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idea for new Bond actor

Scaramanga12Scaramanga12
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Why not hire a stuntman as Bond?

The first Bond to do all his own stunts. That would be amazing. Lazenby showed being a 'professional' actor is overrated and any new Bond will have to learn on the job regardless.

So much better than getting some pretty boy who couldn't beat a 10 year old in a fight.

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  • daltondalton
    Posts: 1,631
    A stuntman should not be cast as Bond.

    Lazenby is the biggest obstacle standing in the way of OHMSS being the best Bond film of them all. The man playing Bond has to be able to act. Bond films shouldn't be so action-oriented that a stuntman could play Bond. If anything, the action needs to be seriously dialed back, possibly to the point where a stuntman would be needed very little.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    Let's call Lee Majors
  • Scaramanga12Scaramanga12
    edited March 2016 Posts: 562
    dalton wrote: »
    A stuntman should not be cast as Bond.

    Lazenby is the biggest obstacle standing in the way of OHMSS being the best Bond film of them all. The man playing Bond has to be able to act. Bond films shouldn't be so action-oriented that a stuntman could play Bond. If anything, the action needs to be seriously dialed back, possibly to the point where a stuntman would be needed very little.

    Disagree on both counts. Lazenby gave a great performance.

    Craig needed a double to fight obanno and for the the construction site chase in CR. You're saying you don't want scenes like this? Moore needed stunt doubles to walk across the road. There's loads of times stunt doubles are needed in Bond.
  • daltondalton
    Posts: 1,631
    And an actor was needed for the majority of the scenes in a film like CR. Think about how much time Daniel Craig spends on screen in CR and then replace him with someone who can't act, which is what we'd be doing by casting a stuntman. CR would go from being a top shelf Bond film to being a lower-tier entry.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    edited March 2016 Posts: 6,432
    Slightly off topic though on theme of stuntmen, would have been great if Hal Needham had directed a Bond film. He kind of directed Bond in the Cannonball Run.
  • Scaramanga12Scaramanga12
    edited March 2016 Posts: 562
    @dalton Obviously the stuntman must have some nouse for acting, but they should get someone to teach them to be Bond like Terrence Young did for Connery.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I believe reviews for either OP and AVTAK referred to Roger Moore as an occasional stand-in for the stuntman. By that rationale, 007 was actually played by Martin Grace in AVTAK.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    He had a lot in AVTAK alone. :P
    http://theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2012/02/blogalongabond-view-to-kill.html
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Murdock wrote: »
    He had a lot in AVTAK alone. :P
    http://theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2012/02/blogalongabond-view-to-kill.html
    Some people are too passionate at their hatred of the fun-oriented Bond. ;)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    He had a lot in AVTAK alone. :P
    http://theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2012/02/blogalongabond-view-to-kill.html
    Some people are too passionate at their hatred of the fun-oriented Bond. ;)

    To be fair I did get a laugh out of Roger Mortis. :))
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Murdock wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    He had a lot in AVTAK alone. :P
    http://theincrediblesuit.blogspot.com/2012/02/blogalongabond-view-to-kill.html
    Some people are too passionate at their hatred of the fun-oriented Bond. ;)

    To be fair I did get a laugh out of Roger Mortis. :))
    That I agree with. Funny one. :D
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    One never knows. Some actors got their start in the business as stuntmen. Find a good Bond candidate who also happened to work in the stunt field and maybe. However, I seriously doubt that person would be allowed to perform most of their own stunts.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    I know @Thelivingroyale was a big advocate of Scott Adkins.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    I think this could go here
    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/10108/who-should-could-be-a-bond-actor#latest
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Scaramanga12 wrote:
    Why not hire a stuntman as Bond?

    The first Bond to do all his own stunts. That would be amazing. Lazenby showed being a 'professional' actor is overrated and any new Bond will have to learn on the job regardless.

    So much better than getting some pretty boy who couldn't beat a 10 year old in a fight.

    Er. Because he needs to be able to act and stuntmen are their to protect actors and for insurance purposes.
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