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Callum Turner<\/strong> is an expert at sidestepping questions he doesn’t want to answer. The 35-year-old model-turned-actor (36 if you’re reading this tomorrow\u2014his birthday is February 15) has honed that skill evading queries<\/a> about his relationship with singer Dua Lipa<\/strong><\/a>, whom he dated for a year and a half before the couple confirmed their engagement<\/a> in 2025. It’s a level of stealth worthy of James Bond, who, some say<\/a>, Turner is all but certain to soon play.<\/p>\n But those \u201csome\u201d don’t include Callum Turner, based on a Saturday media event. The London-born thespian who’s worked steadily since he entered the profession at age 20, spent Valentine’s Day at the Berlin Film Festival. He was there to promote Rosebush Pruning<\/em>, Karim A\u00efnouz<\/strong>\u2019s star-studded satire about a wealthy (and yet, so so sad) family picking at each other as they languish in a lavish Catalonian villa.<\/p>\n It was the film’s world premiere, but at a press conference for the movie, one of the earliest questions passed over stars Pamela Anderson<\/strong>, Tracy Letts<\/strong>, Jamie Bell<\/strong>, and Lukas Gage<\/strong>, and landed squarely on Turner’s sturdy shoulders.<\/p>\n The presser had just kicked off when a journalist said they wanted to address<\/a> \u201cthe elephant in the room,\u201d and asked about the chatter surrounding Turner’s rumored role in Dune<\/em> director Denis Villeneuve<\/strong>‘s upcoming Bond film, the first under the franchise’s new owner<\/a>, Amazon (yes, that Amazon<\/a>) MGM Studios.<\/p>\n Dua Lipa and Callum Turner pose on the red carpet for Rosebush Pruning<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span>RALF HIRSCHBERGER\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cIt’s very early for that question,\u201d Turner responded as he swiveled back-and-forth in his seat. \u201cI’m not going to comment on it, thank you.\u201d The Pulitzer Prize-winning Letts<\/a> interrupted at that point to say \u201cI’m sorry, I’m<\/em> the next James Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTracy, I thought you weren\u2019t going to say anything,” Turner responded, to laughter from the crowd. (The 60-year-old American was clearly joking, but odder ideas<\/a> have certainly been proposed!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n