Those highly placed, highly chatty, yet deeply anonymous sources from within the James Bond machine have spoken again! Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the new 007, they are saying. This time, with a confidence that verges on cockiness.
Should we believe them? After all, it’s less than a fortnight since they were informing us that the soon-to-be-Oscar-winning Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy was the man for the job. Yet the tone has changed. “Bond is Aaron’s job, should he wish to accept it,” a source tells The Sun today. “The formal offer is on the table and they are waiting to hear back.”
What’s more: “As far as Eon [the Bond production company] is concerned, Aaron is going to sign his contract in the coming days and they
