10 Actors Who Could Be The Next James Bond

4. Tom Hardy

If any actor can be described as possessing all the different elements that make up fan's perfect storm ofBond criteria, it's Tom Hardy. Speculation has surrounded him getting the part ever since the credits rolled on Casino Royale and it's a question that's put to him in almost every interview he conducts.

If you pinpoint all the qualities Brosnan and Craig brought to the role, then extrapolate a line through the two,Hardy's the closest thing to a living embodiment of where you end up.

A more impressive physical specimen? Hardy's an absolute adonis. A more gritty approach to the action scenes? Hardy was frankly terrifying as Bane. Getting your hands dirty with the enemy? The man literally learned mixed martial arts for Warrior. Convincing at the dirty side of espionage? He was one of the best things in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. A charming man with a cheeky, bad-boy edge? That's his image in real-life.

Hardy even confessed to loving the idea of playing Bond at some stage and,combining major Hollywood appeal with no long-standing commitments to other franchises, he's a producers dream.