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For fighting watch The Crimson River, he's an easy match for Craig.
And he is a truly good actor.
Now Hugh Laurie, that makes for an interesting Pros and Cons analysis, for the reasons you brought forward and more. I will try to do it tomorrow.
Pros:
He's actually a decent actor. I haven't seen Snitch or Pain & Gain, but he's supposed to be the best part about both.
He's charismatic, but probably not enough to truly outshine Bond.
He's physically imposing, which would be helpful as either a henchman or Bond's ally.
Cons:
Still has the stigma of being a pro wrestler, which could conflict with the somewhat more sophisticated tone of Skyfall.
He's also more of a major action star, neither of which fit well with the Bond series, although Skyfall featured more major movie stars than past Bond films have.
I think he's more of a henchman type, but he's a big enough star that they might shy away from that. Maybe if they just make him the most prominent one of at least the Craig years that will work out. I know he'd want to, since his grandfather had a small part as a henchman in YOLT. Having him involved might actually bring the henchman back to prominence, since we haven't had a noticeable one since Zao (unless you count Elvis as noticeably awful), and a truly good one since Ourumov and Xenia Onatopp.
Played by whom? Tilda Swinton and Rachel Weisz are usually mentioned. I can see Tilda Swinton, but Rachel Weisz would be weird, and not just because she's Daniel Craig's wife.
Especially as she will most likely return to the Bourne sequel, if they continue with Jeremy Renner.
we are getting off topic here. Anyway, I can't see Johnson in a Bond movie I'm afraid. I don't see him as much of an actor, even though yes, henchmen don't have to be played by thespian. He's still the Rock to too many people. I fear his presence would be distracting.
Better than Legacy is fine with me as I enjoyed Legacy to begin with.
Yes! Big fan of Hugh. I cast him as "M", and Stephen Fry as "Q", in one of those Dream Bond film back on KTBEU. Teferic actor.
More the pros than the cons. And it turned into a list of catching suggestions more than a Pros and Cons debate.
Maybe I was too zealous, sorry if I was.
Okay, so anyway, here are the Pros and Cons of Hugh Laurie as a villain:
Pros: -Right age now.
-Household British name, but not a Hollywood star, so not so famous as to make his name outshine his role.
-Now famous in the US because of House, that said again, not overtly so.
-While he became famous in the UK for his comic characters, often of likeable idiot, he proved that he could play serious roles.
-Playing a villain would be very much against type.
-Obviously, a versatile actor. And he fought hard to be recognized as such and not merely a comic actor, so if he was to play a Bond villain, he'd fight for it, too.
Cons:-The Brits know him for his comic roles, see above, so could find his villain unconvincing and/or him playing a villain distracting.
-The Americans know him as House and may find him as a villain distracting for the same reason. And, again, distracting. I have every confidence Hugh Laurie's name would not outshine this hypothetical villain character, but I am not so sure about House.
-Mostly a TV actor. That may seem like a small objection, but it is not. Not everyone makes the transition from small screen to big screen very well (and vice versa).
-British. See above for my objection against casting a Brit as a villain.
-His face may not be as banal as Colin Firth (see one of my earlier posts), but he does not look creepy or foreign like a Bond villain should be. Of course some good makeup could work and if they go the Silva route, who knows. But he still has an average British face.
-People complain that we haven't seen a physical match for Craig Bond yet, and while I have no problem imagining Hugh Laurie as a leader, I cannot see him as much of a physical match.
Pro -Great actor see Six Feet Under and Dexter
Con -American