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No, I don't think so. That lightweight, TV actor guy?
Yeah. Felix isn't a bad shout for him though.
Aaaah! Jack Lord. That was the last time we had a 'Felix' who looked like an American Bond. Yeah, would be nice to go back to that. Although, as you say Wright has given the character so much edge. So I think the next actor would feel a bit of pressure playing him.
Quite right, that's not the one.
It's too bad we only got Billy Magnussen now, and for a different role. He would have really evoked a Jack Lord Felix IMO. I do very much like Wright in the role though.
This looks Bondian.
@JeremyBondon what is this taken from please? I need to watch it.
And Then There Were None, dear @suavejmf
Thanks mate, I’ll watch it ASAP.
Thought you already had watched it actually! You're in for a treat.
No, I’ve only seen him in ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot’ and Poldark. In both I saw Bond potential.
So hopefully this will just add to that opinion.
Bond, James Bond. That's all that needs to be stated.
Granted, we don't know what direction Eon will take for the next era, but I highly doubt that they will use the same narrative trope of the seasoned agent, especially if it is to introduce a new actor at a time when the franchise will need a fresh new boost.
He's indeed very good in And Then There Were None, including scenes where he lights a cigarette, sips his Scotch and stares moody into the distance. And I get that that image is very appealing to people who'd like their Bond more like Fleming wrote him. Think that cut scene of Dalton in LTK smoking and cleaning his gun, but moodier, more rugged.
The (quote / unquote) problem I have with that is that we just had a Bond who brought a certain moodiness to the table, a grittiness, a loneliness. We're going to watch his 5th film (hopefully) soon. Make no mistake, I like Craig in the role, 2 of his films are in my top 5. But I'd like a bit of a change, a more jauntier type of Bond. A Bond that can get away with the quips, effortless. A Bond that sees his job as a joy, rather than a burden. Yes, I know, that's not who Fleming's Bond was/is. But I feel like the film franchise doesn't need to keep true to the Bond of the books all the time, he's allowed to be his own thing. And while Turner looks the part, I'm not sure he can get those quips out in a Moore-like way. Or even a Brosnan-like way.
For me while I think he is the best choice he isn't the only choice. I'm even intrigued by some of then new names rarely mentioned like like Ben Starr and Tom Bateman. I think we have good candidates up and down the board from Henry Cavill to Jack Huston.
Never had that with Craig. I actually thought he should star as Putin in a legit Russian KGB film. Now THAT would be epic.
I mean, I watched Our Friends in the North on the first run, and he would have been my fourth choice for Bond out of that cast, and that includes Gina McKee!
But as soon as he was cast you knew it meant that they were going to take it seriously because he was a serious actor, and that was pleasing to me at the time.
15 years later I don't feel quite so generous, but that's just me.