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I don't get why Aiden has such a fierce fanbase. Yeah, like him, that's fine... But some of the downright dismissive and nasty comments over other actor's appearances or people's opinions are gross. It's like witnessing Korean pop band stan culture but on a bloody Bond forum.
I guess my tactics are working, hurrah! Kidding aside go and watch And There Will be None, you'll like it even more.
@00Heaven You mean @Mendes4Lyfe I reckon. Yeah, I like him, not sure what happened to him as he doesn't seem very active anymore these days. Once I insinuated on here two members were one and the same person. Nearly got me banned, so careful where you trot.
@ImpertinentGoon I'll pick the latter and the only thing I'd say is I told you so.
@mtm Perhaps you should stay away then? I'd wager a lot of people around here would toast to that.
The point is, men, say yes to true Bond, no to a bunch of loons who want to change every single thing in the world because of false 'progression'. If I won't like what Babs et al conjure up, as with NTTD, then it's bye bye 'Bond' until Bond returns, yet again. You may take that as you like.
I kind of want them to cast Turner as another 00 who dies at the start of the mission and Bond has to investigate his death. Just to see what kind of reaction it would get in general, haha.
On a side note, I do feel sorry for poor Aidan! Imagine having a decently successful career in television, being mentioned once or twice for Bond by the media's rumour mill, and out of curiosity going online and finding all this. Not that he would (why would he? I'm sure he's too busy and successful to care) but I can imagine how weirded out the guy would be by some of this - the discussions of his jawline by some, the weird fixation on him by others...
Hey aren't you two one and the same person?
/sarcasm
@007HallY
Quite sure he'd feel flattered. In any case, he's been asked by several media outlets multiple times regarding Bond.
(Sorry for double post, thought I'd hit the edit button)
It'll be interesting to see if any of the long shots or outsiders become favourites in the next 18 months or so?
A womanising, former public school boy with a love of drink, fast cars and whose job requires him to lie much of the time? Sounds very Fleming-esque. Bo Jo for Bond I say.
It's still very early days in that sense. I think this will play out much as it did during Craig's casting. There'll be a long lead up of the same names being thrown around from the rumour mill - Idris Elba, Henry Cavill, Richard Madden, Aidan Turner etc, and even a few younger actors like Jack Lowden and Jacob Elordi will start to crop up (usually because they are unlikely to get the part anyway and their agents have found some way to get their names into these articles and will thus increase their notoriety for other roles). Most of these people will never audition anyway, and the few that do will be one of about 40-50 candidates and won't stand out enough to get the part. I think we'll end up with someone currently working in film/TV, probably in some notable films, but ultimately not massively famous within the UK or internationally. They will be mentioned in few, if any of these tabloid rumour stories until closer to the time. They won't immediately jump out as obvious - perhaps they don't have the right accent, they don't quite look what we think the character should look like etc. In that sense I'd put more money on someone like Jack O'Connell than any of the other names I mentioned, but this is one of many hypothetical picks that I think are more plausible in practice...
But hey, I could always be wrong. Maybe the next actor will be someone who hasn't done any film work before or is a model or whatever, or Aidan Turner will get the part... Who knows?
They've been doing this for nearly as long as Cubby did so it's definitely possible, but I think the bigger issue is Babs' affinity for Craig. She's said that she can't imagine anyone else in the role, so maybe she considered NTTD as her last hurrah as well, and isn't that enthusiastic about replacing him. Just speculating.
I get that, but in her defence I can't picture anyone else as Bond right now either. Craig has been Bond for 15 years and he's been the most successful Bond in history, replacing him will be one of the hardest jobs in film history
Maybe EON need some new blood to help reinvigorate them, perhaps it's Gregg Wilson stepping up? The last 10 years they appear to have been mentally and creatively drained
I don't think EON are gonna give up any time soon... Where did this weird thing come from that they're not business people first and foremost?
Yeah when we've been looking at previous candidates in the 2000s or so it seems like there were loads of candidates at one point, but we've hit a bit of a dry patch now.
Craig at one point had the body of a chippendale. Not Bond. The face, not even close to a Bond. More like a KGB agent, he'd be perfect.
Evidently.
Rachel Weisz probably likes his humour. Gets a man far with the ladies. Strange, as Bardem looks more handsome, while Craig looks rather old there.
@talos7 on point yet again. It would 've been grand!
@00Heaven Dear lawd
Sure, but then all of the Bond actors have made good baddies at some point or other, haven't they? Dalton maybe more than most..?
Even Rog? But I do get your point. How often , in a wide range of films , do we hear a villain and hero saying how similar they are? Reflections.