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That tells you about the general public's casting criteria.
Much better casting choices than that Denzel.
Lol, could you be any more condescending? I'm 54 years old and have been a Bond fan since before seeing my first film, Live and Lit Die, in the theater, hardly the "general public "
Have you seen those spots? Are you aware of the impressive list of filmmakers who producced, directed and worked behind the camera? If do a little research and enlighten yourself.
In them Owen showed a cool mystique, and charm that more than adequately showed he could have made a fine 007.
Me neither. He'd have been absolutely terrible imo. He never seems switched on.
The trick is to get these guys early when they're fresh and eager. They can also have a decent run then, given how long it takes to get these off the ground these days.
I just don't find him to exude any of the qualities of Bond. I'm delighted we got Craig. He simply wouldn't have worked imo and would have struggled to make it beyond two films.
Interesting, each one of these short films can stand on it's own as a self contained short story; they do not simply consist of a "British guy in a suit driving a fancy car" as do the current Jaguar spots. the caliber of the talent involved does elevate them beyond a standard advertisement. Just as this does not qualify an actor to be Bond, it also does not exclude him from consideration
With that said, these alone are not viewed in a vacuum and an actor's total body of work would be considered. At this point in his career, particularly his work in Croupier, Owen had proven that he was at least worthy of a look and possibly a screen-test. My initial post was specific to his look as Bond.
Exactly, timing is crucial. Right now there are actors who could have been a great Bond 10 year ago; there are ones who could make a great Bond now and others who would need another 5 or ten years to mature.
He'd have been nothing next to Craig, so thankfully we dodged that bullet. Of all the things to lament during the franchises evolution, Owen as Bond isn't even a consideration for me. Like being disappointed that Peter Kay didn't get a screen test as Q.
Bloody hell. Chancer was awful.
If they wanted him, they should have cast him instead of Brozza in 1995.
And again, thank God they didn't. I've no doubt he'd have sunk it in '95.
I agree and some are way wide of the mark.
There are far worse suggestions that have been bandied about here over the years.
Perhaps I'm being a bit too harsh, but none of the current names are appealing to me. The "candidates" from the last decade, comparably, all had the Bond look. Today's actors don't.
His Bond-like characters are one in The Pink Panther where he played a spoof super confident secret agent in a cameo role, and his Driver character in The Hire, that BMW Short Films.