James Bond Franchise Reportedly Eyes Lupita Nyong’o for Lead Role

James Bond 25 might include Lupita Nyong’o in its star-studded cast, according to Deadline report.

According to the media house, a source close to the situation say that Lupita Nyong’o is being courted to join the Bond film. And this comes a day after Variety confirmed that Oscar Award-winner Rami Malek was closing his deal to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig.

Bond 25 reportedly will be directed by the genius Cary Fukunaga.

Malek won the Best Actor Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody and Nyong’o won the Best Supporting Actress prize in 2013 for 12 Years A Slave, and she is coming off being in the cast of the Best Picture nominated Black Panther. She is also about to open in the Jordan Peele-directed genre film Us.

We wait.

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