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I think they both lost their chance a few years ago already.
Pretty much how I felt after seeing La Chimera. Not won over exactly, but definitely thinking he's not as crazy a choice as I originally thought.
UPDATE:
I'm seeing it later this week so I'll share my thoughts on Mescal then.
The new Sam Worthington?
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/james-bond-next-who-daniel-craig-b2643766.html
The success of Goldeneye - six years after the previous Bond film - would suggest a long-ish gap isn't a major problem. Fans returned to Bond in 1995 so there's no obvious reason why fans won't return to see Bond 26. It's possible some fans may be less reluctant to pay to see Bond 26 if they think killing off Bond was unacceptable. My guess is a small minority of fans will boycott Bond 26 or wait for it on streaming.
It's possible Eon did dig themselves an unnecessary hole by killing off Bond. Perhaps Eon never gave much thought to "what happens if we kill off Bond?" Maybe they were a tad reckless or lacking a long term plan when they made No Time To Die? It's hard to know for sure because we have no idea where the franchise is heading. Amazon appear to have a wait and see policy so it doesn't look as if they're putting any pressure on Eon to get things moving. Bond 26 could be a fresh reboot with a clear vision or be plagued with indecision, endless rewrites. 🤔 But my gut feeling is when the first trailer hits online, people will get excited and care about the James Bond film franchise.
How exactly does the author know fans don't care about Bond anymore? I know plenty of people are getting impatient which is understandable, if not justified. But that doesn't indicate a lack of interest to me, quite the opposite in fact.
Negative takes like this are par for the course at this point, only now with rather pathetic attempts to tie the series in with the "culture war" like this article does.
People will show up for the next Bond, no matter how long it takes.
Welcome to the forum @BMT164, hope you enjoy your time here.
Do you mean Pierce Brosnan or an actor with the surname Bronson?
Oliver Jackson Cohen isn’t a bad pick.
They could do worse.
They need to fill a few hundred words, and they saw a post on social media which pulled that Craig quote out from the Variety clip. People always read stuff about Bond, so that'll do, type it up on the train to work.
I mean, where are the new Hugh Jackman, Eric Bana, Jude Law...?
It's normal that there are people who don't care.
If there aren’t any ‘obvious contenders’ it’s always going to be from our point of view. Even just by virtue of none of us having anything to do with the selection and audition process. Arguably there are more potentials than there has ever been, although at the end of the day it’s a case of picking from a pool of options, not crowning the pre-destined ‘chosen one’.
I'd say in the 2000s decade Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman were the most mentioned names in the media. Daniel Craig and Henry Cavill were never mentioned? Craig came to attention in Layer Cake but unknown to most film goers. Cavill was a tv actor. Prior to 2005 I'd never seen Craig or Cavill in anything so they were unknown to me.
Front forward to mid to late 2010s decade and Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Aidan Turner were the main names. In 2024 Aaron Taylor-Johnson appears to be the most prominent name.
Guys like Rege-Jean Page, James Norton, Richard Madden got media attention due to appearing in popular tv shows but when the shows ended and people moved on to the next popular tv show, these guys seemed less likely to have a chance of playing Bond. It's possible Theo James may be another example. In six months time people may have moved on from him.
They may well be for the public to discuss (after all, it’s much easier talking about an A-Lister or more well known actor as Bond rather than trying to imagine a lesser known one in the role). But at the end of the day those bigger names aren’t likely to even be considered, so it makes little difference once we actually get a Bond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Woodall
Given his age, he'd need to be cast now. Interesting background, British but with a fair deal of diverse/continental roots, both Jewish and French from his father. I read he even attended a French lycée. Sort of Bondian, come to think of it.
It's interesting to look at diversity on UK TV and how it might affect the casting of Bond 7. This is The Creative Diversity Network's latest Diamond report which takes us up to July 2023.
https://creativediversitynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Standard-main-Report_Diamond-The-Seventh-Cut_CDN_12-Sept-2024pdf.pdf
On-screen contributions in drama on page 45 are as follows -
Women 51.6%
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic 30.7%
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual 17.3%
By my reckoning straight white males in UK dramas are now as low as somewhere around 25%.
To date Bond has always been played by a straight white male and I'm not saying this should always be the case. That's an argument I never care to get into. Certainly, we're in a position where the pool of straight white male actors has shrunk considerably, and the casting of a minority in the role has never seemed more likely.
These figures alone do not tell the whole story. For instance they don't break down lead roles, and it's my suspicion that women are dominating in this regard. At least it seems to me that there is a glut of middle-aged female detectives at the moment.
Then there is the type of males that are making it onto our screens. There are few, if any, debonair or masculine heroes on screen. I can't think of one UK action series currently on air. There is no-one like Patrick McGoohan, Lewis Collins or Sean Bean anymore.
This post has been about British TV rather than film, but I suspect we're in the same position with what's left of the British film industry. So good luck to Barbara Broccoli. She's got some tough decisions to make.
Good god, I looked just like that at nineteen.
At this rate, the next movie won't come out till my thirties, and a few student films gives me a shade more acting experience than Lazenby....
Bond is a straight white male, but he can be played by a gay white male or a bi white male. I'm not advocating for Luke Evans as Bond, but he pretty much made his career playing straight tough guys.