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Good point. And one of Roger's biggest strengths was knowing exactly what his limitations were. It's often overlooked as well, but Roger is a classically trained actor - RADA don't you know. He is not a 'great' actor, or perhaps even a particularly 'good' actor - but because he knew the tricks of the trade, had oodles of experience in front of the camera and never tried to do things he knew that he could not carry off, his performances as Bond are very solid. You might not like him, but technically he is very good.
In contrast Brosnan feels like an actor feeling his way into the part and never quite reaching his destination. A work in progress that got sort of left unfinished in the corner of the studio.
That's my judgement on the men themselves. Brosnan is much more likeable and has a much more successful career than Dalton. I find Dalton's career trajectory sad and a waste of talent. He could have carved out a Patrick Stewart type niche for himself but instead he lives in Beverly Hills and does nothing. He doesn't even suit Hollywood. He's not married, has a child with Mel Gibson's weird looking ex-girlfriend. It's all a bit tragic.
But my judgement on their performances has nothing to do with whether I like them as people. All I care about is what's up there on the screen, and in that respect Dalton wipes the floor with Brozza.
Exaclty - that's exactly the kind of part I see him doing. Was he actually in the running for it?
At least Simon Pegg is a big fan. Reckon he must be a TLD fan - would be his generation.
They followed him until DAD, I think. it truly was the moment when people in general started looking at his whole tenure with a more critical eye. And yes, Brosnan was plebiscited like no other Bond actor ever was before.
On the plus side, Dalton won't have to play with Ben Affleck.
I wanted him back for a Bond movie circa 2004, who would have been his FYEO.
It obviously didn't happen that way and when Dan was cast everything was radically altered. Did Craig really have that much input? Were the producers really lost at sea without him? Or was it all just an opportunity for a fresh start by hitting the reset button?
Even with the goofy stuff it wouldn't have been as bad as DAD.