WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.237 - Name's Bond, James Bond. 2 00:00:03.343 --> 00:00:06.740 - [Narrator] Who should be the next James Bond? 3 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:08.375 Here are some of Io9's choices 4 00:00:08.490 --> 00:00:11.044 of who should play our favorite spy next. 5 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:13.614 Rege-Jean Page. 6 00:00:13.710 --> 00:00:16.416 The Bridgerton breakout star has got it all. 7 00:00:16.515 --> 00:00:19.753 Charismatic personality, a great presence on screen, 8 00:00:19.848 --> 00:00:23.423 pretty decent to look at, and he's British. 9 00:00:23.516 --> 00:00:25.792 Plus, he's only 34 years old. 10 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:28.061 He could play Bond for decades. 11 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:30.297 - And handsome, must not forget that. 12 00:00:30.392 --> 00:00:32.399 - [Narrator] Lashana Lynch. 13 00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:34.568 - I'm here as a professional courtesy. 14 00:00:34.650 --> 00:00:35.802 - [Narrator] Sure, "No Time to Die" 15 00:00:35.882 --> 00:00:39.273 gave us Lynch as Nomi, Bond's replacement as 007, 16 00:00:39.339 --> 00:00:42.109 but it also spent as much time showing her kick ass 17 00:00:42.178 --> 00:00:43.844 as it did trying to navigate 18 00:00:43.912 --> 00:00:47.648 that she wasn't really 007 in anyone's eyes. 19 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:49.316 Why not give Nomi the actual chance 20 00:00:49.376 --> 00:00:51.451 to shine and flesh out her story, 21 00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:54.388 having to navigate no longer being in James' shadow 22 00:00:54.434 --> 00:00:57.791 while inheriting his mantle for real? 23 00:00:57.858 --> 00:00:59.463 Rupert Grint. 24 00:01:00.570 --> 00:01:03.864 It's 2022, why can't a ginger be Bond? 25 00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:05.566 Grint has shown he's got range 26 00:01:05.670 --> 00:01:07.234 with a surprisingly powerful performance 27 00:01:07.339 --> 00:01:09.503 in the Apple TV show "Servant." 28 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:12.539 And we still want reparations for how Grint got done dirty 29 00:01:12.649 --> 00:01:15.509 as movie Ron, which is generally a useless version 30 00:01:15.614 --> 00:01:16.893 of book Ron. 31 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.580 Michelle Yeoh. 32 00:01:19.690 --> 00:01:23.750 Once again, we are begging people to hire older women 33 00:01:23.847 --> 00:01:26.253 to take on legacy action roles. 34 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:29.323 Now yes, we know Michelle Yeoh was in 1997's 35 00:01:29.432 --> 00:01:33.694 "Tomorrow Never Dies" as a Chinese spy that helped Bond. 36 00:01:33.780 --> 00:01:36.630 But why not have her go from Bond girl to Bond? 37 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:39.199 - He has to work with women who are capable 38 00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:41.068 of doing the things that he does. 39 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:42.970 - [Narrator] Michelle Yeoh is an action star 40 00:01:43.050 --> 00:01:44.237 in every sense of the word 41 00:01:44.312 --> 00:01:46.773 and a powerful presence on screen. 42 00:01:46.860 --> 00:01:49.810 If anyone can take on 007's M.O. of kicking ass 43 00:01:49.867 --> 00:01:53.133 and breaking hearts across the globe, it's Yeoh. 44 00:01:54.210 --> 00:01:55.263 Henry Cavill. 45 00:01:56.160 --> 00:01:57.084 - Henry, I don't know if you know this, 46 00:01:57.137 --> 00:01:59.386 but the Bond position is vacant. 47 00:01:59.446 --> 00:02:01.121 (Henry laughs) 48 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:02.956 - [Narrator] If anyone deserves a shot at the role, 49 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:05.392 it's Superman himself, Henry Cavill. 50 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:08.695 He dealt with the sloppy mess that is DC Warner Brothers, 51 00:02:08.816 --> 00:02:12.299 and also killed it in "Mission Impossible: Fallout." 52 00:02:12.420 --> 00:02:14.368 Plus, he has experience playing a spy 53 00:02:14.490 --> 00:02:15.469 in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." 54 00:02:15.595 --> 00:02:17.371 which probably won't get a sequel 55 00:02:17.494 --> 00:02:21.408 due to his co-star Anthony Hopkins, oh, I mean Armie Hammer. 56 00:02:21.531 --> 00:02:23.844 Who would you pick to play James Bond? 57 00:02:23.959 --> 00:02:25.233 Comment below.