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In all honesty.....I'm actually less positive about Chiwetel Ejiiofor as Bond villain. Ejiofor is a great actor, but does he have the charisma that actors like Michael Shannon, Daniel Day Lewis, Michael Fassbender and Christoph Waltz have? Also, Ejiofor has proven his skills in the drama-genre, but as a psychotic villain? I'm not sure.
So, I would cast Michael Shannon as a villain, like he was in "Man Of Steel", not as henchman. But that's my opinion :-).
Which is why I think that Chiwetel Ejiiofor would make the better villain and have Michael Shannon as the "psychotic henchman". Picture the scene. Bond leaves after his chat with our main villain played by Ejiiofor in his gigantic Ken Adamsesque set. In comes a towering Michael Shannon as TREX the henchman with our villain telling him to follow Mr Bond and his assistant Miss Flowers and terminate them both. Major car chase follows through the Streets of Rome.
I'm sorry. I don't see it.......yet ;-). Michael Shannon has IMO the charisma of a complex villain. And a henchman is at most not the most talkative person. Even if the henchman is a more realistic silent assassin, like Grant in FRWL. Shannon needs lines, plentiful lines. Giving him the role of henchman IMO means slightly underside his talents and using other elements of his acting in which he is slightly less experienced. Also, Shannon played a leading villain in "Man Of Steel". And he played a psychic unstable character in Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road's.
Having said all this, I would live to see Daniel Day Lewis or Christoph Waltz as leading villain. They are the more Oscar-heavy stars and have tons of charisma......like Javier Border in 'skyfall'.
Tom Hinx
Is it a codename for a tattoed henchman ? :)
Tom Hinx is a great idea! He´s such a massive talent, he could play both the villain and the henchman in a double role. I actually like that idea.
Michael Keaton ... I could see him doing Batman, doing seriously twisted, strange or even psycho. Tom is a good actor. But for me, that just doesn't work.
Yeah. Daniel Craig should at least be able to ski off the guy. That's how we know if he's big enough...
I'm fine with that either way.
It was said somewhat with tongue in cheek.
check out this scene from BOARD WALK EMPIRE. one of the reasons that Michael Shannon would make a great henchman. "ITS AN IRON MR BOND"
I am not too keen on Ejiofor either actually. I am sure he has skills and charisma, but he always struck me as a bit too good/nice looking and a bit too youthful too for a Bond villain.
I hope whoever the villain is, we are in for a surprise; a pleasant surprise.
=)) Beyond words!!! =D>
Do you realize how big of a story that would be? Any publicity is good publicity.
The headline would be 'From Bardem to The Rock'. Hardly good publicity.
Exactly. I have to question the logic of any forum members who actually see this as being a valid idea. It's terrible.
Not a particular orginial rumour from the Sun but hardly unwelcome. Lana Del Rey has the perfect voice for a Bond soundtrack.
I don't remember Bardem playing the henchman. Its the smaller role. The Rock is a perfect minor character. Mess with his appearance enough and it could be interesting. Like I said: all publicity is good publicity. There would be headlines everywhere. That's good.
Sorry, but as politely as I can put it without beating around the bush - you're just wrong.
Wasn't his grandfather in YOLT? I think he was the fella that Bond fights in Osato's office. Anyway, I wouldn't be against The Rock as a henchman.
And I hope the Lana Del Ray rumour remains just that, she's as depressing to listen to as Adele.
That is simply your opinion. Others have other opinions.
The phrase 'all publicity is good publicity' happens to be untrue, that's not opinion it's a fact.
The most important factor to marketing is how many eyes you get to notice you or your product. Take note that Ben Affleck being cast as Batman pissed a lot of people off but now they want to see the film and see what happens. Negative or positive, all your publicity has to do is make people curious.