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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    peter wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    cwl007 wrote: »
    6th choice: Scott Eastwood (an American, yikes)
    Although I don't advocate for gents from across the pond, if Scott Eastwood can be considered by some, then Ryan Gosling would be a better bet. He has a natural laid back cool which I think Bond should have. Having said that, Bond should remain a Brit imho.
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    I've always found Gosling one-note with a fake deep voice. He was horrible in GANGSTER SQUAD when he had to play a man's man--

    In DRIVE it was the stylized directing that elevated the material.

    I truly find Gosling a pussy-- and I'm Canadian... BUT, he would be a better choice than Hiddles and Turner...
    Haven't seen either film and so can't comment. He has impressed me in the ones I have seen him in however. He's got a bit of the 'old school' cool to him. He doesn't have to try.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    watch GS, he's trying to the point its painful
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    It's not my type of film. The whole thing looked like shiite to me from the trailers.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Then look at DRIVE-- I loved the atmosphere of the film--

    Hated Gosling as I thought he was "acting" tough guy, instead of "being"... I know that's a controversial opinion for the lovers of DRIVE.

    Personally I have a love for the script, the direction and the great character acting-- hated the leading man... He is NOT Bond... He doesn't have old-school Connery/Grant/or whomever charisma... He's a paper tiger.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I agree. I like Gosling in light films, but he's never convincing as a tough guy.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    He's got something I like. Charismatic chap, but perhaps I just haven't seen him in the roles where it doesn't work. Still, as I said in my preamble, Bond should be a Brit. It's just that if Eastwood can be discussed, then so should Gosling.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Jon Hamm? ;)
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I really liked Hamm in Mad Men, but he hasn't been that impressive in the films I've seen him in. He sort of gets lost in the crowd. I think he's just not found the right role to shine in yet, which is a shame. It's almost like he was made for a period piece.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I agree. As much as I like him on TV, he hasn't captured the charisma of Don Draper on films at all. Wherever I see him, he only is a presence there as a character actor. A supporting cast.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    RC7 wrote: »
    The natural successor, for me, is someone who embodies the traditional aesthetic. In other words, not Hardy. I think in these situations it's best to take things back to source. Once you give an inch... etc. Look at the recent gunbarrel talk, CR deviates and does so very well. In QoS it should've been business as usual, but no Forster wanted to tinker and because Forster tinkered, Mendes wanted to tinker. These thinks have to be reigned in before the parameters shift too far.

    Well said @RC7. When in doubt, go back to the beginning. Keep it traditional.
    I have no idea who to cast as the next Bond. I like Hiddleston and Fassbender. I don't think either will land the role. I'm not sold on Turner and genuinely hope he's not cast. He doesn't have film star leading man qualities. Maybe okay for British TV, but not a global appeal.
    I hope we get a typical Bond look, and as @RC7 said don't deviate too far from source.


  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    The Brosnan tenure gave us Goldeneye. That cancels out every negative, in my book. If Turner gave us a START like GoldenEye was, well, brilliant!

    A tenure is more than one movie and Brosnan's tenure showed his limits. But Turner might be the right choice for the same reasons, if he becomes heir apparent, although I doubt he will be plebiscited like Brosnan was.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Alexander Dreymon would make an excellent Bond.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    tanaka123 wrote: »
    Alexander Dreymon would make an excellent Bond.

    A German Bond, that'll be the day.
    I'll give this one a....NO.
    Surely you jest @tanaka123
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Benny wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    The natural successor, for me, is someone who embodies the traditional aesthetic. In other words, not Hardy. I think in these situations it's best to take things back to source. Once you give an inch... etc. Look at the recent gunbarrel talk, CR deviates and does so very well. In QoS it should've been business as usual, but no Forster wanted to tinker and because Forster tinkered, Mendes wanted to tinker. These thinks have to be reigned in before the parameters shift too far.

    Well said @RC7. When in doubt, go back to the beginning. Keep it traditional.
    I have no idea who to cast as the next Bond. I like Hiddleston and Fassbender. I don't think either will land the role. I'm not sold on Turner and genuinely hope he's not cast. He doesn't have film star leading man qualities. Maybe okay for British TV, but not a global appeal.
    I hope we get a typical Bond look, and as @RC7 said don't deviate too far from source.
    Agreed. That is an excellent post and yes they should get back on point next time out. We've had more than enough experimentation for the time being.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Benny wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    Alexander Dreymon would make an excellent Bond.

    A German Bond, that'll be the day.
    I'll give this one a....NO.
    Surely you jest @tanaka123

    They rewrote Bond's past with DC with him being born in West Berlin in 1968, so we already have a German Bond @Benny
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Fassbender was also born in Germany.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Fassbender was also born in Germany.

    *OSATO*

    "Kill Him."
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Just out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on Charlie Hunnam?
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    He was here in Toronto on Wednesday for the premier of his King Arthur film-- he looked surprisingly handsome and debonair (I usually think he looks a little unkept and grungy); on Wednesday night he oozed cool.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on Charlie Hunnam?

    Who ?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on Charlie Hunnam?

    Awful choice.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/idris-elba-james-bond-joanna-lumley-colour-blind-casting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    She told it like it is.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    tanaka123 wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/idris-elba-james-bond-joanna-lumley-colour-blind-casting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
    Joanna has always struck me as a very smart woman, and her recent statements confirm this initial assessment.
    doubleoego wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on Charlie Hunnam?
    I purchased a few of his films last year to get a better idea of his suitability. He's a decent looking chap and a reasonable actor. However I don't think he can bring the necessary edginess without overplaying it (there's something run of the mill and unmemorable about him to me). Plus I'd prefer someone with a more traditional look next time out.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I love Joanna Lumley even more now.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I've been watching The Persuaders episode "Greensleeves" last night, and I was only reminded how well the great and underrated English actor Tom Adams would've boded for the Bond role. I am entirely baffled why haven't the producers gone to ask him to replace Connery and instead went to audit abysmal choices (save for Lazenby).

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    Sure, Adams played another secret agent (Charles Vine) in "supposedly taking place in the Bond universe" B-Movies, The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World and its two sequels, but they've been forgotten about as soon as they were released. They should have cast Tom Adams as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. He has the build, the perfectly sophisticated Queen's English accent, charisma, the deep voice, I don't know what kept them.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, what are people's thoughts on Charlie Hunnam?

    Awful choice.

    +1

  • barryt007barryt007
    edited May 2017 Posts: 19,339
    Adams had a brilliant deep,almost musical like tone to his voice.

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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Adams had a brilliant deep,almost musical like tone to his voice.
    There's one bit that stands out completely for me, @barryt007, in Licensed To Kill (or The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World as released in the US) where Adams, in the hotel room, talks to the professor and explains the pickle they were in as he smokes his cigarette. That screamed Bond to me and I always wondered why Eon never got him for the part.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Adams had a brilliant deep,almost musical like tone to his voice.
    There's one bit that stands out completely for me, @barryt007, in Licensed To Kill (or The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World as released in the US) where Adams, in the hotel room, talks to the professor and explains the pickle they were in as he smokes his cigarette. That screamed Bond to me and I always wondered why Eon never got him for the part.

    Agreed...he had more of a mature look to him than Lazenby as well,but I suppose they must have looked at him and decided no for some reason.
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