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That's another one I never could picture as Bond. He looks mature now, but back in 2005 he look way too youthful. He was also utterly unbelievable as Mr Fantastic.
He got the part due to his amazing stretchability.
Really? Unlikely. Sounds like a bit of a stretch to be honest.
I've been watching The Time Travel's Wife with my Mrs and I'm not really a fan of the show, but him and Rose Leslie are good in it.
I don't really know much of his work, but he seems quite charismatic and capable of being a leading man
His name has come up a few times.
Not sure what it is exactly. He looks a bit too 'Horray Henry'-ish in my eyes perhaps. Might well be because he was in The Inbetweeners movie and gave off that sort of vibe.
That kind of is Bond though! :)
I know what you mean. I always got the sense that Bond of the novels could have been mistaken for either a 'Hooray Henry' type or perhaps an 'upper class ar*sehole' were it not for a sense of darkness about his appearance - the scar, the cruel mouth etc. - that sets him apart. He's certainly snobbish and comes from money but not necessarily 'of that group', if that makes sense.
I'm just not sure if Theo James has that certain 'something' about him that sets him apart to play Bond in that way.
Agreed about Theo James; I'm not quite sold yet but I haven't seen him in a lot so maybe he could. He does seem a bit... cross-eyed to me.
It'd be nice to see Bond go undercover at least once in the next few films, perhaps playing that sort of persona. Perhaps act that way with a Bond girl to get information or something.
It's the fact that he was in The Inbetweeners Movie I think... can't get the image of him with a bit of poo on the end of his nose out of my head...
I think Bond is someone who IS of that category but seems out of place. Something which Craig's Bond captured more than any other.
https://screenrant.com/king-spies-millar-netflix-pierce-brosnan-james-bond/amp/
Could also see him coming back for another elderly but more choreographed Bond.
It's funny that the maker of the video chose CR. As Turner has been compared too Fisher who Bond fights in the PTS of CR.
I think it's the hair.
I counter with another Irishman
https://youtube.com/shorts/l42YAzuqVGI
More or less. I guess Craig's Bond was ultimately depicted as a loner who had a tragic life that was beyond his control. He did come from privilege, although this side of his character wasn't explored as much over that tragedy.
I mean, Fleming's Bond is a contradictory character when it comes to this. He attended Eton, and yet was expelled from it. He works for British Intelligence, his job semi-regularly sees him interacting the upper class of British society (Blades in MR etc.) and yet he is, as he calls himself, 'a Scottish peasant' and feels at home being one. He is, at his heart, a snob, and yet gets disgusted at wealth/opulence rather easily (ie. when he's dining with DuPont in GF). The books themselves contain some comical depictions of English intellectuals or 'upper class twits' one could say. Bond is simultaneously from the upper class and yet never quite a member of it.
I think it's a very subtle equilibrium: Bond is a snob and a pleasure seeker who loves the fine things in life, but he earned it: these are his rewards for the kind of life he's been living and the sacrifice hes ready to make for Queen and Country. Also, he knows he could lose everything in a moment: one bullet, one bomb, one stab could put an end to it. And he's not decadent, if that makes sense.
Yes, there's definitely a sense of that. He seems to live rather 'modestly' otherwise (perhaps the specifics haven't aged that well - his flat is in Chelsea, he has a housekeeper and he also seems to dine regularly on grilled sole, haha. But still, he's more 'middle class' than 'upper class').
Brosnan would be perfect for this! I'm in.
Socially, certainly. His father got him into Eton at birth after all. Economically I guess he's implied to be more middle class - not wealthy (although would he not have some kind of inheritance?), living on a comfortable salary and living a modest life.
The character does seem very brutish however, which I am not sure Brosnan could (or necessarily would have to) portray. But the beard is on point.
True…
In fact I would not be surprised if the next Bond will be one of them. I didn't like the film as much as I expected, but it's one of those productions that make future stars.