JAMES Bond could see it’s first ever husband and wife casting as Saoirse Ronan pitches for a villain role – and Jack Lowden is up for 007.
The actress, 32, who tied the knot with Jack in 2024, has teased that she could be in the upcoming blockbuster Bond 26.
Lady Bird star Saoirse recently told Empire magazine: “I want to go dark. I said that I wanted to be a Bond villain, and I’m dead serious.
“I think it would be really interesting, having a young, female villain.
“Especially for girls and women, to see someone who can just take all that pent-up anger and direct it somewhere.”
The pair welcomed their first baby into the world after being spotted with a pram in public back in September last year.
Her husband has been tipped as one of the stars to take on the role of James Bond, following on from Daniel Craig, who has played agent for the last 15 years.
Jack has been a huge fan favourite since taking on the role of MI5 agent River Cartwright in Apple TV+’s Slow Horses.
He’s also been in the likes of Pride and Prejudice, The Gold, War & Peace, The Long Song, Wolf Hall, Mrs Biggs and The Tunnel.
Meanwhile Saoirse has starred in Little Women, Lady Bird, The Lovely Bones, Hanna and Mary Queen of Scots.
There are some pretty huge names in the mix for the next Bond.
The likes of Jacob Elordi, Callum Turner, Harris Dickinson, Anthony Boyle and Tom Hardy have been some of the names.
And New Brit actor Jack Barton has been thrown in there too.
It comes shortly after The Sun exclusively revealed that the new 007 writer shared an unexpected update on the Bond script.
The upcoming film could possibly relocate from MI6 in London to Birmingham.
Its writer Steven Knight has a long-standing love affair with the Midlands, the home of his smash hit Peaky Blinders and drama This Town.
The screen giant is considering a Brummie background for the spy’s next outing.
Steven told The Sun: “I’m loving working on the Bond film — I’m tempted to set it in Birmingham.
“I’m always tempted to do that on everything I work on!”
Knight has been drafted in by Amazon MGM Studios, which bought creative control of the Bond franchise for £790million last year.
Sharing an update at the launch of the Peaky Blinders Underworld immersive game, he went on: “Writing this film is like working for King and country. I feel like it’s my duty.
“Seriously, I’m such a big fan of the whole Bond franchise. To be able to be the person who is writing the next one is genuinely an honour and it’s a dream.
“Making Peaky Blinders has been amazing and doing Bond is beyond that.”