Bond search reaches reported screen-test stage

Amazon MGM Studios’ search for the next James Bond has reached a reported screen-test stage, with Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor among the actors said to have received offers. The studio has not confirmed the candidates or the size of the group, and reports disagree over whether Jacob Elordi remains in contention. Screen tests were expected to take place in London from around October 23 and into the following week, according to reports attributed to industry sources. At least four offers were reportedly made. Lowden, Turner and O’Connor were named among those invited, while the identity of another candidate was not disclosed. Some accounts said a fifth actor might also test, but that detail has not been confirmed by the studio. The reported candidate lists differ. One account placed Elordi alongside Lowden and an unnamed actor in a three-person shortlist. Other reporting said Elordi was no longer in the running and would not test, along with Jack O’Connell. Because the studio has not identified the actors involved, Elordi’s status and the final group’s size remain unsettled. Amazon MGM Studios said it would not comment on specific casting details during the...