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  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
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    After watching And Then There Were None over Christmas, I too am fully on board with Aidan Turner. I'd like to see a return to the classic cruel, dark good looks of Fleming and Turner matches this more than any of the other candidates being suggested. Good screen presence too, very athletic, looks great in a tux and can handle a gun...what's not to like lol.

    And it may have just been the period setting but I just couldn't help but think that if Turner did take over from DC now, this would an ideal time to go back in time for a bit. Have a series of movies set in the original time frame they were written. Make it clear these are a temporary deviation away from the normal series by billing them as 'Ian Fleming's Moonraker' for example. Make a big thing that this is Bond going back to his roots. Think this could freshen the series up a bit before going back to a modern setting.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I can t believe all this love for that Turner guy. Awful choice for Bond.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited January 2016 Posts: 15,124
    Even if they were going to cast Turner, it does not mean they'd write James Bond like he was Philip Lombard. I guess they won't write Bond like he was Fili, or Kili or that Dwarf who does not look like a Dwarf either.
  • MrcogginsMrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.
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    Matt Ryan could be a possibility .
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    After seeing Uncle....I'm warming to Cavill. But I would want a CR tone. I want Craig for one or two more though.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Mrcoggins wrote: »
    Matt Ryan could be a possibility .

    First time out I read "Meg Ryan"... now there is an inspired choice! :D
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Just realised he was one of the junkies giving info about the missing daughter in layer cake.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    AceHole wrote: »
    Mrcoggins wrote: »
    Matt Ryan could be a possibility .

    First time out I read "Meg Ryan"... now there is an inspired choice! :D

    A better suggestion than Elba.
  • mepal1mepal1
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    Well, if you go by the British tabloids this week, then the question of Bond is a bit redundant at the moment, as the producers and the studio are trying to get Craig to do a further 2 films, Negotiations, will be done in several weeks time.
    Anyway, it doesn't matter what members here suggest, it all comes down in the end to Barbara.B's personal choice!
    ;)
  • SuperintendentSuperintendent A separate pool. For sharks, no less.
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    mepal1 wrote: »
    it all comes down in the end to Barbara.B's personal choice!

    Why does almost everyone say it's her choice? Is Barbara Broccoli calling all the shots, and Michael Wilson is really second in command?

  • mepal1mepal1
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    Superintendent wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    it all comes down in the end to Barbara.B's personal choice!

    Why does almost everyone say it's her choice? Is Barbara Broccoli calling all the shots, and Michael Wilson is really second in command?

    Yes, it is all down to BB, even MGW has said this.

  • SuperintendentSuperintendent A separate pool. For sharks, no less.
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    Thanks, I didn't know that.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    mepal1 wrote: »
    Superintendent wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    it all comes down in the end to Barbara.B's personal choice!

    Why does almost everyone say it's her choice? Is Barbara Broccoli calling all the shots, and Michael Wilson is really second in command?

    Yes, it is all down to BB, even MGW has said this.
    I also think I read somewhere that BB overruled the others and went for DC over Cavill. I could be wrong though.
  • mepal1mepal1
    edited January 2016 Posts: 1,098
    bondjames wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    Superintendent wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    it all comes down in the end to Barbara.B's personal choice!

    Why does almost everyone say it's her choice? Is Barbara Broccoli calling all the shots, and Michael Wilson is really second in command?

    Yes, it is all down to BB, even MGW has said this.
    I also think I read somewhere that BB overruled the others and went for DC over Cavill. I could be wrong though.

    That is a well known story as well.

    I mean even in one of the British newspapers today, regarding whether Craig will stay on as Bond, BB was quoted as saying 'I love Daniel, and will do my best to keep him as Bond', or similar words to that affect.

  • fanbond123fanbond123
    edited January 2016 Posts: 1,661
    Oh and on a side note I found Toby Stephens surprisingly good in it. He'd make a decent Hugo Drax now with the right script.

    Toby Stephens has played James Bond!
    In May 2008, Stephens performed the role of James Bond in a BBC Radio 4 production of Ian Fleming's Dr. No, as part of the centenary celebration of Fleming's birth. The production was reportedly the first BBC radio dramatisation of the novel though Moonraker was on South African radio in 1956, with Bob Holness providing the voice of Bond.

    Personally, I think he's a rather hammy actor but each to their own. His acting in DAD was rather pantomime in vibe (to put it mildly!). Arguably the cheesiest performance in Bond film history (well, ignoring the CR spoof).

    Aiden Turner's age - 32 - must give him a major advantage. If Craig does two more Bond films - six years time frame - Turner will still be under 40. I think he'll get some attention from EON but whether he is the next Bond, who knows!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Stephens was awful in DAD and he can be hammy but it worked in ATTWN.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Stephens was awful in DAD and he can be hammy but it worked in ATTWN.

    Agreed.

  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    You ran me off the road!
  • SuperintendentSuperintendent A separate pool. For sharks, no less.
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    I've just seen And Then There Were None. It's pretty well made.

    If nothing else, Aidan Turner would make a good period Bond.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Is this Hiddleston's "audition"

    http://collider.com/the-night-manager-tom-hiddleston-image/
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    He looks good and tge miniseries sounds intriguing.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    He looks good and tge miniseries sounds intriguing.
  • dinovelvetdinovelvet
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Is this Hiddleston's "audition"

    http://collider.com/the-night-manager-tom-hiddleston-image/

    Looks like he'd have trouble taking Q in a fight.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    dinovelvet wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Is this Hiddleston's "audition"

    http://collider.com/the-night-manager-tom-hiddleston-image/

    Looks like he'd have trouble taking Q in a fight.

    He is a bit wiry. ;)


  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    He did take on the Hulk. He lost ...badly but kudos for standing up :D
  • Risico007Risico007
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    I am slowly boarding the hiddleston train. As for Aiden Turner he gives off an Adrian Paul vibe. Now mind you I loved Adrian Paul and he was my pick to replace Brosnan but still I think I would be happier if Turner played Duncan Macleod in that Highlander reboot that keeps being kicked around (with Thomas Jane as Connor the man looks exactly like Christopher Lambert)

    My number one choice is still Hardy but since that is becoming a pipe dream Hiddleston wouldn't be a bad second choice
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Wasn't Adrian Paul a bit old to replace Brosnan?
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Wasn't Adrian Paul a bit old to replace Brosnan?

    Possibly, but he seems to have the "Tom Cruise Gene" Even now he looks remarkably good.

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Wasn't Adrian Paul a bit old to replace Brosnan?

    Possibly, but he seems to have the "Tom Cruise Gene" Even now he looks remarkably good.

    Still, would you take the risk? The Brosnan gene made him look younger than he was... until he started looking his age! Very good looking man for his age, but still his age.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    Well you must understand back in the mid 2000's I was very young (heck I was 18 when Craig was announced) so my knowledge of actors and my taste in film and shows was quite small it has moved out a bit more (though I sometimes still go for the actors and actresses everyone goes for like I said I am not a casting director for a reason lol) but yeah at least I have a general idea of most of the people on this list. However I really don't want Craig to step down just yet as when he does I sadly will begin to feel my age (at near 30 I think I have maybe one more actor before I start to be older then bond.)

    Craig was the bond of my college years and of my 20's. I had my first serious relationship during his tenure and got over that relationship after she left me and then meet dated and married another woman in that time. I wonder if this is how people felt after the Moore era.
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