The 39-year-old actor and 46-year-old director have now made three movies together in the form of Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and now Dunkirk.

While a rumour has surfaced that Daniel Craig will sign on for a fifth James Bond outing, both Hardy and Nolan are tipped as a new team.

Not only is Hardy the currently favourite to be the next 007 at 3/1, but Nolan has been in talks to direct Bond at some point in the future.

During press for Dunkirk, the director appeared on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused where he endorsed Hardy to be Bond.