Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • RC7RC7
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    Thank you @bondjames and @BondJasonBond006, kindness and understanding is not something one comes across too often on this forum. At least I don't, anyway. This 'news' has rather knocked me for six. Suddenly the prospect of Hiddleston playing Bond has become very real in a moment. I wasn't prepared for that. I'm still not quite sure what is going on to be honest.

    Anyone got their violin on them?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Thank you @bondjames and @BondJasonBond006, kindness and understanding is not something one comes across too often on this forum. At least I don't, anyway. This 'news' has rather knocked me for six. Suddenly the prospect of Hiddleston playing Bond has become very real in a moment. I wasn't prepared for that. I'm still not quite sure what is going on to be honest.

    Anyone got their violin on them?

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    This brings back so many memories. Why was Brosnan cast as Bond? WTF, EON, why why why? I need a hug.
  • edited May 2016 Posts: 1,631
    There's not much to see here on this news either, much like there wasn't when Turner supposedly met with EON, and much like there wasn't anything to it when Elba met with EON to discuss the role back in 2012. As someone said earlier, but it bears repeating, these are just the usual "sources say" articles that the tabloids use to fill up space. There's a healthy industry dedicated to just speculating on the next Bond. It's in full swing at the moment.

    Of course, I said all of this just a few days ago, but since it went against Mr. Turner's candidacy at that point, I was told that those claims were "utterly baseless". I guess now that those claims help Turner, they're probably considered to be "spot on" now.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    The less involved Mendes is with any of it, the happier I'll be.

    The less involved Hiddleston is, the happier I'll be.

    I never truely believed that EON would get this desperate. The sky is falling right now. This had better be a hoax.
    Don't worry it's probably misdirection. Your boy Turner and Elba are probably still the front runners.

    The only front running Elba is suitable for is the part of Mr Big! If Craig is out hopefully Tom H is in.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    The plot for an upcoming Idris Elba film:

    'Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.'

    Sounds like another Bond audition for Idris Elba. Not that he'll ever get the part, but he seems to try very hard.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    A spokesman for Hiddleston claims these aforementioned rumors aren't true, for those of you having heart attacks for some unknown reason:

    http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/tom-hiddleston-clears-up-rumours-he-met-with-james-bond-director-sam-mendes-5878352/
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    We're going to get a lot more of these bullsh*t rumours until we get some sort of info on Bond 25. So sit tight and relax.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Yeah and Sam Smith never even recorded a Bond song and Waltz isn't Blofeld.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Ha ha. Brilliant. I hear their also making a biopic film about Ian Flemings life.....Elba's perfect for the part of Fleming (set in 1953)too!!! Any mention of Elba for Bond is ludicrous....PC for PC's sake.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    A spokesman for Hiddleston claims these aforementioned rumors aren't true, for those of you having heart attacks for some unknown reason:

    http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/tom-hiddleston-clears-up-rumours-he-met-with-james-bond-director-sam-mendes-5878352/

    And just like that things turn around. Absolute blinder! Well done EON!! :-bd =D>
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yeah and Sam Smith never even recorded a Bond song

    Thank you! I just knew it was a bad dream.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Yeah and Sam Smith never even recorded a Bond song and Waltz isn't Blofeld.

    One rumor that was correct amongst the hundreds we received for SP, and another that was obvious as soon as Waltz was attached to the project.
  • RC7RC7
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    A spokesman for Hiddleston claims these aforementioned rumors aren't true, for those of you having heart attacks for some unknown reason:

    http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/tom-hiddleston-clears-up-rumours-he-met-with-james-bond-director-sam-mendes-5878352/

    And just like that things turn around. Absolute blinder! Well done EON!! :-bd =D>

    You're the human equivalent of a Goldfish.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    A spokesman for Hiddleston claims these aforementioned rumors aren't true, for those of you having heart attacks for some unknown reason:

    http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/tom-hiddleston-clears-up-rumours-he-met-with-james-bond-director-sam-mendes-5878352/

    And just like that things turn around. Absolute blinder! Well done EON!! :-bd =D>

    You're the human equivalent of a Goldfish.

    It's as I always say, all's well that ends well!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    edited May 2016 Posts: 13,384
    I still think Hiddleston will get Loki. :D
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    I still think Huddleston will get Loki. :D

    Huddlestone is a footballer, he plays for Hull City.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    At the risk of disappointing some and causing more heartache, I'm afraid the quick denial suggests there's more truth to it than I first thought. Misdirection again. As I said earlier, we'll likely see more of this going forward, and we'll have to maintain our composure in the face of such rumour and counter-rumour.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    It is rather odd that it was denied so quickly, even though the article and information itself hasn't necessarily picked up steam. However, they're all rumors at this point. I don't buy any of it until we get an official confirmation.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited May 2016 Posts: 15,718
    The obvious starting point is getting some confirmation on whether Craig is returning or not. Craig is still the official Bond, and even if EON are throwing random names around in their offices in case he calls it a day, the actual screentests, meetings and whatnot won't start until Craig is officially out of the picture.
  • RC7RC7
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    bondjames wrote: »
    At the risk of disappointing some and causing more heartache, I'm afraid the quick denial suggests there's more truth to it than I first thought. Misdirection again. As I said earlier, we'll likely see more of this going forward, and we'll have to maintain our composure in the face of such rumour and counter-rumour.

