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Surely it depends where you are in your career. And family commitments can be an issue whatever role you play in the industry. I'm no specialist, but I'd imagine a semi-famous actor would welcome the breakthrough the Bond role would give him and the advantages it would bring on long term: a secure, well paid job, easier to get other big roles, easier to get personal projects greenlit, financial stability for him and his family, etc.
Might help him look taller. IMDb says 5'11", and sometimes height gets exaggerated for people under 6'...
The same way I felt about Roger Moore. He was the Saint to me as Brosnan was Steele. Not Bond. We'll both eventually grew on me as Bond.
Regarding a Bond of color. Fortunately, we all have free choice as to whether or not to watch these films. As much as I like to think of myself as a progressive person, I loved Wright as Felix, but I have to admit that if push comes to shove and they cast a person of color as Bond I will not be interested in following the new series of films. It just won't be Ian Fleming's James Bond to me. I also had problems with Roger Moore as Bond just because he was the Saint to me. Just a personal point of view in the same way I liked Craig as Bond but hated the universe Eon eventually created for him in his last two films. If Bond and Blofeld had been established as step foster brothers in Casino Royal I would have walked away from watching the rest of the craig films. I am so thankful they killed off Craig/Bond so that Bond could reset from what I considered to be a terminal mistake. Bond is dead, long live Bond.
“I think my mouth is too big.”
There's something about the Broccolis in the Matthew Belloni article being slightly worried about Taylor-Johnson becoming too famous for the role should Kraven the Hunter or The Fall Guy turn him into a bona fide star. Personally, I don't think there's much chance of that happening from these two properties alone. Sure, Kraven could be a box office success but I don't see it doing the big numbers that would propell him into the stratosphere like a SpiderMan role would. Same with The Fall Guy, which is only a supporting role. Therefore, I'm going to stick my neck out and say Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be announced as the new 007 sometime in the Fall or Winter after Kraven the Hunter is released.
See you soon for more Bond speculation in the coming months, my fellow Bond aficionados. :)>-
I really hope this is accurate : they definitely could do worse than ATJ, but they could definitely do better.
Yes, and I still find any confirmation to be dubious or at least exaggerated. ATJ may have had an informal meet and greet, as have countless actors over the years, just ask Adrian Paul, but nothing indicates that a decision has been made.
@bondsum , i’m still being told ATJ hasn’t auditioned (and to date, no one has, so far), and he never shot the gun barrel;
I said back then, that doesn’t mean that ATJ hasn’t had a meeting or a dinner with BB.
What I do find strange is that Eon has had meetings with other actors, but no one is reporting on that.
We will see where this all goes.
That would seem a massively stupid thing to say! :D
I don't recall Craig getting mentioned in 2004 - 2005 and ATJ was never mentioned* in 2019 - 2021.
*Someone will probably say "just to correct you... in 2020 i said Aaron Taylor-Johnson should be Bond."
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Okay, almost no-one. 😉
I think everyone is trying to forget 2020, particularly us Bond fans. I think we’ll have a director and a writer (who’s not P or W) by the end of the year.
Had Covid never happened, NTTD would have battled Sonic the Hedgehog at the box office. Bond vs a furry animal!
The first 'delayed' release date was February 14th 2020. The same day as Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic did keep it release date. No Time To Die was the first big budget theatrical release to be delayed. It will be three years ago next month that it all kicked off. Lockdowns, delays, masks 😷. A strange (depressing) time.
He does look like a skinny Jordan Peele.
I know it's off topic, but Covid and lockdown turned out to be a blessing fir me.
Do we know of any other name on that list?
Without screentests I can’t see them awarding the role to any actor; even prior to Craig being cast, at least a half dozen actually tested.
Who? ;)
My guess is we will know the director first
As for who else they have met with that should be easy to figure out who else has been to Eon events like the sound of 007 find them and you have the short list
I have only been told that pre-Christmas there were actors having meetings with Eon. I wasn't privy to names, except the obvious one that everyone has read about (ATJ).
yes @talos7 , no one will be cast without auditions.
And I was told again when I point blank asked about ATJ; a terse text that read: no one has been chosen.
And then this person reminded me of the order of how this will get done: script first-- above all else(I think I'm almost wearing out my welcome with my friend, lol!). But they are adamant that no one has been chosen and won't be even auditioned until there is a script (which I hear is soon to be, or about to be started)
I think he's been mentioned quite often, hasn't he? He's certainly not an out-of-nowhere name.
I know cause me and @talos7 have had many the debate haha :D
To be honest until a confirmed piece of news has come out (ie. a statement from producers or whatever) my instinct is just to be sceptical.
@peter thank you for the news.
I honestly don't know how anything will shake out, but it's pretty clear that meet and greets have taken place; ATJ is (obviously) a candidate, as others who've met with the producers, (ATJ may become the next James Bond, but, as was reminded to me today, and is food for thought: Craig was supposedly Barbara Broccoli's one and only, but she didn't tell anyone then--and certainly not the actor himself. Why would she let anyone, and especially ATJ, know of his front leading status, especially since the actor will still have to go through a rigorous audition process? So, as I was warned: someone else is planting ATJ's status (and it isn't coming out of Eon HQ as that's an exclusive and small group working on this at the moment). This warning was very telling to read, and I repeated this to a few other readers of this site. Certainly gives pause). No one has auditioned, no one shot a gun barrel, and the role is still won during the audition process, which won't begin until the script is in working order...
There are a lot of moving parts, but it's clear Eon is hard at work.