Steven Knight, known for creating and writing series including Peaky Blinders and for writing Happy Valley, says he wrote a role specifically with actor James Norton in mind and that the part was shaped around the idea of Norton as a potential James Bond. The claim is presented as Knight having “Steven Knight wrote the part” for Norton, rather than as an official announcement from the Bond franchise. The sources also link Knight’s background with Peaky Blinders to his view of Norton’s suitability for a wider, action-and-espionage audience. While the reports frame Norton as a candidate for 007, they do not provide confirmed casting decisions, studio statements, or release timelines. In short, the coverage centers on Knight’s comments about how he approached writing the role and what kind of leading-man screen presence he envisioned, with Happy Valley’s Norton cited as the actor at the center of the discussion.