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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Connery in The Frightened City was already the Connery we know and love.

    He just needed a good hairstyle ;)
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited October 9 Posts: 3,985
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Connery in The Frightened City was already the Connery we know and love.

    He just needed a good hairstyle ;)

    Or a good toupee surely?

    Never seen it. I remember catching a few minutes of an old BBC Anna Karenina adaptation Connery was in before Bond. To be completely honest with you I don’t think I’d have watched that at the time and have seen his Bond potential. Same for On The Fiddle.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    The movie is not great but it's his Layer Cake.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
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    Jacob Elordi has non intimidating good looks. His appearance probably appeals to the times in which we live. He's not got the manly face and jawline of previous Bonds and I can imagine Barbara Broccoli going with someone like Elordi if she doesn't go with someone closer to Craig's appearance.



  • QsCatQsCat London
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    007HallY wrote: »
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Connery in The Frightened City was already the Connery we know and love.

    He just needed a good hairstyle ;)

    Or a good toupee surely?

    Never seen it. I remember catching a few minutes of an old BBC Anna Karenina adaptation Connery was in before Bond. To be completely honest with you I don’t think I’d have watched that at the time and have seen his Bond potential. Same for On The Fiddle.

    It’s on ITVX if you’re in the UK. Well worth watching. I just skipped to Connery’s scenes. He has some great amusing moments. Does anyone know if he knew he was Bond when this was being made?

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    The movie is not great but it's his Layer Cake.

    Any British Layer Cake style movie been released recently? Or a historical movie like Elizabeth.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited October 10 Posts: 3,985
    If we’re going from precedent one will be out a year before Bond 26 and probably when the actor has been cast already.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited October 10 Posts: 5,967
    I do think it's possible, and this isn't anyone particular, to rely on that formula too much. I understand that EON will want to see what these actors can do so they can devise who they want in the room, but the difference is they'll get to be in that room and see what they can do, despite what they've done elsewhere, and a film of another genre can still give a hint to someones skill and talent.

    I sometimes wonder if the Layer Cake formula is more for us than them? For the ones who won't be in the room.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    I sometimes wonder if the Layer Cake formula is more for us than them? For the ones who won't be in the room.

    A Layer Cake can get you into the room!
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited October 10 Posts: 5,967
    zebrafish wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I sometimes wonder if the Layer Cake formula is more for us than them? For the ones who won't be in the room.
    A Layer Cake can get you into the room!
    Of course! But I don't think it's the only thing that'll get someone into the room, so we shouldn't completely adhere to that formula when we're considering names because I also don't believe that's what EON will do.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I don't think it was Layer Cake that got Craig noticed though. Hypothetically if he'd never made it he still would have been on their radar.

    Not every actor has a Layer Cake anyway.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited October 10 Posts: 5,967
    007HallY wrote: »
    I don't think it was Layer Cake that got Craig noticed though. Hypothetically if he'd never made it he still would have been on their radar.
    I think Barbara even mentioned Our Friends in the North at the time more than Layer Cake, if the latter was ever even mentioned by them after his casting, and I'm not sure if it was.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I don't think it was Layer Cake that got Craig noticed though. Hypothetically if he'd never made it he still would have been on their radar.
    I think Barbara even mentioned Our Friends in the North at the time more than Layer Cake, if the latter was ever even mentioned by them after his casting, and I don't think it was.

    Yeah, to be fair I remember being quite surprised when the story about Broccoli becoming interested in him due to his walk in Elizabeth came out. It makes sense though.

    Never fully watched Our Friends in the North, but from clips I can see Craig's gravitas and charisma there. It's at the very least easy to see his talent.

    As I said it's not about simply looking for an actor who's played a Bondian role or has 'their Layer Cake'. It's about looking for those deeper qualities - the charisma, the confidence, the swagger, the gravitas. It can come through in anything quite frankly.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    007HallY wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I don't think it was Layer Cake that got Craig noticed though. Hypothetically if he'd never made it he still would have been on their radar.
    I think Barbara even mentioned Our Friends in the North at the time more than Layer Cake, if the latter was ever even mentioned by them after his casting, and I don't think it was.
    As I said it's not about simply looking for an actor who's played a Bondian role or has 'their Layer Cake'. It's about looking for those deeper qualities - the charisma, the confidence, the swagger, the gravitas. It can come through in anything quite frankly.
    100%
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    007HallY wrote: »
    I don't think it was Layer Cake that got Craig noticed though. Hypothetically if he'd never made it he still would have been on their radar.

    Not every actor has a Layer Cake anyway.

