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I firmly believe that Bond should always be, and portrayed by, a Caucasian, British male ; with that said, I would cast Idris Elba as Bond before ever casting Callum Turner. Turner has a shifty, rat like quality that is very off putting. No, no and no....
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Now we're talking! This man is 007.....a Bond film starring Idris Elba is a $1 billion success story in the making. I'm certain Eon are weighing up this idea. Though it does go against much of their instincts. Usually they case with the 'franchise' in mind. Essentially, someone to be the figurehead of the series for the next 10 years.
However, the changing landscape with blockbuster films means they now have more competition than ever. If the Craig era is anything to go by, then I think Eon have adopted a more filmmaker-friendly approach. Opposed to go down the Marvel route where sequels are knocked out quickly.
But if they wanted to get a big name director and hire Elba, then that would be a surefire way to distinguish themselves from the competition. I mean, imagine the hype of a Christopher Nolan-directed Bond film starring Elba!!!
I'd even think that they'd rehire Fukunaga/Waller-Bridge and get them to continue the story of Bond with an actor of a similar age. In that respect, Elba could quickly pick up that mantle.
If Eon release in time for the 60th anniversary, than Elba will be 48.....if anything the thing holding him back from the Bond role is less his age and more the sheer amount of over-exposure he's had in recent years.
This photoshoot could be from a Bond film...love the outfit
...and @talos7 I would happily take "shifty rat" over Idris or Aidan. I actually see a lot of young Pierce in Callum, but with more of that Craig-edge, so in my eyes the shifty rat will always have potential.
My second choice again is Aaron Taylor-Johnson but as others have mentioned his voice lets him down. If I could have Aaron as James Bond with Callum's voice. That would be perfect, but I still think Callum could pull it off - even if I think Aaron has a better look.
Oh, man, you're in the wrong franchise.
I'm off this thread. I just can't bare it. Do cary on, "Bond fans". And feel free to nail me to a cross. Damn Fleming purists, right? Times they ar a changing. Must fight the system. All opinion counts. Everything is valid. And so on, right? Well, ok then. I loose, you guys win. Cute baby faced James Dean lookalikes, black dudes, you guys just know Bond.
And this is me expressing my opinion on a forum, before you ask, or come wailing that all fans deserve to share their views.
Heck, this guy is more Bond than Idris.
Although he is something of a Drax lookalike (right?) ;)
Well, I'm off. Have fun.
You're right, Ebla isn't a box office draw alone. However, the Bond franchise is. So you end up with the following formula: Idris Elba + Bond = Excitement and Interest
That's an intriguing formula, I think a lot of names - whether it be Dornan, Taylor-Johnson, Turner, Cavill would inspire either apathy or less intense interest in wider audiences. But Elba is pretty much the only name that wider audiences (perhaps not hardcore fans) have been clamouring for. Remeber these aren't the folk who read Fleming, have seen all the Bond films or will even re-watch the film for years to come.
People I know are all enthused by Elba as Bond than anyone else. Almost see it as an inevitability. Most of these people go to the cinema regularly, but aren't Bond purists and only came to the franchise during the Craig films. This is Bond's core audience now at the box-office and these are the people who pay to go to the cinema (whether we like it or not, they are the audience and their money is as good as our's - and there is more of them). These people are the sort of people who would guarantee that an Idris Elba-fronted Bond film is an Event film. Questions of bond's relevance in a modern age disappear and are instead replaced with rampant excitement. Instead of the usual misanthropy.
We've been with the same (great) actor for 14 years, plus another 5 probably if you include a break for casting and such. I think if they want Bond 26 to get people excited they need to make it feel fresh and new again. Carrying on the continuity or even rebooting with Elba wouldn't be doing this. I also don't think Elba would be Bond, he'd be Idris Elba sleeping with women and killing people. If that makes sense.
Lol, NO!
I was not endorsing Elba as Bond, although he would make a great spy as an original character; I was just illustrating how much I don’t like C. Turner
Yawn. 👎I take it you’ve never read a single page of Fleming then. 🤦🏼♂️🤣.
Just reading LALD in the sunshine....Elba would actually make a brilliant Mr. Big. 👍
Elba is a charismatic, talented and cool actor, but he can’t physically play a white character. If this casting happened, I wouldn’t watch the film as it is no longer the character.
+1.
The Dark Tower was abysmal. It needs and deserves the Game of Thrones treatment.
Agreed. I turned it off after 30 mins.
Idris Elba is also a moot argument now as he’s become a TikTok rapper.
His acting skills puts most of the bond candidates to shame, but height, height, height, damn his height.
He's an actor - he can act as a Brit!
Not necessarily. Most American actors can only do a laughable impression of an English accent.
There are plenty of decent Brit actors to chose from so we don’t need a German one. Bond shouldn’t even drive a German car let alone be played by a German!! 😂😂
Adolf Gettler as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007....no thank you! 🤦🏼♂️🤣😂
Facially, physically AND height wise he isn’t Bond.
Not to mention that he is American, which is an auto rejection.
+1. Well said, I agree.
If an actor can’t fulfil the bare minimum criteria below they should be an auto rejection (absolute no exceptions):
- White British
- Actor
- Height 5ft 10in as a minimum
- Age 35 - 50 (depending on looks)
Thank you ;)