‘Club Kid’ Star Jordan Firstman Wants to Be a Bond Gay in Denis Villeneuve’s 007 Film
Jordan Firstman has an idea for where he’d fit in the next James Bond movie. The comedian and actor says he wants to be a Bond gay in Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming film. It’s a pitch that lands in the middle of a very quiet stretch for the franchise.
The new Bond movie is the first from Amazon MGM Studios since it took creative control of 007. Very little about the film has been made official, so even an offhand comment from a fan-favorite comedian becomes a talking point. And Villeneuve has had a big week.
Villeneuve was named as director in June 2025, with Amy Pascal and David Heyman producing and his wife, Tanya Lapointe, executive producing. Reports have pointed to Steven Knight as the screenwriter. Neither the title nor the cast has been announced, and the search for the new 007 is reportedly waiting until Villeneuve finishes ‘Dune: Part Three’, which is dated for December.
Expectations for release timing have drifted. Early estimates floated late 2027 at the earliest, while more recent reports expect 2028, though nothing is finalized. That leaves a long runway for speculation about who will play Bond and what tone the film will strike.
Jordan Firstman says he wants to be a "Bond gay" in Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming film" "I want to be a Bond gay. Like, instead of the Bond girls, I think they should make them gay guys.” https://t.co/pXaeLhFPh7 https://t.co/LrIe25ZCw0
— Variety (@Variety) November 9, 2026
On a video from Variety, Firstman said he wants to be a Bond gay. His idea is that, instead of the traditional Bond girls, the franchise should make them gay guys. The clip runs only about 9 seconds, and it appears to have been shot at LACMA’s Art+Film Gala, where Villeneuve was one of this year’s honorees alongside artist Vija Celmins.
The timing is notable. The gala took place on November 7, and Variety posted the clip on November 9. For a director who has spent months fielding Bond questions, it was a fitting backdrop for a bit of casting wishful thinking.
Firstman first caught wide attention in 2020 with his Instagram Live Impressions during the pandemic. Since then he has built a résumé across comedy, film and television. He appeared in the Marvel series ‘Ms. Marvel’ and in the Kenya Barris comedy ‘You People’, and he led the dark comedy ‘Rotting in the Sun’.
On television, he starred in ‘English Teacher’ as Malcolm and appeared in ‘I Love LA’. He also worked behind the scenes on ‘Big Mouth’ and ‘Search Party’. This year he made his feature directing debut with ‘Club Kid’, which Variety reported drew a global rights deal from A24 after a heated bidding war at Cannes.
Firstman is openly gay, which gives his joke extra context. Franchise chatter has long been tangled up in arguments about how much the series should change. Some tabloid-style stories have stoked fan worry about a so-called woke Bond, while rumor sites have pushed unconfirmed stories about queer storytelling in the film, none of which has been verified by the studio.
That makes a playful self-nomination like this one stand out. It nods to the tradition of memorable Bond supporting players without pretending the franchise has to stay frozen. Whether Amazon MGM or Villeneuve has any interest in something like it is unknown.
For now, the only certain things about the Bond film are the filmmaker and the producers. Villeneuve’s attention is split with ‘Dune: Part Three’, and the casting machine hasn’t really started. Firstman’s comment is a reminder of how much room there is to imagine the film before any official details arrive.
If a project like this does move forward, the supporting cast will matter as much as the lead. A franchise known for glamorous allies and flamboyant villains has plenty of space for fresh faces.
What kind of role should he play?
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