It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Maybe he can voice bond in the new game
As for news about the next actor
https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/tom-hiddleston-says-replacing-ultimate-james-bond-daniel-craig-in-the-007-franchise-would-be-terrifying/amp/
The night manager to me say he could be 007 a jokey more roger moore 007 but still he could play james bond 007
Thankfully he’s got nothing to worry about. 😏
Reminds me of when this article came out just before Craig came back.
https://www.nme.com/news/tom-hiddleston-smug-not-tough-enough-007-bond-2033133
Can’t say I disagree…
I agree on this completely mate, but looking back at interviews with Daniel between 2004-05 the Bond question came up a lot and he spoke about it a fair bit, espicially in his GQ interview.
I wonder if acknowledging the rumours hurts your chances or perhaps Daniel was a different case completely?
In a parallel universe, we are several films into this mans era as Bond. Meanwhile in this universe, we have a Bond reality tv/game show.... oh goodie.
Hahaha, my fave mod. Never fails to make me smile. Thanks for that. Oh if that could be a reality, if only...
I'm down a couple of whisky 'n cokes... Have a great night all.
I might be wrong, but from my understanding Craig’s line on the ‘rumours’ (he would have been going through the audition process by this time) was ‘I’d have to give it some serious thought’, ‘it would depend on what they wanted to do’ and ‘it’s my life’. He seemed to acknowledge they were going for something different and that the series would have to be updated. He also seemed to know Broccoli beforehand anyway, at the very least as a mutual acquaintance. I’m sure the producers were aware he was on the fence about playing the part before he was assured the direction of the series was interesting to him.
I think it’d be different if an actor was responding to rumours that didn’t have any weight and were seen to be ‘bigging themselves up’. As it is I think Craig was just being honest about his mindset if he did come out of the auditions victorious. Which is fair enough. As long as he was honest about his opinions to the producers in private/they were consistent. They clearly wanted him anyway.
@007HallY most of them were along them lines mate yeah. I found a quote from Daniel's 2005 GQ interview
"Well, I can't go into details, but I just think they're in a huge sort of transition period. They need to do something, and if I was being honest, I'd love to play him, but I'm just not sure it's possible. The problem is, it's always looking back. It has to because it was brilliant when it started, and it slowly got worse and worse. I think Pierce Brosnan did a fantastic job when he came in, but that was ten years ago. And the world is a much more cynical place now. And spies are f****** nasty c****, and I feel that that's the way they have to go. And I don't know how you do that. I don't know how you make it so you fear for that man's life... Because why worry? It's James Bond! He's Superman, for f**** sake!"
Surprised looking back that EON let him talk so openly about it, credit to Daniel he did bring that energy of is Bond going to survive back to the series.
@talos7 Suter is my top pick as well mate. Sadly I think Turner is too old for what they want next and Suter has got the lot as well as time on his side.
This, all of this. Any idea how one can travel between realities/parallel universes? ;)
I just wanted a good highlander film with him that was as good as the show… Endgame was poorly edited and lets not talk about the source
You seem like the kind of person who hasn't heard about 'black Irish'. Funny.
However, you fail to mention that your observation first needs to pass the filter we call subjectivity. See to me Craig didn't reinvent anything, at least not successfully. Turner would deliver on all the components that are core to being Bond, per Fleming. Sure, some things could be slightly altered to 'get with the times', but only slight and with respect to the man who created him. I was never pleased with Craig, nor with pout mouth or his Russian ruggedness. The blueprint is clear. That's what I want.
I like Craig as Bond, but I also think a lot of what Craig gets praised for are all elements that were previously explored by the likes of Lazenby/Dalton, and I’d argue that’s why their films have gotten more popular as time goes by. So when I see casual fans who aren’t into the series as much as we are comment on how Craig was the first to “humanize” Bond, I always get a slight chuckle.
That too! I feared if I threw Brosnan into that paragraph I would’ve been crucified!
I didn't realise he talked about it so openly either. I suppose if he could get away with saying 'I'd rather slit my wrists than play Bond again' he could get away with this one earlier as well.
Like I said, I think if he was saying this in public and was saying something different to EON they would have raised a red flag. I presume he was open about all this to them (as I said I think he knew Broccoli a bit anyway and was on good terms with both producers). That and I think they had a lot of faith in him as an actor.
I suppose that's another element to what they want - an actor who's going to be honest with the producers and go into the role wanting to do something with it. So long as they creatively see eye to eye with them.
How was the general public considering Craig at that time though, as a serious contender? Who genuinely thought he could get the role? Maybe that's why he could speak so openly about it: nobody expected him to get it. I sure didn't.
Although, tbf, what he actually said was 'What - now ?! I'd rather...' etc. That preface changes the whole statement - which is precisely why the conniving, stirring swines in the media always edited it out.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/11/18/outlanders-sam-heughan-interview-id-be-a-brilliant-bond/
Fair point, I didn't actually know the full quote until now myself.
I suppose one can argue it's not a diplomatic thing to say, and it shows a similar straightforwardness to what he said in that GQ article (with a similar amount of swearing) that I suspect other actors would have avoided. I get the sense he's just someone who tends to speak his mind. Still, it's interesting that he didn't seem to be trying to court the producers in order to get the role, and even seemed to be on the fence about the whole thing. You can even argue saying those things in that interview during the audition process would have hindered lesser actors.