Lashana Lynch is 007 (Picture: MGM)

Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch’s role in Bond 25 will reportedly have audiences dropping their popcorn in shock.

Lashana’s role has been kept underwraps but sources close to the production have now claimed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s rewrite of the script will see the 31-year-old be introduced to audiences as 007.

Now that is a moment we can’t wait to see.

James Bond fans will know that the spy retired at the end of Spectre and as Bond 25 opens he will be living a life of luxury in Jamaica.


However soon we will return to MI6 in London and the insider reveals that ‘there is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says “come in 007”, and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman’.

The cast of Bond 25 (Picture: MGM)

With Bond in retirement, it makes sense for the agency to pass on his codename to another agent, and we are here for it being a woman.



‘It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman,’ the source told The Daily Mail.

Christoph Waltz stars as Spectre (Picture: MGM)

Elsewhere, Christoph Waltz has also reportedly been spotted on set, hinting at the return of his Spectre villain, Blofeld.

The return of the character was speculated about earlier in 2019 when the working title of the film was alleged to be Shatterhand; the name comes from an alias used by supervillain Blofeld in Ian Fleming’s novel You Only Live Twice (1964).

However Blofeld had been captured by MI6 at Spectre’s conclusion, leaving fans wondering how he could return.

New reports alleged that Waltz has been seen ‘shooting scenes at Pinewood studios’ and ‘when a visitor spotted him Waltz insisted: “You haven’t seen me.”‘

Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek is set to Bond 25’s main villain in an as-yet-named role but Blofeld could make an appearance perhaps as a prisoner being interrogated for information.

Bond 25 will be in cinemas 8 April, 2020.

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