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No. I do not get the Hardy as Bond thing. Goes right over my head.
Hardy generates a lot of screen presence but I get why some say no... He can act though ..something most of the others mentioned in passing can't.
What we must not forget with actors like Henry Cavill is their age.
Today they don't seem right for the role, but what about in 2020?
Best example really is Daniel Craig. Watch Tomb Raider or better one of his late 90's movies. No one in the world would have guessed in their wildest dreams that he could one day become Bond.
I don't think they compare at all. Craig applied repeatedly, got accepted and graduated from the Guildhall School for Music and Drama. Cahill had no interest in a higher education. Craig from a young age worked on stage with the National Youth Theatre and has had extensive stage experience as an adult. He is still ignoring film opportunities to do Broadway. Cahill has never done any stage work. Craig is a serious actor who regretfully does not get to show his range and acting skill as Bond. Over the years, he has succeeded on his talent, not his looks which aren't great. Cahill has succeeded on his looks, not his middling talent. He is not the serious actor Craig is, and likely never will be. Surely EON can find an actor who is both good looking and a talented actor.
Very good points. On a superficial level, Cavill would tick all the right boxes, but after Superman and UNCLE, there'd be a "been there, done that" feel about him; nothing in the way of mystery or "What will he bring to the role of Bond?". He'll say all the lines and not bump into furniture, but I can't see him generating any heat in the same way that people reacted to seeing DC in Casino Royale
I agree on most.
Daniel Craig was cast as the "dumb pretty love-interest" in Tomb Raider though.
I assume you mean Cavill... personally I don't find him even remotely attractive and therefore not good-looking, either. Just bland.
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I don't get the Tom Hardy for Bond thing either. But then, I'm not sold on Michael Fassbender as Bond. Just don't see it.
I could see someone like Dan Stevens as a potential Bond. Maybe.
Until Daniel Craig officially hangs up the shoulder holster, and legitimate candidates are put forward (via screen-tests that are confirmed), then I'll worry that the wrong actor could be our new OO7.
I think Fassbender could have been great as Bond but he will be too old.
Fassbender should have been cast in 2006. He looked always a bit older back then and it would have made the reboot thing much more plausible.
He is 38 years old now and could have played Bond for another 7 years.
Just imagine that.....oh those missed opportunities!!!!
I agree with this completely. Cavill-type casting is the same thing that happened with Brosnan; it was casting purely from the perspective of aesthetics, an idea of people's generic view of what Bond looks like. Those days are over. Blond, brown or black hair, it doesn't matter. If the actor looks good that's a bonus but he needs to have 2 things, acting credibility and sex appeal. Model looks and sex appeal aren't mutually exclusive.
Bond is a pretty/handsome man with an edge. I think that's the distinction. Henry Cavill - whilst conventionally handsome - has a slightly boy band quality to his looks. Obviously as he gets older he'll lose some of that quality but actors like Sean Connery, Lazenby etc have an extra edge to their appearance. It's a bit subjective but I guess Connery looked like James Bond whereas Cavill looks more like Bond's younger brother. The same could be true of many actors.
That's not to say the next Bond actor has to have the perfect look for the part - if that was the sole requisite the next Bond could be George Lazenby mark 2, a total unknown with little or no acting experience - and that could end up going all wrong! Taking this factor into account, Dan Stevens - whilst not quite as Bond alpha male masculine looking as some previous Bonds would seem a credible choice. Cavill's performance in UNCLE could convince the doubters, though. If he can pull off a convincing Solo then he's likely he'll be able to do a convincing Bond (assuming he ditched Superman, of course!).
he is the most lethal of them all, and he is the one that never blinked an eye when killing his enemies.
Compare Cavill's US interview (Man From Uncle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rksG-O3RZSY
with Pierce Brosnan's interview during is Remington Steele era:
Brosnan seems more naturally smooth and confident. Not that Cavill lacks confidence but I think Brossy is a bit more confident/smug than Cavill is and perhaps that's why some regard Cavill as a bit stiff or wooden. I don't think he has that extra something, perhaps.
Anyway, Since when has smugness been a requirement for playing Bond?
thanks for those great videos.
Brosnan was perfect for Bond, that can be seen once more.
He oozed Bond even when he was Remington Steele.
For me it its evident that the successor to Craig will be more in the vein of Moore and Brosnan.
Humour will be back in Bond as will be fun. There is more than enough evidence that Hollywood clearly goes into the fun/humorous/over the top kind of movie again with spy/action.
That is part of his charm in my opinion. His interviews are always fun to watch.
In Remington Steele he overacted quite a lot which of course worked perfectly for that role.
With Bond he didn't because he knew it wouldn't work.
Brosnan is a much better actor than many think.
Having said that I think Cavill comes over quite well too. May be we shouldn't rule him out too soon. EON hAs a history of going back and getting its man eventually.
Yes I agree. It's very winning. I first saw him doing a bad job in a not very good Woody Allen movie, but he seems to be improving with age.
The movie itself is short of a disaster but his acting skills are clearly shown in MOS.
Having said that, I don't want to give the impression I am in favour of him being the next James Bond. I could live with him, and well.
But my current favourite clearly is Dan Stevens and has been since quite a while.
Maybe in a couple of years another candidate will emerge.
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/470413-tom-hardy-vertigo-adaptation-100-bullets