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Ishani Sarkar

Gary Oldman recently revealed in an interview with Canada’s Global that the next 007 has already been cast. While Oldman’s connection to the James Bond franchise is a mystery, the Oscar-winning actor went on to say that he had his fingers crossed for his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden to take over as the Omega-wearing spy from the most recent Bond, Daniel Craig.

“It’s been rumored that he’s on the shortlist. We’re going to find out pretty soon, aren’t we? Because they have picked him. They have made their choice, but they have not announced it yet. So my fingers are crossed for Jack,” Oldman said.
Here’s everything you need to know about the next James Bond – at least according to Gary Oldman – Jack Lowden.
How did Jack Lowden get into acting?

Lowden grew up in a village in the Scottish Borders. He has told interviewers that his family didn’t have a theatre background or even an interest in acting. Instead, he joined his little brother for ballet lessons. This little brother is Calum Lowden, now principal dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet.
The older Lowden quickly realised that his talent wasn’t in ballet and decided to “try words instead”, and that’s how his tryst with theatre began. He got his first job at 19 playing Cammy in Black Watch at the National Theatre of Scotland. He went on to graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now called the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).
He’s not a method actor

The 36-year-old actor is known for playing some incredibly dark and complex characters. However, his approach to such characters doesn’t follow “the method”. In an interview with Gentleman’s Journal, the Dunkirk (2017) actor revealed, “I don’t find that I carry the characters around with me … Because I’ve always gotten off on being one person one minute and another person the next.”
When asked about getting into the mindset of his characters, especially that of Oswald in Richard Eyre’s 2014 adaptation of Ghosts, where the character has a fatal stroke on stage, Lowden quipped, “I’ve never been in that mindset! I’ve never had a stroke! It must be bloody knackering for an actor to inhabit the character that way!”
He is married to Saoirse Ronan

After acting with Saoirse Ronan for the first time in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Lowden was full of praise for the American-born Irish actress. During an interview with the since-defunct talk show Build Series, he said: “The woman is a force of nature on and off screen, and utterly fearless and a brilliant leader … it’s just constantly amazing to me – not just her work, but how she is on a set is amazing.”
Ronan – who at 32 is four years younger than her hubby – has also spoken fondly of him. She told People in 2022, “I completely trust his eye … I think that really helps, having someone that you really trust. And he’s a sort of typical Scot, where if there’s a problem, he’s the first one to try and solve it.”
According to People, the Oscar-nominated actress tied the knot with her long-time partner in a private ceremony in 2024 – fittingly in Edinburgh, Scotland – in the presence of very close friends, all of whom were “sworn to secrecy”.
Ronan gave birth to their first child last September, also per People.
He ran a production company with Ronan

On the professional front, Ronan and Lowden have been prolific collaborators. In 2019, Lowden co-founded the production company Arcade Pictures alongside producer Dominic Norris, with Ronan joining as a director in 2021. In 2024, together with Brock Media, they produced the film The Outrun, starring Ronan and based on Amy Liptrot’s memoir of the same name.
While both actors have since stepped down from their roles in the company, Variety reported that they will “continue looking for more passion projects to develop together in the future”.


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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The Scottish actor is married to Saoirse Ronan and has appeared in films including Dunkirk and Mary Queen of Scots – but will he succeed Daniel Craig?

The Scottish actor is married to Saoirse Ronan and has appeared in films including Dunkirk and Mary Queen of Scots – but will he succeed Daniel Craig?