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I don't think Redmayne looks it though....I think the problem is, We Bond fans have been spoilt with Craig's casting, to the extent that we feel the next Bond must be as ruggedly Handsome & visibly physically imposing like Craig's Bond.
LOL puhlease, I'd rather have Dalts back than Craig, any day of the week.
I also think Callum could be a good blend of modern young man, and old school gentleman, which I personally think Bond 26 needs.
That's because Craig's films have been really successful not because of sexual appeal. It's like saying that an actor's potential can be only seen if they get's nominated in oscars just because it's been considered best in the world but any honest man here knows how they work.[/quote]
I didn't say that. The GQ article is about his fashion style.
Sad.
Of course he also looks too young. But if I was casting I'd pick him over C. turner.
You're absolutely correct about being spoiled with Craig's run. That's why it's a hard one to follow, and men these days aren't what they used to be so it's a difficult choice.
:) That's a Striking Statement....Well, I like them both because they're similar Bonds, Craig is actually enjoying what Dalton started....am torn between Dalton & Craig to be honest.....Love them Both.
Craig like Connery oozes confidence straight out the gate, not even Roger cemented his take to his third film regardless of fans going on about him being more like Fleming's Bond in his first 2.
Roger by his own admission says he hit on the way to play it and you can see that in spades in SWLM.
Craig in Dryden's office while not as iconic as Connery at the table never feels out of his depth and that dead pan reading of "yes considerably" is the most confident opener since Connery said those immortal words in 1962
I think he has a good build already and good height. I don't know, I kinda see him as a more period style Bond on screen just because he has some type of "old" face?!
Guy on the left can be a contemporary Bond, guy on the right can be a modern Bond.
He can even do the spying as a female
Lmao! A master in disguise.
I wouldn't pick him personally, I just think "some" or even most females are attracted to a good looking face.
I agree, the guy on the left has/had potential as Bond,
Jude Law that is... ;)
...which just adheres me more to him as a choice.
And haha @talos1, although even between those two I'd still choose Callum :)
Eddie Redmayne is not handsome in the slightest. Here, Turner looks like a boxer who lost more fights than won. There are certain photographs of him where he looks decent but here.....no.
Can't help but think of Rob Brydon on QI whenever I hear the "walked like a panther" comment:
I’ve always thought he’s more impressive in other movies: in Rocketeer for example he sort of steals the whole thing. If he’d never been Bond you’d look at that movie and think he was the great lost 007. But for some reason he didn’t have that charisma in the Bond movies. Very strange.
I think Roger is pretty great right from the off and clearly a star (even though I agree it’s his third where he gets in his pomp), but someone observed that it’s his three directors that rather mark his approaches: his Hamilton Bond has a slightly mean edge, his Gilbert Bond is a relaxed superman, and his Glen Bond is a slightly cuddly combination of the two.
I wonder how Dalton might have been with another director, say Campbell.
Ha! That’s great. I like the confidence with which Fry says Fleming was present whereas I really doubt that’s true :D
Bit harsh, I think? They both seem perfectly presentable to me there. Redmayne isn’t a Bond type I think as he has rather pretty features, maybe he could make a decent Simon Templar..? Or even Dr Who: he basically stole Matt Smith’s act for those Harry Potter films! :)
I'm sure it might be harsh to some, but I always found Redmayne incredibly goofy looking, almost annoyingly so.
They're dressed pretty well though, I'd concede that.
I've only read a few lines about it, but can't remember if Fleming was mentioned or not. Maybe someone knows more about Connery's audition?
On the subject of walk, I've always liked the way Lazenby walked in OHMSS.
I've said the same about Brosnan and in some cases Moore. In movies like Wild Geese and Gold, Moore showed that he could portray a much more rugged character; to a degree he did this in Golden Gun.
Yeah he’s also just bigger and brasher, and in something like Hot Fuzz he feels bigger than the movie... it’s weird. Maybe he really needed that third one too with a different director to draw the movie star out.
Yeah I think Moore very much altered his performances more than he’d ever say he did!
Fleming wasn t there.
I think Dalton never felt good about the pressure that came with the role of Bond. It didn't help that he was considered second choice. Also I do think that him and Glen were a mismatched "couple". He needed a director more suitable for him.
How is he supposed to fully embody a character if the films he’s portraying him in don’t embody who the character is? In my opinion, I’m aware some people love those films and his portrayal but they just never resonated - personally.
The filmmakers ended up selling him short. They were still making Roger Moore films, even with the tougher content of Licence to Kill it had that silliness. That said, he's a joy to watch in the role and something to relish.
Dalton was first choice for The Living Daylights, Cubby had been interested in him since 1968.
Was he, or did they go with him because Brosnan was tied up with Remington Steele?