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Racist James Bond fans claim they will boycott next film if Jewish actor Aaron Taylor Johnson is cast as 007
Amid rumours the British actor, 33, has all but signed a deal to follow in Daniel Craig 's footsteps as 007, anti-Semitic comments have surfaced online.
The Sun reported on Monday that the British actor had been 'formally offered the opportunity to play James Bond', putting an end to months of speculation regarding Daniel Craig 's successor. The initial report suggested that the deal was all but done with Aaron who was on the verge of officially accepting the role of a lifetime, which would have made him only the seventh actor to play the iconic British secret agent since the franchise launched in 1962. A recent poll suggested Idris Elba was still the public's number one choice for the role, despite being 51 - old for a Bond candidate - and already ruling himself out of the running in order to focus on his crime drama, Luther.
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