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Fighting style: Not so deadly and physical, strategic in using environment (remember Brosnan's bank escape), relies more on gadgets like the old, resourceful.
Looks: taller at least 6-foot tall, classically good looking. even though I don't think it's as important as the 2 above.
Agree 100%. I do hope those gadget-saturated days of excess are now behind us. Bond being resourceful is much more interesting and adds a greater frisson of danger always necessary for a successful thriller.
I would love to go for a slightly lighter Bond but still with the acting chops of Daniel and Timothy.
If we get Nolan at some point I know we'll get LTK, TLD style of Bond and film....which is always a good thing.
Actors would determine the route - just watched The Following and Perfume boy was the right actor and the wrong time for Bond casting....someone of that ilk...not young just right.
Of course, by all means, but I strongly feel that he should not be too reliant on gadgetry (we've had years of that already) and all gadgetry should be believable in nature - no more Bondolas, please.
Well, I'm glad for that. It seems I'm preaching to the converted here.
Well Brosnan took elements from Moore and Connnery and now everyone slags him off for being the "greatest hits" Bond so I'm not sure that's a good idea.
Indeed, Brosnan Bond was sadly an amalgam at best, with a dash of Lazenby vulnerability thrown in for good measure.
Brosnan was a cool, flashy action hero, almost sociopathic, who justified the massive amount of people he killed because it was "for England". You do get moments where he seemed to struggle but overall he's pretty cold blooded because like he said to Natalya, he needs to be so he can survive.
Oh yes, I like Brosnan immensely too, and I agree that nowadays he gets a lot of criticism, often unfair in nature, that he did not get t the time, and I lived through that era very much, as he was "my Bond". He was called "the best James Bond of them all" on numerous occasions, something that's not heard of much now in the new Craig Bond era.
Same here. I saw Dalton first, but it was Brosnan that I grew up with.
I wouldn't call any Bond a sociopath. What makes you think Brosnan was? A superspy maybe, far more than Moore actually, but not a sociopath.
That's one of my hopes for Bond 24: better gadgets. Nothing too OTT but I think they can improve on a gun and a radio. Some simple stuff like a grappling hook.
Sociopath might be too strong a word to use, but he kills loads of people (more than any other Bond), a lot of the time when he doesn't even have to, and isn't affected by it at all. Also found this
"A sociopath is often well liked because of their charm and high charisma, but they do not usually care about other people."
I think that applies to Brosnan's Bond.
A Sociopath only has his/her best own interests at heart. He/she will not give any thought to the considerations of others.
You cannot apply that to any Bond we've seen so far. Sure, there may be similar traits i.e. the ability to kill in cold blood, but Bond will not compromise and kill innocents just to complete his objectives.
He's is prepared to sacrifice himself for Queen & Country. Those are not the attributes of a Sociopath.
To be fair he's not the only Bond to have done stuff like this. Craig didn't seem to care about all the people desperately trying to get out of the way when he used the bulldozer to chase the bombmaker in CR.
All the Bonds are pretty reckless.
With Craig's bulldozer, the workers at least had some sort of time to realise what was going on and move out the way but with Brosnan, those poor diners didn't see it coming. It's quite funny actually. Maybe Bond had dined there before and new the lay if the land so to speak.
Brosnan did an excellent job and never deserved to be so much discredited. He certainly inspired on both Moore and Connery (even Lazenby and Dalton but this in small quantity) and made of Bond, IMO, a "self-made medley" (so a mix and his own Bond).
To answer the original question, an actor in his 30's could bring some freshness and some let's call it "a few innocence". Meanwhile, still being the character we all know (classy, cold-blooded, womanizer...). A trained Bond and no more rookie. Indeed, a Bond a few missions after his very first.
BTW, I think he should be more attracted by the ladies and that to be shown ; I'd like to see more of the gentleman in the future Bond.
And get some refusal (remember Brosnan with Wai Lin in TND :"we've developped some kind of attachment to each other => hopefully not for long", with Frost in DAD : "I'm not here to give you pleasure, Mr Bond." or something similar after the fencing scene) and battle to "win" his Bond Girl in spite of all his charms and qualities.
Good luck finding the actor for that.
found him