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If Barbara Broccoli has watched this and wants to continue with a dangerous/slightly damaged 007 then Dan Stevens is the next Bond. Wow .
Just my opinion.
That being said he may be out of the running now as I think he may be 40 or early 40s.
On a potential black Bond and all the pictures posted a few posts ago... Sope is the right combination of ingredients. And other than that he's seriously yummy! Idris is also great, but age is definitely against him now.
God I hope it's not Page, nothing against him but there's far better candidates.
Things are getting interesting, I wonder how far along they are with the process of casting Bond #7 now?
But I'm now sure they have good publicists.
Hopefully…
He's in the same ballpark as Aidan. Looks the part better than most but needs to be micromanaged to give a deeply convincing performance.
People keep mentioning Nocturnal Animals for ATJ. I can see a young Bond in this scene but not a psycho serial killer/rapist. Tighter editing would have been to his benefit here.
His voice sounds a bit deeper here, which shows he could turn this on for Bond.
I've recently seen him in The Gray Man. Enjoyed the movie and him enough, but neither him nor the film were outstanding. He comes off as a bit too soft as well. I'm saying this carefully as both roles are very different, but nothing I have seen of him screams Bond so far.
Will be a cool piece of history one day.
He was cringeworthy in that. I liked the film well enough, but found his performance more than subpar.
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All excellent points, and I'm afraid you might be right about that last point.
I think he was good, not great, as a sexually ambiguous villain. That's how I saw his character anyway. @Venutius mentioned metrosexual and that's pretty much how he comes off. Good enough for the movie, but hardly Bondian. And not sure he's got what it takes beyond good looks.
@Creasy47 I didn't find The Gray Man awful, just very derivative and predictable.
Part of watching it was to see RGP, as he'd been mentioned as a possible Bond candidate.
And all I got was this bland character. Most actors relish the chance to play a villain, and really let loose. A chance to be menacing and evil. Think Hans Gruber or Franz Sanchez.
But RGP did nothing with it. A few leers, some shouting and little else.
I'd say he comes from the same lumber yard as Henry Cavill.
We cannot dismiss an actor on the basis of one film. Sometimes, an actor is only as good as the material he was given.
That said, I've never thought of RJP as a potential Bond. Having seen him in a few other things besides The Gray Man, I find myself unconvinced. Yes, he's handsome. And that's it. Where's the charm, the stamina, the "power"? Where's that extra "spark" that cries Bond? I find him flat in his line delivery and uninteresting otherwise. If we want someone who just looks good, let's pick a male model and hope for the best. But if we want an actor who does extraordinarily well and brings that extra something-something, we're going to have to try harder. In fact, the charm and energy that come from inside the Bond actor are more important to me than their looks. Looks matter to me, but they are not above everything else.
And so... RJP has a look (though still not the look if you ask me), but his inner batteries aren't up for the task, in my humble opinion, of course.
I think the Chris Evans character was meant to be the main antagonist and RJP the evil scheming bureaucrat. Nothing wrong with a sober villain, they can be quite creepy and genuinely menacing, but this was not the case there. Internal affairs would have made mince meat of this guy.
Of course you're right in RGP not being the main villain, but he wasn't in the same league as Anthony Zerbe or any of the secondary Bond villains.
I never found Anthony Zerbe particularly threatening or interesting as Krest, but yeah, we've had better secondary villains than RJP. He also looked a bit youthful to play a man of his rank. I generally don't like youthful looking villains either, except when they are Caligula types. Anyway, he seems to be a nice guy, but I'm not convinced he'll be a good Bond. And I know for sure I don't want him to pull a Toby Stephen and get cast as a Bond villain.
I think I'm one of the few people who likes Toby Stephens Bond villain.
He's not a classic Bond villain, but he fits the film perfectily.
As too, the next Bond, no change for me.
Sope
Hoult or
Turner...Aidan
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Throw in Tom Hughes too.
If Daniel had have stopped after Skyfall, Fassbender would have been perfect.
If Daniel quit after Spectre, Turner would have been my choice. Both would make brilliant Bond's
I think Idris Elba's appeal and popularity is way overrated. Great actor, yes, absolutely, but I don't think he's that popular outside his own fanbase, Bond or no Bond.
I always tend to come back to Hughes when thinking about the next Bond. Just feel he'd be different but probably in a good way after Craig.
I feel we're gonna get a version of craignotbond regardless of whoever's chosen.
Does any actor today? None of the young ones have universal or even wide appeal in their age groups and its slowly killing the industry.
Every second generation immigrant in europe/america would have watched it in cinemas, in addition to the entire African continent, and most of the Middle East. Anyone who ever has liked black or Urban culture. Unlike the smallest sliver of racist fans, most white ones would have watched and enjoyed it.
Bond is already a global brand but he would have suddenly been more relevant than the Kardashians and the Fast and Furious franchise combined.
Idris Elba as Bond would have arguably sold more tickets than Avatar and Spiderman.
The whole woke/anti-woke spectacle would have been free advertising and since he is such a good actor it wouldnt have hurt the brand, the film or the cause for equal representation.