--- title: 2019 Oscars: People Want Charlize Theron as the James Bond description: Charlize Theron is the top nominee to be the next James Bond — at least, according to viewers of the 91st Academy Awards. canonical: https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-25T04:10:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:39.615Z og:title: Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond og:description: Charlize Theron is the top nominee to be the next James Bond — at least, according to viewers of the 91st Academy Awards. og:url: https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt666413b969b0bc38/698945c37cdbacf52fd5f1bb/charlize-theron-daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 91st Annual Academy Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond twitter:description: Charlize Theron is the top nominee to be the next James Bond — at least, according to viewers of the 91st Academy Awards. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt666413b969b0bc38/698945c37cdbacf52fd5f1bb/charlize-theron-daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 25, 2019 4:10 AM UTC  Daniel Craig and Charlize Theron speak onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2019. Daniel Craig and Charlize Theron speak onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2019.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 25, 2019 4:10 AM UTC Charlize Theron is the top nominee to be the next James Bond — at least, according to viewers of the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5534976/oscars-2019-winners/). Theron, who presented [Mahershala Ali with his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor](http://time.com/5534787/2019-oscars-mahershala-ali/) along with current Bond actor Daniel Craig, stirred up Twitter users who declared she should be the next one to take on the role. > [](https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/1099857482854420481) > [](https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1099858310575124480) > [](https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/1099856932641345538) > [](https://twitter.com/rachem/status/1099857296748736512) > [](https://twitter.com/Lindsayycat/status/1099857124996276224) It’s not the first time Theron’s name has been suggested for the role of the infamous spy. She [drew comparisons](https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/charlize-theron-james-bond-524720) to Bond after she [played an MI6 agent in in the 2017 film _Atomic Blonde_ ](http://time.com/4874478/charlize-theron-atomic-blonde/)though she demurred when asked at that year’s Comic Con about whether she would consider taking the role. “I’m fine with leaving that over to Daniel or to Idris \[Elba\] — who I think would be a freakin’ awesome Bond — and I’ll do Lorraine,” she said. Elba has since confirmed he [won’t be playing the next Bond](https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/22/idris-elba-no-james-bond/), leaving the role very much up for grabs for Theron, should she heed Twitter’s requests. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/"},"headline":"Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond","datePublished":"2019-02-25T04:10:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:39.615Z","description":"Charlize Theron is the top nominee to be the next James Bond — at least, according to viewers of the 91st Academy Awards.","url":"https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt666413b969b0bc38/698945c37cdbacf52fd5f1bb/charlize-theron-daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt666413b969b0bc38/698945c37cdbacf52fd5f1bb/charlize-theron-daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"91st Annual Academy Awards - Show","caption":"Daniel Craig and Charlize Theron speak onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2019.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5536540/2019-oscars-charlize-theron-james-bond/","name":"Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond"}}]}] ```