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I do agree he’s got charisma in real life, but I’ve not found that translates into his film work. It’s unlikely he’ll be the next Bond (celebrities of his level have never gotten the role, and even if they felt the need to go with him to gain an under 30 audience it’d be utterly pointless. I suspect not an awful lot of his fanbase would be Bond fans anyway, and it’s not as though any of his films with him on top billing have been massive hits).
I would tend to agree. He's a charismatic person but he has a long, long way to go before I'd even think of him as a decent actor. He needs to lose that self-awareness thing, to start; everytime he's about to say a line you can see him thinking about it.
Yeah, I definitely got a sense in DWD that I could ‘see him acting’. Again, I don’t think he’s a very natural (or indeed experienced) actor, but he can certainly improve and has the potential to do so. For Bond though I think we need a bit more gravitas and acting experience there unfortunately.
Even though I found his performance uneven in DWD, I didn’t notice a self awareness or a telegraphing of his lines.
He certainly has presence and he’s very comfortable in front of the camera. I don’t think he’s right for Bond, yet. But with a few more years cooking in the oven, his toolbox will grow, and if his skills start to match his charisma, he could be a force in front of the camera.
I haven’t looked up his age, but in ten or so years could he be a Bond candidate? I wouldn’t doubt it, if he continues on this trajectory.
I actually think what let down the film more was the personal stuff going on between Styles and Wilde. It kinda overshadowed the film and its press tour. Not to mention there were rumours going around that it wasn't the most professional of sets, with the relationship supposedly overshadowing the filmmaking and that relationship ending before the film's press tour.
Bringing it back to Styles as Bond though, I honestly think even if he was a more natural actor, he's just not suited and I think casting someone whose mainly involved in the music industry as Bond would be a mistake.
I do think he'd create a really cool theme though for a future film?
I believe 30 year old Harry Styles is right now at the perfect age to start playing Bond. It's certainly better than 40. Also, 10 years from now likely there will be no Bond franchise anymore. People who doubt this really don't understand that we are at the precipice of the biggest change in human history.
Claiming 10 years from now there likely won’t be a Bond franchise is a bold assertion quite frankly.
That's more likely I think. He could potentially do a good job on it too.
I wasn't much a fan of DWD, but it sounds like a troubled production. And to be fair to Styles I think some of that backstory suggests he was brought on late in the day. From what I understand Shia LeBeouf was the original choice, but there's a bit of mixed messaging over whether he was fired or quit.
If Barbara and Michael thought there wouldn't be a Bond franchise in ten years, they would be trying to sell *now*, to maximize their value before the bottom drops out.
But they're not, as far as we know.
Copyright is a very tricky thing.
I'm not gonna lie, this post is very fun to read with different Bond villain voices in mind.
It's not the Bond Franchise. It's cinema as we know it. ;)
They literally postponed the Dune 2 release date out of the ideal holiday slot in December until March because the actors couldn't market the movie.
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Is it though? All I’m seeing are bold claims with little to no evidence to back them up.
But didn’t you get the memo, @007ClassicBondFan ?? @DEKE_RIVERS knows all, all knows DekeRivers. One line words of wisdom, he comes not to troll, but to educate. He knows all, and all knows him.
Two strikes last year.
They are just being silly. No one knows what the true impact of AI will be and on what timeframe.
Dune part 2 was just pushed from a perfectly good holiday opening in December into early March, despite being completed and ready to show, because they were afraid the cast wouldn't be able to market the film due to strikes. But we're supposed to believe in 10 years not only will there be no actors, but there won't be any franchises left.
A few, yeah. Done in the '90s and have meanings behind them. Styles is plastered in meaningless doodles.
He's ok, man. I never write long paragraphs.
Nobody knows but I would take it seriously.
No one is disputing AI will be disruptive, and carries a lot of scary implications if nothing is done to curtail it.
Dalton same as Craig and one of the better Bonds.
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Yes, but you're funny (and you may be the next Bond).
Is being tied to Craig really an issue? The best Bond of all bowed out twice and the next Bond film with a new actor was released in two years. I don't need half a decade to get Craig out of my system. That happened with the credit roll at the end of NTTD. Craig was a very good Bond, but Bonds come and go. The first time it happened was jarring, but it's long been a routine.
Some believe that if there was a longer between period Moore and Dalton, that Dalton may have had a better shot with audiences.
Moore had an impact, and his depiction resonated, and, I think there's an element of truth that this may've hurt Dalton's fortunes as the character.
Craig had been Bond for 15'ish years, and although the fandom may be ready to move on, the worldwide audiences have only known one actor in the role, for a decade and a half.
Separation and time, from one era to another, is good for many reasons, but one of them is to give the new guy a solid runway to soar.