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That is a matter of taste @doubleoego. Because for me his screen presence escapes me slightly. He lacks the screen presence Javier Border had. His portrayal of Silva will go down as one of the best and most psychotic Bond villains. Seeing Ejiofor in a way more dramatic role, defending human rights as captured slave in "12 Years" simply makes me less enthusiastic. I think he could do very well as a more larger role of Félix Letter. But he is by no means a Christoph Waltz, Daniel-Day Lewis or Javier Bardem.
My opinion. And if Ejiofor IS casted as villain, then I'm still curious how it turns out. But if he is a villain, then I think he will be more Dominic Green/Largo-esquema. With that I mean he probably won't be the real Blofeld-esque Silva-esque criminal mastermind.
No, I was just reading the paper and copied what it said.
But its from this sunday. Whether or not they copied past comments..who knows..but it was written yesterday
Your concerns are misplaced. First of all I think Bardem as Silva is painfully overrated. Secondly, what you want largely depends on the script and how the character is written. Ejiofor has the talent and ability to bring an acting dynamic that the script may call for, hence why I posted that link with him in the role as the operative. I get the impression that you've not seen many of his movies anyway, maybe you should go and do something about that. Lastly, talking about Day-Lewis is pointless; he hasn't been in a Bond film and to suggest what he would be like in one essentially puts him in the same boat as Ejiofor as we only have an idea if what could happen and even then it's abstract conjecture because it's all dependent on the script. DeNiro, Kevin Spacey...there are a plethora if brilliant actors who have either been in Bond films and other films where the talents were under-utilised, primarily because if the material they had to work with.
Well really, disagreeing is one thing, but calling it misplaced is a bit too much I think. You're talking in hyperboles. So far the only real information we have about the Bond villain....are rumours. So until then this topic can be about EVERY actor. From Ejiofor to Day-Lewis. So your rather bold statement that my argument is misplaced is in itself slightly misplaced.
Secondly, I actually said that if Ejiofor is casted, I could see him as a villain. The rumours are slightly pointing towards that anyway. But you ignore that fact. I saw Ejiofor in a great role in "American Gangster" (I stated that previously). So I'd rather base any casting decisions on that movie instead of "12 Years A Slave". That is my opinion.
And my opinion also is, that Ejiofor does NOT have such a grand filmography behind his CV compared to Bardem, Waltz and Day-Lewis. And until we receive a confirmation from EON, every actor in here should and can be discussed. There's nothing "misplaced" about that.
And if you think Bardem was severely overrated as villain, then I can say Ejiofor is a great actor that deserves a big role in Bond 24. For me though, it isn't my favourite name to play a psychotic mastermind running a crime organisation. For me he could play a more Le Chiffre-type of character: Villainous, just not the real mastermind behind QUANTUM.
Furthermore, I am a bit afraid that EON is thinking "Oowh, well, Skyfall is something we can't repeat again". I disagree then, as I think with Craig in Casino Royale and Skyfall EON has created a 2nd "golden age of Bond". We need to think big, large and grand as we did with Skyfall. Bond deserves not just good talent. It think it deserves the best actors that are available, preferably with equally good brand recognition. It deserves a "Bardem". Ejiofor doesn't exactly do it for me.....just yet. Call me misplaced, but it is my opinion.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a588682/karen-gillan-i-want-to-be-james-bond-villain-so-i-can-lick-daniel-craig.html
It sounds promising to have his name come up again regardless. Thanks for getting back to me.
Especially Tilda Swinton could play a wunderful rebooted Rosa Klebb-esque henchwoman. That kind of mercenary that basically IS capable of dominating James Bond.
I think Tilda Swinton would be IDEAL as a main villain or psycotic henchwoman!
I'd love that! =D>
I was kind of hoping Simon Russell Beale. Oh well.
I was mentioning Tilda Swinton, because she's actually NOT the ordinary "sexy" evil woman. She usually has roles that are way more compelling than, let's say, a badly written Miranda Frost who doesn't ooze ANY fear at all.
No, Tilda is the actress that could do a wunderful henchwoman a la Klebb or Volpe.
Or what about this forgotten actress? We all know her as Captain Janeway from the USS Voyager. But she's making one hell of a comeback in "Orange Is The New Black", a Netflix original series. She even was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in that series:
His work in Skyfall: http://www.chrisrosewarne.com/work-skyfall.html
I'm glad you're back to bussiness on Bond 24 ;)
And I hope David Arnold's kind gesture to actually indirectly support Thomas Newman as composer comes true :-):
Only one will be right in the end: Me or @DoubleOEgo ;-).
Ha! I'm afraid you're the only one in this race, buddy. I'm not saying Newman won't be back, I'm just really hoping that he won't be.
So do I.
Oh yes! Someone who has a melody in him and not only sound fragments would indeed be nice.
Ooowh, I do agree with you @Haserot :-P. But I hope I'm not as....ehm....self-centered as people think. Man, I have been wrong soooo many times. Allthough I did predict the great "money laundering effect" that "Skyfall" created (With that I mean....prediction the worldwide gross of the movie as accurately as possible, opposed to fans saying the film will "only" bring around $650 million). And the huge rain of awards on "Skyfall" :-).
Let me put it this way: I try to predict, combined with some marketing expertise I have myself (my own work). If I'm right, than that gives me a good feeling. If I'm not, I'm happy too hehe. I guess........"Skyfall" made me a bit too enthusiastic at times...
Anyway, I do agree with your notion that nothing has been confirmed yet. And once they ask David Arnold to do Bond 24, he will be back for sure....