Tom Francis, the Olivier-winning star of 'Sunset Boulevard', auditioned to be the next James Bond, but traders hammered his odds from 97¢ to 15¢ — an 82-cent plunge. The market is pricing in doubt about whether a 26-year-old with just one film credit and primarily stage experience can land the iconic role. While producers are reportedly seeking a younger actor capable of carrying the franchise through multiple films, traders appear skeptical that Amazon MGM will gamble on such an untested screen presence. The collapse suggests the audition news confirmed Francis was never a serious frontrunner — just one of many hopefuls in casting director Nina Gold's extensive search process that includes Jacob Elordi, Callum Turner, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.