Before he succeeded Leslie Nielsen as Police Squad's finest in ‘The Naked Gun,’ the acclaimed actor was on the shortlist for 007—but gave it up for love.

The duo collaborated for the second time on Smoke, which premiered back in June in the 2025 TV schedule. I won't get deep into spoilers here for any newcomers, but suffice it to say that the drama centered on arson investigations was appealing enough to draw Jurnee Smollett back to TV and wasted no time on dropping a huge reveal about Egerton's character.

Taron Egerton said that he wouldn't be a "good choice" to play James Bond during a new interview about the next 007. Shaken, not stirred. Taron Egerton has dropped out of the race to become the next James Bond as Amazon MGM Studios eye their new international man of mystery.