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Barbara Broccoli talking about Idris Elba from Deadline
Not sure what to make of that to be honest, I think it's Barbara keeping her cards close to her chest but also acknowledging that nothing is off the table
This surfaced the other day on a number of entertainment sites. It does nothing to imply that Idris is being considered . It is a gracious, sincere, measured, diplomatic response to a reporter’s question.
It's not mutually exclusive, obviously there are lots of folk who can do both, but it is a skill which has to be developed and I don't really want someone having to learn how to do screen acting whilst doing this particular job. There isn't time for that, they have to hit the ground running. They won't be picking someone who doesn't have a lot of screen experience.
It's crazy how young actors look today compared to how they looked in the 60s. If I was watching DN or OHMSS for the first time and you told me that Connery was only 31 and Lazenby was only 29, I'd say you're crazy as they look and act so much older.
They're celebrating Daniel's achievements in the role for the time being. It might've even been in the same interview, but I'm fairly certain Barbara mentioned the process hasn't begun on developing the next film. Purvis and Wade haven't started writing the script.
I seriously doubt Eon would cast a new Bond and then begin developing another movie.
Hypothetically if Idris were cast, he'd be roughly Roger Moore's retirement age when the movie starts filming in say, 5-6 years. Then if he were to remain in the role for 15 years (like Daniel), he'd be around 70 for his final outing.
70 years old in his second Bond film! Think about it.
'Let's count to three, you can do that can't you?'
;)
Not sure about Lowden myself. But the other three have potential.
There is never a 70 year old around when you need one.
I’m was aware; that’s why Turner is separated . I was pointing out that the three actors named in the previous post are at the top of my list . But thanks 😉
Hoult, Lowden and James sounds like a law firm. A. Turner does as well.
Speaking of lawyers, somebody suggested the new Perry Mason actor to play Bond.
Matthew Rhys?
Great actor...The Americans would be his most famous role. Too old for the part now, but not a terrible choice in years gone by.
Looking at photos, I don’t see at all but he does look a bit like Fleming.
R Madden ? Please just watch him in The Take, in which his physical and overall comparison with Idris Elba is quite obvious. So much so, in fact, that his own character notes the differences ! Bond need not be as physically imposing as other characters - such as the impressively large and strong henchmen he sometimes must face - but he can't be a wee lil' boyo, either.
Henry Cavill ? Got to play Fleming's other spy creation, Napoleon Solo, in The Man From UNCLE...he did not write the script nor film the movie, but it - and he as Solo - did not light the world on fire.
Tom Ellis of Lucifer ? Turn the sound on when he speaks...I like the show, and he is likeable in the part, but...turn the sound on when he speaks. That should settle it right there.
He could be Bond's long-lost cousin (nephew of Andrew Bond) who also happens to be named James Bond. He joins MI6 to take continue his late cousin's work.
Likewise I always think The Bourne Legacy is a bit weird: Rachel Weiss playing romantic lead to a spy who doesn’t exactly look unlike her real life husband!
Well, everything I relative. How much is "a lot"?
Idris Elba would be the first geriatric Bond.
Not sure what you’re after here..? More than a stage actor is a start.
What I mean is often stage actors also have screen experience, or at least have received training to work on screen as well. I would not dismiss one that has mainly a stage career.
I’d be surprised if EON went for a complete unknown. I feel when the next actor is announced, he’ll be someone known to people.
Who that is, I can’t say.
You can't say because you don't know who, or you know who, but can't say?
*. . . it shouldn't need saying, but a female Moneypenny, please.
Whoever gets the part should be thankful they got in the first place. Had Barbara Broccoli got her way Craig would have been Bond until 2035!
https://screenrant.com/daniel-craig-james-bond-movies-number-barbara-broccoli/
Five Craig Bond films in fifteen years. Another five could be another fifteen years. That would mean he's Bond up to 2035!
Who knows, the way he snagged Mendes to direct at a random party, maybe Craig will have some similar role in picking the next actor.
I wonder how this rumor started of Elba playing the villain? No script, no plot, nothing whatsoever has been done on the development of B26 just yet.
Why cast Elba as a villain for a role that doesn't exist?
That said, I think he'd probably make an excellent Bond villain. One of the best.
Do you think MGW and BB take any notice of the 'flavour of the month' candidates perpetrated by the media?
Do you think this helps, hinders and does not effect their individual chances of becoming Bond in any way?
I think they're well aware of the media candidates and probably ponder those names somewhat casually. I don't believe anyone is seriously considered for the role or tested until a film is least well into development or ready to roll.
I don't know if I'm right about that, but often Bond himself might be written middle of the road and the film then adapted to that actor's abilities. TLD, for instance.
So media articles advocating Hardy, Page, Elba, Hiddleston, or whoever probably neither help nor hinder an actor's chances. They just keep Bond in the media.