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However, you never know, with latest comments from Wilson suggesting that they won't go young young and that Bond still needs to be a veteran, most of the actors in their late 20s or early 30s, just look to boyish, at least in my opinion, to somehow pass as army or SAS veterans.
Even if we are looking at 2024 start of shooting for late 2025 release, that's just two years away.
Also people really do age differently (or less to say so), and most actors born in early 90s don't look 'manly' enough. Just IMO, of course.
I like this suggestion, but I don't see any warmth in his presence, which I get some level of from every Bond actor so far. He's too close to Gustav Graves, maybe. Too perfect. His eyebrow raise is admirable but at the same time seems too calculated, cold, and it's not an expression like Connery or Moore made it, it's just a punctuation mark in the provided example. It doesn't really say anything.
But we could do a lot worse.
After Craig I certainly wouldn't be against him.
I rather like that though, the coldness being closer to Fleming's Bond. But you're right the cinematic Bonds have a warmth to them. Without trying to spoil LNiS his character is meant to be shady in this scene, I'm sure he could bring that warmth in a proper eyebrow raise, not that that ever discounted Craig. Claflin's been on the top of my shortlist since this film but I hadn't realised he was that old, which I realise isn't that old, but I've been looking at 30 year olds just because of 'the inevitability of time'.
Omfg did you just praise another candidate?
If you would have paid attention in this thread then you would have noticed I have been open to and positive about at least 4 other candidates ;) It's just that Turner is my frontrunner and has been for about 6 years.
It shouldn't but A, they've said they're looking for someone in their early 30s, and B, at the rate they make these movies these days, there's not much point casting someone who's only going to be around for 2-3 installments max.
That said, my issue with Clafin is pretty much what was said by others. I don't feel he quite has that sense of warmth or something inherently 'relatable' about him as an actor that would make him work as Bond. I can see why another user said it's easier to imagine him as a Gustav Graves-esque villain. The Bond actors are handsome, but not always in a necessarily conventional sense. The closest were Brosnan and Lazenby, but of course the likes of Craig and Connery had their distinctive features and perhaps 'rough around the edges' quality. This was the case with Dalton too I'd argue, and even Moore had his facial mole, light hair, strange eyebrow raises, but mixed with a rather warm presence which made him quite watchable and influenced how his Bond was written.
For all our talk about jawlines and smiles over the course of this thread, I do wonder if these little 'imperfections' with an actor are what actually separates them from the likes of Clafin who are, let's be honest rather handsome, but might not be as relatable for the viewer when asked to play a character like Bond.
No, but some entertainment news outlets have jumped to that conclusion.
From Dark Horizons:
Bond Producer Talks 007 Age Requirement
Again, there's some leeway for these things, and I doubt there are any strict age or even height restrictions when it comes to casting Bond.
Turner ? Turner who ?
haha...just kidding
Someone in their twenties, with the right look, could work. It is not like Bond in the books and early films having been old enough and WWII having been recent enough that he could be a veteran. People in WWII matured very quickly, and rose through the ranks more quickly than in peacetime. However - there's always something going on, even in "peacetime" - and so a young Bond can be attributed significant combat experience - as was done with Craig's Bond. But they can't look like a kid.
They can't indeed, and it's why I'm sure some good candidates will be dismissed even if they're maybe 10 years away from potentially being great Bonds. That said I can imagine them slightly rewriting a script if that 27 year old comes along with that world weary demeanour. Nothing major, just leaning a bit more into the idea that this Bond is perhaps a bit of an overachiever in the Service.
That said, considering they're hoping for a ten year commitment, perhaps they are planning to increase the productivity once Bond is recast?
Sam Claffin looks great in those shots, IMO.
True, but there are no absolutes; there is flexibility if someone outside of that bracket is an exceptional standout.
I think the process will more likely consist of looking specifically at films/tv shows/theatre made in the past 5 years, looking at actors they like, conferring with a casting agent, and then organising auditions for a group of, say, 30. I don't think age or height restrictions apply in that context but are more guidelines for what they want.
Definitely not. And stop calling me "Shirley."