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Although my daughter and I did watch quite a bit of British television in the early to mid 2000's I am not familiar with this character. Nathaniel Parker has a somewhat Dalton look; I wonder if he was ever considered for Bond.
(Edit) I see that he does have a Bond connection.
https://www.ianfleming.com/agent-field-nathaniel-parker/
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/aaron-taylor-johnson-and-tom-hardy-blood-on-snow/
Between the 28 Years Later films, the film with Theo James, and now this, ATJ is certainly booking the films.
[Olav (Johnson), is a cold, efficient killer, perfect for the job. But beneath his ruthless exterior lies an unexpected intelligence and an unwavering moral code shaped by a complicated childhood…/b]
Never read that particular book, but from what I've read of him his books are sort of airport reads - more or less thrillers/crime stories with a hint of black comedy/absurdity that no one quite seems to get right in adaptation. Not sure if even Cary would quite bring that out to be honest.
Headhunters is one of my favorite thrillers in recent memory. Rewatched it a couple months back and it really holds up.
I've seen it two or three times, always good.
I'll definitely get round to it now though.
Well, we often say it's difficult to gauge someone's potential for Bond as they're not actually playing Bond in any of the films we see them in, but there might well be more clues there than in most non-Bond roles!
He's handsome in that picture, but my problem with him is his voice, why it's a bit..... High pitched? 😅 His voice doesn't sound manly for Bond.
In the red carpet video clips he's seen fidgeting too much with his cuffs, while the other pros give a confident pose. Probably the tight suit.
If the MI6Community was in charge of casting, we'd be taking even longer than EON I'm telling you. I'm surprised we haven't started handwriting analysis or palm reading to find out who'd be good.
Oh yeah, agreed. At least we're not quite in the realm of talking about jaw sizes anymore (I remember that one here from a year ago!) And we do tend to read a bit too much into certain details based on our biases/not being able to look at the bigger picture.
Anyway, it's just as well our opinions don't mean anything! I'm sure none of us would have been able to spot someone like Connery or Craig if we were in charge of casting.
It's all good man. For me, it adds or detracts to the molding of my characterisation. It's a collective effort.
Oh yeah, I remember being quite sceptical about him myself when I first saw his photo. Just goes to show that we're not the ones who have to look for that potential in actors, and even if we are looking for it we can't actually see them audition.
Oh, I think whoever it is they'll get some sort of criticism initially. It's to be expected.
The idea of millions of people writing stuff about you online before they've even seen your performance sounds horrid quite frankly, but I guess it's always been the case with Bond in some form, and they just have to get on with it.
I’m sure someone will say that! I’m just waiting for the initial comments too. Again, doesn’t matter who it is. If it’s ATJ his voice is too high pitched and he’s too smug. If it’s Aidan Turner he’s too old. If it’s Harris Dickinson he’s too young. If it’s Sope Dirisu he’s black. If it’s Jack O’Connell he’s not tall enough. If it’s Jack Bannon his hair’s too stupid.
I’m sure there’s a million variations, but the new guy will be criticised whatever way.
If the actor is more handsome, problem solved. ;)
No, they’ll simply be too handsome to play Bond 😂