# Tom Hardy rumored to have been selected as new 007 - James Bond

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**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165 "2020-09-21T17:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165/1 "2020-09-21T17:57:36Z")

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> **[REPORT: Tom Hardy Will Be The Next James Bond](https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/20/report-tom-hardy-james-bond-casting-daniel-craig/)**
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> Tom Hardy has reportedly been chosen as the next man to play James Bond. Will Tom Hardy be James Bond?

> **[007th heaven: why Tom Hardy as the new Bond is too good to be true](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/21/007-heaven-why-tom-hardy-as-the-new-bond-is-too-good-to-be-true)**
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> If a post on an obscure Star Trek blog is to be believed, Hardy will be the next 007. Could fans cope with his villanous side?

Hardy is one of my favorite current actors. I think he will continue the edgy Bond, and stay away from the campy Bond.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165/2 "2020-09-21T18:55:12Z")

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The original source of this appears to be [The Vulcan Reporter](https://www.thevulcanreporter.com/) which as far as I can tell is a blog that has only been around for a month, so I would take that with a huge grain of salt.

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165/3 "2020-09-21T19:00:10Z")

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A huge grain of what?

> **[Salt vampire](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Salt_vampire)**
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> A salt vampire or salt succubus was a sentient humanoid species native to the planet M-113, which by the mid-23rd century contained nothing but "the ruins of an ancient and long-dead civilization". After the last surviving individual on the planet...

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165/4 "2020-09-22T18:37:50Z")

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Mr. Lobohon, your agonizer, please.

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165/5 "2020-09-22T19:19:27Z")

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[Unclips and hands over agonizer]  
Lobohan (Whispered): Papi…