--- description: A British bookmaker has suspended betting on who will play the next James Bond after odds tipped in favor of actor Tom Hiddleston. title: Bookmaker Suspends Betting on Tom Hiddleston to Be Next James Bond image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a042144f8a8e5ac/6988933b0a4a221bff9c9aa3/tom-hiddleston-bets-007.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bookmaker Suspends Betting on Tom Hiddleston to Be Next James Bond  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2016 5:46 PM CUT  Tom Hiddleston attends the House Of Fraser British Academy Television Awards 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall on May 8, 2016 in London, England. Tom Hiddleston attends the House Of Fraser British Academy Television Awards 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall on May 8, 2016 in London, England.Dave J Hogan—2016 Dave J Hogan  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2016 5:46 PM CUT A British bookmaker has [suspended betting on who will play the next James Bond](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/uk-bookmaker-suspends-betting-tom-hiddleston-bond-39124543 "undefined") after odds tipped dramatically in favor of actor Tom Hiddleston. An increase in recent bets has pushed [_The Night Manager_](http://time.com/4296294/the-night-manager-hugh-laurie-tom-hiddleston/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") star to be the 2-1 favorite to replace Daniel Craig as the next 007, the Associated Press reports. Coral bookmakers say they suspended betting after a particularly large gamble affected the odds. “There’s no smoke without fire, and following the big gamble on Tom Hiddleston in the last 24 hours, we’ve had no choice but to pull the plug on the market,” Coral spokesperson Nicola McGeady said in a statement to [_The_ _Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/15/bookie-suspends-betting-on-next-james-bond-after-flurry-of-tom-hiddleston-punts "undefined"). “Earlier in the year there was a gamble on Idris Elba and Damian Lewis, but nothing has come close to the recent gamble on Hiddleston.” The spike in bets comes after Hiddleston was reportedly seen meeting with Bond film director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli in London. The actor had [expressed interest](http://time.com/4249352/tom-hiddleston-james-bond/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") in being the next 007, saying in a March interview that it would be an “extraordinary opportunity.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4336509/tom-hiddleston-bets-james-bond/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4336509/tom-hiddleston-bets-james-bond/"},"headline":"Bookmaker Suspends Betting on Tom Hiddleston to Be Next James Bond","datePublished":"2016-05-15T17:46:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:37:42.375Z","description":"\"Nothing has come close to the recent gamble on Hiddleston\"","url":"https://time.com/4336509/tom-hiddleston-bets-james-bond/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a042144f8a8e5ac/6988933b0a4a221bff9c9aa3/tom-hiddleston-bets-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a042144f8a8e5ac/6988933b0a4a221bff9c9aa3/tom-hiddleston-bets-007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom-Hiddleston-bets-007","caption":"Tom Hiddleston attends the House Of Fraser British Academy Television Awards 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall on May 8, 2016 in London, England.","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—2016 Dave J Hogan","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4336509/tom-hiddleston-bets-james-bond/","name":"Bookmaker Suspends Betting on Tom Hiddleston to Be Next James Bond"}}]}] ```