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Dear god yes - this was a good discussion before Earmuffs took over
Agreed. To say he "isn't an actor" is at worst bad phrasing and at worst just plain ignorance.
What's nice about him is that he genuinely seems to enjoy and appreciate the opportunities Bond has given him. As I've said before, he is the one actor who has made the most of the part in terms of career and gone on to do more interesting stuff. Couldn't be more of a contrast with Sean in terms of appreciation for the role.
For Rog he was already to a large extent established before Bond, so while it was a huge boost to his career, it didn't fundamentally change him. And you can hardly say he went on to even bigger and better things... Although I guess by the time he stepped down from Bond he was a bit past it any way.
Tim I think blew it after LTK. Scarlet and then very little up until very recently.
Will be interesting to see what DC does. I very much suspect he is going to go back to character roles and theatre work. I think his attempts at leading roles outside of Bond have not been entirely successful recently. The Bond role gives him something - a gravitas and presence - that he somtimes lacks when cast in films like Cowboys and Aliens. Even in TGWTDG, I felt he sort of disappears into the background a little - perhaps intentionally. But I can 't help but feel he is better suited to ensemble pieces, rather than carrying a film in the conventional leading man way. I think this is perhaps one of the reasons that they've beefed up the M, Q and Moneypenny roles. The DC films are much less focussed on Bond - more on those around him.
Roger Moore would disagree with you due to his 007 fame he got to do a lot of good for UNICEF after his 007 days, I remember him saying that those were his greatest works.
And I agree with him there, him helping children all over the world must be more important. And he never failed to tell people that 007 made that possible.
Okay. But I was thinking primarily of film work. But fair point.
Does he raise his eyebrow?
See for yourself. ;)
Timbo's career is a hard one to work out, can't really tell what he got up to for a number of years until quite recently where he has appeared in some decent stuff.
Rog, as said was a bit past it really by the time he finished Bond, maybe if he had quit a couple of fims earlier he may have been able to take on some more interesting stuff. He does mention in his book he was offered a lot of stuff that didn't interest him.
I agree with a lot of what @Getafix says, although I don't agree about Craig not commanding the screen in his films - I always think the opposite. I'm one of the few people who actually enjoyed C&A (shoot me now) and found DC perfectly convincing. I know my argument has now collapsed under the weight of that statement, but there you go ;-)
As for Dalton he did originate the role that Craig played in The Golden Compass - in the West End. It's a few years since he trod the boards I think, which is a shame.
Bloody hell !!
I havent seen this film and i'm even more reluctant now !!
You're not missing much. It is perhaps one of the most grossly stereotypical films I've seen.
Oh Rog, why did you say yes to this film! X_X
He is the best thing in the film though.
A combination of Dalton and Brosnan = Connery to me. Similarly, a combination of Craig and Moore = Connery.
Conclusion: Connery is da man!