Saoirse Ronan keen to join cast of James Bond film as spy’s next villain

• Irish actor Saoirse Ronan has revealed that she’s keen to join the cast of the next Bond film as the iconic British spy’s next villain.
• Ronan's husband, Slow Horses star Jack Lowden, is currently considered one of the frontrunners to play 007.
• “I said that I wanted to be a Bond villain and I’m dead serious,” she told Empire magazine. “I think it would be really interesting, having a young female villain.”
• Should both actors be cast, they would become the first married couple to star opposite one another in a James Bond movie.
• The pair previously co-starred in the 2018 historical drama Mary Queen of Scots before reportedly marrying in July 2024.

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Saoirse Ronan reveals she wants Bond role as husband becomes 007 frontrunner: ‘I’m dead serious’