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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited April 23 Posts: 5,072
    George_Kaplan wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    My sense of Reacher is he’s rather idealised. Maybe I haven’t seen enough of the character though, but generally from what I’ve seen he’s always a few steps ahead of everyone else and even if he has his own moral code/is a loner, he’s very much a chivalrous figure who’ll help out or resolve a situation for selfless reasons.

    For some reason, this description of Reacher's appearance in one of the books makes me cringe a little bit:

    "a six-pack like a cobbled city street, a chest like a suit of NFL armor, biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue."

    It's very... idealised, as you say.

    That's quite a description! :)) It's not quite Ian Fleming or Raymond Chandler, is it? I've never read the books but the film and I suppose the TV series gave me the impression of him being idealised.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Until he met his wife, William Munny was probably one of the most vicious, reprehensible characters Eastwood ever portrayed; he somewhat blurred the line between hero and anti hero.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,542
    talos7 wrote: »
    Until he met his wife, William Munny was probably one of the most vicious, reprehensible characters Eastwood ever portrayed; he somewhat blurred the line between hero and anti hero.

    I think the hero/antihero debate deserves its own thread.

    On a side note, the most typical modern antihero imo would be Peter Venkman. Maybe not the other Ghostbusters, but him definitely. He's little more than a crook.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,499
    Ludovico wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Until he met his wife, William Munny was probably one of the most vicious, reprehensible characters Eastwood ever portrayed; he somewhat blurred the line between hero and anti hero.

    I think the hero/antihero debate deserves its own thread.

    On a side note, the most typical modern antihero imo would be Peter Venkman. Maybe not the other Ghostbusters, but him definitely. He's little more than a crook.

    I agree, it’s a very interesting topic, and open to a great deal of discussion
  • battleshipgreygtbattleshipgreygt
    Posts: 1,224
    I go back and forth and try to learn a bit about and watch performances of the names that are being suggested but I just keep coming back to Theo James.

    I wasn’t really keen on him until I saw The Gentlemen. I thought his energy would be more like Brosnan or Cavil, which would bore me to death but frequently throughout that show he reminded me of Timothy Dalton but with a bit more of a contemporary cool-factor/sex appeal
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,757
    battleshipgreygt wrote: »
    I go back and forth and try to learn a bit about and watch performances of the names that are being suggested but I just keep coming back to Theo James.

    I wasn’t really keen on him until I saw The Gentlemen. I thought his energy would be more like Brosnan or Cavil, which would bore me to death but frequently throughout that show he reminded me of Timothy Dalton but with a bit more of a contemporary cool-factor/sex appeal

    I think Theo James would be a great choice personally, he's on a Range Rover advert that's on all the time in the UK.

    My only reservation with Theo James is what does he look like without his beard/heavy stubble?
  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,510
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    battleshipgreygt wrote: »
    I go back and forth and try to learn a bit about and watch performances of the names that are being suggested but I just keep coming back to Theo James.

    I wasn’t really keen on him until I saw The Gentlemen. I thought his energy would be more like Brosnan or Cavil, which would bore me to death but frequently throughout that show he reminded me of Timothy Dalton but with a bit more of a contemporary cool-factor/sex appeal

    I think Theo James would be a great choice personally, he's on a Range Rover advert that's on all the time in the UK.

    My only reservation with Theo James is what does he look like without his beard/heavy stubble?

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,499
    There are far more complimentary photos of him without stubble

    I’m curious, are you not a fan?
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    battleshipgreygt wrote: »
    I go back and forth and try to learn a bit about and watch performances of the names that are being suggested but I just keep coming back to Theo James.

    I wasn’t really keen on him until I saw The Gentlemen. I thought his energy would be more like Brosnan or Cavil, which would bore me to death but frequently throughout that show he reminded me of Timothy Dalton but with a bit more of a contemporary cool-factor/sex appeal

    I think Theo James would be a great choice personally, he's on a Range Rover advert that's on all the time in the UK.

    My only reservation with Theo James is what does he look like without his beard/heavy stubble?

    90eede9ac79567288660e405dbaaf2b9.jpg

  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 1,847
    He looks good without a beard. There are many candidates who do need that beard. Regé-Jean Page is one of them.

  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,488
    I just occured to me that most of these guys were mentioned when EON were in charge. Don't we think Pascal & Heyman are looking elsewhere for Bond 7?
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 1,847
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I just occured to me that most of these guys were mentioned when EON were in charge. Don't we think Pascal & Heyman are looking elsewhere for Bond 7?

    Why? EON is no longer there to reject them.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,499
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I just occured to me that most of these guys were mentioned when EON were in charge. Don't we think Pascal & Heyman are looking elsewhere for Bond 7?

    But none of them were officially connected to EoN; some are still viable, many are aging out and new candidates are emerging.

    To this point it’s all fan speculation
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,488
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I just occured to me that most of these guys were mentioned when EON were in charge. Don't we think Pascal & Heyman are looking elsewhere for Bond 7?

    Why? EON is no longer there to reject them.

    Not really. I meant Pascal & Heyman might fish for Bond 7 in a different pond.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,488
    talos7 wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I just occured to me that most of these guys were mentioned when EON were in charge. Don't we think Pascal & Heyman are looking elsewhere for Bond 7?

    But none of them were officially connected to EoN; some are still viable, many are aging out and new candidates are emerging.

    To this point it’s all fan speculation

    Yeah. That's true.
  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,510
    talos7 wrote: »
    There are far more complimentary photos of him without stubble

    I’m curious, are you not a fan?
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    battleshipgreygt wrote: »
    I go back and forth and try to learn a bit about and watch performances of the names that are being suggested but I just keep coming back to Theo James.

    I wasn’t really keen on him until I saw The Gentlemen. I thought his energy would be more like Brosnan or Cavil, which would bore me to death but frequently throughout that show he reminded me of Timothy Dalton but with a bit more of a contemporary cool-factor/sex appeal

    I think Theo James would be a great choice personally, he's on a Range Rover advert that's on all the time in the UK.

    My only reservation with Theo James is what does he look like without his beard/heavy stubble?

    90eede9ac79567288660e405dbaaf2b9.jpg

    I found nothing wrong with the photo - and I feel indifferent towards him overall. If he’s cast I’m sure he’d be good - if not then no big loss for me.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,542
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    He looks good without a beard. There are many candidates who do need that beard. Regé-Jean Page is one of them.

    Even with a beard, he wasn't too convincing as a villain in The Gray Man. Even taking into account he was meant to be an evil geek, he gave little menace.
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