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Definitely,he has the 'style' and 'coolness' to be Bond.
The only other candidate who has that is Fassbender,I feel.
Hiddleston comes off as too soft for Bond in my opinion. Doesn't have the edge.
The rest mentioned on here aren't up to the task imho, unless one wants to take this further along the Van Damme/Statham route.
Technically speaking:
Kermit is American,
A frog,
And green.
Not that automatically excludes him from the part but it's going to be a struggle for him at the Bond audition...
\:D/
Agreed on both. Fasbender would probably have made an excellent Bond, not too smooth, not too rough, and he could give off that necessary edge.
Hiddleston, on the other hand, gives off too much of an effete vibe. I would have thought that little Hiddlestunt he pulled with Trailer Shift, would have put him out of the race for the role.
At least he looks more the part then Hiddleston, who does absolutely nothing for me. He can't seduce, which Bond should be able to, and is too much of a nice guy. I find him very unconvincing as ex-sas in the King Kong trailers. Fassbender could be, I'm quite open to that possibillity. Hardy is a definite no for me. Just doesn't come over as beeing able to be a gentleman- and still be as hard as nails. He does the latter, but in a streetfighter way.
@BondJames I would advice to check out Lucifer, Ellis is no where near the Stratham catagory. (and it's a fun series, two seasons now).
Kermit is no more silly a suggestion that Idris Elba. They are both the wrong skin colour for the part and so have an equal chance.
Yep. Forehead is too big!
I'll admit that some of the proposed candidates are sorely lacking in a certain something, but then so was Craig in 2005 as far as I was concerned. They can do wonders cleaning people up these days.
Would be hilarious if what you say happens if EON casts Jamie Bell. He's probably the only 'well known' actor brought up in rumours who was ridiculed faster than Idris Elba on this thread.
Where's Al Bundy when you need him?
It seems Anthony Horowitz is right about one thing: Idris Elba probably won’t be James Bond—and neither will any other black actor.
When it comes to Idris Elba, looking like you could take a couple punches in a pub brawl isn’t a marketable quality. It’s just another barrier to entry—the ultimate indication of a system that sets black actors up to fail.
But for an actor like Daniel Craig, having a “street” vibe is an asset. Arguably, it was why Craig was hired to replace Pierce Brosnan, following a decade in which the property devolved into punny kitsch.
Roger Moore: "Although James may have been played by a Scot, a Welshman and an Irishman, I think he should be ‘English-English". Correct.
'The New James Bond will NOT be black' Pierce Brosnan destroys Idris Elba's hopes. Correct.
I think the franchise risks are higher now, given that credibility has been re-established (SP notwithstanding), and EON will play it safer.
Just my take.