    Don't say that, @Mendes4lyfe will be down the CO-OP planning his own funeral.
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    The obvious starting point is getting some confirmation on whether Craig is returning or not. Craig is still the official Bond, and even if EON are throwing random names around in their offices in case he calls it a day, the actual screentests, meetings and whatnot won't start until Craig is officially out of the picture.

    Precisely.

    It's all tabloid nonsense until there's confirmation from EON/MGM that Craig has resigned. Until then, I think that there is as much to these Hiddleston/Turner meetings as there was to the supposed meetings that Elba had with EON about the part back in 2012.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Ok i have seen some clips of Aidan Yurner in then there were none and Hidleston in in The Night Manager and still not sold with either of them.

    They look more like Bond villains than Bond, i just can't buybthem that women would throw themselves at those guys.
    Sure they are talented actors but to be a great Bond the actor needs screen presence and movie star quality like Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig and Roger Moore.

    Someone much more classicaly handsome or an imposing look.

    Its sad none of my two favorite picks is british: those two are Alexander Skarsgard and Nikolaj Coster Waldau( better known as Jimmy Lannister in game of thrones).

    Both are Blond but Skarsgard is very classicaly handosme and Nikolaj looks very much
    Iike a young Sean Bean who i could have accepted as Bond ehen he was Young if they have would have gone earlier with the hard edge version.

    Im really firm on my desicion of bringing back the Brosnan style of Bond, I can't be more sure that this is what I want next for the franchise and niether Hidleston or Turner would bring it.
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    Ok I will confess I am the next James Bond 007 I had meetings with the producers and I am currently with an accent coach to work on my British accent


    And then I woke up ;)
  • edited May 2016 Posts: 4,325
    bondjames wrote: »
    At the risk of disappointing some and causing more heartache, I'm afraid the quick denial suggests there's more truth to it than I first thought. Misdirection again. As I said earlier, we'll likely see more of this going forward, and we'll have to maintain our composure in the face of such rumour and counter-rumour.

    Reminds me of Sam 'No I'm not doing the Bond theme' Smith, kind of like that character from The Vicar of Dibley - "Sam, are you doing the Bond theme?" "No, no, no, ... yes."
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited May 2016 Posts: 8,400
    bondjames wrote: »
    At the risk of disappointing some and causing more heartache, I'm afraid the quick denial suggests there's more truth to it than I first thought. Misdirection again. As I said earlier, we'll likely see more of this going forward, and we'll have to maintain our composure in the face of such rumour and counter-rumour.

    Well, at the very least things are happening. They may be shadowy, confusing things, but EON has now seen both Turner and Hiddleston. This is quickly becoming like a Federer V Nadal rivalry. Everyone seems to be coalescing around these two guys. I haven't heard much mention of Hardy, Elba, Fassbender in a while. There are those who still hold out hope for Craig returning which I think is valiant but a little reaching. Either way these early signs of movement do seem to suggest that that 2018 release perhaps isn't so optimistic after all.
  • edited May 2016 Posts: 6,601
    b]Tom Hiddleston clears up rumours he ‘met with James Bond director Sam Mendes’[/b]

    http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/tom-hiddleston-clears-up-rumours-he-met-with-james-bond-director-sam-mendes-5878352/[/quote]

    Another denial. Probably true for both, Hiddle and Turner. There are NO signs. There are just the usual press hopla reports, that are stitched together.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    It was the same with Sam Smith, I'm suspicious.
    Such media reports don't just appear out of the blue.
    They could be wrong, but there must have been happening something that triggered them.
    By the way, the same goes for Radiohead. Only last December (when I'm not mistaken) they finally admitted to have been rejected by EON and released their Spectre song.

    The more they deny, the more likely it is there is something to it.
    Otherwise they could just shut up and sit it out.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    It was the same with Sam Smith, I'm suspicious.
    Such media reports don't just appear out of the blue.
    They could be wrong, but there must have been happening something that triggered them.
    By the way, the same goes for Radiohead. Only last December (when I'm not mistaken) they finally admitted to have been rejected by EON and released their Spectre song.

    The more they deny, the more likely it is there is something to it.
    Otherwise they could just shut up and sit it out.


    Never thought about this theory before but i guess The two finalists are Tom Hidleston and Aidan Turner.
    You once predicted they wouldn't go for the Daniel Craig route of Casting someone out of the Blue and this time they would go for a guy from the list.

    Well seems like you were right.
    From these two id prefer Turner but will see
  • RC7RC7
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    It was the same with Sam Smith, I'm suspicious.
    Such media reports don't just appear out of the blue.
    They could be wrong, but there must have been happening something that triggered them.
    By the way, the same goes for Radiohead. Only last December (when I'm not mistaken) they finally admitted to have been rejected by EON and released their Spectre song.

    The more they deny, the more likely it is there is something to it.
    Otherwise they could just shut up and sit it out.

    The best thing to do is to ignore this drivel until official channels deliver something more concrete, or until there are multiple relevant pieces of evidence to form a more solid point of view.

    If people have so little going on in their lives they have to lose their shit over some tabloid spin they should probably take a long hard look at themselves. Go and have a walk, a talk, a pint, a shag, anything. Something to save us all from the overflowing bullshit.
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