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Nor could George Lazenby, so there's that.
Chuck your hat in the ring with @DewiWynBond ;)
Reminds me of someone trying a wrestling move on me in Jiu-jitsu years ago. A piledriver! I almost broke my neck.
I'm of the opinion that Lazenby could act, at least judging by the results. Not as good as Connery, obviously. But judging him on his own, he did quite well.
Anyway...
However, at the time he wasn’t quite in the same league as Connery or Moore.
You could say he had one mode of acting, but the ending was something natural. I'm planning a variety of acts myself.
No Sam Smith. But unlikely rock n' roll. I'd prefer tasteful, beautiful pop music. Jazzy standard would be better, but unrealistic, sad to say.
Another reminder just how damn right he looks and feels for Bond.
From everything we know about EON, they want someone who can play Bond for at least a decade.
I don't know why they are so hung up about it, they just are.
They are about to launch a reunion that will include a tour and album; the tour quickly sold out ; It is a perfect time to have them do the title track.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/oasis-reunion-tour-tickets-sold-out-resale-b2604876.html
I would also like to hear an Oasis Bond theme though, love the band. Like The Smiths, they're a guitar-driven rock band. They even have songs that would have suited Craig's portrayal of Bond in CR & QoS. So yeah, Noel on guitar, and Liam's nasal singing style, always sounds cool.
https://screenrant.com/james-bond-26-next-007-actor-age-younger-mistake-op-ed/
I suppose you could cast an older actor but given the big gaps between recent films, how many films could an older actor play? Probably not many. Three within a decade, I guess. That's assuming Bond 26 is made within the next five years. You need Bond 26 released by 2027 ish if you want to cast an older actor.
I think there are pros and cons going older. But it could work, I guess.
Good picture of Pierce in the tank in that article; you don't see that one very often.
I think their priority is getting the best actor, yes. There’s a wide age range there that’d work (at least 28-45, if not slightly younger or older potentially).
So the likes of Aidan Turner and Henry Cavill are still in the fold?
So personally speaking I’ve always said either actor’s age isn’t a big issue. Both look great and are more or less in their prime from what I can see. But I don’t personally think they’re interesting candidates nor do I think either will be the next Bond.
Don't get ahead of yourself as you usually do.
The article is based on the opinion of the author, not the thoughts of EON.
Ahead of ourselves? Now why would we do a silly thing like that? Pfft.
Regarding Cavill’s poker face, it’s worth noting that no movie scene like that would hold on Bond’s face for the entire thing and actors know that. Someone did actually cut his audition into the film scene on YT and it makes more sense like that, cutting away to Xenia on her lines.
If hiring him saves us years of waiting, go ahead.
Also the idea of a younger "rookie Bond" again might be a good draw for potential actors and the audience.
Let's say everything behind the scenes had been running smoothly and they'd got a film out 2024/25, I think a TLD/GE soft reboot might have been more likely
It won’t make a difference. In fact even if the wait had anything to do with the actor I reckon Cavill being cast would create scheduling problems in the long run (he’s pretty in demand as an actor and seems to be about to join Marvel). They can do better than ‘good enough’ 😉
It’ll be interesting to see. My theory is they might be hesitant to do a rookie/younger Bond thing (I wouldn’t count CR as even that gave us an established Bond, albeit on an early mission). I think Bond’s appeal is that he’s a hardened professional to some extent. Take too much of that away and he’s not quite the same. But I suspect it can be done.
Great age, fine actor. Get the ball rolling, sign him up for three and let’s do this.
I think in order for there to be a chance of that happening EON would need to go down the "grab Campbell and thrash out a script and get to work" kind of approach of keeping a very tight control over every aspect.
If EON want prestige talent behind the camera, then I don't know what the appeal of an Aidan Turner would be. He's only ever really had a role as a side character in a Peter Jackson trilogy. Really not trying to be mean, but If you look at the films of Christopher Nolan or Denis Villeneuve or any other type of Prestige director, they almost always are stacked with A-listers.
It’s my biggest problem with Turner - for whatever reason he just doesn’t have the charisma or presence for a big film. I guess he’s fine on tv/smaller scale stuff. But even then I don’t quite see the appeal. Happy to be wrong though.
I don't care about "A-listers" and "prestige". What works for a Nolan or Villeneuve film, might not be right for Bond. I mean, Connery was in nothing of much great value before becoming Bond. He worked with prestige directs after.
And everyone completely ignored my Aidan Turner Teaser poster I just posted above. 😅 (it's fine, it was hidden by spoiler tags for effect)
Let's try this again, along with the Risico poster I did a couple years ago:
In any case I don't think we need another Dalton, a fan favorite but with little appeal to the masses.