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The thing with Hardy for me is that his choices on paper in the last decade seem exciting and diverse but his performances always feel similar. He does the same thing with his voice, the same head nod, the same nervous eye movements. When it works, it works really well - it fit the characters in Locke and The Drop perfectly for example - but it was extremely annoying in Venom and Capone. He was a serviceable Mad Max, to be fair, certainly physically capable but lacking that cold intensity that Gibson had. I'm sure Hardy possibly could have been a good Bond at one point - he had a very good run from '05 to '11 where he seemed to be challenging himself - but the acting style that he has seemingly settled into now is totally unsuitable for the part, I think.
So in that sense, my gut instinct would be to disagree with the idea that he would bring what was appropriate. It'd likely be the other way round, and I don't really want Bond to be like that.
Anyway, I do agree though that his time has passed for the role, and that he'll no longer be considered, only because for me, they need to go in a fresher direction for the next 007.
Great actor. But far too short at 5ft 8in. Auto rejection IMO.
As I remember he did a sort of smooth spy in 'This Means War', although not exactly Bond and it's a long time since I saw it. He could have definitely played Bond and I think would have been great, but is perhaps a bit too similar in type to Craig.
Couldn't agree more with this. Well said.
I also agree with @SaintMark here, except I love Fury Road :D Saw it nine times in theatres.
Then you love it no doubt, I saw Mad Max 2 twice in cinema. That old am I.
It is quite the ride. Watched the Black and Chrome version in theatres last year, too.
...but to keep it somewhat on topic, she'd be a great Bond girl and I wonder who'd be the perfect James Bond to match with her? :)
By 'fresher', do you mean younger, or less well-known? Or just very different?
+1
I like Hardy, just can't see him as Bond. he's been typecast as a villain for a reason.
The Bane of existence.
As Bane, his performance was good but although he bulked up and they placed him in huge platform shoes, his relatively small size was too apparent at times; it took away from the character.
A small joke about Tom Hardy, no more really. It lend itself for wordplay
That being said, Craig will definitely be a though act to follow.
@Univex : nail, head, hammer, hit!
(I agree with you a thousand times over)
Henry Cavill as Bond.
I wonder if Gregg will get a better say in the next James Bond?? It'd be good to find out his taste haha :D
On another forum someone mentioned Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who starred in the recent Invisible Man film, and was in The Haunting of Hill House miniseries. I'm not sold on him as he has kind of a bland face without a strong bone-structure, but he is of the right age, and his star seems to be on the rise.
Another name is Tom Bateman. He's more low-rent, having mainly been in TV, but he was in the recent Murder on the Orient Express film, and appears to be attached to the new Death on the Nile movie. He seems to play bad guys a fair bit, probably because he has the eyebrows of a psychotic killer. Or a muppet.
I don't really like these guys for the part, but as all the good candidates are aging out, I thought I'd mention them. I really don't like any of the young candidates much. I actually think Denbigh is probably right in suggesting that Callum Turner will be a candidate, because his resume is looking better than anybody else his age with the exception of Hoult. Hmmm... doesn't fill me with glee, but there you go. I think I'm pinning my hopes on Hoult more and more.
Haha well I'm sorry he hasn't really convinced anyone yet. Hopefully he'll convince you one day @sandbagger1, he sure has the time to considering Bond 26's probable release. I do like Oliver Jackson-Cohen though, and I think he'll be a likely candidate too, and while I struggle to imagine Bateman in the role, you never know :)
Hardy is practically an extra while Craig is in every scene. So there's that.
It's like saying Gerard Butler isn't a memorable actor because he's forgettable in TND. ;)
Not sure that's a fair basis for a comparison is it? Craig is the lead. Is there even a scene that Craig isn't in?
Where's he going to get the charisma from? :D
I'm a huge follower of the Mad Max films, and no less FURY ROAD. What a brilliantly surprising film from an outright genius. Unbelievable sound and vision.
And I saw THE ROAD WARRIOR the first night of release in the US at a drive-in. Plus several more times sitting in theaters across the summer, a great year to watch films.
Hardy and other names could be a Bond experiment for 1 or 2 films. But I also agree his height includes him out of consideration.
Despite that, I still love the film and his performance, but yes, his height is a problem, and either way Hardy is no longer in my top choices, I'd just be happy to go with it if he was. Callum's still my guy haha :D
Speaking of which people should check out Queen and Country. It's not a great film by any means, but Callum's performance is another example of his potential. Although do take into account this was fiver years ago and he looks quite young.
Daniel Craig sure wasn't the lead in Road to Perdition, and yet in every single scene he's in he steals the show, holding his own against the likes of Paul Newman and Tom Hanks.
Hardy disappears every time DiCaprio or even Murphy or Gordon-Levitt are on screen in Inception or in The Revenant.
Hardy is a good character actor. But has no star power.
Even Clive Owen had more star power and screen presence, and easily shared the screen with Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett. And was the lead in one of the best films in the last two decades - Children of Men. What film did Hardy star that had that kind of billing and relied on his screen presence? Venom? Please...
And before you say it, Fury Road was Theron's film. Hardy is no Gibson, I tell you that. Don't believe me? Check the posters.
Tom Hardy is good for small character actor films, ensemble films, or as a secondary.
He's the most overrated actor of his generation, IMO. At best, he's sort of an Oliver Reed kind of actor. But no better.
Craig can steal an entire scene just by squinting. He has a cool dangerous presence of a big jungle cat. Hardy is a thug with a baby mouth and a muculent hair and attitude.
Nolan may like him, but I doubt he'd ever have him as his lead. He just can't pull it off.
As part of an ensemble like in Tinker Taylor? Sure. As a lead? No, never.
Craig just has to sing "Papa was a Rolling Stone" and he steals every scene from Bana in Munich. That is McQueen kind of charisma, who just had to rattle a cartridge close to his ear to steal a scene from Yul Brynner in the Magnificent Seven.
Hardy who?