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Dalton is simply the most natural 007 there ever was, nothing about his performance or physique contradicts the original character.
His tenure being cut so short is probably the greatest misfortune ever to befall a movie-franchise.
Wholeheartedly agree.
Dalton completely steals the show in Hot Fuzz. The film wouldn't be nearly as good without him! And people say he can't do comedy? Yeah right... :-j
He can do comedy - WHEN IT'S SUITED TO HIM.
Hot Fuzz takes advantage of his theatrical background.
In the audio commentary Dalton said the most fun he ever had on a film was shooting out a car window at 70 mph during the final chase :))
Hot Fuzz is one of my favourites :) Really funny (best of that trilogy imo) and Dalton is brilliant in it, steals every scene he's in.
Pierce Brosnan had a small role in The Worlds End too so of that trilogy, Shaun Of The Dead is the only one without a Bond actor in.
@4EverBonded, have you tried looking up a film on Wikipedia, clicking on the 日本語 option on the language selection on the left-hand column, then copying that title down? I suppose you could do that with Google or another search engine if you read a little Japanese. Sorry if this was an obvious idea that occurred to you long ago, but it just came to mind! :)
I do enjoy his performances a lot more these days, particularly LTK which has really grown on me with time. It's gritty and quite real in a somewhat un-Bondian (for the films at least) way. However it also has some of the cliche's thrown in and they do seem a little out of place. I think the producers hadn't quite got it down yet in terms of how to make the character more serious while still appealing to a mass audience. They seem to have a much better way of doing that now with Craig, after years of experience with shaking the mix up. They were just getting started back then.
It's such a shame re: Dalton's run, because, like Lazenby, one looks back on it fondly and wonders how it could have developed with time and more movies under the belt.
Definitely an 'unsung hero' of the franchise. He deserves more props imo.
Nice idea, and sorry for the delay in reply. But often titles are not related to the actual English words. A direct translation would not often work.
In one of the later episodes (#7, perhaps?), there's a scene in which the possessed Vanessa (Eva Green) visualizes the unknown demon plaguing her as Dalton's character, Sir Malcolm... Dalton is terrific playing "suavely evil" in it.
Back in the day he would have made a dynamite Count Dracula!
Sorry, @4EverBonded, for this even later reply, but, what I mean is it would not be a direct translation, but rather the actual Japanese version of the Wikipedia page for the film. Perhaps it might help down the road!
He's brilliant in it! So is the whole series.
He is one of those rare actors who is as capable of hamming it up just as well as he can underplay a subtle role. He does both to perfection.
I'd add Charles Dance too, him and Dalton are simply epic to watch, and whenever I see them appear in a film, I know I'm in for a masterclass of acting.
More well known actors like them would be Nicholson and Malkovich, but I prefer Dalton and Dance because they deserve a lot of recognition.
Would've been great to see him square off against Dance in that.
PENNY DREADFUL is terrific, though, and I look forward to Season 2.