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This inevitably will lead to more Dalton-esque Bond movies in the future where you have a serious not over-the-top Bond but with enough fun and witty dialogue to make it entertaining.
Tom Hardy surely would fit that concept. At this point I'm not sure anymore that age will matter much when casting Bond. If you want to continue the Craig "timeline" you have to cast an actor in the mid-forties anyway.
Non of my picks are eligible since they are too old too famous or Both.
But i would like Someone like Chris Hemsworth or Christian Bale.
Who are talented very good looking. Bale is very sophisticated with a perfect looking face and dark hair and Chris has the Charm and the ladies man style which he showed in the film Rush.
So if we could find someone close to them id be very exctied, its clear i want someone who will remind to either of my two big Favorites Pierce and Connery.
Bale would be my new Connery while Chris Hemsworth is my new Pierce.
Anyway from the suggestions ive been reading over here my favorites have been
Ed Skrein- the new transporter
Charlie Hunnam who looks very Bond like in a Calvin Klein add i saw
Henry Cavill a bitt bland in acting but he is has the Bond looks
Not so crazy about
Michael Fassbender- good looking and great actor but a little creepy and he just doesn't attract me.
Dan Stevens- has good pictures but doesn't have perfect Bond face( the perfect phisycal appearance with the right bone structure and he reminds me to David Morrisey who i didnt like in Basic Instinct 2.
Tom Hardy Great actor, he is very good in action but i dont Find James Bond attractive or charming.
Thanks for the tip, just watched it and am now like this: :D
I agree with you and the women in your family that he isn't conventionally handsome or photogenic - I think he rarely looks particularly good in photographs. I think he's attractive, though, but I wouldn't say that based on photographs.
Interesting pair of prototypes. Yes, Bale :x could have killed it, but you're right, not happening, it's been too late for that for pretty much exactly 12 years. Hemsworth I've only seen as Thor and he did nothing for me in that role, but then the movies didn't do anything for me, either. I'll need to see him in something else, and I'll need to see Rush anyway... oh and I need to see Blackhat as well, of course.
I don't think I've seen Ed Skrein or Charlie Hunnam in anything so can't comment. Cavill seems bland indeed (though I admit to seeing him in only one movie, which was boring as hell), but he should surely be on the not-gonna-happen-anyway list - being Superman and all... Fassbender... umm... Obviously he can act, but I don't know... Dan Stevens I just think of as Matthew Crawley, and my imagination isn't good enough to imagine him as Bond, but who knows, in the future... again I'd need to see him do other types of stuff. Hardy :x is a fantastic actor, and very versatile, and I find him very charming, but like I said I don't know about Bond... and he's got himself a franchise, already, and all... not that I would object, I'll watch him in anything anyways... :))
Anyway... If Craig does another film after Spectre it'll be a few years onwards before the next guy is cast so it might be someone none of us has even heard of yet, or can't even imagine in the role now.
They will likely cast someone in his early- to mid 30’s in 2020, which would make whomever they pick about 26 -28 now. Plenty of successful movie actors were out in the wilderness at that age, either struggling for parts or doing low key tv / theatre. Connery, Daniel Craig, Russell Crowe, Harrison Ford, Jon Hamm - to name but a few - were not on anyone’s radar at that age…
Vanity Fair asks 23 celebrities who should play the next Bond.
Not sure if I should have made a seperate topic about this or whether this belongs on the forum at all, but since rumoured candidates like Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Tom Hardy are in the interview (as well as Mrs. Bond aka Rachel Weisz) I thought this might be of interest to some. Turns out quite a few people endorse Elba.
Its politically correct to do so ...otherwise you might be labelled a racist.
I'm not making a point either way as far as casting nor am I intending my comment to be racist itself (its not .).
If DC doesn't do another one, Fassbender would be a great transition for 2 or 3 movies. There's no chance Fassbender wouldn't be a great Bond if the scripts are good. Too bad he isn't younger.
Elba could be a fellow 00 that switches sides.
