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They could do worse, but just don’t make the mistake they made in Godzilla and kill him off in the first third of the movie.
I still remember going to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans' Chest back in 2006 and was completely surprised by Geoffrey Rush's return at the end. If the film was made today, his return would've already have been reported about a year before the film came out.
I'm hoping our new James Bond can be kept under wraps until the announcement.
Well at least there's a visual reference to begin with. Professor X is meant to be bald. And they didn't cast just any actor: Stewart's face is very much like Xavier's. First time I watched TNG this is the first thing I thought: this guy looks like Professor X. And that was in the early 90s.
Craig was mentioned as one of the contenders in the British press a few weeks before the announcement. His actual casting was first reported at the press conf.
Sorry, I'm a bit late catching up with this one.
I could see Ryan Gosling doing a good job as Bond if nationality didn't matter.
Yes, and as I meant to say in my post above about Blofeld it was Dr No who was the one with the bald head in the Fleming novels and not Blofeld. However, in the film version of Dr No the titular character as played by Joseph Wiseman was of course much changed in appearance. One could even say that the character was much toned down in appearance too. Perhaps it could be said that the idea to make Blofeld bald was inspired by the literary Dr No's look. Or of course it could just be a generic evil criminal mastermind look? However, on the other hand, anyone sporting this sort of look is often compared to the iconic Blofeld of the Bond films.
I feel like I knew it was him for sure before he arrived on that speedboat though..? I may be remembering it wrong.
I didn't know it was him for sure but I do recall seeing a banner on the front of the Belfast Telegraph in about March 2005 or so which said Daniel Craig was most likely going to be the next Bond. I still have it and the accompanying article stuck into a scrapbook somewhere. As far as I can recall that was the first time I saw Craig linked with the Bond role though of course it was just educated speculation. I don't believe the general public at large knew for sure who the new Bond actor would be until the speedboat stuff and the press conference reveal on 14 October 2005.
The novel's Dr No might have been an inspiration for the appearance of the movie Blofeld, but I suspect they were just trying to go with Donald Pleasence's general look and twist it to make him more menacing: instead of a balding man, a fully bald head a la Mussolini and the scar to harden a "soft" face. Off topic, but that's the way to go with Blofeld: see what actor we have and then work from there to create a suitable appearance.
God no
I like this guy's look. He's as handsome as Henry Cavill or Pierce Brosnan. He also reminds me of a young Colin Salmon. I'm yet to see Bridgerton, but merely in the abstract, I could see him as the next James Bond. He's clearly going to be a star, so perhaps someone to keep an eye on.....
By then it's possible that Regé-Jean Page will be just another name in the who could be a Bond actor hall of fame.
Handsome chap, but still not really Bond. IF it was between Elba and Page then 100% Page.
I still think Hoult is going to be the guy to beat, though.
I've not seen him in much admittedly (par only half an episode of Bridgeton) but I had to turn it off, too much pouting and posing for me, felt like a wooden version of Brosnan. I get why my Mrs enjoys the show and his character but he wouldn't be right for Bond in my opinion. He's not a bad actor by any means and I'm sure he'll have a successful career, but his performance came across as really forced to me
As a side note, I don't know if it's just me but are nearly all the candidates for Bond only Handsome or manly when they have a beard or heavy stubble? I can't see any of these actors being Bond with a beard, and I don't think any fit the either handsome or masculine alpha male role of Bond (although I'm sure my Mrs would disagree on Tom Hardy 😅)
I tend to agree: they haven't cast someone who's had less than ten years of experience of being a leading man on screen since 1969. That's the important thing for me.
It's possible that they could try and hire someone terrible who doesn't know what they're doing, but somehow I don't think it's what they'd aim for... ;)
I'm sure that there are but that's more akin to catching lightning in a bottle and surely therefore too much of a risk for studios and producers to take nowadays with Bond film budgets bigger than ever. There's too much at stake financially nowadays for risks like that to be taken. Like in all fields of employment experience is greatly respected and required.
And talking of star power and knowing what they're doing, I am really excited to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Bullet Train. My fingers are crossed it could be his Layer Cake, despite it being more of an ensemble piece I believe.
I think if Taylor-Johnson was going to become a proper star, he would have done so by now. He's had ample opportunities already. He's always come up short as a leading man, I think. Most of the things I've really liked him in are supporting roles. I don't mean that as an insult, by the way - being a natural supporting actor is not the same as being a bad actor.
+1
Don't get me wrong, it would definitely be a choice that would divide fans I imagine.