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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • LudovicoLudovico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Continuity need not drive or connect films. I can absolutely envision a series of independent adventures where the only continuity could be the mention of an event, or character from a previous film. Even characters such as Felix, returning need not create an elaborate running story continuity.

    Indiana Jones?

    Indiana Jones is a "retired" franchise though. Most franchise nowadays have a higher level of continuity and it has been the case since the early 2000. Anyway that's off topic.
    TFC1 wrote: »
    Has anyone been watching the new BBC1 Agatha Christie adaption "Towards Zero"? Oliver Jackson Cohen plays the lead in there and I know he is a name mentioned before. 38 years old, around 6ft 3 and playing a bit of a b@stard in there. Not sure he is right but passes the no beard / chin and voice test! :)

    Have only seen him in Hill House. Good actor, but can't picture him as Bond.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    Too tall, I mean, 1,91m? Rule of thumb, if anyone’s taller than Burt Lancaster, they’re just too tall ;)
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    Univex wrote: »
    Too tall, I mean, 1,91m? Rule of thumb, if anyone’s taller than Burt Lancaster, they’re just too tall ;)

    It's weird but I do think there is a thing of Bond being too tall. I've always said I think Henry Cavill is too big. If Bond is too much off a force, then it would be hard to believe anyone could get the better of him.

    I always think the end fight in TWINE suffers a bit because Bond towers over Renard, and I don't believe Renard would be a physical match for Bond. That's how I imagine almost anyone up against an actor the size of Cavill.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 11:05am Posts: 4,759
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Too tall, I mean, 1,91m? Rule of thumb, if anyone’s taller than Burt Lancaster, they’re just too tall ;)

    It's weird but I do think there is a thing of Bond being too tall. I've always said I think Henry Cavill is too big. If Bond is too much off a force, then it would be hard to believe anyone could get the better of him.

    I always think the end fight in TWINE suffers a bit because Bond towers over Renard, and I don't believe Renard would be a physical match for Bond. That's how I imagine almost anyone up against an actor the size of Cavill.

    It’s a similar logic to how I view Aaron Pierre as a potential Bond. He’s obviously a big guy and looks it, but I think it’d take away that slight underdog quality Bond needs. If he were put up against Hinx, much less a Red Grant, I think there’d be less tension because they’re on a more equal footing in terms of physicality (sure, Craig was very bulky as Bond, but compared to Bautista it’s a different ball park. Even with Connery in FRWL, athletic as he was, you know he’s going to get a run for his money fighting Grant).

    Not to say Bond isn’t a physically demanding role and the actor shouldn’t get in shape for it (although not all the actors were overly athletic or even physical actors - Moore admitted he couldn’t run convincingly on screen! Heck in terms of physique Dalton and Brosnan also had a tendency to look a bit skinny when shirtless in their films and on the other end Connery had to suck in his stomach by FRWL). It’s more their natural build/physicality and the impression they give I guess.
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