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Edit: read the op. I'd be most like a Moore ; soft man on the edge, raise of an eyebrow et cetera. But there would be a huge difference ; I wouldn't be funny or charming. Just like in real life.
Wait, it was NSNA that he tangoed, right? Or was it Octopussy?
Take for example the modern Bond / Craig's Bond.
Viewing the posts from the fans on this site alone, Bond fans are a diverse lot who have various opinions of how Bond should be portrayed.
Then you have the average man in the street, who see's Bond as a tuxedo wearing, martini swilling, babe magnet that saves the world from over the top villains using cool gadgets. That's a big ask to get it right.
Personally I'd give a mix of Connery and Dalton. Return to the Fleming Bond, but with a wry smile, and sense of humour. But tough as nails .
It's not just a case of showing up and and being Bond. You are, after all, making a film, and films are made for audiences. If audiences don't like what they see, they vote with their feet. So it's all well and good to say that you want your interpretation of Bond to be gritty and hard-edged, falling in with Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton ... but it's not going to last long if audiences are more-receptive to a Roger Moore-style Bond.
if they wanted it tongue in cheek, done...
if they wanted it serious, done...
what I personally prefer is a bit of Connery, a bit of TLD Dalton... thats how I'd envision playing Bond.
Just for arguments sake, and if it were possible, in a dream for instance, I would maybe pick Dalton, nothing too energetic, just stand there looking serious and keeping horrible one liners and poor attempts at humor to a minimum, something that his predecessor seemed incapable of doing
A character that is completely ruthless - sinister that he assasinates any person(s) that may jeopardise his identity or comprimise his mission.
This role shares many characteristics with Bond i.e Cold, Confident, Intelligent
Now that you mention it I wonder if Fox could of worked as Bond in 1973 instead of when Moore took over, we could of seen a blond Bond much earlier than Craig here, but I was just thinking it if could ever have been a plausible venture, at 36 at the time he would of been about the right age, uk born, and a fairly recognized individual at the time, although he would feature in the unofficial Bond film NSNA a decade later but even so