Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Cavill's proposed solo superman sequel has now been put on indefinite hold. A sequel to UNCLE doesn't look set to happen...Cavill will NEVER be Bond.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I can understand that doubt and even lean that way myself; but, with Moore, Dalton and Brosnan, EON has shown that they will keep names of actors once considered in the rolodex for future consideration.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Cavill's proposed solo superman sequel has now been put on indefinite hold. A sequel to UNCLE doesn't look set to happen...Cavill will NEVER be Bond.

    History has shown that actors who were chosen to be Bond and effectively not cast got the role later.
    Moore, Dalton, Brosnan.
    Cavill will go down the same road. He was almost Bond in 2005.
    I'm certain it is more than likely he will succeed Craig.
    UNLCE or Superman has nothing to do with it.

    Having said this, my choice still is Dan Stevens.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    That's good, because Cavill will never be Bond.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Would Cavill being cast lure Martin Campbell back? Could he go three for three ?
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    I can see him being attracted by the idea of introducing 3 new actors to the role, but it would need to be an actor he believes in.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Moore, Dalton and Brosnan never went on to play pop culture iconic characters before getting the role though. Cavill is Superman...THE definitive superhero and he's tied up with that role for years to come with the justice league movies coming out.

    Revisiting actors who were once considered obviously has happened but in Cavill's case he has absolutely no chance. Hell will freeze over first before EoN cast Cavill as Bond.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Would Cavill being cast lure Martin Campbell back? Could he go three for three ?

    I wish he were, but sadly, he is too old I think.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Too old? I don't think so. I've seen recent video's and he's fit an energetic. look at George Miller, Ridley Scott, Clint Eastwood. If the time comes and he's up for it, I wouldn't worry about the number.
    Cavill was his first choice; I'd like to see if he could produce another Golden Eye or Casino Royale.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    NicNac wrote: »
    I can see him being attracted by the idea of introducing 3 new actors to the role, but it would need to be an actor he believes in.

    He believed in Cavill

  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Would Cavill being cast lure Martin Campbell back? Could he go three for three ?

    I wish he were, but sadly, he is too old I think.


    How old is Martin Campbell ?
    I really want him to introduce one more Bond actor, he did a great job with Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Too old? I don't think so. I've seen recent video's and he's fit an energetic. look at George Miller, Ridley Scott, Clint Eastwood. If the time comes and he's up for it, I wouldn't worry about the number.
    Cavill was his first choice; I'd like to see if he could produce another Golden Eye or Casino Royale.

    You're right of course, age doesn't seem to be a factor with most directors.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    talos7 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    I can see him being attracted by the idea of introducing 3 new actors to the role, but it would need to be an actor he believes in.

    He believed in Cavill

    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Imaginations and dreams are a wonderful thing in a mystical land where things can turn out beautifully BUT in reality Cavill wasn't and evidently still isn't Bond material. It takes more than just being tall, having dark hair and being good looking...acting TALENT is actually required and Cavill has yet to cultivate that.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!

    How many film would that equate to? I feel that 4 film is about the right number, especially now with the 3 year gaps. But I'm not all that keen on Cavill taking over as Bond, there's something about the way that he carries himself, he is like younger Brosnan.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Imaginations and dreams are a wonderful thing in a mystical land where things can turn out beautifully BUT in reality Cavill wasn't and evidently still isn't Bond material. It takes more than just being tall, having dark hair and being good looking...acting TALENT is actually required and Cavill has yet to cultivate that.

    Of course, I do not want Cavill as Bond.
    I just wanted to express that with choosing a young actor (which would have made more sense even) the discussion of succession would not happen for another decade.
    That would have been the right choice and direction and the long gaps wouldn't have mattered that much.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!

    How many film would that equate to? I feel that 4 film is about the right number, especially now with the 3 year gaps. But I'm not all that keen on Cavill taking over as Bond, there's something about the way that he carries himself, he is like younger Brosnan.

    Brosnan was a baby-faced wimp when he was as old as Cavill was in 2005.
    Cavill on the other hand was buff and looked very, very good (just watch the first episode of The Tudors ;) )

    My point is in 2005 they should have cast an actor not older than 30.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    If he made it to the top two position, which he did, then he had a lot of support from the powers that be. Broccoli's preference at the time was Daniel but that does not mean that she didn't believe in Cavill. He was so young that she may have felt that he needed a bit more time on the vine.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!

    How many film would that equate to? I feel that 4 film is about the right number, especially now with the 3 year gaps. But I'm not all that keen on Cavill taking over as Bond, there's something about the way that he carries himself, he is like younger Brosnan.


    I think Pierce carried himself very well especially since Tomorrow never dies and about Henry being like a Younger Brosnan i'm not sure.
    I think Brosnan was more manly,sire classically handsome but looked like a man Cavil is the definition of a pretty Boy.

    Now i do think that after Craig they might go for a pretty boy if its not Cavill someone in his style.


  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Imaginations and dreams are a wonderful thing in a mystical land where things can turn out beautifully BUT in reality Cavill wasn't and evidently still isn't Bond material. It takes more than just being tall, having dark hair and being good looking...acting TALENT is actually required and Cavill has yet to cultivate that.

