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Aside from Hoult, I completely agree with your picks mate. Nothing against Hoult at all, he just doesn't seem like Bond to me
What can I say, the man is truly an expert ;)
And I can understand that, but he is incredibly talented and versatile , is continuously growing into his looks and might be what the character needs following the intensity of Craig.
He’s not my first choice, but I’d like to see what he would do with some classic Bond scenes
This prompts another question, will the next generation continue the tradition of using classic Bond scenes as the basis of their screentests?
I do wonder how the next Bond will be tested and cast, especially given Debbie McWilliams retirement
You also have to consider Hoult's The Favourite co-star, Joe Alwyn. 35 and more of a pretty boy, but he was so tied to Taylor Swift that I'm sure they'll consider *his* online popularity.
The artisanal bent of James Bond casting is all gone now. I'm not sure we'd get a Craig in 2025. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't get a Giannini or a Christensen in supporting roles.
We're all at the mercy of Amazon's algorithm.
What if there's no actor out there? What if Amazon can't find anyone they really go "wow, this guy is great!"
What if everyone they consider is a bit wishy washy? Kinda bland. 🤭
Maybe Eon saw the writing on the wall (sounds like a song lyric, that!) and they realised "there is nobody out there that excites us." Perhaps Eon killing off Bond was a statement... there is no suitable replacement. Let's pack up and quit.
I'm not saying I agree 100 percent with the above but just throwing the suggestion out there.
I suppose the nature of casting is they have to find the most suitable candidate from a list of options available to them. Not get some sort of 'chosen one'. The Bonds we've gotten have all been good, if not excellent. But none of them were the only possibility (we of course know that particularly from the whole Remington Steele contract issue with Brosnan and how that gave us Dalton).
So even if none are perfect (and incidentally I don't think any actor is perfect) they'll have to pick someone or convince a good candidate to audition if they want to make a film.
I will say though that much of their success and acceptance will depend on the talent that surrounds them.
In a way, “Bond”is a sum of its parts. Greatness is not a necessity; a solid script + solid production values + solid direction and an actor who embodies the role will be a great start for this next era.
I admire your optimism @dewiparry
Thanks! Part of my training... 007
That is what the Variety (was it?) piece said, that people close to Dame Barbara said that she may have stayed on if there was a candidate who had really excited her but she hadn’t found him. If that’s true I can see it, the whole series is about this one man after all. But they’ll find someone.
I often say you don't look for perfection, you look for the best.
😄 That's an interesting saying.
I asked ChatGPT
ChatGPT's reply
I think the reply was valid. I'd say the same thing was true about Idris Elba. Both Cavill and Elba heavily promoted/marketed by Hollywood as the next big thing. Both given very high profile roles in Hollywood. Elba was the main star of the planned Stephen King Dark Tower franchise.
Will Amazon pick a guy with a consistently bad box office history? My guess is no. I don't think Cavill is completely out of the race nor Aaron Taylor-Johnson whom recently bombed very hard with Kraven The Hunter. I think it's extremely unlikely Cavill's box office resume will convince Amazon but if Amazon feel the fans (or casual film goers/ gen z) want him to be Bond he may have a chance. And maybe if Amazon wanted an older Bond for a tv spin off maybe Elba is still in contention.
I think guys like Elordi, not yet making huge budget films with the potential to have huge losses if they fail, are more likely to be cast over Cavill, Elba, Johnson. I think any actor that seriously believe he has a chance/wants the role should avoid any huge budget films. Just stay lower profile because we saw what happened to Johnson. He was the main guy (if the reports were accurate) and then he's "maybe not the main guy" when Kraven tanked. Bad box office is not going to impress Amazon. I could be wrong though. My gut feeling is they'll cast an actor with no high profile huge budget films on his resume.
I don't hate it.
When Star Wars tried to do the two year gap thing I think generally it was thought that it suffered as a result.
Isn't Tom Holland rather short ? There's a reason he got to play Spiderman - he looks like a young, immature, not yet fully grown teenager.