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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • LudovicoLudovico
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    It's not what they wear: Sean Connery was James Bond in a Speedo in TB or battered clothes in DN. It's the demeanor and overall presence we are skeptical about. Turner looks good in a tux, sure. And maybe he can grow into Bond. But judging by his performance I'm not convinced.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    It s another Brosnan. No, that isn t praise.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The criteria these days (based on posts in this thread) seems to be looking good in a suit and looking good in your underpants. I recommend a more comprehensive search criteria, which I'm sure EON are doing.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    It s another Brosnan. No, that isn t praise.

    Turner is a perfect mix between Brosnan and Connery. It's fantastic.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    bondjames wrote: »
    The criteria these days (based on posts in this thread) seems to be looking good in a suit and looking good in your underpants. I recommend a more comprehensive search criteria, which I'm sure EON are doing.

    Yes. Can they check their cufflinks while looking into the camera?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited June 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    The criteria these days (based on posts in this thread) seems to be looking good in a suit and looking good in your underpants. I recommend a more comprehensive search criteria, which I'm sure EON are doing.

    Yes. Can they check their cufflinks while looking into the camera?
    Indeed. That's the third one. We can blame the SF PTS (just like we can blame CR for the underpant thing) for that. Soon they'll be straightening their ties at award shows too.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    It's not what they wear: Sean Connery was James Bond in a Speedo in TB or battered clothes in DN. It's the demeanor and overall presence we are skeptical about. Turner looks good in a tux, sure. And maybe he can grow into Bond. But judging by his performance I'm not convinced.
    True, but was Connery as refined prior to Bond? By all accounts he was mentored, and his image molded by Terrence Young.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    It s another Brosnan. No, that isn t praise.

    Yes it is praise. You may not wish it, but it is so. :)
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I'm not sure if Turner is in Brosnan's league to be honest. I'll have to see more of him.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    The criteria these days (based on posts in this thread) seems to be looking good in a suit and looking good in your underpants. I recommend a more comprehensive search criteria, which I'm sure EON are doing.

    Yes. Can they check their cufflinks while looking into the camera?
    Indeed. That's the third one. We can blame the SF PTS (just like we can blame CR for the underpant thing) for that. Soon they'll be straightening their ties at award shows too.

    If we find the man who can do all that... He's the new Bond. And I say man not actor. Because you know... Robbie Williams could've been Bond.

    @talos7 Sean Connery had acting skills and natural charisma before he became Bond.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Turner's body of work is already impressive enough. Craig at this point had nothing but Tomb Raider and a short appearance in Elizabeth.
    Layer Cake was his ticket to Bond. And just look at Craig's pictures before Layer Cake.
    Nobody with a sane mind would have wanted him as Bond then.

    Aidan Turner on the other hand already has the looks (if still a tad too young), he is an accomplished actor on TV since a decade. Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan were not any different in that regard.

    So any criticism Turner wouldn't work on the big screen or he looks too young or isn't a good actor is pretty ridiculous.

    Tell me then, who would be a better choice?? Jamie freaking Bell?

    *For the record, my No 1 contender for Bond has been Dan Stevens for many years and still is by the way. Sadly it'll never happen.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    @talos7 Sean Connery had acting skills and natural charisma before he became Bond.

    As does Turner...
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    @BondJasonBond006 Daniel Craig also played in Road to Perdition and Our Friends in the North. Roles that did not make him famous but that showed his skills as an actor. Heck I was skeptical when he was cast but I remembered him from Elizabeth and I knew he could act and had presence. In The Hobbit Turner was a non entity!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    @talos7 Sean Connery had acting skills and natural charisma before he became Bond.

    As does Turner...

    Really?
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Yes
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Turner has little charisma; he's a decent tv actor
  • RC7RC7
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Turner's body of work is already impressive enough. Craig at this point had nothing but Tomb Raider and a short appearance in Elizabeth.
    Layer Cake was his ticket to Bond. And just look at Craig's pictures before Layer Cake.

