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Absolutely spot on.
There's a higher calibre of production now. Cavill is a below average actor. He's stiff, clearly 'acting' when onscreen, and has the presence of a turnip.
It would be laughable to go from Craig to Cavill. It's like going from Waitrose to SPAR.
Accept that Cavill and his ilk are not on EoN's radar. The bar has been raised.
It’s a really really bad screen test isn’t it.
Bond with a solid American Accent and ‘wooden’ acting.
Thank the heavens Sir Roger returned.....
As for the bar being raised because of Craig. That's just laughable.
Who counts as 'Cavill's ilk'?
He created this terrific piece of concept art for what a potential 'Timothee Chalamet as 007' could look like. Personally, I can seriously see it. He's admittedly on the young side, but ever since his big debut on the world stage with Call Me By Your Name, he has seriously matured. I think by the time Bond 26, he'd have shaped up perfectly.
He'd be my top pick for Batman, but since that franchise already poached Robert Pattinson and Chalamet has a great proficiency in doing an English accent, let's make him 007. I could see him playing Bond not dissimilarly to Matt Damon in the first Bourne but with a hint of that Pattinson edge.
Basically, any subpar actor with very little screen presence.
Such as?
I personally think that Henry Cavill being Superman has done him no favours in terms of his leading man potential as Bond. At least certainly not in the way the portrayal was written and therefore acted out. In terms of him being able to display his acting chops he (as all Supermen are) will be compared to Christopher Reeve's version and in that regard he falls well short.
Also a huge globally famous role like that kind of cements a version of him as an actor in the public's mind. There a fairly limited ways of playing Superman before he stops being Superman, so doesn't give an actor much to play with. I know he has done other roles but he hasn't shaken that image off yet I don't think.
He looks good and has great physicality and that is why he 'looks' the part in a dinner jacket or in a fan poster, add to that the way he moves in UNCLE also screams Bond. But his delivery of lines is just a bit boring, he just sort of 'says them' , there's no intrigue or uniqueness to him.
I don't dislike Cavill as such and if he got the gig I wouldn't be too upset but he is far from my first choice.
I feel that Craig has changed the way Bond can be presented. He's made the part open to a different more interesting type of actor. Bond no longer has to be dark haired with model looks.
This can only be a good thing and means the scope of where they go next is wide open.
Cavill would be a regressive move in my opinion.
Cavill may not be the best actor ever. But I think one thing he does have is ‘screen presence.’
The lad from from Jersey has done remarkably well in Hollywood.
He’s not my choice for Bond, but the Studios love him and have made him a star.
No, IMO to this little American.
I’m not sure this post is accurate using Craig’s physique. 🧐🤔🤣
Yes, that's exactly where I stand too. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but equally it would be nothing to be excited about.
I like to be a bit challenged- I thought it was exciting when Craig was named because he was a new angle on it. Same with Downey Jr when he was named as playing Iron Man: he wasn't the usual square-jawed leading man type safe pair of hands- he did quirky roles, not heroes.
He is stuck on Craig's body there though, which has changed his physicality completely and is not really how he would look.
James Norton. Aidan Turner to a degree.
James Norton lacks ‘screen presence’ IMO. He’s a BBC TV actor at best.
Exactly. He looks like Edward Scissorhand’s malnourished little brother in real life.
Plus he’s American as you say.
You not a fan of Craig?
+1. I’m not sure I’d watch it.
Totally unsuitable, it would be almost comedic casting.
Agreed on all points. I’d rather no film at all than Chamalet as Bond.
With that said ,with 10 years , or so , he would have a look that would suit Bond ; but as we know, the role is not based on looks alone.
But he’d still be American.
Wow. That is extreme.
You must really hate the Brosnan era?
Heaven forbid we pick someone who looks like Bond to play Bond.
Gee, I wish that I had said that. ;)
Apart from GoldenEye, yes. Bond's journeyman era.