“Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” Jeff Bezos asked. And so began a new era for the biggest star in British cinema. The question was floated this week to mark Amazon acquiring creative control of the James Bond franchise. This being 2025, Bezos was posting on X, with his curiosity framed as the kind of populist appeal that might actually be acted on. Squint and you might even have sensed a regal invitation from the expensively muscled Bezos, who, after all, shares initials with the character. Dear God — were we meant to vote for him?
“你会选谁作为下一个邦德？”杰夫•贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)问道。于是，英国电影界最大明星的新时代开始了。本周，这个问题被提出，以纪念亚马逊(Amazon)获得詹姆斯•邦德(James Bond)系列的创意控制权。现在是2025年，贝佐斯在X平台上发帖，他的好奇心被包装成一种可能会被采纳的民粹主义呼吁。眯起眼睛，你甚至可能感受到这位身材健硕、花费不菲的贝佐斯发出的王室邀请，毕竟，他与这个角色共享首字母。天啊——我们是要为他投票吗？