    This is why it's really hard to have a genuine discussion about Craig's abilities. A lot of people have neither seen, nor have any inclination to see his work. It's why I mentioned Logan Lucky as an example people should check out - I know none of you are going to source stuff like 'Our Friends in the North', but you can drop a fiver for that when it's released. I saw 18 mins of it at the weekend and Craig is superb.

    I'm sure fellow members will also agree that he is an incredible stage actor. To master both is something very few actors pull off.

    For the record, I don't feel you need to be a particularly brilliant actor to be Bond, but he is, and we've been treated to some outstanding moments during his tenure. Roger is my favourite Bond, but it's laughable to denegrate what Craig brought to this role. Some of you need to disconnect from your agendas

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Yes

    He's got some acting skills but he's not exactly Connery. Not even remotely comparable. Like @peter said he's a decent tv actor.
  • RC7RC7
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Yes

    He's got some acting skills but he's not exactly Connery. Not even remotely comparable. Like @peter said he's a decent tv actor.

    The comparison is hilarious.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    edited June 2017 Posts: 6,601
    DC had quite some Films under his belt, like Some Voices, Infamous, that got him an Indie Award nom, The Mother, Enduring Love, Copenhagen, The Trench to name some of the best plus ICE House and Sword of Honour for TV. To compare Turner to him just Shows how desperate our boy Mendes is. Its ridiculous. Plus several Awards and Nods before Layer Cake
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Personally I think the American Academy should have at least nominated Craig for CR (I think BAFTA did nominate his work in the film); he took a character that everyone thinks they know, and gave us something charming, fresh, unique and original.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Germanlady wrote: »
    DC had quite some Films under his belt, like Some Voices, Infamous, that got him an Indie Award nom, The Mother, Enduring Love, Copenhagen, The Trench to name some of the best plus ICE House and Sword of Honour for TV. To compare Turner to him just Shows how desperate our boy Mendes is. Its ridiculous. Plus several Awards and Nods before Layer Cake

    There's just no common measure.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    peter wrote: »
    Personally I think the American Academy should have at least nominated Craig for CR (I think BAFTA did nominate his work in the film); he took a character that everyone thinks they know, and gave us something charming, fresh, unique and original.
    Fresh, yes, and even effective. I don't know about the uniqueness or even the originality, though, as his character seemed like a cliche of all the post-9/11 gun-totting protagonists from the action genre. And charming he certainly was not, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. He was definitely the blunt instrument.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Just to be clear, I would never, at this point, put Turner in Connery's league by I do think he has what it takes to become Bond. The script and director will be important for whom ever is chosen;
    if Martin Campbell still has the hunger, he would be the man to do it.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited June 2017 Posts: 14,003
    Craig's Bond Charming? If an overgrown teenage wrecking ball is charming. As for fresh, unique and original.... I almost belie that. But I have seen the Bourne films, which the Craig era was so obviously piggybacking on, not just the films, but the lead character too. Spectre was a stumble in the right direction, but I think it might be too little too late.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    I have heard a lot of ridiculous things about Craig. "is as great as Connery" will probably forever be the most grotesque of all of it.

    Charming....doesn't even need a specific comment.

    Just watch Moonraker and then QOS.
    Or Thunderball and then Casino Royale.
    Or GoldenEye and then Skyfall.

    The evidence is there for everyone to see if they choose to.

    It's all a matter of taste though, naturally. I prefer the first 40 years over what has been dished up since 2006. Casino Royale is great and will be a classic like GoldenEye, but it ages now, it'll have its fans always as any of the true classics of each actor have, GF TSWLM GE.

    SPECTRE was a step in the right direction and I hope EON gives us a fifth with Craig that is like it.
    Spectre is a film that could have been made by Cubby. The first completely proper James Bond film since 2002.
    +1
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Turner might surprise us. Given his work so far I remain skeptical.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Turner might surprise us. Given his work so far I remain skeptical.

    Trust me. it's gonna be great.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    so since everyone is Talking turner need I remind people Fassbender and Hardy still exist and both are light years better
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