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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • barryt007barryt007
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    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited March 2017 Posts: 5,131
    barryt007 wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Maybe,but this is 2017,it wouldnt affect anything...Mel Gibson does alright..



    He's not Bond though. He's also not alright now....a washed up rich drunk unfortunately.

    Yes thats now,but he was offered the job on several occassions apparantly,so im saying that height wasnt an issue then or with Craig.

    Was he bollocks. Media hype my friend. He would have wanted to much cash anyhow I would guess anyhow. Craig is 3 inches taller....so height is an issue.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

    Ha ha. He's a great actor. I'm not sure he would as hard as he acts.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

    Ha ha. He's a great actor. I'm not sure he would as hard as he acts.

    Like with Craig,i dont think i would like to find out haha !!

  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Maybe,but this is 2017,it wouldnt affect anything...Mel Gibson does alright..



    He's not Bond though. He's also not alright now....a washed up rich drunk unfortunately.

    Yes thats now,but he was offered the job on several occassions apparantly,so im saying that height wasnt an issue then or with Craig.

    Was he bollocks. Media hype my friend. He would have wanted to much cash anyhow I would guess anyhow. Craig is 3 inches taller....so height is an issue.

    He would have been a terrible Bond as well....totally not suited.

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

    Ha ha. He's a great actor. I'm not sure he would as hard as he acts.

    Like with Craig,i dont think i would like to find out haha !!

    Maybe. I'd like to see either of them take on a young Sean though.....
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited March 2017 Posts: 19,339
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

    Ha ha. He's a great actor. I'm not sure he would as hard as he acts.

    Like with Craig,i dont think i would like to find out haha !!

    Maybe. I'd like to see either of them take on a young Sean though.....

    That would have been a brilliant 'Celebrity Death Match'....might as well throw George in there as well and let the 4 of them go for it !!

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    George was fairly handy I would think......they both had the height and weight too.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Very much so...would be quite a spectacle ,with lots of ,er,shall we say 'tomato ketchup' ?
  • gt007gt007 Station G
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    Scott Adkins is the first decent suggestion I've seen in this thread in ages. I don't love him and he probably wouldn't be my ideal choice, but at least he looks and sounds the part. I've no idea if he has the acting chops though. And at 5ft 10 - if the internet is correct - he's a tad too short for Bond. Which is also true for Craig of course, but as I've said I'd like to go back to taller actors.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any non fight clips of him on youtube, which is perhaps telling. I did find this interview below, which perhaps gives some indication of what he could bring. Limited facial expressions here though. There's a lot of Statham in him, except yes, he has hair!


    I like Adkins for what he does. I think he has the right voice, physicality and look for Bond but in all the work I've seen him in, I just can't see him in the role of 007 from an acting perspective. I'm also not buying these comparisons to Craig before he was cast. Craig's casting brought credibility because he's always been a phenomenal actor; an actor's actor. No disrespect to Atkinson because he does seem like a nice guy and he does have all the other qualities to be a good Bond buy the acting skill just isn't there. One of the many reasons why FRWL is so great is because of the limited action, we need a Bond that can keep us enthralled and engaged by simply just ordering room service.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    As far as the "too muscular" that is very adjustable. It would be no problem for him to train to achieve a less made-in-a-gym look.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I guess then it just comes down to whether for the next couple of films you want to see a smooth Hiddleston type or a more rough bond like Adkins - that's all subjective. Personally if we're going for rough It should be tom hardy

    Hardy is 5ft 8. Too short.

    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Bond that I could pat on the head.

    Pat Tom Hardy on the head ?!....if you do that i would recommend you RUN !!!

    I would do it and say, "Shhh...don't be afraid little Bond-man. I am not a giant, just a normal sized person."
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Wow I'm very surprised that Adkins has so much approval. to my eyes, I know he's English but he looks like an American brute that they found in a underground fight club.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Wow I'm very surprised that Adkins has so much approval. to my eyes, I know he's English but he looks like an American brute that they found in a underground fight club.
    +1: I'm gonna hang with the smart kid on this one!
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I get a Direct-to-video vibe from him.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    talos7 wrote: »
    I get a Direct-to-video vibe from him.

    Lol #netflix bond
  • shobairshobair London
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Wow I'm very surprised that Adkins has so much approval. to my eyes, I know he's English but he looks like an American brute that they found in a underground fight club.

    Agree with it
  • RC7RC7
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    talos7 wrote: »
    I get a Direct-to-video vibe from him.

    Too right.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    RC7 wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    I get a Direct-to-video vibe from him.

    Too right.

    Agreed...same here.

  • shobairshobair London
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    how about these guys ? !!
    Michael Fassbender
    Henry Cavill
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    They hate Henry Cavill here, mate. So, just giving you premature answer and saving you the trouble. ;)
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Cavill is tied up in DC otherwise not bad
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Cavill is tied up in DC otherwise not bad
    I also think he'd be great. He made a great Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLE and definitely did replicate some of the behavioral attires worn by Robert Vaughn in the original TV series. But, hey... fans see that kind of characters and acting performances here as "wooden".
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Yes to Fassbender but no to Cavill. Babs made the right call in '06.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Tom Hiddleston.
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Yes to Fassbender but no to Cavill. Babs made the right call in '06.

    Second to all of that.

  • barryt007barryt007
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    Cavill ? no bloody way..

    Fassbender..yes !
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I can't imagine how much of a backlash the next chosen actor will be getting in here before anyone sees him in the act... Very few will defend him at first, a segment of us will give him a chance, and others? Well... Remember DanielCraigIsNotBond.Com? or the extreme amount of hatred Brosnan seems to be unjustly getting from many members here? Yep! Nothing's changed.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Not from me...i dont mind Brosnan at all,i enjoy his Bond films...
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