Slow Horses' Kristin Scott Thomas Shares Her Take On Jack Lowden James Bond Rumours

Slow Horses actor Kristin Scott Thomas has backed Jack Lowden to become the next James Bond.

Kristin plays MI5’s deputy chief Diana Taverner in the Apple TV+ spy drama, sharing the screen with Jack, who has long been reported to be a frontrunner in the 007 casting race.

During a new interview with The Times, the Bafta winner was asked for her thoughts on the rumours, insisting she didn’t have any inside info.

“Oh God, I wish I knew,” she quipped, before adding: “He’d be very, very good. He’s got that twinkle, he’s cheeky and he’s a very, very good actor.”

Slow Horses lead Sir Gary Oldman has long been a vocal advocate for Jack playing James Bond, claiming he had his “fingers crossed” that his co-star would bag the coveted role.

The show’s director Adam Randall also recently added his voice to the discussion, enthusing that “the thing that Jack can do so well is bring comedy and humour into the most serious moments”.

“He can play it very straight, he’s an amazing drama actor, he can play action, but he can also always find the funny,” Adam said. “It’s that combination that would make him a very good pick.”

As for Jack himself, he has remained largely tight-lipped on the speculation that he’s down to the last few actors to take over the role of James Bond from Daniel Craig.

“It’s all very flattering. It’s nice to be mentioned – for any role,” he told GQ Hype, maintaining that he “really” didn’t want to “add to the noise” by saying any more.

“As a young male actor, generally, the minute you’re not playing a zany artist type, the minute you’re in a suit, people fling it at you,” he claimed.

Besides Jack, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor and Jack Barton are among those who’ve all been mentioned in the press as supposed top picks to play 007, with the final round of casting thought to have taken place at the end of last month.