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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    I have to agree. Cumberbatch's best asset is his voice, actually. He has presence too, but probably not the right style of presence. If he hasn't already, he should do a few Bond audiobooks!
    Agreed.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.

    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
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    I was going to suggest Jack O'Connell after seeing The Man with the Iron Heart, but then you guys brought up the voice :-)).
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.

    "I am Khaaan..."

    Yes? So what?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.
    "I am Khaaan..."

    Yes? So what?
    Haha! Pretty much sums it up!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.
    "I am Khaaan..."

    Yes? So what?
    Haha! Pretty much sums it up!
    A source of inspiration for a similar revelation during a certain torture sequence a few years later.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    bondjames wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.
    "I am Khaaan..."

    Yes? So what?
    Haha! Pretty much sums it up!
    A source of inspiration for a similar revelation during a certain torture sequence a few years later.
    I was thinking about that when I wrote my reply. :))
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    bondjames wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch has a terrific voice. Spectacular voice, I might add. But, his acting style and appearance is too Sherlock, I'm afraid. He babbles. A lot.
    Except in Star Trek. He sounded really fake in that movie.
    I have a very vague memory of that film.
    "I am Khaaan..."

    Yes? So what?
    Haha! Pretty much sums it up!
    A source of inspiration for a similar revelation during a certain torture sequence a few years later.

    At least it was Waltz's natural voice and not some cheesy, one octave lower, slooowwww pronunciation on the vowel delivery Cumberbatch gave us. And Blofeld was not an Indian man whitewashed into a Brit.

    So yes I'm not a fan of Cumberbatch's Khaaaan.
  • fanbond123fanbond123
    edited June 2018 Posts: 1,661
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Every Bond candidate when hearing Craig retires from the role:
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    This springs to mind!

    Show-me-The-money.jpg

    ;)
  • Bond_BombshellBond_Bombshell
    edited June 2018 Posts: 111
    It must be about ten years ago now that I noticed young Scottish actor Paul Telfer in an episode of NCIS and mentioned him as a potential future Bond on this site's old forum. What I didn't know at the time was that Telfer had actually been seen for Casino Royale according to this interview -

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=634411399931575&id=218893958149990

    " (PAUL) Funny story. *Pause* I had a meeting for Bond.

    (KELLI) Really? Details, please!

    (PAUL) Well --- I went in when they were recasting (after) Brosnan. I feel it was after I'd shot ‘Hercules’ but before it had aired --- so I was pretty viable at the time. (‘Herc’ was supposed to be a big deal but a number of issues cap-sized it.)

    (BRITT) Which is too bad --- ‘Hercules’ is fun.

    (PAUL) Anyway --- I was in my mid-20s and thought I was way too young for the role. I just went to meet these big casting directors, really --- just hoping to make an impression for some other project in the future. So I get in and switch into charming general meeting mode and proceed to go on and on about how they should cast Jason Isaacs or Damian Lewis --- two actors I love --- in the role. I didn't even try to sell myself; why bother?

    (BRITT) Oh my god, Paul!

    (PAUL) Turns out they WERE looking for YOUNG BOND! (Henry Cavill ended up being the director’s choice.)

    (BRITT) *Face palm*

    (KELLI) Oh my Lord. I kind of want to smack you, but then you'll probably stop talking to me.*shamefaced grin*

    (PAUL) So I had sandbagged myself for no reason. Whatever --- Young Bond is a terrible concept anyway (which is why they ditched it...)."

    These days the 38 year old Telfer is still rocking a good Bond look in my opinion. The trouble is his career has never progressed beyond beefcake roles. These days he is best known for his stints on daytime soap Days Of Our Lives. Considering where Craig has taken the acting in Bond movies it's a leap to think that someone like Telfer would get a shot. Still, here's some of his best Bond images. He reminds me of someone in the third pic. Can't think who.

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    yes, he does look a bit like Conner's in the last pic. Fun story that, but I'm glad they ditched the YB idea and I'm also glad he didn't get the role. Indeed it's the acting that holds him back.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I don't know anything about this chap but it was interesting to read that he went in for a discussion with the casting team. It looks like they casted a wide net during the process.

    He appears a bit generic for my tastes (I've always maintained that Bond should look 'interesting' facially, and of course realize that is in the eye of the beholder)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Looks like a boyband member.
  • RC7RC7
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Looks like a boyband member.

