Is Jeff Bezos Backing Sydney Sweeney as the Next Bond Girl?

Another day, another round of 'Is Sydney Sweeney a Bond girl yet?' rumors. This one comes with an actual Sweeney answer that... does not exactly pour water on the fire.

What Sydney actually said

In a new Variety interview, Sweeney was asked point-blank if the Amazon founder himself wants her in the next James Bond movie and whether there is anything to the chatter.

'I can’t. [Seven-second pause.] I don’t know. [Ten-second pause.] To be honest, I don’t know all the Bond rumors, but I’ve always been a huge fan of the franchise, and I’m excited and curious to see what they do with it.'

Not exactly a denial. When pressed on if she would even want the part, she went from cagey to cheeky:

'Depends on the script. I think I’d have more fun as James Bond.'

So, coy? A little. Calculated? Also a little.

Why this keeps coming up

The rumor mill really started grinding after reports earlier this year that Amazon now has creative control over the franchise and that Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct the next 007 outing. Pair that with Sweeney’s name floating around as 'top of the casting sheet' for the next Bond girl and you get the perfect speculation cocktail.

The whisper network went further: Sweeney supposedly has Villeneuve’s vote, and Jeff Bezos is into the idea too. That last bit got extra oxygen after she attended Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding earlier this year. The narrative writes itself: she is friendly with the director, the studio is Amazon MGM Studios, the world’s most famous online shopper gives a thumbs up. You get the picture.

Reality check: none of that is official. It is all insider talk until someone with the keys to the Aston Martin says otherwise.

The pushback

Back in July, TMZ reported that Sweeney was not in talks for the first Amazon-era 007 movie. Their phrasing was basically: fans may want it, but right now it is not happening for this initial Bond film under Amazon MGM Studios. They did not shut the door for later, but they did shut it for now.

Meanwhile, Sweeney is already doing business with Team Bezos

Even if she is not trading quips with 007, Sweeney is very much on Amazon’s radar. She is set to star in Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of 'Split Fiction' (a hit video game) that is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. And off-screen, she is working with Bezos and Sanchez on her own lingerie line, which TMZ says is backed via the venture capital firm Coatue.

The fan temperature check

Online reaction is all over the map, from 'throw all the money at this' to 'please do not' to comments about what 007 should or should not be. A quick sampler of the sentiments circling X right now:

• Some folks joked that Bezos saw 'Euphoria' and decided to bankroll a Bond movie, while pleading to trust Villeneuve’s vision.
• Others say, fine, for once they agree with Bezos.
• A practical crowd notes she would eat up a big chunk of the budget.
• Box office gamblers argue her casting could add tens of millions to the opening tally.
• The skeptics: calm down, it is not happening.
• Purists chimed in with a rigid checklist for who Bond must be.
• And a few are cool with her as a Bond girl, but side-eye the Bezos part.

So, where does this land?

We have Sweeney playing it coy in an interview, a pile of insider chatter saying she is the favorite, a separate report saying she is not in talks for the first Amazon-backed 007, and a couple of real business ties between Sweeney and the Bezos/Sanchez orbit. All true at once, all a little contradictory.

No official casting has been announced. The franchise’s next installment is currently expected to hit theaters by 2028, which means there is plenty of time for the rumor mill to spin a few more times. If Sweeney ends up in the Bond-verse, it will be because the script, the director, and the Amazon-era plan all align — and yes, because the math makes sense.

Would she be good? Depends on the role. And, apparently, the script. But she is not wrong: she would probably have a blast as Bond.