Scottish actor Sean Connery on location in Amsterdam for James Bond film 'Diamonds are Forever.' Jack Kay/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption

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This weekend, perhaps even as we speak, auditions are being held in London to cast the next Bond.

James Bond. Double-oh—well, you know.

Deadline reports that at least three actors will be screen tested: Jack Lowden, Josh O' Connor, and Callum Turner, who are all fine, experienced British actors and...how do I say this? Hunks.

The Bond selected by Amazon MGM Studios will succeed Daniel Craig, who has owned the role since Casino Royale in 2006, following a parade of other fine, hunky British actors stretching way back to Sean Connery, who starred in Dr. No in 1962.

The literary Bond — a name poached from Dr. James Bond, an American ornithologist who wrote the field guide, Birds of the West Indies , when author Ian Fleming was living in Jamaica — was a Cold War creation.…