    The penis of someone in a boyband?
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Looks like a boyband member.

    The penis of someone in a boyband?

    That too.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    First person I thought about when I saw that third picture, was this guy:
    jon-cryer_400x400.jpg
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    First person I thought about when I saw that third picture, was this guy:
    jon-cryer_400x400.jpg

    Do you propose him as Bond?

    As good as many other suggestions here.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    First person I thought about when I saw that third picture, was this guy:
    jon-cryer_400x400.jpg

    Do you propose him as Bond?

    As good as many other suggestions here.

    Can Jon Cryer do a decent English accent, though?
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Looks like a boyband member.

    The penis of someone in a boyband?

    Congratulations, you've just insulted every penis in the world.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited June 2018 Posts: 45,489
    Dick Burton would have been a better Bond.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    First person I thought about when I saw that third picture, was this guy:
    jon-cryer_400x400.jpg

    Do you propose him as Bond?

    As good as many other suggestions here.

    Hahahahahaha
  • HarmonyRocketsHarmonyRockets
    edited June 2018 Posts: 181
    Does anybody watch that show Knightfall? It stars a 32 year old Welsh guy named Tom Cullen. Not sure if he'd be right or not, but at least he's not boyish like most of these other candidates.

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    knightfall.jpg

    Was also on Downton Abbey.

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    certainly has the looks. reminds me of Brosnan
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I like his face albeit he might look a tad too soft. He looks a bit like Brosnan in the last one.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited June 2018 Posts: 23,883
    Not too keen on Cullen I'm afraid. These photos are a bit deceptive. In reality he's nothing like Brosnan. More like Lewis Collins imho. A bit too he man for my tastes. Given where we've recently been, I'd prefer a little more suave next time out.
  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Not too keen on Cullen I'm afraid. These photos are a bit deceptive. In reality he's nothing like Brosnan. More like Lewis Collins imho. A bit too he man for my tastes. Given where we've recently been, I'd prefer a little more suave next time out.

    That's interesting because on Downton Abbey he acted more like the lead from the Inbetweeners.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Not too keen on Cullen I'm afraid. These photos are a bit deceptive. In reality he's nothing like Brosnan. More like Lewis Collins imho. A bit too he man for my tastes. Given where we've recently been, I'd prefer a little more suave next time out.

    He looks suave on that last picture. Too soft for my taste even. On the other too he looks like a Greek.

    How's his acting in any case?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited June 2018 Posts: 23,883
    M_Blaise wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Not too keen on Cullen I'm afraid. These photos are a bit deceptive. In reality he's nothing like Brosnan. More like Lewis Collins imho. A bit too he man for my tastes. Given where we've recently been, I'd prefer a little more suave next time out.

    That's interesting because on Downton Abbey he acted more like the lead from the Inbetweeners.
    Haha. Point taken. I was more commenting on his looks. He honestly didn't make much of an impression on me in Downton Abbey. Dan Stevens and Rob James-Collier were more impactful.
  • timmertimmer
    edited June 2018 Posts: 4,622
    bondjames wrote: »
    I didn't think there were all that many good choices to replace Brosnan, but Chris Bale, Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen would have been top of my list at the time. Particularly Bale. It was bittersweet when he was cast as the Bat because I knew he wouldn't get Bond.

    There is something to be said for maturity though certainly. I'm currently watching Berlin Station, and Richard Armitage definitely has the height and looks for the role along with the maturity. He's another one that could have done it if cast earlier but at 46 he's too old for it now (he looks very good for his age though).

    Personally, I think actors should do three to four max and then get lost. Keeps it fresh and they normally peak on their third anyway.

    Bale would have made a great Bond. He was young , he looked the part and he can certainly act.
    He would have found the relaxed intensity - both the menace and the charm.

    Regarding Moore, I think a key factor here is that superficially at least, he perfectly fit the part.
    He perfectly looked the part, he was quite English
    He had been on the Bond radar for a long time mainly because of his look. There was potential here for a casting home run.
    The only question seemed to be whether he could bring the same Connery menace.
    Turns out he couldn't. But he got by fine on his other merits and the series ploughed on as popular as ever.
    As for a new Bond, I do think the task is to find a young, early '30s type with right look and Connery attrbutes.
    Back to basics!

    ====Tom Cullen above, merits consideration.
    I'd give him an audition.
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