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Makes perfect sense - surely this will be close to the way it works?
Craig was probably her favorite, but it’s always smart to keep your options open and view others. IIRC, the four finalists that got screen tested including Craig were Henry Cavill, Sam Worthington, and Alex O'Loughlin.
However in my mind I still keep going back to Michael Fassbender as the best candidate. He is still ONLY 44, younger than Moore in LALD. As a 44 year old myself that doesn't feel old (also it means I'd get just one more Bond who isn't younger than me!😅)
He still looks good, great actor, big enough shoulders to carry the series post Craig and if the powers that be pull there finger out he could get a trio of films.
#Iliveinhope
I don't even know what that means exactly, but I'm pretty sure the process will be different from what it was 17 years ago.
Somebody up for a stake-out at the entrance of Pinewood (or whereever they do screentests)?
As for your mention of social media, it's gonna be really interesting but also kind of sad in a way. We thought the treatment of Craig was bad, this next guy is gonna really get it in terms of opinion, speculation, and judgement. Even if a great and popular choice.
Yeah, keeping the casting secret is one thing. The reaction is a whole other. I'm sure some of the stuff the new guy will have to face will make CraigNotBond look like a tame joke. On the other hand, stars are way more used to there just always being some people who want to tear them down, so hopefully they won't have to take it as hard personally as Craig did. But it is really sad, that we can be pretty sure whoever it may be will face at least a base level of harassment online, just because that is the way social media works.
I was fed up with Craig for quite a while and was 'one of those' people who was against his casting. However that never changed. As an actor he isn't my cup of tea anyway. The only Bond film I truly love with him is CR and that wasn't because of him, but because of Campbell.
Then again I'm not part of the general mainstream audience, like all of us basically, on mi6.
Yes I think there will be a lot of 'he's not as good Craig' both before and after the film is released.
I would imagine that Craig casts a long shadow which may even put off many actors to be honest.
Unfortunately (for his successor!) Craig didn't fade away but left as strong as he started, and bear in mind the guys looking at taking over will perhaps be in their early or mid-thirties, which means Craig has been Bond since Bond#7 was in his teens. Craig is pretty much the only Bond they'll have known (obviously the old ones are on telly, but they never have as much resonance as your Bond), and he'll likely be the best Bond ever in their eyes. That's a daunting prospect.
EON could go with an actor who is quite the opposite to Craig, and play it safe. But then will they want to revert back to the same old paint by numbers Bond?
Read the lines, save the day and get the girl. It also depends on the direction they take the series, who the director and writers are. Will it be an over the top adventure, with outlandish villains, or a more grounded spy thriller, with a few implausible action set pieces?
Glad I'm not the one who has to cast Bond #7.
I think skewing young and unknown will also help suspend a lot of doubt and give them the entire press program to build up the new guy before anyone can have a fair say, as long as the look is right. Whatever happens, I'm almost positive they would never go with anyone that already had a strong, even divisive public opinion established, like Cavill or even Dornan.
I'm not sure about that. I don't think actors of today really have that concern. If anything, if actors aren't lobbying for the role they're hoping and praying they get it. Craig was good but not great enough to scare off prospects from wanting to take on the role.
He is 44 he is british and honestly hearing him discuss life as a vampire in the show I could see him as Bond..
I mean sure they would need to get a move on and get him signed and doing his first film by next year and a film every other year if they want a trilogy but yeah
Yeah, Goode is a good actor. But if EON are looking for a Bond in his forties,(something which looks highly unlikely) I'll go with Michael Fassbender. Like Daniel Day-Lewis, Fassbender is the James Bond that never was.
I've always found him very creepy looking.
Oh, I think it's something about his gaze/eyes.
Or "C"