Personally, from what I've seen Dan Stevens is the most versatile actor whose name has been banded about here. He can do comedy, action, period and present-day drama and is soon to be seen in the lead role of Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast remake. He's about the right age to grow into the role of Bond too. He's a good fit.
The next 007 shouldn't be a Craig clone with an interesting face, which is a euphemism for not that handsome at all. Sam Neil had "an interesting" face, but he too was unsuitable. Bond should be handsome. He should also be different enough for us to forget about DC's Bond but still have enough qualities to convince us that he is James Bond. We'll only be able to make that judgement when we see him in the role, even though some of us can see these qualities beforehand.
I agree Fassbender would've made a good Bond, but now he's too old as are most of the suggestions here. And Skrein has an" interesting face" but everything else doesn't work for me. As an Englishman I find his accent too Thames Estuary to be sauve. I just don't think he could pull it off.
I'm still sticking with Dan Stevens.
I didn't say Dan Stevens doesn't have screen presence. Let me rephrase that: he doesn't have enough screen presence to be Bond. It's obvious from his interviews alone if you care to watch. He doesn't intimidate or attract all the looks in the room the way Connery or Brosnan did - yes, as different as they may have been they both had these qualities. As about the handsomeness, that's all subjective. Ask women what they think of Daniel Craig and most will answer he is handsome and sexy. I personally find Stevens' "good looks" to be a bit too soft and boyish for Bond. He looks a bit as if Chris Martin from Coldplay would be Bond. His versatility will do him good in his career, but it's hardly relevant here. Bond isn't such a complex character as you'd think. I don't recall Connery doing a lot of comedy. Does that make him unsuitable for Bond ? For every role you need to find the actor.
Fassbender would certainly not be a Craig clone. He'd bring his personality to the table and in the right context would make a very different Bond from all the others. I'm not concerned about his age because he doesn't really look it yet. But it doesn't have to be him. I'm just not convinced on Stevens. Maybe you could reccomend me something where you saw him and thought "wow, this is Bond". I'm open to change my mind about him.
Unfortunatelly I think you're right. He'll be at least 40 before they make another one, but my guess is Daniel will do one more. I think that will depend on the success of Spectre as well. He'll leave some big shoes to fill. My only concern is they may settle for Cavill or Dornhan for the sake of box office success.
Charlie Hunam is a likely candidate, now or later.
Relax. I was just trying to find out what you thought as you were a tad vague in your reasons, and you're a newbie who's recently started posting here so call me curious.
Yes, I understand beauty is in the eye of the beholder (subjective) and all that jazz, but I think the majority of us can spot whether someone is good looking, average or not without having to ask a woman. And of course women's views will differ greatly between themselves about male attraction, plus women really don't make up the majority of the audience of a Bond movie. But you've replied you find his looks rather too boyish, which is fine. An accusation that could also be levelled at Roger Moore and Brosnan too. Again, it didn't detract or affect their tenures as 007. Personally, I think he's now at the right age to start having a more lived-in face, much like Dallton benefited by being cast when he was older rather than younger with TLD and not OHMSS. You don't have to agree, I'm just making my case as to why I think Steven's is a good future fit for Bond. Like Fassbender, Stevens is also tall and muscular.
You also mention not remembering Connery doing much comedy. I think Connery showed his own versitility in comedy with On The Fiddle, A Fine Madness and various comedic-lite roles such as Indiana Jones' father and Daniel Dravot. But it would be unfair to compare Stevens filmography with Connery's as Stevens has just started getting noticed by Hollywood after years of being on stage or TV and is relatively new.
I'm in agreement that Fassbender wouldn't be a Craig clone, but sadly again I think he'll be too old once Craig departs, and we'd just have another Bond going through the over-the-hill 007 plotlines that DC has found himself part of once more; when a younger 007 would be a better place to start and build afresh.
I don't think there's a definitive movie yet where one can say "that's Bond" but then I'd have said the same about Craig too, though there were hints in Layer Cake. I think Dan Steven's Layer Cake moment is The Guest, not quite Bond as he's playing an American ex-soldier, but there's enough there to see the potential. He's almost unrecognisable in A Walk Among The Tombstones, but it shows he has depth and range. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for his next movie too with Travolta and Michael Piitt called Criminal Activities. If Eon don't come calling then it's only a matter of time before Marval or DC Comics comes knocking on his door. It would seem a waste and a missed opportunity for Bond if another franchise got him first.
