Lashana Lynch as new Bond 007? Here's what we know so far ahead of Bond 25

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Tobi Akingbade15 July 2019
The Weekender

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Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch is set to appear in the next James Bond film, in a moment that promises to have cinema-goers dropping their popcorn in shock.

Lynch’s role has been a secretive topic but sources close to the production have now claimed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s rewrite of the script will see the 31-year-old introduced to audiences as the new 007.

Fans of the franchise will know that the spy, currently portrayed by Daniel Craig, retired at the end of Spectre and will be living a fancy life in Jamaica as Bond 25 opens.

An insider has claimed that at the start of the film Bond will return to MI6 and will be introduced to 007 – only for Lynch’s character to walk in to the room.

Lynch (far right) alongside her fellow Bond stars (from left) Lea Seydoux, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
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"It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman," a source told the Daily Mail.

This already seems like a significant movie moment, but while we wait to see how true that will be, here’s everything you need to know about the star in the meantime.

Who is Lashana Lynch?

The British star of Jamaican descent was born in November 1987 in Hammersmith, London and graduated with a BA Acting course at ArtsEd drama school in the capital city.

She made her film debut in 2011 drama film Fast Girls and appeared on television’s Silent Witness and Death in Paradise.

Her early roles also include Brotherhood, Crims, The 7.39 and Atlantis, while more recently she’s been in the US TV drama Still Star-Crossed, which takes place after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and sees her playing Juliet’s cousin Rosaline.

Lashana (second from left) in the 2012 film 'Fast Girls' in which she starred alongside Lily James.

She can also be spotted in Sky One’s Bulletproof, which reunited her Fast Girls co-star Noel Clarke.

Earlier this year, she played fighter pilot Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel, replacing DeWanda Wise.

What are Lashana Lynch’s next projects?

In 2020, the actress is set to appear in an upcoming American TV drama called Y, based on the comic book series Y: The Last Man.

Y is set in "a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival."

Lynch will play Agent 355 alongside Diane Lane, Barry Keoghan and Imogen Roots.

When will Bond 25 be released in the UK?

The film is currently slated for release on April 25, 2020, after the date was initially pushed back from late 2019 and then from February 2020.

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