Luke Evans joins the ranks to play James Bond

"I would not let my chance to play James Bond pass by

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While

, Daniel Craig's fifth and final mission has now been waiting almost two years for theaters to reopen, Welsh actor Luke Evans, who once played Musketeer Aramis and Count Dracula, has just returned public his desire to become in turn the best agent of Her gracious Majesty.

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With this new candidacy for the post of 007, the famous spy with the license to kill created by the British author Ian Fleming in 1952, Luke Evans does not hesitate to add his name to the now long list of applicants.

At the time of writing, Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the films, could therefore choose her future hero from a circle of fashionable actors.

Should they be able to compete in charm and daring with Sean Connery and Roger Moore, the most emblematic secret agents of the saga.

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Welsh like Pierce Bosnan

The bookmakers who follow this casting very closely have in turn already sensed actors as different and talented as Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Sam Heugan, Tom Hiddleston, Michael Fassbender, Richard Madden, James Norton ... without any them, so far, is not unanimous among Bond fans.

Luke Evans, with a touch of humility, has already told the

how he would approach this role which will undoubtedly make him an international superstar:

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Luke Evans, however, has solid assets that could plead in his favor with the bosses of Eon Productions.

He is relatively young, 42 years old, he is Welsh like Pierce Brosnan, and, this is not his least quality, he is able to renew the image of James Bond, as Daniel Craig had done before him in his first mission,

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