With a minimum ten-year commitment generally required for Bond actors, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. While Cavill may have been too young in the early 2000s, he's now 40, which, somewhat ironically, means he's now at the older end of the spectrum when it comes to Bond hopefuls.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has long been considered a front-runner for Bond, but other actors seemingly in contention include Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston, Richard Madden, and Rege-Jean Page, among others.