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I'd say so, yes. Good point.
Hypothetically, what if Hoult has been told that he will be the next Bond; It might not matter for secondary characters, but for the lead role as Bond EON may not want a crossover with another major spy franchise.
Now I’m not saying that I think this is the case; I’m just spitballing
I think nothing is clear. But I do get your very valid point. I too am a supporter of Hoult. One thing that strikes me as interesting, to say the least, is that he seems to easily get the consensus around here, and that's the most difficult task of all ;)
most of these I am fine with... I still say there is something about Aidan Turner I would prefer him for Highlander then 007 in the same way I feel about Robert Pattison
Has he pulled out of MI?
I really hope that's the reason! it will show that EON are moving quickly.
Obviously we don't know and it could be any other number of reasons...
“I always say: you can only be in love with one person at a time. Once the film’s come out, then some time will pass, and then we’ll have to get on to the business of the future. But for now, we just cannot think about anything beyond Daniel.”
...and it being based on a scheduling conflict with a film due to coronavirus delaying MI's production, as opposed to keeping himself free for a role he might get in a few years time because I imagine he still would've been in MI if it wasn't for the filming delay.
Yes, a bit more that way would be good. Like Cruise in MI 4 & 5 maybe.
Perfect height. Can he act?
Lord Lucan as James Bond!!!
And that's why pretty much any list of candidates we made here can be scrapped until further notice.
Good. Because the list is pretty weak at present.
IMO there are maybe 5-10 suitable candidates in the whole thread. With lots of total left field randoms.
Micheal Fassbender
Aidan Turner
Oliver Jackson Cohen
Tom Hiddleston
Luke Evans
I'm not happy with the names here either.
What I meant is that overall I'm not convinced with any of them and that overall I'm thus not happy with the list. Back in 2005, and I understand this may be distorted by nostalgia, I felt more enthusiastic at the pool of candidates, at least some of them.
Solid like a plank of wood? No seriously in McMafia he was playing a sort of British Michael Corleone and it was like he was competing to be the next apprentice. I'm still trying to figure out what the heck were his motivations and what he was meant to care about.
And that most of the guys suggested here are only cropping up because they happen to have dark hair and are vaguely handsome. I think most of them are utterly dreadful suggestions - with no edge or swagger to them in the slightest. Stick them in a tuxedo and if you squint they might look like someone doing a rubbish impression of Bond. But that's as far as it goes. The TV types of Norton, Madden, and Stevens etc couldn't be blander.
And if EON are not thinking of casting for another 4 years then the entire thing is in serious trouble anyway and is likely a moribund franchise. If the next one doesn't come out for 5 years then that means we will have lost at least a generation of potential fans who will have naturally gravitated to the MI and F+F franchises instead.
Anyway, rumours on the web today have suggested that there is pressure for NTTD to go to streaming. if that does happen it could speed up the process for the next film.
It's a big IF though. It would be a strange move and I haven't checked the source of the rumours.
Yes, I think they need to get in a transitional actor who is likely to be popular, but only make a couple of films. This way they can then have more freedom to be more daring with the next choice after that, from a position of strength.
I am pessimistic about the future of the franchise if they wait five years to make a risky choice, especially when the teenagers who would go on to be life long fans have no real sense of seeing Bond in cinemas/theaters.
If this is going to be a one film every 5 years gig from now on then the franchise simply belongs to the past, and has no relevancy. In fact, does it count as a franchise if you only have one film every 5 years?
I mean he is not the best but not the worst either.
Well, it's a six year gap now because of Covid, right? But it would have been five years anyway.
I understand completely why it has taken so long. And I don't blame EON for it (apart from them making the decision to wait on Craig, rather than finding someone else for the part and giving him way too much power).
So please understand, I am not assigning blame here. It is what it is. But if they want to get back on top of the pile and put the recent multiple issues behind them then they need to get a move on. Because the longer they leave it the less of a market there will be for the series when they do finally return.
In the last ten years lots of older people who are fans of the series have died off, but have not been replaced with a younger generation. It is like a football club losing older season ticket holders but not replacing them with younger season ticket holders. Pretty soon the money stops coming in.
This doesn't mean that a Bond film in 5 or even 10 years wouldn't find an audience. But it's share of the market would be much smaller, and the name far less prestigious.