‘Emily in Paris’ Star Lucien Laviscount Reportedly in Running as Next Bond

From Mr. Paris to Mr. Bond — that appears to be the trajectory Lucien Laviscount is perhaps on … when you imagine the experiences that he is in the working as the subsequent 007.

The British actor — well-known for his recurring function on Netflix’s ‘Emily in Paris’ — is claimed to have captured the eye of film producer Barbara Broccoli … who additionally holds the rights to the James Bond franchise, and who’s in search of a brand new agent to exchange Daniel Craig.

According to the Daily Mail … his work in ‘EIP’ — the place he performs the principle character’s love curiosity, Alfie — is what landed him as a frontrunner for the job. He’s been on for two seasons.

DM cites one purported insider as saying, “Lucien ticks all of the boxes. He is a super talented actor, is extremely handsome and in the past 18 months has won lots of new fans since he joined Emily In Paris. Bond bosses are already saying how you can see him in the 007 tuxedo, how dapper and fitting to the role he will look.”

The factor that may harm him, apparently … his time on ‘Celebrity Big Brother,’ on which he competed in 2011. According to this supply, the Bond producers assume it is low forehead stuff not becoming of a Bond actor, despite the fact that they’re supposedly nonetheless fairly excessive on him in basic.

The different attention-grabbing tidbit popping out of this report … Broccoli is claimed to have greenlit stunt work testing over at Pinewood Studios, the place they’ve shot loads of Bond content material. If true, that may imply they’re ramping as much as begin the subsequent chapter post-Craig/’No Time to Die.’

There’d been rumblings that Idris Elba was being thought-about to play the subsequent Bond, however frankly … he is too previous, and Lucien matches the invoice for what Broccoli and co. have not too long ago stated they need in their subsequent iteration of the character. A younger whippersnapper, that’s.

We’ll say this … Lucien’s undoubtedly received the look down. Handsome, match and pure magnificence. All the correct stuff that makes Bond a world heartthrob.

Here’s hoping the Bond honchos determine it out before later. The hole between Pierce Brosnan and Craig (4 years) was longer than any interval from earlier actors — that means, when one man left … the opposite slid in somewhat seamlessly in a matter of a yr or two.