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He absolutely could, and I probably wouldn't have thought Craig would've been a great Bond pre-CR.
That’s a very good point.
Yes that’s true. At this point I want to be a bit surprised by the choices the next guy makes; I don’t want a Pierce-style identikit 007. And that’s no slight on Pierce: he was right for the times, but we’ve been there now.
No, I don’t think that comparison works, not for me anyway. Because I was intrigued by him at the announcement, then I watched a load of his films and had no doubts he’d be great.
As you say, ATJ isn't really comparable to that. He's impressed in some supporting roles, but has never been as good as Craig was.
I’d quite like a Pierce-type Bond. Someone who can convincingly mingle with certain groups in order to get the info he needs. Such as Bond at Elliot Carver’s launch party. Or when he passes himself off as a banker, before unleashing his “hidden assets” in TWINE. A British man with a European flair. Someone similar in appearance to Daniel Day Lewis in Then Unbearable Lightness of Being perhaps. I’m not interested in another stockily built man of few words type Bond. I loved Craig in his first two films but then grew increasingly bored of him, partly because his performance changed somewhat but also because the films did too. I can’t be bothered explaining how they changed, but I just prefer CR and Quantum.
Fair enough. Then again, I've never seen anything with Pierce in it before '95 that might suggest he'd be a strong Bond.
Like James Norton, Aron Taylor Johnson comes off a little.... bland. I just don't see it. In the black and white images on the previous page, he looks more like Buster Keaton.
So I'll cut Johnson some slack if most of his more impressive work has been as a supporting cast member so far. I'm not saying he'd be my preferred choice (I don't really have one at this stage), but I wouldn't be writing him off either.
Ok now I am starting to think he will be bond
Maybe just for project 007 though I could see him being an ok 007 for the game…
Like I said I saw him in two films and don’t remember either one my wife is a huge Beatles fan so I will watch nowhere man soon enough
Same.
Truth is, Brosnan was easy for me to accept. He made sense in an unchallenging way.
Craig was tougher at first; I had to plough through a few concerns. It was love, but not until after first, second and third sight. But the more we saw of him, the more I grew convinced. CR felt like a reward for being patient and confident. Perhaps that's why my appreciation of Craig has reached a lot deeper too. Brosnan was an "of course", Craig was a "hold on now" that morphed into a "damn, he's awesome, I can see it now!"
Who is that?
Why not? What makes him worse than any other suggestion?
This is the thread for actors who people think could/should play Bond (not friends or foes), he has a good look, so I'm interested in the justification for the total shutdown of someone else's opinion.
Wait is that Aidan turner?
@ByRoyalDecree that guy has a great look for Bond, dangerous. What's he been in?
So that isn’t Aidan turner who the hell is that person people need to post names with faves don’t just assume we all know every actor
He doesn't even look like Turner. Dude looks like he's from the middle East.
I myself got in hot water with another poster for calling this same man (in the above photos), “more banker than Bond”, or something like that.
I think the members here should be free to react to suggestions, whether pro or con, so long as they’re not being derogatory and demeaning.
This, this and this.
Absolutely I did not mean to be disrespectful. Without a doubt, for various reasons, this topic has gone off the rails, and it wasn't my intent to offend. My response was meant to be tongue in cheek. The actor in the photo has a very interesting look but , in my eyes, not Bond. Believe me, I've had some very snarky comments directed towards some of my picks. In the past, Harry Styles has ben my dark horse; you can imagine some of the comments that followed. Some were brutal, but not mean spirited. Some were pretty funny
@NickTwentyTwo I meant no offense. Feel free to comment on how you feel about Harry. :D
I remember a lot of fans were wanting him to play Bond after that thriller he was in, The Guest.