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I agree on Hoult, why do you think he would not get a screentest? He was runner up for the lead in “The Batman “ so he’s on the radar and obviously isn’t adverse to a large franchise.
I'd be happy to see him as Bond if it went that way.
The next US President, and the next Bond?
I have to hand it to you two, keeping this up for, what is it, three, four years now? Is quite impressive. I actually at one point thought you guys were one..
But dispite your tenacity as fand pulling the bandwagon, I still don't see it. I just don't think he's good enough, and your assessment that fans need a 'lighter' Bond, is not one I share. Craig had plenty of humour, a bit too much in the last two films if you ask me. Aidan is just too lightweight imo. Same goes for Cavill. I don't think he's a bad actor, far from it. But he isn't that good either, risking a rather two-dimensional Bond. That was, in the end, also Brosnan's problem and though that worked in the nineties, that day and age is long gone.
I'm glad by now some other names are popping up, and both Aaron Taylor Johnson and Theo James seem interesting enough to be considered. But I haven't seen enough of them to make up my mind at all. ATJ sure has the look though and I wouldn't mind someone with a less bulky look. After all, the literary Bond was strong, but not overtly so. Allthough I'll leave the expertese on training over to the @talos7 's of this world, who know far more about it than me.
A very reasonable post and I assure you we are two different people, haha. I have to be honest and thought the same about other members here, but was proven incorrect. All good.
One big happy Bond family now.
Anyone fancy a glass of Bollinger? Perhaps a Martini, or merely a Heineken? Come on gents, time to feast!
I wonder how likely it is that we'll know who the next Bond is by this time next year.
I was thinking of it 5 mins into GE!!
The worry that Craig's era had an air of instability to it in terms of behind the scenes shenanigans had something to do with that. I don't think it had much to do with Craig himself.
I'd say Craig is like that in interviews; moreso than Brosnan who can often be quite actorly. I'm not sure interviews give a great idea of how someone will play a role.
Every bond actor eventually ends up playing a version of themselves onscreen. maybe in their first film they treat it more as a "role", but eventually their offscreen personality seeps in, roger moore was naturally affable and self deprecating so his bond became that way, Craig is naturally grumpy and irritable, peirce was smooth etc. It's partly why I think for a role like Bond acting ability becomes irrelevant since its more about how you carry yourself and the aura you give off, which is how lazenby was able to get the role despite barely acting at all.
No, they really are all acting when they're playing Bond. Craig is quite giggly in interviews; have you seen him do them? Alternatively Poldark never lightened up over several series, despite Turner's apparently sunnier outlook on life.
Even in interviews these people are giving performances in a way.
Yeah, true. Not Craig's fault for sure. Just the limbo-like way of things gave that thought to fans.
Turner is too baby-faced and too old in my opinion, and yes, that's possible. ;-)
I don't "secretly feel that he's right for the job and then rule him out". If he was right for the job IMO, I'd be advocating that he be considered for it. There is no childish conspiracy going on here, although I will admit that Turner was shoved in my face a bit too much a few years ago. He was presented as this messiah of the Bond actors, and given how dull I find him to be, that worshipping struck me as odd and, after many weeks / months of seeing the Turner cult rise to promotional extremes, things became irritating. I almost started to hate Turner in response. How childish of me. I don't mind the man as an actor. But I don't think he's Bond material, is all.
Unfortunately I too find him bland and stagey and I don't want to see that in Bond.
No harm, no foul.
Poldark can be seen on Apple TV and seek out And Then There Were None. He shows up better in these two projects.
I think And Then There Were None is the consistent recommendation I've seen on here. I still need to check it out but I remember prioritizing it more a couple of years back when his casting seemed slightly more plausible.
And yeah, definitely no award winners in that trilogy, despite some actors I loved returning from LOTR.
The movies were sh-t, Turner wasn't. Fixed it for you. Ha.
Glad I'm not the only one, @peter. I don't dislike Turner, I have nothing against him, but people can repeat his name as often as they want to, I don't see him as Bond and quite surely never will.
It blows my mind, but indeed to each his own.