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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • Thomas86Thomas86
    Posts: 2
    what about the movie's theme song singer..........Sam Smith
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited November 2015 Posts: 5,131
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    Just a reminder EON has cast 40 plus before. So that's not excuse for Elda either as folks keep grasping at.

    Moore was; Dalton almost was or was

    The excuse for Elba is that Bond is a white character. Nothing to do with age or acting ability.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    suavejmf wrote: »
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    Just a reminder EON has cast 40 plus before. So that's not excuse for Elda either as folks keep grasping at.

    Moore was; Dalton almost was or was

    The excuse for Elba is that Bond is a white character. Nothing to do with age or acting ability.

    Yea but some are using age as the way out.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited November 2015 Posts: 13,978
    At the risk of opening up a can of zombie worms, Moore and Dalton weren't black (might sound harsh, but i'm not interested in a black actor as Bond), and back then, EON could release a film every two films. So age is a factor, in whether an actor has a chance of being cast or not. If there is going to be a black Bond, it won't be Elba.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    That's not harsh. Just educated fact.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Yes age is a factor but my point is doesn't have to be under 40 to be considered.

    Bond is a white character... sexist... racist at least in the books, and half Swiss with a Scottish heritage.

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Ok agree with all. Apart from the fact that in the books Bond isn't racist. He just shares some slightly backward views that were the norm of the times.
  • JNOJNO Finland
    Posts: 137
    Who the hell is Jai Courtney anyway?
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    edited November 2015 Posts: 4,116
    JNO wrote: »
    Who the hell is Jai Courtney anyway?

    Lol that's exactly what I was going to ask.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    You may have seen him in A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD and TERMINATOR GENISYS.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    JNO wrote: »
    Who the hell is Jai Courtney anyway?

    A plank of wood.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You may have seen him in A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD and TERMINATOR GENISYS.

    Oh ok ...I saw neither of those and probably won't unless I'm stuck on a plane.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    He's also in Spartacus the TV series.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited November 2015 Posts: 23,883
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JNO wrote: »
    Who the hell is Jai Courtney anyway?

    A plank of wood.
    Absolutely. This chap makes Sam Worthington look like he has a personality. Both Aussies. Both alleged candidates at one time or another. Hopefully Bab's ability to select a quality actor remains intact.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Who will people here nominate next? Keanu Reeves?

    Or how about Hayden Christensen?
  • GetafixGetafix
    edited November 2015 Posts: 11,425
    Hugh Grant! He'd be amazing. Seriously. Liz Hurley as the Bond girl. Cleese back as Q. Hugh Bonneville as M. Mike Myers as the villain. Guy Ritchie directing.

    What might have been!
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Getafix wrote: »
    Hugh Grant! He'd be amazing. Seriously. Liz Hurley as the Bond girl. Cleese back as Q. Hugh Bonneville as M. Mike Myers as the villain. Guy Ritchie directing.

    What might have been!

    Music by Thomas Newman
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    :))
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Getafix wrote: »
    Hugh Grant! He'd be amazing. Seriously. Liz Hurley as the Bond girl. Cleese back as Q. Hugh Bonneville as M. Mike Myers as the villain. Guy Ritchie directing.

    What might have been!

    Too much of a pussy. But better than a lot of the names mentioned on this site.
  • JNOJNO Finland
    Posts: 137
    A Good Day To Die Hard?

    When I saw that little piece of shit I thought how low can they go... "Look around you, Bruce. Everything you ever loved, everything you ever believed in... a ruin."
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    JNO wrote: »
    A Good Day To Die Hard?

    When I saw that little piece of shit I thought how low can they go... "Look around you, Bruce. Everything you ever loved, everything you ever believed in... a ruin."

    "It's you, Bruce. You are the author of all our pain."
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    JNO wrote: »
    A Good Day To Die Hard?

    When I saw that little piece of shit I thought how low can they go... "Look around you, Bruce. Everything you ever loved, everything you ever believed in... a ruin."

    The first one was great, the second good, the third ok, the rest.....shit.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    After watching 5, I gained new respect for 4. At least Bruce Willis was still McClane, in a more over the top adventure but 5 was just dreadful and shallow.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Agreed. But 4 is still crap.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    I enjoyed 4. The kid carries it though. Willis is phoning it in, but still, it's much better than 5, which is a disgrace to everyone in it.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    Posts: 1,731
    bondjames wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    JNO wrote: »
    Who the hell is Jai Courtney anyway?

    A plank of wood.
    Absolutely. This chap makes Sam Worthington look like he has a personality. Both Aussies. Both alleged candidates at one time or another. Hopefully Bab's ability to select a quality actor remains intact.

    :))
  • dinovelvetdinovelvet
    Posts: 709
    Jai Courtney was never a candidate. Worthington was, yes, but Jai no. He was 19 years old when they were auditioning actors for CR!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited November 2015 Posts: 23,883
    dinovelvet wrote: »
    Jai Courtney was never a candidate. Worthington was, yes, but Jai no. He was 19 years old when they were auditioning actors for CR!
    There have been suggestions (ludicrous imho) on this thread that Courtney is a viable and perhaps even considered contender now, for when Craig hangs up the PPK.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    If Jai Courtney is cast as Bond it will be the first Bond movie (in my movie going life) that I wait until Netflix.
    I literally don't know how he keeps getting these GREAT roles!! John McClane's son?? I could think of a hundred better actors. Kyle-Freaking-Reese?? Come on!!! He had some lines in Terminator Genesys that could have been gold if only delivered by a capable actor.

    I just don't get it... maybe he's super fun on set and he's everyone's friend. But yes, if he were cast as Bond it'd be the second time we've had a plank of Australian wood.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Yeah I don't see it. looks like C-Level henchmen to me.
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