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You agree we all are in dire need some actual factual news?
According to the James Bond Archives book, Daniel was screentested on the 29th September 2005 and he was unveiled as the new Bond on the 14th October 2005
We are long overdue on some news.
At this point, he's not even a filthy thought on somebody's mind. I'm sure he'll be great, eventually, after he's born, fed, raised and educated. But will he be as popular as B1, B6... B19 even?
Okay if B25 means the last released Bond film, that resets meaning for B26 as other than the next Bond actor and will limit discussion considerably.
Thomas Doherty
okay that's enough lol
We'll have to wait for his casting before you can do that.
/End of dwarf mode
Haha, fair enough. I suppose one never knows how much potential an actor actually has. My instinct (for whatever that's worth!) tells me no.
I finally saw Dune 2 and am firmly convinced that Villeneuve would be perfect as director. He is amazing at world-building, and the new Bond will require a reestablishment of M, Q, and Moneypenny as well as a realignment of Bond in the era of Putin. Sure, the film would probably be three hours, but is that a bad thing?
I also saw both Challengers and La Chimera this past week. If Josh O'Connor's not at the top of Eon's list right now, he certainly should be. He can do suave, brooding, dramatic, and comedic. He'd probably be more in the Dalton/Craig mold but that's my preference anyway.
Anyone want to take that bet?
I sew nothing Bond type masculine about him. I accept he's not acting here but even so.. I don't think he's remotely suitable.
No thanks.
I agree...
Yeah, he doesn’t have Connery or Craig’s ruggedness, nor the hard edged sophistication/masculinity of Moore and Brosnan. Not sure if his brooding is quite the same as Dalton’s either! No disrespect to him, he’s just not Bond. I actually think he’d be a cool villain and it’d probably suit him better.
Another actor who I think has similar problems in terms of screen presence who I’ve heard mentioned before (although not here admittedly) is Nicholas Galitzine. Just the wrong vibe completely.
It’s not that he doesn’t have a strong screen presence, nor charisma/even sex appeal. It’s just not quite the right kinds for a cinematic Bond. Again, he just doesn’t have as much of that harder edge all the other Bonds had, and there’s something just ever so slightly too cold - or perhaps aloof - about his style despite his magnetism. I can at best see him playing a pastiche of Bond in something (it helps that he’s the spitting image of a young Connery) similar to Michael Fassbender’s character in Inglorious Basterds, but definitely not the real deal.
You are judging him and rejecting him just because of some outdated images.
I couldn't agree more. Craig himself was so rugged, that he looked like a baddie, until the first trailer of Casino Royale came out. I keep saying we don't know who's right for James Bond, until they're in Bond mode. Personally, I feel the spirit of Bond has always been bigger than the actor, that's why once an actor is cast as Bond, the role instantly makes him the character....no matter the type of way he chooses to portray the character. Why else would Roger Moore be accepted as Bond, despite bringing comedy to the role.
Certainly each actor brings something individual to the role, and every Bond has the fundamental traits of the character, but even for the Moore example comedy was very much a part of the cinematic Bond films. Look at what we got with DAF. It wasn’t as much that’s what Moore brought but where the films were going, and actually it’s Moore’s screen presence and ability to portray the confidence and harder edge of the character that made it work (for contrast Lazenby never quite managed this, so I don’t think the role managed to make the performance in that instance).
I could be wrong about Doherty and would be happy if he eventually got the role/knocked it out of the park, but going from his work as an actor I'm really not convinced.
Totally agree. When Craig was introduced it was not to everyone's liking. They accepted Roger Moore who came from comedy and he also had brown hair. Even when they introduced Pierce Brosnan he had long hair and a beard, which is an image very far from Bond.