Jeff Bezos Reportedly “Obsessed” With Casting Wife Lauren Sánchez In Major Role In Amazon MGM’s New ‘James Bond’: “This Isn’t Just Fantasy Casting”

The James Bond reboot is certainly shaping up to be an interesting project.

A new report claims Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has already set his sights on the next Bond girl: His new wife, Lauren Sánchez.

The pair recently married in June in a star-studded Venetian wedding but it looks like Bezos wants to make it official on the silver screen as well by casting her in Amazon MGM’s upcoming James Bond reboot. A new report claims Bezos has become “obsessed” with the idea of casting her in a major role.

“He’s obsessed,” said a Hollywood insider, per Rob Shuter’s newsletter. “This isn’t just fantasy casting — Jeff wants her on screen, period.”

The report claims Bezos is looking to have Sánchez “front and center” in the film.

“She’s not an actress,” a studio exec said. “But she’s Jeff’s muse, and when you spend $8 billion, you get what you want.”

The $8 billion in question is the whopping price Bezos paid for MGM Studios when Amazon purchased the company back in 2021, which means Bezos will have considerable pull in the new reboot.

It’s possible that Sánchez – or even Bezos, for that matter – will make a cameo appearance in the reboot, similar to Elon Musk meeting Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man in Iron Man 2. But casting her in a major role could put a hug damper in an installment that could breathe new life into the franchise.

Bond 26 is slated to be a total reboot of the franchise after Daniel Craig’s final installment, 2021’s No Time To Die. Dune director Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct with Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight writing the screenplay.

Several of Hollywood’s most dashing young actors have reportedly been in the running for the main role, including Harris Dickinson, Jacob Elordi, Regé-Jean Page, Tom Holland, and more.

But Bezos may have a final say in that matter, as well. The internet exploded after Bezos asked X users, “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?”

Bond 26 has a tentative release date set for 2028.