# From Pemberly With Love. SLOB picks the next James Bond.

An episode of [Secret Life of Books](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1755803199), 23 Oct 2026, 11 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/679c3267811ecd43a9f19b7a/e/6adaffa04281670f07c596f6/media.mp3

In breaking, literary-adjacent news, Hollywood is about to do the final screen tests to choose the next James Bond. They’ve narrowed it down to just four actors, according to today’s Guardian. But what’s a tough decision for the motion picture studios is a simple decision for SLOB. We’ve cracked the Bond code. Each of these four rumored finalists has played at least one major role in recent adaptations of literary classics. So, Sophie and Jonty have put their classics know-how to the (screen) test, to ask which of these nineteenth-century literary heroes fits the bill for our post-Daniel Craig 007. Want a hint? The name’s Darcy. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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