Just behind Fassbender are Idris Elba, Aidan Turner and James Norton on 7-1.

Elba was recently backed by Will Smith’s King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

The filmmaker is keen to helm a Bond movie with the Luther star, telling The Hollywood Reporter: “Yeah, if it has somebody that looks like me in front of it, I’m definitely open to it. I want to go into that direction and I want to be able to add value to a new Bond. I grew up watching popcorn movies, so if I could add a little something to it, that would be cool. Let’s see if Idris wants to do it. I think [The Wire writers] Dave and George could call Idris and see what we could do.”