Ex- Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson believes Steve Arnott is in line to be the next James Bond after Sunday night's episode.
Parkinson, who played dodgy Matthew “Dot” Cottan until being killed off in series three, has already told how he is convinced Arnott will die.
Now he thinks the painkiller-addicted cop could step into Daniel Craig's shoes after surviving a vicious attack by the OCG in Sunday's gripping fourth episode.
Speaking on the Obsessed with Line of Duty podcast, he said Arnott's “massive man shoot” was his audition to be 007, and was like a scene from an action movie featuring Hollywood A-listers.
"This is where the campaign starts for Compston as James Bond starts.
"When he gets the sniper with a single shot. Daniel Craig - Martin Compston is coming for you. Let's start it now, Martin Compston is the new James Bond," he explained.
"What I love about this series - it's gripping and it's thrilling then the whole show turns on its head and then that huge set-piece from Michael Mann's Heat with De Niro and Pacino.
"The levels of drama and excitement and action in that sequence.”
Neil Morrissey, who played DC Nigel Morton until being written out by Jed Mercurio in series three, agrees that it could be curtains for poor Steve.
He said: "That's one of Jed's favourite things to get the most important person and then shoot them in the face. I think it could be Martin Compston's time. I think Steve Arnott's gonna get it."
He joked that his character was really due a return as the one person who hasn't had his comeuppance.
He laughed: "Every time I see Jed I do say 'you do know I'm alive.' but he's not having any of it.”
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