Bond 25 ‘wooing’ Lupita Nyong’o, Bamigboye says

Lupita Nyong’o

Bond 25 is attempting to lure Lupita Nyong’o to be a member of the cast, Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail reported.

Nyong’o won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2013’s 12 Years a Slave. She also played Nakia in 2018’s Black Panther and is in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX.

Eon boss Barbara Broccoli and Bond 25 Cary Fukunaga “have been wooing Lupita Nyong’o to join Daniel Craig” in the film, the Daily Mail scribe wrote. “But whether she is available remains to be seen.”

The Bond 25 reporting was the second item in a weekly Bamigboye column. Other tidbits:

–The idea that Emma Stone was in the running for Bond 25 was dismissed by an executive Bamigboye didn’t identify “as nonsense.” The same executive verified the interest in Nyong’o.

–Scott Z. Burns, performing a rewrite on Bond 25’s script, is “only halfway through it.”

–“Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Naomie Harris (maybe with an expanded Moneypenny role) and Ben Whishaw are on their marks, ready to head back into Bond world.”

Hmm. Maybe the “Scooby Gang” notion hasn’t gone away.