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Dalton nailed it.
The first to me doesn't look Bondian at all, the second, in a way, does. But I think he lacks charisma. "thrausos"
God, these pictures really tell us the story of why Aidan Turner should be the next Bond, it is true. Great stuff.
You can't tell me you don't see Dalton in there.
Maybe if Bond was a picture book but Turner doesn't exude the charisma or the acting chops for me. Just my take.
As above, if we were making a Bond picture book of Moonraker he would be great.
The novel?
Yeah.
Bond is circa 35-40, so let's say he was born in 1976 (an Etonian, from the Scottish Highlands and a high ranking navel officer). His father will have been say 30 when he was born. He was therefore a middle class man born in 1946. Likelihood of even a 'modern Bond' being black.....er no and just PC for PC's sake.
I am not suggesting 'white washing' a character at all, I am simply pointing out that 007 was written as a white man and there is no point in changing this tradition.
Like it or not Black people are the lowest paid demographic in the UK. As such it is more unlikely that an Etonian, from the Scottish Highlands and a high ranking navel officer such as Bond (being from an upper middle class public school background) would be black.
As for the Scottish milkman point. Connery was a good enough actor to pull off the 'upper class aspect'. BUT he didn't need to 'pull off' looking like Fleming's character or act half Scottish did he.
I maybe even more conservative about it than you. I was a bit iffy initially when I first found out/saw a photo of a long-haired and bearded Bond in Die Another Day.
But as has been pointed out numerous times before, he had that indefinable quality that separates bona fide film stars from mere actors. Even when you watch Darby O'Gill you can feel the magnetism and charisma. Connery is a one off, but there are others who bring their own electricity to the screen. I don't find this with Turner, so however much work you put into him I'd still have reservations. I don't by any means think he's an awful candidate, far from it, but as you say he's got a Dalton vibe. But it's half-baked Dalton and I don't want half-baked anything.
Indefinable, eh? That's awfully convenient.
Did he though, or was it the pairing of the actor with the role and the right creative guidance. Do you get the same "IT" factor from watching Connery in Zardoz?
Not really it's 'Star Quality', or 'The X Factor'. When you're attracted to someone it's a feeling, an emotional reaction that's hard to quantify. This is a similar notion. Unless you're a robot, of course.
And that 'Star Quality' carried over into Zardoz, where Connery walked around in an orange mankini. It was so indefinable it's almost as if it wasn't there at all...
He's still got presence, even in a film as batshit as that.
Ok, So which is it. Is Turner not a good enough actor for Bond, or does he simply lack 'presence'. Because from how you describe it, one seems to be learned and the other is innate. I have always looked at it that Bond actors (besides Craig and Dalton) are fairly average actors who are cultivated into the role. That's certainly how it was with Connery. This 'presence' that you speak of, seems more evident in FRWL or GF than it does in Darby O'Gil or Zardoz, wouldn't you say? I mean, you wouldn't watch Zardoz and see a clear Bond actor in that surely?