He is Bond, Young Bond in Charlie Higson’s “SilverFin”

Big Finish Productions and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd have announced the two talented actors poised to take the lead roles in the audio adaptation of Charlie Higson’s Young Bond novel “SilverFin“.

Isaac Rouse is James Bond alongside Charlotte McBurney as Wilder Lawless in “Young Bond: SilverFin“, a full-cast audio drama due for release October 2026.

After reviewing over 500 applications, followed by a thrilling day of in-person auditions, producers Robert Valentine and Lizzie Worsdell and writer-director Barnaby Edwards chose Rouse and McBurney as the best candidates for the roles.

Barnaby Edwards, Writer/Director, said: “When you’re looking for someone to portray the icon that is Bond, you’ve got to get it right, so we cast the net wide. I listened to audio auditions from over 500 young hopefuls, from which we selected 12 to bring into studio and put through their paces. We had some truly wonderful Bonds on that day – some famous, some unknown – but Isaac was the best of the best.

“His vision of Bond chimed so precisely with that of Fleming and Higson. He was the Bond of the books: tough but vulnerable, intelligent, witty, loyal, with a keen sense of justice and a strong dislike of bullies. Isaac is also a great leading man to work with. I genuinely cannot imagine a better actor to play Young Bond. It was very much a case of nobody does it better. “Wilder Lawless is independent, feisty, funny, and, like James himself, punches up and never down. I thought she was a marvellous creation. This meant getting a leading lady who was every bit the equal of Isaac’s Bond. Again, it was a long process of auditioning until we narrowed it down to four potential actresses. Charlotte shone out on the day. She gave her Wilder this irresistible impetuosity and infectious joie de vivre.”

Robert Valentine, Producer, added: “When Isaac auditioned for us, in under a minute I was convinced we’d found our Young Bond. Isaac’s James Bond is very much in the Fleming mould, and even though he’s playing him as a young teenager, there’s every sense that he’s going to grow up to become the literary 007.

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