    Of course, I do not want Cavill as Bond.
    I just wanted to express that with choosing a young actor (which would have made more sense even) the discussion of succession would not happen for another decade.
    That would have been the right choice and direction and the long gaps wouldn't have mattered that much.

    In theory yes. However, that would also depend on the actor's ability and viability. They could have been done after one movie if CR sacked. They could have been done after 2 or 3 or could go on to make 8 movies; we'll never know. However, I'm terms of output at least by 2012 we would have still had only 3 movies. The writer's strike and MGM restructure were unavoidable. Anyway casting younger WILL happen once Craig is done, how young we don't know yet and their longevity in the role is uncertain. Lazenby had the potential to be the longest serving Bond, the offer was there for him to take but we all know how that turned out.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited August 2015 Posts: 13,978
    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!

    How many film would that equate to? I feel that 4 film is about the right number, especially now with the 3 year gaps. But I'm not all that keen on Cavill taking over as Bond, there's something about the way that he carries himself, he is like younger Brosnan.

    Brosnan was a baby-faced wimp when he was as old as Cavill was in 2005.
    Cavill on the other hand was buff and looked very, very good (just watch the first episode of The Tudors ;) )

    My point is in 2005 they should have cast an actor not older than 30.

    Oh I agree with you. I didn't, and still don't like the idea of the films being rebooted. But I could have accepted it, had they they done the job properly. By properly, I mean EON should have cast a younger actor, who could convincingly play the younger less experienced Bond, or scrap the reboot idea and continue as normal (follow DAD, but 4 years on).
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    bondjames wrote: »
    I'm still rooting for Tom Hiddleston to take over from Craig once he packs it in.

    Although I'm open to other suggestions, I haven't seen any one mentioned on here with the necessary 'edge' other than him.

    All the others are, from my perspective at least, pretty boys and lightweights.

    He may not have the build or the look, but he can bring the necessary gravitas to the role. He's proven that when playing against superstars like Downey Jr.
    Hiddleston would be fantastic. As for the built, Fleming's physical descriptions of Bond suggest a lean, wiry guy, which Hiddleston would easily fit. And his face is not far from that picture Fleming himself once drew. As an actor, he is beyond criticism.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Only BB didn't believe in Cavill.

    Imagine Cavill would have become Bond. I'm certain he would have managed quite well and he could continue to be Bond for another decade. Imagine that!

    How many film would that equate to? I feel that 4 film is about the right number, especially now with the 3 year gaps. But I'm not all that keen on Cavill taking over as Bond, there's something about the way that he carries himself, he is like younger Brosnan.

    Brosnan was a baby-faced wimp when he was as old as Cavill was in 2005.
    Cavill on the other hand was buff and looked very, very good (just watch the first episode of The Tudors ;) )

    My point is in 2005 they should have cast an actor not older than 30.

    Oh I agree with you. I didn't, and still don't like the idea of the films being rebooted. But I could have accepted it, had they they done the job properly. By properly, I mean EON should have cast a younger actor, who could convincingly play the younger less experienced Bond, or scrap the reboot idea and continue as normal (follow DAD, but 4 years on).

    Absolutely, I was never fond of the reboot thing, and it is my opinion they failed miserably with it and were very inconsistent, the most obvious mistake being keeping Judi Dench as M.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    I'm still rooting for Tom Hiddleston to take over from Craig once he packs it in.

    Although I'm open to other suggestions, I haven't seen any one mentioned on here with the necessary 'edge' other than him.

    All the others are, from my perspective at least, pretty boys and lightweights.

    He may not have the build or the look, but he can bring the necessary gravitas to the role. He's proven that when playing against superstars like Downey Jr.
    Hiddleston would be fantastic. As for the built, Fleming's physical descriptions of Bond suggest a lean, wiry guy, which Hiddleston would easily fit. And his face is not far from that picture Fleming himself once drew. As an actor, he is beyond criticism.

    Yes, I agree. I'm assuming you're referring to this drawing:
    Fleming007impression.jpg

    Hiddleston can raise his eyebrows:
    article-2046132-0E437C4900000578-562_468x324.jpg

    And looks good in tux:
    tom-hiddleston-photos-003.jpg

    I'd say he has a shot....
  • cwl007cwl007 England
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    Up until that latest post I totally disagreed that Tom Hiddleston could be Bond, couldn't see past the Loki costume. But yes, convinced, he could be great.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2015 Posts: 7,551
    http://variety.com/2015/film/news/tom-hardy-james-bond-uk-bookies-1201583973/

    Moved from 6/1 to 4/1 odds

    As much as I love Bond and Tom Hardy, I'm not sure they're a 100% fantastic match. I'd say Hardy is a lot more "street" than certain other actors...

    EDIT: Also unlikely because he's probably too well known, expensive and busy (to echo the point of a Variety commenter).
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Prepare for outrage
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    Hardy becomes Bond number 7 and I will accept Craig's departure.
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    Tom Hardy is too short to be James Bond.
  • SJK91 wrote: »
    Tom Hardy is too short to be James Bond.

    Didn't we say that of Daniel Craig as well :-)?
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