Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Hiddleston is like Fassbender with a weaker chin.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    edited September 2015 Posts: 1,130
    No, but I guess not hidelston doesn't do it for me.
    Cute but not sexy.

    And in some picks a bit of a geek, he is like Daniel Radicklif but older

  • Szonana wrote: »
    No, but I guess not hidelston doesn't do it for me.
    Cute but not sexy.

    And in some picks a bit of a geek, he is like Daniel Radicklif but older

    He does have sort of a geeky thing going doesn't he. He just isn't enough of an alpha male to play Bond in my eyes.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Szonana wrote: »
    No, but I guess not hidelston doesn't do it for me.
    Cute but not sexy.

    And in some picks a bit of a geek, he is like Daniel Radicklif but older

    He does have sort of a geeky thing going doesn't he. He just isn't enough of an alpha male to play Bond in my eyes.

    Yes exactly, forget if he is a pretty boy or not the problem is the geek thing, like you say he doesn't look like an Alpha male or a ladies man.


  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    What you nice people shouldn't forget when looking at Tom Hiddleston he is still very young now!!
    In, say, 2020 he will look different.
    Look at a picture of Craig from 1998/1999 and you know what I mean. Would Craig have been proposed back then, nobody would have believed he would be right as Bond.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    What you nice people shouldn't forget when looking at Tom Hiddleston he is still very young now!!
    In, say, 2020 he will look different.
    Look at a picture of Craig from 1998/1999 and you know what I mean. Would Craig have been proposed back then, nobody would have believed he would be right as Bond.


    You may have a point after all Pierce didnt look that much like Bond till he finally got the second time around, in Remington Steele he showed lots of potential but looked very young for Bond and his looks changed for the much better by 1995.

    10 years made wonders to Pierce and some even would claim his werent exatctly ready till tomorrow never dies.
    So maybe i will think differently of Tom Hidelston in a few years from now


  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Hiddleston is like Craig in that he doesn't photograph as well as he acts and projects on screen. He is not a matinee idol, but a serious actor. I'm sure that he can do the job, convincingly, if called upon to do so.
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    Tom Hiddleston does have nice hair. Shampoo tv advert hair. I don't know if that makes him the absolute 'must be Bond, everyone else sucks, you are wrong so there! candidate. Probably does. ;))
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Hiddleston has a superficially handsomeness and as @fanbond123 said, Shampoo ad quality hair.
    But what I like about Hiddleston is his dark side that comes across very well in movies when he plays the baddie, he's able to play anything really and he can look quite menacing and dangerous. He seems to be quite versatile in acting.
    I say he has a realistic shot at becoming Bond, British, born after 1980, 6' 2" (188cm) tall, dark-haired and the closest thing I have seen to the Fleming novel Bond.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Hiddleston has a superficially handsomeness and as @fanbond123 said, Shampoo ad quality hair.
    But what I like about Hiddleston is his dark side that comes across very well in movies when he plays the baddie, he's able to play anything really and he can look quite menacing and dangerous. He seems to be quite versatile in acting.
    I say he has a realistic shot at becoming Bond, British, born after 1980, 6' 2" (188cm) tall, dark-haired and the closest thing I have seen to the Fleming novel Bond.

    Exactly right imho. It's his edginess, combined with suaveness & somewhat chameleon like quality that makes him a good candidate to succeed DC, whenever that may be.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I can't comment as I haven't watched Hiddleston in a film. What do members suggest to view him in???
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    I can't comment as I haven't watched Hiddleston in a film. What do members suggest to view him in???
    Thor, Thor 2, or Avengers, any one of those will do for getting an idea of Hiddleston´s Loki performance. And War Horse, I didn´t recognize him there at first, with his blond hair, but he had a great deal of charisma and sparkle in his eyes.


    I´d also take Idris Elba, as long as he´d be as cool and badass as in Prometheus.

    Or Ewan MacGregor.
  • SirHilaryBraySirHilaryBray Scotland
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    Hiddleston is a no for me. Just don't think he looks the part in any way. He's too art school looking he's not got any build to him at all. A step in the wrong direction IMO. Fassbender is going to be the one that got away. But I reckon were at least 3-4 years before EON cast again because I believe Dan will do 1 more. So many current actors will rise and fall based on what roles they do in between. And new contenders will rise. Some day when it is time and we look back and see if any of us called it right is going to be fun.
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I can't comment as I haven't watched Hiddleston in a film. What do members suggest to view him in???
    Thor, Thor 2, or Avengers, any one of those will do for getting an idea of Hiddleston´s Loki performance. And War Horse, I didn´t recognize him there at first, with his blond hair, but he had a great deal of charisma and sparkle in his eyes.