PS. In reply to @Germanlady's Charlie Hunam - I've seen him in Sons of Anarchy, Green Street and his rather flat performance in Pacific Rim. Also, doesn't he fit the too pretty to be Bond list? I also recall he pulled out of 50 Shade of Gray after getting cold feet. I'll take another look at him when Crimson Peak comes out later.
What do people here think of Luke Evans ? I think in terms of looks he'd be a very good fit, closer to what Fleming intended. Knows how to wear a suit and I also fancy his voice. The only problem is he is 36 now.
Charlie Hunnam, like Daniel Craig, reminds me of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Needless to say, it messes up my entire image of Bond. :p Another roughed up blonde dude. Unless he's a phenomenal actor like Craig, I don't see why they can't cast a real class act again. Some of the suggestions in this topic are absolutely frightening. Also Cavill and Dornan are a no-go, that's for certain.
I'm concerned that Dornan may actually be on the list. He made a lot of money for everyone with 50 Shades of " " and EON probably realizes he must be popular with some component of the female population (given it was women who really drove up the box office returns on that film). Money talks.
I agree on needing someone different form DC next time around. I'd prefer they not go for someone with a similar 'rougher' image, and rather, go for a smoother operator.....but also make sure that it's someone who can also credibly act. That would avoid inevitable (and perhaps negative) comparisons to DC and also allow them to stretch the creative vision in another, lighter direction.
Charlie Hunnam can look like Bond when he is clean shaven and his hair color is darkened
Just look at this add
http://youtu.be/enzT6uBZgZQ
The helmet haircut he's sporting there scares me even more. If this commercial proves anything, it's that he probably wouldn't have any trouble dealing with Bond girls.
:P
I still don't see the appeal though.
Really ?
I found him sonattractive and sexy very James Bond style and big part of James Bond is dealing with the Bond girl which charlie showed he is great with the ladies.
Anyway its funny how female and male fans of this franchise care for different characteristics in a Bond actor.
We girls care more if he is handsome and Sexy. That we would belive him as womanizer ladies man while the male audiences care more if he fights well and hoe though and dangerous he is .
Do you mean Dakota Stole the show from Jamie ?
I actually agree but i think Dakota Johonson had advantge of being open minded with the material and liked her character, Jamie said he felt very uncomfortable with the S&M thing.
Dakota ( Ana) was more ok with the whole thing than Jamie so she had much more fun portraying her part.
Usually in a movie like that the guy shines more because he has the meatier part and is more complex. So this film is one of very strange cases where the actor with lesser material upstaged the other one.
Dakota had a better attitude towards the film than Jamie but i think with the material feels more ok with he could do great and i think James Bond could be that film for him.
I've only read the first book so I can't speak for Ana's character in the other parts, but there was nothing likable about her, and I doubt Dakota Johnson feels differently. You can see both her and Dornan are in actual pain when they have to say that embarassing dialogue aloud. There really is no complexity to either of their characters, so I applaud Dakota in particular for making Ana seem like an actual human. I feel worst for the screenwriter though. She wanted to scrap out all of the book's worst elements, but was vetoed by the author. E.L. James had way to much influence over all of the creative elements, and I blame her solely for Dornan's robotic performance and everything else that's wrong with both the movie and the book (which is a lot!). Poisoning the world with her ridiculous books is one thing, but it pisses me off when someone is willing to cash in the money by selling the filmrights and then craps all over the creative input and ideas of other (more skilled and experienced) people who not only know more about film, but are trying to elevate her piece of shit book into something that isn't entirely embarassing. She's the one who wanted to stick to the idiot dialogue as described in her books and the unrealistic motivations and behavior of her characters. And so I have no problem with Johnson and Dornan simply using this franchise as a tool to attain a greater level of fame and thus better movie roles.