Angelina Jolie or Helena Bonham Carter? Casting for villain in Daniel Craig’s last James Bond film heats up

“Everyone thinks Angelina Jolie is going to get the part but bosses want Helena (Bonham Carter) more. At the moment they are just finalising the cast,” a source told The Mirror.

James Bond producers are keen to cast actor Helena Bonham Carter in the role of an antagonist in the upcoming film. If things work out, the actor, who has played the villainous Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies and the Red Queen in Alice and Wonderland, would join Daniel Craig as 007 in his final film as Bond.

Angelina Jolie is currently filming Maleficent 2. (Shutterstock)

Danny Boyle was recently confirmed as director.

Helena Bonham Carter will next be seen in Ocean’s 8.

“Everyone thinks Angelina Jolie is going to get the part but bosses want Helena more. At the moment they are just finalising the cast,” a source told The Mirror.

If Jolie gets the role, it would mark her second time acting alongside Craig after 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

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