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I love Ana, but God I hope not. No offence intended to Mescal, but he doesn't strike me as Bondian at all. He seems very ordinary
I’ve not actually seen him in anything though, so I have no thoughts on his suitability one way or the other.
(And while we’re at it, get Jack O‘Connell in the franchise, too. I don’t have him as Bond, but he’s such a presence, he could play any number of other roles)
I'm actually pretty sold on O'Connell as a potential Bond (although absolutely, he could play any number of roles in a future Bond film including a villain). Not so sold on Swindells.
Ahhh that guy! Yes, he was the spitting image of Lazenby. Yes, he definitely had the look for Bond. Never seen him act though, other than that one scene in TSWLM.
I'm not a fan of Henry Cavill's acting but he has a nice voice for Bond. Natural fit for the character. I think it's masculine enough.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson natural voice sounds a bit like David Beckham's. Not exactly Bond sounding. However, Taylor-Johnson has played John Lennon and Americans so my guess is he would modify his voice to play Bond.
Maybe the voice is now like hair was back in Connery's days, as I said before. What the Bond actor's voice will sound as Bond is what matters.
It really is a huge part of the characters overall screen presence. Having a deep strong voice underpins the masculinity and experience of Bond.
My girlfriend's aunt met Daniel Craig in London a few years back. She always tells people "his eyes were unbelievably blue and his voice was so deep"
While I love Connery and Craig’s deep voices, it’s their delivery that makes their Bond performances. I’d much rather an actor whose voice was higher pitched than those, but who was able to put the right expression into their vocals, rather than an actor with a deep but monotonous voice.
When you learn acting, a lot of time is spend on modulating your voice. Theoretically, you should have a different voice for every character your play. David Suchet's natural is deep and manly. When he plays Poirot, he sounds very different (I believe @Dragonpol found this clip in another thread):
I don't know how he is as an actor, but given that masculine roles in Disney movies tend to be rather peripheral, I don't think it would be an obstacle.
That was the perils of being the blond Bond. ;)
Yes, it’s true that actors often spend a lot of time on their character’s voices (Daniel Day-Lewis once said it was the first thing he worked out when devising his take on a character, and I suspect it’s the case with many great actors). Suchet is a wonderful actor and obviously spent much time perfecting that Poirot voice which is so unlike his own.
Again, I really don’t think it’s a case of an actor having a naturally deep voice but an expressive one. And one which works for their take on Bond.
I do wonder what some on here think of Toby Stephen’s take on Fleming’s Bond in the various BBC Radio 4 adaptations (if anyone here has listened to then)? Not saying that performance is right for a portrayal of the cinematic Bond, but to me it captures what is essentially the essence of the novel Bond, and Stephens isn’t an actor with a particularity deep voice. I wonder if it can conceivably be the same with a film portrayal.
Ah, but that is far more manageable; if you look at when he looks his best, his brows have been given some attention.
At the rate things are going, younger probably is the way to go when it comes to speculation. It's looking more and more likely Bond #7 will have been born in the 90s rather than the 80s.
Yes, the performance can veer slightly towards being hammy but in a way that’s consistent for the tone of the show (so essentially what you said). Like I said though I thought it was otherwise a solid interpretation of the Fleming Bond, and it’s not as though his voice is overly deep. It’s certainly expressive though.
That’s true. Besides, he always looked his best in profile, specially from his right side, pouting ;)