Regé-Jean Page finds speculation that he could be the next James Bond 'strange'

Regé-Jean Page finds speculation that he could be the next James Bond "strange".

The 38-year-old star was hotly-tipped to succeed Daniel Craig as 007 following his breakthrough role as Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings in the first season of Netflix drama Bridgerton but confessed that he was taken aback somewhat by the intensity of the rumours.

Page told Esquire UK: "It is strange, it's not normal.

"How I navigate it is very much about what is useful, what serves me in my job, in being able to deliver what I need to deliver to an audience, and a lot of that is just grounding."

He added: "It does get quite loud on the inside, like it was very, very intense, that combination of conversation, and I think I worked quite consciously to be able to navigate that environment with some normalcy for myself."