POTTS OF MONEY

THE RUMOUR: A person can be seen attempting suicide by jumping from a bridge in a scene in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Basketball Diaries.

IS IT TRUE? A small blurry object can be glimpsed falling behind actor Mark Wahlberg as the lads sit by a riverside.

But searches of police reports and newspapers around the time the scene was filmed show that there were no suicides on the George Washington Bridge.

Actor James Madio commented: “It’s safe to say that this is false!”

VERDICT: Not true. ACTOR Nicholas Potts is morris dancing from London to Norwich for charity after a close friend died of sudden adult death syndrome. TEN of Hollywood’s biggest names are in the running to play James Bond – but there’s not a woman in sight.

Despite growing calls for a female replacement for Daniel Craig as 007, the shortlist is a line-up of men.

It comes after Oscar winner Olivia Colman entered the betting race, with bookies tipping her for the role.

Nine men from this side of the pond – plus one American – are in talks to succeed Craig, 51, when he bows out after next year’s film Shatterhand.

An Eon Productions studio source told the Daily Star Sunday that bosses can’t decide who should be the seventh Bond in the 57-year history of the spy series.

MIKE PARKER reveals the contenders lining up to claim the licence to kill – but who do YOU think should get it?

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