--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oscars Viewers Have Nominated Charlize Theron as the Next James Bond > Sponsored content. 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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"}}]}] ```