Brit hunk offered James Bond role & 'will sign contract this week' to take over

BRIT actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is taking his martinis shaken, not stirred, after being formally offered the job as the new James Bond. Insiders said the Kick-Ass movie star is expected to accept t…

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The Sun is reporting Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been formally offered the role of James Bond and "will sign [the] contract this week".

The name didn't ring a bell for me personally, but apparently he played Quicksilver in Marvel's Age of Ultron, and the title character in Kick-Ass before that.

So, assuming The Sun is correct, what do we all think?

I'm open to it, personally. He looks the part, did a fine job in those two movies, and after all the rumours of Idris Elba/Henry Cavill, both of whom are a bit too old now, it felt like they kinda had to go for someone with a lower profile.