Robert Pattinson has been pegged as the frontrunner in the race to play Amazon MGM’s James Bond by a man many consider Hollywood’s go-to source for insider information.
Nicholas Hoult, Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor and Callum Turner are also in the running, Puck’s Matthew Belloni reported Friday.
But the terms offered to Pattinson, 40, already seem to suggest The Batman star is the top dog, Belloni argued.
Each signed pre-negotiated employment contracts locking in the financials related to the role, and Pattinson was offered ‘a whole lot more money than the others,’ according to Belloni.
Belloni predicted Amazon wouldn’t base ‘their Bond on who’s cheaper,’ given the ‘stakes’
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