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Future:It has to be Mr Fassbender.
Why wait?
Craig still has what.. four years? Plus 2-3 to 'find' the new guy..
So that's already 7 at the best for Craig's replacement.
yes i agree
i would have loved sean bean to be bond also in the early 80s lewis collins
Is he even British?!
No but they were all part of the 'empire'.
Having an American typecast actor that's been a lead in TWO major espionage franchises already is what sounds childish.
You grow up.
Acting - Craig has bought this raw emotional quality to Bond in his reign - and out of instinct people say he is like Connery - when his Bond is actually more akin to Dalton's who tried to write out the farcical humour and add more subtler tones as well as portray the ice cold killer present in the books.
Taking a narrowminded view many will look at Hardy and only see the roles he's portrayed that have made him a success i.e. Bronson, and Bane - muscle-men and sinister hard-nuts. When Hardy can also portray raw emotional parts, as well as being more subtle - Hardy can play a dynamic part as well as the villainous roles he has come be known as. So I think Hardy would take Bond back to being a brooding physical presence, a smouldering bruiser as portrayed by Connery and Lazenby. Hardy would then certainly surprise the audience when he pulls raw emotional acting skills similar to Craig's out of the bag.
The only thing I haven't seen Hardy portray is a red-blooded heterosexual male who is seducing a beautiful woman - if he displays he can do this, he's ideal for Bond. (he does do abit of flirting with a man in Rocknrolla though lol)
Physicality - People forget that Connery was a little-heard-of bemuscled bruiser who seemed like a cold killer on film, but who also had an air of suave seduction about him. I think Hardy would certainly have the prowess and swagger to pull off the physicality of Connery or Lazenby. Don't forget Hardy is also willing to put great work into altering his body to suit a role. The narrow-minded may say that Hardy has too much muscle and brawn to portray Bond - and yet I'm sure hardy would relish the opportunity to become more chiselled like Bronson (the film star, not the inmate lol) and indeed Daniel Craig!
Hardy would also make an excellent Bond in a Christopher Nolan film - many cinema goers and film fans already saying he should be Bond after hardy stole every scene he was in in Nolan's Inception after playing the role of Eames.
I have to admit - just a few days ago I had been loving the idea of Michael Fassbender playing 007 opposite Tom Hardy as the bad guy - however now I've warmed to the idea of the roles actually being reversed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyPV3q5Xl9M
He did say it won't happen because he's done Bourne.
Brosnan was from Ireland not Northen Ireland so he's not part of the "empire" (and if you listen to Connery he'll probably say he's Scottish not British because he's an SNP supporter).
But anyway, Bonds actor doesn't have to be British, he just needs to be able to do a decent accent. I'm from the UK and I have nothing against an American as long as he can do an English accent.
Agreed, but Renner could never ever do the role because he cannot do a British accent, he has no on screen charm, there are much better actors to consider if we start looking at american actors who could be Bond (Jon Hamm), and besides; there are plenty of British actors who could be Bond. I'd say if you were going to get any actors who weren't British to play Bond they'd be; Jon Hamm (american, don't know if he does a good English accent), Michael Fassbender (think he's Irish) and Hugh Jackman (australian and probably does a decent Lazenby Bond accent, he's also good friends with Craig and Mendes already).
As I've said in this thread and others; I'd love Tom Hardy to take over the role after Craig.
I reckon some unknown actor will be cast - he's probably working on some shopping channel to pay his rent. :D
Actually, I'm working at a GNC...
=D>
Since he works at GNC I assume it's an pilot about the sale of overpriced and subpar supplements? Probably so realistic that he hasn't even seen any cameras yet.
http://www.facebook.com/TheDramaShoppe
I can't believe Clive Owen is 50 - no wonder people who were pushing for him to be Bond have died by the wayside. Although there's not a huge amount of difference between 44 and 54 nowadays - however in terms of prospective shelf life, people want a Bond to start at 40 at the latest nowadays probably so that the actor can at least have a prospective 10 years in the role if he proves popular and performs well in the role.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=69173
Elba recently starred in Prometheus.
If Daniel Craig is contracted to two more James Bond films that will mean a time frame of approximately four to six years. Idris Elba is 40. He will be 44 - 46 when Craig has done his five James Bond films making him (Elba) a bit too old to start playing Bond? I reckon so. Roger Moore was in his mid 40s when he took the role but that was back in the 1970s and times have changed and I think the producers would be reluctant to hire someone of that sort of age in the modern Bond era. Henry Cavill and Sam Worthington almost got the role in 2005. Cavill was 25 in 2005. I can't imagine a 40 plus year old replacing Craig.