Could Harris Dickinson Be the Next 007? Actor Weighs In as Bond 26 Casting Nears
In a candid sit-down on his directing debut Urchin, the star confronted the swirling rumours head-on.
Bond watch update: director locked, star not. The rumor mill is doing what it does best, and Harris Dickinson just weighed in — kind of.
Where the chatter is right now
- It has been a little over three months since Denis Villeneuve was announced as the director of the next James Bond movie.
- We still have no idea who is replacing Daniel Craig. Depending on which whisper you believe, producers are either leaning toward an unknown British actor or eyeing Jacob Elordi — who is very much known, and not British.
- Harris Dickinson — from Babygirl and The Iron Claw — keeps popping up in the conversation. He was reportedly on a three-name Amazon wish list alongside Elordi and Tom Holland.
- The screenplay will come from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. He told Radio Times the writing has not started yet, and he is not tailoring the script to any specific actor.
Harris Dickinson, asked point-blank
While promoting his feature directorial debut, Urchin, Dickinson got the inevitable 007 question. He didn’t bite on speculation, but he did make it clear he is not the only one fielding it.
"I think there’s probably about 50 to 100 people that get asked this question. So it doesn’t feel necessarily unique or honourable to be asked it anymore."
He also called the rumors "certainly interesting," which is just enough to keep the internet afloat for another week, but not enough to mean anything concrete. Translation: do not hold your breath.
What is actually locked in
Villeneuve is on board to direct. Steven Knight is writing, but he has not started yet and he is not writing toward any one actor — which usually means casting is still wide open. When pressed for details, Knight offered the classic tease: he can’t talk about it.
The rest is noise. And some of that noise is genuinely odd — the push-pull between an unknown Brit and an A-list non-Brit, plus that reported Amazon short list, is a little inside baseball, especially given how carefully this franchise tends to guard its decisions.
Meanwhile, on Dickinson’s actual movie
Urchin — the project he was out promoting when all this came up — hits UK cinemas on Friday 3rd October 2025.
Until Bond HQ says otherwise, we’re still in waiting-game mode. Hopefully the new 007 steps out of the shadows sooner rather than later.