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Connery was interviewd in the 1970's and was asked about Moore, and he said, that indeed the Moore Bonds were more humouros and funny, but he added, that this change actually began with DAF. And DAF sometimes is called the "Roger Moore Bond movie withou Moore, but with Sean Connery instead."
That said, I don't think anyone would have been accepted in DAF except Sean Connery.
By far…. This can be a good or bad thing. Right now they just don’t know the direction they’re going to go.
EoN is in hiatus and they’re letting the dust settle.
Why the rush anyways? The sale to Amazon won’t be solved for months and months and months (lawyers have a way of prolonging sales like this; then again it’s their job to make sure the letter of the law, in a sale of this magnitude, is air tight).
Once the sale is solidified, then the search for a new Bond will certainly heat up.
I wouldn’t mind a Bond film like the Wick series, tbh. It would be fresh, and reinvigorate the series. Make it an edgy pg 13. Got as close to R as possible (think CR). Arguably, the plot threads in the last 2 Bonds, and many in general, can be quite convoluted. You can still do all the locals, and so on. But for it to be more action based, O have no problem with that. And the Wick action style is pretty amazing.
As for Matt Smith, I love him but... he's almost 40. Dan Stevens is the same age, and I'd rather have him that Matt if we were going for someone that age.
I don't think we'll ever have a clear number one candidate, like Brosnan or Moore, who were pretty much plebiscited. Unless the franchise gets in a serious crisis and even then, the situation would be different. Only Moore could have succeeded Connery, given his notoriety and personal popularity. Pretty much everybody wanted Brosnan and casting him was a no brainer, at least on a commercial and advertisement standpoint.
+1
But the kind of slow-burn you reference, a-la Tarantino, just isn't going to happen.
Nevertheless - having 007 performing some actual spy-craft, a return to the snooping around from Connery & Moore's days would be very welcome. Allowing the location & plot to breathe, with Bond the actual protagonist, rather than a bystander. CR got this balance right imo
Perhaps Bond snooping around during a large fundraiser in a luxurious hotel on top of the Alps (Gstaad)... smth along those lines.
I'd love to see who each of the final candidates are, and how they whittle them down. Then how they pick the winner as it were.
Personally I don't want Bond to copy anyone. The reason Bond has lasted for 60 years is because he's unique, and doesn't copy other styles. Yes, James Bond has in the past gone with popular styles, LALD, TMWTGG and MR in particular went with popular styles at the time.
However for the most part, Bond has remained a unique character. The class, the charm, the snobbery, the love of fine food and wine. He's a hero unlike any other.
And I for one, hope he remains that way.
Yeah it was quite frustrating how we thought we'd see a clip from Craig's audition in that Being documentary, but we didn't really: we just got behind-the-scenes clips and nothing from the actual audition clip itself.
Not that they have to show us any of that stuff; it'd just be fascinating, as you say.
It would be fascinating for any Bond fan though.
Indeed. It's a milestone for people of my age - the first time a Bond actor will be younger than I .... that just feels... wrong :(
That’s a good point to be fair, DAF completely slipped my mind. And yeah, I think it usually takes a film or two for the actor to settle in. Connery and Craig are probably the exceptions. Even Dalton, as much as I love him, had to deal with a couple of Moore hangovers in TLD. He was still brilliant, and you could tell straight away what his vision for the role was. But I think LTK was a film that felt more tailored to him.
Yeah, I’m expecting the budget to be scaled down pretty dramatically, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. What sets Bond apart from other blockbusters is its strengths in dialogue, suspense, characterisation and all that. Despite being one of the founders of the genre, Bond has always been more than just a Rambo/Wick esque action film. So, I wouldn’t mind seeing things scaled down a bit going forward. I think NTTD would probably be hard to top in terms of epic stakes anyway, with it being Craig’s finale.
And it’s not like you need a massive budget for a great action film either. The best of the last decade were me were probably the Raid films (please can we have Gareth Evans direct a Bond?), which were made for next to nothing. I would like Bond to start competing with MI’s stunts a bit more, but one or two big action scenes per film would probably be enough.
Director Nicolas Meyer was given a mere £pittance£ to do Star Trek II compared to it's predecessor - and he said himself that the more restrained budget actually made him, the co-writers and the crew think more creatively and come up with a better film in the end.
Sometimes you produce your best work when you are aware that the pot of money is not bottomless... (without a floor, not without a backside :> )
Yeah I'd like that. One of my big complaints with NTTD is that after the opening titles had rolled we didn't really get anything in the way on inventive action set pieces or big stunts.
Did Dalton screentest? I seem to remember reading that he did not? That could be a false memory.
Brosnan didn't do a second one in 1994 they reused his original one from 1986. That's what you could be getting confused with mate
No worries mate
I was glad to see a snippet of Craig's screentest but I was disappointed we didn't get more, especially given that Being James Bond was the perfect opportunity
Yes, although we didn't really see any of Craig's it's still the most of any successful audition we've ever seen- which is odd because you'd think those who failed would be more annoyed about theirs being shown. But maybe they don't like their not-quite-fully-formed versions out there? Or maybe it's even some complicated contractual thing and their later signed contracts would mean they have to be paid for it or something?
What makes those difference from the others?
Another front runner that is again and again brought up is Mr. Idris Elba. Surely he's been brought up in this thread previously, but I seriously think he could be a great Bond. The only (small) problem I have with it is his age, he may be too old for more than 3-or-so movies. It's a shame, but its true.
At least one of the DAF guys too.
THAT is James Bond.
Dalton was the most no-brainer piece of casting in movie history, on a par with Christopher Reeve in 1978’s Superman.