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“Shocking.. Positively shocking”.

Fans have been speculating for years over who will replace Daniel Craig as James Bond and the wait is now over. 

Tom Hardy is reportedly set to take on the role in the upcoming Bond movies! 

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Sources say that Tom got the role back in June after the audition. However, it has still not been announced officially. The producers are said to be holding the news until the release of Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie, No Time To Die but there is no sign of the coronavirus letting the cinema doors open worldwide, yet. 

We’re not sure how long it’s going to take, so let’s just wait and see. Apart from Tom Hardy, some other actors who were linked with replacing Daniel Craig were Idris Elba, James Norton, Tom Hiddleston and more. 

Here’s what the Twitterverse had to say about the news!

I like this one, maybe play a young James Bond coming through the training

— Richard Hendry (@Peanut720) September 19, 2020

I love Hardy. But what happened to the Elba theory?

— Lolade (@lorlahdaytj) September 18, 2020

Personally, would have preferred Benedict Cumberbatch

— Uyi (@force_majeure__) September 18, 2020

Norton would have certainly brought a level of class to the role but Hardy oozes a kind of cool that is synonymous with Bond.

— 🦁 (@melumeze) September 20, 2020

Love Tom Hardy. He'll be great, but I actually think Jack O'Connell might be THE choice. Probably not in the cards, but there was "something" there that made me think he'd be very Bond-worthy.

— David Nyro (@DavidNyro) September 20, 2020

Was actually rooting for Idris Elba....but I guess he's alright tho

— #IAMCullenblacq. (@cullenblacq) September 18, 2020

I’m not against it! He’s done too many other high profile roles to be Bond though in my opinion. Great actor though.

— Max Mattless (@Mattless5) September 19, 2020

Seriously? Hardy's great but I'm used to seeing Craig as bond.

— Yash Daga (@YashDaga03) September 19, 2020

Looking forward to it 🤷 what do you think

— Maeraj Ahmed (@maerajahmed) September 19, 2020

Are you saying yes to Tom Hardy as the new James Bond? 

By: Piravina Ragunathan

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