A WHITE Lotus hunk is the hot favourite name in the frame to play the next James Bond.
The 40-year-old – who tackled very racy scenes in the second series of the HBO drama – has now seen a “strong wave of support” when it comes to bagging the iconic 007 movie gig.
Theo James is now a hot contender to replace outgoing Bond, Daniel Craig.
Bookies Coral told The Sun how an influx of bets on the actor has sparked a reduction in his odds of playing the character to 2-1.
Coral’s John Hill added: “We have seen a strong wave of support for Theo James over the weekend which has forced us to slash the odds on The Monkey star replacing Daniel Craig.”
Theo played Cameron Sullivan in The White Lotus’ second season, where he jets to Sicily with wife Daphne.
Yet his bold character’s infidelity quickly becomes clear – with one infamous scene in the plotline sending fans wild.
The Buckinghamshire-born star also features in hit Netflix series The Gentlemen.
His first major role came in 2011 when he played Jed Harper in the popular TV series Bedlam for six episodes.
The same year, Theo went on to star in the hilarious comedy The Inbetweeners Movie, alongside a number of notable names such as Simon Bird, James Buckley and Blake Harrison.
The following year, Sony Pictures hired the Brit to play David in the thrilling Underworld Awakening, starring Kate Beckinsale and Michael Ealy.
He now joins a stellar list of actors as names in the frame for the Bond role.
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Henry Cavill, Tom Hardy and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have all been tipped to replace Daniel as the Secret Service agent.
Coral has now placed Happy Valley villain James Norton as second favourite for the role with odds of 3-1, and Aaron at 7-2.
BOND REVEAL
Recently, Bond franchise expert Mark O’Connell told how he believed fans will know the next suave spy’s identity by the summer.
Appearing on Nick Ferrari’s LBC radio show, he said he wanted Bond to remain British and favoured a non A-list name.
He said: “Henry Cavill could be back in the running now. Amazon’s choice could be different to the Broccolis. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, a new guy called Harris Dickinson, keep an eye on him.”
Days ago it was confirmed that Bond will still be a British man despite being sold to “woke” Hollywood streaming site Amazon.
Before giving up ownership of the popular film franchise, 007’s stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson insisted the spy would retain his nationality and gender.
Ms Broccoli, who took over the Bond brand from company Eon Productions alongside Mr Wilson in 1995, made the arrangement before she agreed to sell the rights to Amazon in a £770million deal.
An insider told the Mail on Sunday: “Amazon is committed to keeping the spirit of Bond alive and that means he has to be British or from the Commonwealth – and he has to be male.”