    In that James Bond documentary didn't Barbara said it was seeing Craig in Elizabeth? Particularly that scene when the monk walks towards the Queen like a Renaissance T-1000 towards Sarah Connor.
  • Kojak007Kojak007
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    Nicholas Hoult really is on a roll lately. Apart from his role as Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman, he is also starring in the next Clint Eastwood movie, which had a promising trailer released last week.
    Also saw him as the bad guy in the new movie "The Order", where he gave a great performance alongside Jude Law.
    I'm not sure if he will be on a list for James Bond (probably too famous now?), but at least he could play a villain in an upcoming Bond movie.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Nicholas Hoult really is on a roll lately. Apart from his role as Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman, he is also starring in the next Clint Eastwood movie, which had a promising trailer released last week.
    Also saw him as the bad guy in the new movie "The Order", where he gave a great performance alongside Jude Law.
    I'm not sure if he will be on a list for James Bond (probably too famous now?), but at least he could play a villain in an upcoming Bond movie.

    Good call. Hoult is always great value. Even when he was a child actor in About A Boy. I don’t know what his Bond would be like, but I know i wouldn’t be disappointed if he was chosen.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I would not be disappointed if Hoult were to be cast.
  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
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    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Nicholas Hoult really is on a roll lately. Apart from his role as Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman, he is also starring in the next Clint Eastwood movie, which had a promising trailer released last week.
    Also saw him as the bad guy in the new movie "The Order", where he gave a great performance alongside Jude Law.
    I'm not sure if he will be on a list for James Bond (probably too famous now?), but at least he could play a villain in an upcoming Bond movie.

    He still looks like a strong breeze could knock him over though.
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    He’s over 6’2’’. A bit of time at the gym and he’ll be very formidable-looking.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I just heard on the radio that today is Dan Stevens‘ birthday; he’s 42. Many one time candidates are aging out
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    I would have loved to see what Dan Stevens would have done with the role. He’s an interesting actor with great range, and unlike say Michael Fassbender, I’m really not sure how he would have played Bond.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited October 11 Posts: 3,985
    To be fair I was never a big fan of Dan Stevens or Fassbender. I’m not sold on Hoult either, but I know he’s a very good actor (and was an alternative choice for Batman).

    I think the next actor will be more on the up and coming side. I know they’ve said they prefer an actor in their 30s (which is the age most actors in that category will be) but I can imagine them going a bit younger within that criteria depending on the actor. Other than that it’s really a case of what they’re looking for with this particular Bond (on top of the usual Bondian qualities).
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    007HallY wrote: »
    To be fair I was never a big fan of Dan Stevens or Fassbender. I’m not sold on Hoult either, but I know he’s a very good actor (and was an alternative choice for Batman).

    I think the next actor will be more on the up and coming side. I know they’ve said they prefer an actor in their 30s (which is the age most actors in that category will be) but I can imagine them going a bit younger within that criteria depending on the actor. Other than that it’s really a case of what they’re looking for with this particular Bond (on top of the usual Bondian qualities).
    I think it will be Sope Dirisu partly because he bucks the current trend of actors looking younger than their actual age (Sope looks like he could be somewhere nearing forty despite only being in his early thirties).
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited October 11 Posts: 3,138
    I'd have a hard time believing that Hoult was the most dangerous man in the room, tbh. He still has some of that boyish quality about him - which is not something that could be said for Sope. Dirisu carries himself with a certain masculine weight and presence, but also has an air of intelligence and underlying decency too. These are all fundamental qualities we want in the guy playing Bond, no? Having said that, I don't think it'll be Sope. It's a big leap and I don't see any signs that EON are ready (or even want) to make it.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited October 11 Posts: 3,985
    I think Dirisu could happen. It just depends on what they want from the new Bond and what he could bring, but they’ve said they’re willing to go for an actor who isn’t white. The next actor will get push back whatever way initially/before the film’s come out.

    Anyway, Dirisu’s one of my picks. The other one at the moment is Harris Dickinson (he’s younger and might work better if they leaned slightly more into an earlier career/early 30s Bond, but I think he’s shown he’s got the right intensity/gravitas for the role. Maybe more a ‘keep an eye out’ type than a sure thing, but I’ve been impressed with him and Dirisu).
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Love Sope. And I skew towards more to what actors like he project.

    But Hoult is so bloody charming and likeable, that, although I can’t really picture what his Bond would be like, I have a feeling he’d be magnetic and highly enjoyable; that he’d make a friend of the audiences, and that, generally, we’d want to cheer this man on.

    He’d be less of the bastard, and more of a gentleman man of action.

    He wouldn’t be one note and I can see him show flashes of the blunt instrument— but just flashes…. My gut really thinks he’d make a compelling and likeable James Bond…
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    He's a good actor, and would make it his own.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Hoult would be of the Moore temple rather than the harder Craig or Connery mold; but I do think he would also be able to convey menace and toughness.

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  • peterpeter Toronto
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Hoult would be of the Moore temple rather than the harder Craig or Connery mold; but I do think he would also be able to convey menace and toughness.

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    I agree @talos7 … I think there was a reason that he was runner up for the Batman role. He’d be awfully charming as Wayne, but he’d be able to project his dark secrets lurking underneath the surface…
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