Who Should Be the Next James Bond Villain?

For years, the pop culture world has incessantly buzzed with speculation as to who might be the next James Bond. It’s become a conversation so overworn that it borders on cliché. And I’m as guilty as anyone; I read the rumours, I’ve peppered the question into countless interviews with actors, and I’m embarrassed to say that I genuinely bring it up as a conversation topic at dinner parties. And yet, for all our guesswork, to start 2026, we still have nothing to show for it.

Yet, on the Golden Globe red carpet...