    I´d also take Idris Elba, as long as he´d be as cool and badass as in Prometheus.

    Or Ewan MacGregor.

    But Elba is 43 and McGregor is 44 - surely they're too old?

  • SirHilaryBraySirHilaryBray Scotland
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    Tuulia wrote: »
    boldfinger wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I can't comment as I haven't watched Hiddleston in a film. What do members suggest to view him in???
    Thor, Thor 2, or Avengers, any one of those will do for getting an idea of Hiddleston´s Loki performance. And War Horse, I didn´t recognize him there at first, with his blond hair, but he had a great deal of charisma and sparkle in his eyes.


    I´d also take Idris Elba, as long as he´d be as cool and badass as in Prometheus.

    Or Ewan MacGregor.

    But Elba is 43 and McGregor is 44 - surely they're too old?

    Yes. Said it before reckon EON will want someone in their mid to late 30's committed to 4-5 films over a 10 year period.
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    You can also see Hiddleston in the upcoming Crimson Peak... though he's far too fey for my tastes as Bond. I much rather see Dan Stevens have a shot at it if DC calls it a day.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    bondsum wrote: »
    You can also see Hiddleston in the upcoming Crimson Peak... though he's far too fey for my tastes as Bond. I much rather see Dan Stevens have a shot at it if DC calls it a day.

    DAN STEVENS FOR PRESIDENT....I mean for Bond :P

    Dan Stevens is my favourite since over a year now. Sadly he is nowhere ever mentioned in the rumour mill.
  • He will be in the mix though - just the right age, and a couple of action turns in the last year or so.
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    bondsum wrote: »
    You can also see Hiddleston in the upcoming Crimson Peak... though he's far too fey for my tastes as Bond. I much rather see Dan Stevens have a shot at it if DC calls it a day.

    DAN STEVENS FOR PRESIDENT....I mean for Bond :P

    Dan Stevens is my favourite since over a year now. Sadly he is nowhere ever mentioned in the rumour mill.

    Neither was Craig.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I've only seen Stevens in Downton Abbey. He was ok in it, but I didn't see any 'Bond' in his performance.

    From my point of view, he came across a little lightweight. Someone who appears to need to contort his facial expressions in order to deliver a solid acting performance.

    I know he is reputed to have done a good job in the Guest, and I will check that out at some point, because his name keeps coming up and he is the right age. Additionally, he is well known (or at least recognizable) around the world now due to Downton Abbey, which is probably a good thing.
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    @bondjames - Be warned that The Guest is a terrible film, though. ;)
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    I didnt think so.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Hiddleston has a superficially handsomeness and as @fanbond123 said, Shampoo ad quality hair.
    But what I like about Hiddleston is his dark side that comes across very well in movies when he plays the baddie, he's able to play anything really and he can look quite menacing and dangerous. He seems to be quite versatile in acting.
    I say he has a realistic shot at becoming Bond, British, born after 1980, 6' 2" (188cm) tall, dark-haired and the closest thing I have seen to the Fleming novel Bond.

    Exactly right imho. It's his edginess, combined with suaveness & somewhat chameleon like quality that makes him a good candidate to succeed DC, whenever that may be.

    Ok I see that ...maybe he would do quite well.


  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited September 2015 Posts: 5,131
    boldfinger wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I can't comment as I haven't watched Hiddleston in a film. What do members suggest to view him in???
    Thor, Thor 2, or Avengers, any one of those will do for getting an idea of Hiddleston´s Loki performance. And War Horse, I didn´t recognize him there at first, with his blond hair, but he had a great deal of charisma and sparkle in his eyes.


    I´d also take Idris Elba, as long as he´d be as cool and badass as in Prometheus.

    Or Ewan MacGregor.

    Thanks I'll check Hiddleston out.

    I won't/ wouldnt accept ELba though as Bond is a white character. Bond isn't cool and badass in my eyes though. He's suave, sophisticated, dangerous and sharp as a knife.

    Mcgregger has the talent. But age and height isn't on his side.
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  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited September 2015 Posts: 5,131
    JWESTBROOK wrote: »

    This is more Shaft than Bond........Next up, trailers for Colin Firth as BA Baracus, Jude Law as Axel Foley and Jet Li as John Shaft.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    So Casino Royale 67 is finally getting a Sequel? =))
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    Why couldnt a white actor play Axel Foley? I don't recall his race being an especially important part of the character.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Sark wrote: »
    Why couldnt a white actor play Axel Foley? I don't recall his race being an especially important part of the character.

    Ha ha? He mentions being black all the time??? He's a cool streetwise black guy from detroit sent to the white superficial environment of Beverley Hills!

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