Who should/could be a Bond actor?

Ludovico

I think Cavill, Turner, heck, even Madden all have a good chance to be cast. I don't think any of them would be a good idea. Too safe, unimaginative, superficial, too limited as actors. But I suspect Amazon doesn't care.

mtm

I would hope that Amazon feel they've had their fingers burned with Madden's deeply unimpressive performance in their Citadel show, I think he's one they're not likely to go near.

I do think, for all of the talk of streaming giants not doing great by these franchises, one aspect they do tend to nail is casting. All of the recent Marvel superheroes, the new stars of Star Wars, Jack Ryan, Reacher etc. - they've all got the casting spot-on for a lot of people.

007HallY

mtm wrote: »

I would hope that Amazon feel they've had their fingers burned with Madden's deeply unimpressive performance in their Citadel show, I think he's one they're not likely to go near.

I do think, for all of the talk of streaming giants not doing great by these franchises, one aspect they do tend to nail is casting. All of the recent Marvel superheroes, the new stars of Star Wars, Jack Ryan, Reacher etc. - they've all got the casting spot-on for a lot of people.

A thing to note out of all those franchises as well is there is a mixture of well known actors (prior to their roles in those at least) and lesser well known ones. At the very least it's not a straightforward case that A-Listers were picked for all those roles. Not to say there were any unknowns I can think of in there (I suppose even the likes of Tom Holland and Chris Hemsworth did some stuff before joining Marvel), but Bond has only once cast an actor who could be considered 'an unknown' anyway.

Another thing to remember is if EON began meeting actors that might be the roster they go from (or at least consider). Personally, I think it's a case where there's absolutely no indication of who Amazon will cast. Maybe once the creatives are lined up we might get an idea. But it's all up in the air for now.

bondywondy

Ludovico wrote: »

I think Cavill, Turner, heck, even Madden all have a good chance to be cast. I don't think any of them would be a good idea. Too safe, unimaginative, superficial, too limited as actors. But I suspect Amazon doesn't care.

Saw this funny yet brutal comment on The Telegraph website comment section:

Graeme Williams
11 hrs ago
The next 007 in Amazonland will probably be that lump of wood who "acted" 007 in No Time to Die and the agent in Day of the Jackal.

But then the next 007 could be that other wooden actor in the Amazon "classic" Citadel.

🤭 Ouch. I love the Amazon "classic" comment. 😂

Daltonforyou

I'm not so sure that's all Maddens fault. If hes working with lackluster material and the director wants something a certain way theres not much he can do.