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Please now, open secret, or salacious speculation and gossip based more on his versatility as a performer and certain roles he’s played ?
no not really. his management wanted him to come out last year but he didn't and so what to be honest. i was just observing how times are changing; a lgbqt actor playing Bond would be exciting and interesting. They are just playing a role afterall.
Our own Strawberry Fields let the bag out on a Marvel superhero actor before the interview was pulled very quickly. I suppose the Chinese and the eastern movie markets would have a say on what sort of actor plays Bond. Hence why we've never had a black actor play Bond, the Chinese market would hate it. See the awful state of affairs when the Star Wars posters were doctored/changed to hide Finn. It took all of Disney's might to make Black Panther a half decent success over there but it's a Marvel IP so it might have had a pass because of that.
Again, rumors...
Apparently so....
X-Men 2 began filming summer 2002. He says he was about to do X-Men 2 so that would have been earlier in 2002. Brosnan was still Bond, of course, in 2002, Brosnan revealed he was not coming back in July 2004. Prior to that point it seems unlikely any actor would know for definite they would have a chance at playing Bond. It's possible Jackman said no in 2002 but he may have been approached by Eon in 2005?
In 2015 Hugh Jackman said he would seriously consider the part:
Well Craig was pretty hesitant about taking the role too.
An indication of the depth of the creative rut that Bond was stuck in by 2002.
Wolverine too faye. Funny world.
Whoever gets cast as Bond No.6 will be as much in Elba's shadow as Craig's. If they cast someone like Henry Cavill then I can guarantee the day they announce it, Elba's name will be trending worldwide over his or anyone else's.
If Eon decide to release Bond 26 to meet the 50th anniversary in 2022, then Elba will be 50. He looks good. Perhaps not young. But his appeal is that he's a alpha masculine guy who appears grizzled and tough.
You can get at least 2 (maybe three movies) during that time you keep the same cast of MI6 cast. Then you can reboot with Bond actor No.7
These recent Vanity Fair pictures of a clean-shaven Elba have convinced me that he is the man to beat still.......................
Elba could have been okay I think but is now too old anyway so not realisticaly a contender anymore.
I don't think the next Bond actor will be in Elba's shadow. Seems a tad silly or an over-exaggeration given the fact Elba has never played Bond. ;)) Why should the next Bond actor care what Elba has done in his career? It has no relevance to the next Bond actor.
It's patently obvious Elba or his PR management have to keep coming back to Bond. As Elba has said many times, he's never been approached to play the part so it's not as if he's had a screentest. It's like he's too desperate for the part or the media are so desperate for him to play the part he has to respond to their comments. To be fair to the guy he has to deal with the whole 'Black Bond' debate and I'm sure he finds that tiresome. He admits it's disheartening:
... but he or his PR team can't seem to let go of the Bond connection. I think it's an easy or lazy way to maintain his media profile. Elba could say "I don't want to talk about Bond" but clearly he wants the part. Just for the record: he said he did want it, then said he didn't want it and now says he wants it again!
What a mess people are nowadays. Do carry on.
The 'too old' argument does not work.
Firstly, the current actor playing the role in the upcoming film is 51. That does not disqualify him from starring in that film.
Plus, if there is a narrative reason for a particular actor of a certain age playing the role then that would necessitate an older person being hired. We don't know what direction Bond 26 will go in, but there is a chance that the 'older Bond' story will be continued.
Basically, Idris isn't 'too old' yet. Eon would be foolish if they didn't at least meet and screentest him for the role. He has all the ingredients to be the perfect screen Bond.
You can even bring back CJF for his first outing (if Bond 25 works out)
IMO it does work out. He'll be over or close to 50 when he starts (if he's cast), and he'll be closer to Moore's AVTAK age before he'll do another – looking at the current gaps between each film. I feel that any Bond actor should be no older than 40/41 when he's filming his first film. That increases the likelihood of getting two or more films out of the guy before the next actor comes around.
If they do "older Bond" films, that's an entirely different question, but I sure hope they won't explore that idea.
Cavill couldn't have been old at the time he was considered, either?
He'd have been 22/23 at the time of his CR screentest.
That's sure very young (for Bond). Just shows that they considered a younger Bond as recently as CR – which would have made sense given the plot. funny to think if Cavill had been cast at that time (regardless what you might think of him as an actor), he could have been in production with his fifth film, at age 36! He could easily have done ten films as Bond with the timeframe between each film.
Where do you get this idea @ToTheRight ?
I see no reason to suggest we'll get an extensive delay after Bond 25.
Too old or not white, take your pick, but Elba will never be Bond. The sooner people accept that, then they can avoid the disappointment when Bond actor #6 is cast.
I absolutely detest my own opinion on this and hope it changes.
B25 follows the second longest gap in the series' history. Previous record breaking gaps ( GE and CR resulted in a new film which intended to re-start the franchise, or even reintroduce the franchise to newer audiences who may have never experienced a Bond in the cinema. Both GE and CR were essentially a new beginning for the series with the original intent of a new film every couple of years. Cubby's tradition, really. The Craig era continued that tradition with QoS, until the MGM bankruptcy put a halt on a possible 2010 or even 2011 release.
SF's longer gap resulted in a new contract for Craig which included an additional 2 films. Considering the plot points in SF which put Bond in his traditional MI6 environment (Q, Moneypenny, the old office) I would count that as a new beginning.
At the time, I would never have guessed it would take all the way until 2020 for Craig to complete this contract.
Since SF the idea of a new film every two years seems a bit too optimistic and at this point the long gaps have become the norm.
I see no indication that B25 is any sort of new beginning, but rather a closing. Essentially milking the Craig era for one more film.
Afterwards I can completely see Barbara and Michael wanting to take more time off after this one to re-evaluate direction of the series, and it's future.
After that is sorted out I can see Barbara and Michael taking yet another couple years to decide on casting for Bond.
The quantity of Bond films have diminished with each passing decade. By that rationale one could expect only one film in the 2020's, then zero in the 2030's if indeed, that streak continues.
I do hope that diminishing streak changes in the next decade and that MGM and Universal gives the series a much needed boost to get things going regularly again.
With the greatest of respect, Elba is not Bond. I like the guy a lot but not for Bond. Also I suspect you may have been on the Vespers? As DC is Bond number 6 and its the 60th Anniversary that is soon approaching. ;)) ;)
I like Elba as an actor - his portrayal of John Luther is epic - and he seems a good bloke, but he simply is not Bond material.
My own (personal) view is that Nicholas Hoult would be worth a punt on, as he seems to be maturing into a solid actor with the right look.
But as I said, that's just my personal view.... 😁