Robert Pattinson’s deal to play James Bond ‘leaked’ after audition

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Details surrounding Robert Pattinson’s potential James Bond deal have increased speculation that he will play the role.

Pattinson, seen recently in The Odyssey And Prime timebecame a surprise candidate alongside Nicholas Hoult following reports earlier this month that they had secretly auditioned to replace Daniel Craig as 007.

According to Puck NewsPattinson’s contract, if offered the role, would mean he would play Bond in three films. That would be one fewer than other contenders, including Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor, who would appear in four films.

“O’Connor and Lowden, for example, were expected to sign four bonds, if chosen,” the outlet reported. “Pattinson, on the other hand, was able to reduce that commitment to three (plus significantly more money than the others), given his celebrity.”

Journalist Matthew Belloni claimed that Pattinson’s deal was considered “difficult to make” – perhaps fueled by the fact that he also plays Batman – another important character in the franchise.

However, sources suggested Amazon. who acquired the series last year, and director Denis Villeneuve, who worked with Pattinson on the upcoming Dune Part 3must be very interested in casting Pattinson if they are going to extreme lengths to make something work.

Last month, Lowden responded to persistent rumors that he would be the next Bond, calling them “flattering.”

“It’s nice to be mentioned – for any role – and I’m not really going to add to the noise,” he said. GQadding: “I don’t really listen to him. »

Lowden, who will next play Mr. Darcy in Netflix Pride and prejudice series, continued: “As a young male actor, usually, as soon as you’re not playing a goofy artist, as soon as you’re wearing a costume, people throw it at you.”

Meanwhile, O’Connor said “to be considered in that same kind of category is extraordinary”, saying The Hollywood Reporter that reading the reports had been “an incredibly weird pinch-me moment”.

“Even being said in the same sentence and being considered for something like that,” he continued.

Talk to The Independent Earlier this year, discussing the process, retired casting director Debbie McWilliams – who helped cast Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as Bond over the years – said that “it’s absolutely essential that (Bond) remains a total enigma”, adding: “We want to know as little as possible about them personally, because that’s what spies are.”

“We don’t need to know where he shops, or who his parents are, or where he lives… He has the right to kill, and we have to believe that he can do it. If you don’t know that, you lose the audience.”

The new Bond film, directed by DuneDenis Villeneuve, follows Daniel Craig’s latest outing as Bond in No time to die, which was released in October 2021 after being delayed by the pandemic.

Amazon made a controversial purchase of the franchise’s longtime backers MGM Studios in January 2025, taking control of the much-loved series.