MOVIE hunk Tom Hardy’s was named the new bookies’ favourite to become the new James Bond yesterday after he chased down a crook who fled a stolen motorcycle smash.
Tom, 39, was cut from 6/1 outsider to 6/4 favourite within hours after his real life action hero antics boosted his 007 credentials.
Ladbrokes reported a flood of bets on the Legend, Batman and Taboo star after The Sun revealed how he ran through a building site and gardens and vaulted walls to collar the thief.
He was installed as their new Bond frontrunner yesterday, overtaking Idris Elba whose odds lengthened to 4/1 alongside Michael Fassbender and Aiden Turner with Edward Norton at 6/1.
Williams Hills also cut the brooding British hunk’s price from 4/1 to 3/1 but placed him behind Elba in the race to take over from current Bond Daniel Craig, 49.
Ladbrokes spokesman David Williams said yesterday: “We’ve had a rush of money on Tom Hardy and not a penny on anyone else since his have-a-go heroics – he’s our new clear favourite.
“Fans have been betting on the role going to a real life action hero. It’s been one-way traffic.”
Tom launched a terrier like pursuit worthy of a Bond action sequence during the assault course-style chase after the smash near his home in Richmond, South West London.
A witness told The Sun how the screen hardman announced: “I caught the ****” after he grabbed the fleeing suspect by the scruff of the neck.
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