won't come for another three years yet, these are the names to keep in mind...

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