Coalville actor favourite to be James Bond.

[Webbo]

 

One of Leicestershire’s best known acting exports looks set to become the next James Bond - that’s if bookmakers are to be believed.

Tom Hopper, who was born in Coalville, is now the bookies’ odds on favourite to succeed Daniel Craig as 007 after a flurry of bets were placed in his direction last week.

The rise in bets have seen Tom’s odds dramatically slashed, meaning the Leicestershire star is now ahead of the likes of Bridgerton’s Rege-Jean Page and Venom’s Tom Hardy.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/bookmakers-make-leicestershire-actor-favourite-6107664

 

 

I suppose we need to come up with some names for the films? My daughter suggested "Gold sixth finger".

Edited 25 October 2021 by Webbo

[bovril]

Watch out for those Thai prostitute honeytraps. 

[Izzy]

His best performance was in that Thailand sex video

[Webbo]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

His best performance was in that Thailand sex video

  I had to just check if it was the same one.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Is this seriously that Tom Hopper?! Like wow 😮 🤣 someone please tell me it’s someone else 🤣 

[EastAnglianFox]

😂😂 That's crazy, I knew him growing up as my cousin was best mates with his older brother Ben, used to drag him down to Thringstone playing field to make up the numbers playing football. 

 

Never even knew he became an actor until now

[ealingfox]

3/1 is not odds-on, Leicester Mercury.

[urban.spaceman]

 

 

[HankMarvin]

[TAFKA Castroneves]

18 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Thanks for straightening this out for me 🤣 good luck to the lad!

[MPH]

 

 

the fact he even had to deny it!

[VLC86]

#EiffelTower

[Parafox]

Born in Coalville. I bet his brother and his mother are very proud of their offspring. 

[Jattdogg]

Scenes when the next bond takes place in thailand...perhaps the new bond likes it stirred 

Edited 25 October 2021 by Jattdogg

[HybridFox]

James Bond contender, you'll never sing that 🎵 

[TiffToff88]

I always though Noel Clarke would have made a brilliant James Bond, until it came out that he's (allegedly) a bit of a gropey sex predator.

[Guest Lako42]

His mum and dad live in Whitwick. 

 

I went to school with him, good bloke. 

[Jimothy]

29 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

I always though Noel Clarke would have made a brilliant James Bond, until it came out that he's (allegedly) a bit of a gropey sex predator.

Good practice for being Bond then.

[Buce]

 

I wonder how many famous people come from Coalville?

 

I bet you can count them on six fingers.

[Mike Oxlong]

13 hours ago, Izzy said:

His best performance was in that Thailand sex video

Just looked him up on IMDB. 

 

Apparently his breakthrough performance was in Lord of the Rings 

[Aus Fox]

Can’t wait for the next Bond movie to come out! I hope the local cinema have a singing section!

He’s one of our own, he’s one of our owwwnn

The boy James Bond

He’s one of our own

[RobHawk]

Went to Newbridge with him, lost touch when he went to Ashby and I went kind ed. Had no idea he was famous. 

 

He was a top lad when I knew him

[RobHawk]

20 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said:

😂😂 That's crazy, I knew him growing up as my cousin was best mates with his older brother Ben, used to drag him down to Thringstone playing field to make up the numbers playing football. 

 

Never even knew he became an actor until now

 

7 hours ago, Lako42 said:

His mum and dad live in Whitwick. 

 

I went to school with him, good bloke. 

Just read the thread and realised there's potentially people on foxestalk I once knew in real life 🤔🤔🤔

[FoxesDeb]

38 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

 

Just read the thread and realised there's potentially people on foxestalk I once knew in real life 🤔🤔🤔

Yeah it's a small world! @stixand I used to be neighbours, and I'm 99% certain that @Wolfoxand I used to work together years ago 

[Wolfox]

8 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

Yeah it's a small world! @stixand I used to be neighbours, and I'm 99% certain that @Wolfoxand I used to work together years ago 

Ha!  BG…!

 

I know @murphy from here too…. Suspect there are a few others!