Could Margot Robbie be the next Bond Girl?

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As we continue to find a potential replacement for Daniel Craig as James Bond, talk has also begun to who will be the next Bond girl – or woman has they’re now known.

Bookies Paddy Power has placed Suicide Squad’s Margot Robbie as the 12/1 favourite to take on the iconic role and get 007 all hot under the tuxedo.

However, the 26-year-old former Neighbours star does have some tough competition in the shape of Emily Blunt at 16/1.

Blunt has previously played some badass action heroines, most noticeably starring alongside Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow and in drug thriller Sicario, so she could add an awesome new side to a Bond woman.

The other two names on the list include model and Gone Girl actress Emily Ratajkowski and Emma Watson who have odds of 22/1 and 40/1 respectively.

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It’s great to see Watson on the list and it’ll help with moving out of Hermione Granger’s shadow and I think the top two candidates are the right ones. Robbie is one of the hottest actresses working in Hollywood today and with Suicide Squad coming out next week her stock will rise to new heights.

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Then as I previously stated I think if you get Blunt, I think you’ll see one of the best Bond women and will be something needed for the franchise to stay up to date because the Bond girls in Spectre were weak.

I’m not sure Ratajkowski is a good actress as I haven’t seen Gone Girl yet, but if she was cast then she’d be the stereotypic Bond girl and be in the film briefly.

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It’s just depending on whom one of these actresses could be starring opposite, depending if Craig doesn’t return, these replacements include Aiden Turner, James Norton, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba or Damian Lewis.