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I find it an incredible photo. Absolutely nothing about it tells me this man was ever going to be burdened by success, much less become James Bond. None of Moore's charm or onscreen warmth is in that photo. It's a nice little reminder for me that most of us know absolutely nothing about any actor's potential, which I think is a nice thing to be reminded of.
It's the bizarre smile that gets me (it looks as though he's not actually smiling but kinda is, so few creases near the eyes etc. Almost as if he's a doll hoisted up for the photo or something). The mustard yellow sweater is hideous too.
You talk about British TV, but there are many British actors in Netflix & Amazon shows. I'm not someone who's pushing for Leo Suter, but he is a young British lead in Vikings: Valhalla, he's masculine, and he's at least as good an actor as Lewis Collins was (I loved him as Bodie, but he was not an actor with great range)... does the fact he's playing a viking disqualify him? SAS Rogue Heroes has two British male leads in Connor Swindells and Jack O'Connel. You've got Jack Lowden in Slow Horses, who may be playing an accident-prone agent but is still a good agent when all's said and done. I think we have more male lead actors (or potential lead actors) now on screen, thanks to so many international (well, mainly American I guess) shows shot around here, than when I was a kid. The fact that there are more female-led shows than before doesn't shrink the pool of male actors. We've got lots, just they're playing more complex characters than Bodie & Doyle (again, I love The Professionals).
Ah, SAS Rogue Heroes! I suspected there might be an ongoing action series on mainstream UK TV that I'd forgotten. Having said that, I can't personally see anyone from that show as Bond.
Leo Suter is the one actor under 35 that I can see as Bond and I've regularly supported him in this thread. I don't see him as the next Lewis Collins but then nobody could be in my eyes. I'm a massive Collins fan!
Obviously my post and diversity figures didn't include the streamers. My perception of the likes of Amazon, Netflix, etc is that they're more adventurous in their drama choices than the likes of our free to air channels and their plodding detective shows. So it's a good point that the next Bond could come from this source.
However, I still think there's a dearth of UK action shows and British manly, tough guy types. They just don't seem to be favoured by today's drama commissioners. Imo the best Bond candidates have probably aged out of consideration and the under 35s seem like weak replacements. Alternatively, I might be so old now that every young actor looks like a boy to me.
Back to Bond: I think though he's Australian, Charlie Vickers will get an audition - he's one of the better things in the patchy Rings of Power on Amazon Prime.
Bingo…
Having an old Bond return would limit them on what they could do. I think it’s better to seek a new younger actor to take on the role. Despite some pessimistic thoughts from some there are many good actors who could potentially step into Bonds shoes.
We’re not looking for another Connery, Moore, Brosnan or Craig, we need a new actor who can give their interpretation of the character.
Fleming disliked the casting of Connery initially, but was soon won over. Roger and Pierce had their share of fans and detractors, and of course there was a lot of backlash when Craig first appeared. But again he won over the masses,with only select few fans not able to get on board.
To say there’s no suitable actor is not true. There is an actor who can play James Bond, and I’m sure when they’re ready EON will cast them.
I don’t agree , the right script gets PB back especially a darker or deep storyline! He has said as much.
EON can’t let things get too stale imo?
I personally think fans who want Brosnan back should be happy even that they almost got it with Tarantino and CR. It almost literally happened. You're not alone. Very high up creatives agree with you. Take that win and be happy. But even that time was 20 years ago.... this is an old idea of an old idea and somewhat bankrupt at this point. Proven it just can't and probably shouldn't happen.
To be fair I’m pretty sure the whole Tarantino nearly making CR is complete nonsense/something he exaggerates if not lies about in interviews. It was never a planned film, it mostly amounts to Miramax not getting the rights in 1995, and finally Tarantino talking about how he’d hypothetically do it for the next 25 years (which changed radically from 1997 to 2004, with Brosnan’s departure in the latter year culminating in the older Bond idea he had for it… which came 4/5 years after the rights for CR went back to EON).
But you’re right, it’s not exactly an original idea.
I don't want another NTTD but now with Brosnan. Enough is enough. ;)
Anyway, It's very unlikely. You can't make a sequel of this and Brosnan fans are getting older.
My short feature concept would easily absorb a return of Dalton, Brosnan, or even Lazenby or (Spirit) Craig in a smart, focused product between the major film releases. Likely not to die in it. Or die again.
It's also something that has been done numerous times in other series.
True, it’d effectively be an ‘old man Bond’ thing. Not to say the fact that something’s been done before means it shouldn’t be done in Bond, but probably not so soon after NTTD. That and I think Bond should be forward looking.
Yes and if it's been done often before, you take the risk of coming off as just repeating old trends. I repeat what I said before: I think they're going to go for a "year 2" Bond: not an origin story, but something set fairly early in his career as a 00. It's an existing trend, bit a fairly fresh one.
It’s a good way of being able to cast a slightly younger actor too (someone more in their early 30s than mid to late 30s). Depends on who they want though I guess.