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They are rumours that he met with Babs and it went well. A certain few others (some on here) who appear to have a bit more informed internal knowledge of EON think he is now looking likely as the main candidate.
Other than that, it's just rumours still.
Haha see that was my issue as well mate. Captain Bond just doesn't sound cool
To those who truly stepped on the hype train early, obv.
Yes, and by default, everything remains a rumour until we receive official statements from EON. I love to speculate, dream and discuss, but I treat no "news" as fact until confirmed.
It is not, as he raises good points, tbf.
Do you know when Aidan’s Fifteen Love is being released?
An actor who's worked with EON hypothesising on how the casting process could turn out for that someone doesn't change anything. Realistically, I'm sure Kinnear knows as much as we do in terms of what Barbara and Michael or anyone else is thinking.
It is not about what he knows, it is about his insight as a professional and someone who has been closer to Barbara and Michael than we can ever dream of on mi6comm.
@ByRoyalDecree I reckon mid 2023.
As already pointed out; he doesn't. No offence to him, but it's simply not true that the frontrunner never gets it. It's something you don't have to be an insider to know or not know, because it's all public knowledge.
He has also never been present when a Bond actor was being cast, and is unlikely to be this time.
What he says changes nothing, it's just something he thought of to say on the spur of the moment because he was on live telly. It's just as likely to be/not be ATJ as it was before.
He doesn't massively excite me and I'm not 100% convinced by him, but he's far from the worst option we've had in this thread. I could certainly be interested in a film starring him.
Do you understand the definition of tends? You're again making things up.
Plus his comments aren't even about them it's more about whose presented as a frontrunner by the press I'd say, and the industry and how it's reported has changed so much since 2005, it's more likely for us to get this kind of information to the point that I would not be surprised at all if the name gets out before EON even want it to, and maybe it has already?
Again, I think Kinnear's comments are realistic and make a lot of sense, but they don't rule out Taylor-Johnson whatsoever and I'm not just saying that because it's a casting I'd be quite happy with.
'tends'? As in 'actors tend to have to think of anything on the spot to say to One Show presenters'? As in 'the frontrunner tends to get the part: see Pierce Brosnan (twice); Roger Moore'?
What am I making up exactly?
The No Time To Die star told The One Show: “I always feel slightly bad for the people who are being highlighted because that never tends to be them. They are very good at keeping the real person secret. I’d be interested to see who does take over, obviously, but it tends not to be the frontrunner, that’s historically [how it has been].”
@Denbigh He never ruled him out though, you guys are going in too hard on this one. The man said tends and he's right, historically speaking.
Anyway, next. Onto the next "frontrunner". We have a long time to go, I reckon.
Given the way casting news for big budget franchises is shared and distributed these days, I'm sure we'll hear his name associated with rumours and frontrunners/betting favourites much like we have with ATJ, before the official announcement is made.
Thank you for the answer!
Hopefully we will hear some official news this year, even though I doubt it.
Also, shouldn't they hire a director first, before they choose an actor? If I remember correctly, Campbell was hired long before Craig was cast?
He's not though, it's been the obvious choice quite a few times. It just wasn't last time, that's all. Time before that: the obvious choice everyone knew it would be.
Yeah, a lot of us think the same. Even if it's James Bond, it is this new director's next film and you'd think they'd be choosing the cast.
Those in-the-know have said it would typically be script-director-actor. @Kojak007
Obviously it doesn't mean ATJ will be ultimately chosen and, considering we're early in the casting process, he reminds me in many ways of Sam Neill who, in '86, was tested pretty early in the process, made an impression on Barbara and Michael G. Wilson, but wasn't ultimately chosen because Cubby wasn't totally satisfied and preferred to test other actors. We are again early in the process and, unless Amazon is pressuring Eon, I suppose other actors will meet the producers and may impress Barbara and Michael more than ATJ.
The janitor at EON has more actual inside information.
He could very well be done with the series himself as we're most likely looking at a hard reboot.
I doubt he truly knows exactly what's going on with B26.
If ATJ does get chosen, I can’t wait to see your reaction on here. 😜