British actor Aaron Pierre is rumored to be the next James Bond. Aaron, 31, is best known for voicing Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King. He is also the talk of the town for dating actress/singer Teyana Taylor.
Hollywood insider, Daniel Richtman, leaked an update on the leading candidate to play James Bond in the next 007 film, produced by Amazon/MGM.
Richtman dropped a hint that Aaron was at the top of the short list. “The plan is for the next Bond is to film next year,” Ritchman wrote. “Still no director or actors attached but I hear that Aaron Pierre is also someone they are considering for Bond.”
Hollywood studios broke with longstanding tradition by casting black actors in white roles. The list of “color blind” movies include The Little Mermaid, Marvel’s Captain America, Black Panther, and Annie, to name a few.
The news was not taken well by James Bond fans – both black and white.
One outraged X user, @SirBylHolte, wrote in a post on Friday: “Whoever at AMAZON/MGM needs to hear this: Casting a black man to play WHITE BRITISH James Bond won’t give me ‘REPRESENTATION’ at all.”
Holt, who is black, added:
“It will give me RAGE. Because Bond has been around for 63 years and 27 movies. Which means EVERY HOLLYWOOD STUDIO has had exactly that long to create a similar black super-spy of their own.
THEY ALL CHOSE NOT TO.”
Whoever at AMAZON/MGM needs to hear this:
Casting a black man to play WHITE BRITISH James Bond won’t give me “REPRESENTATION” at all.
It will give me RAGE.
Because Bond has been around for 63 years and 27 movies.
Which means EVERY HOLLYWOOD STUDIO has had exactly that long to… pic.twitter.com/lbcwrErorW
— Byl Holte (@SirBylHolte) June 20, 2025
