Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • Posts: 17,759
    Univex wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
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    Luke Evans is still my preferred choice for the role, but again, age will be an issue.

    Yes, I don't champion for him that often because I know I'll be disappointed with them not choosing him because of his age. He'd be formidable, IMO. Actually, I'd prefer him over Turner. He's the right age, IMO, and will still be the right age in 2 or 3 or even 4 years. He's the right height (1,83m), right looks, voice, ...

    All true. If only he was a few years younger. The only way I could see Evans or any of the 40-ish age old candidates getting the part, would be if they only did 2-3 films. Will EON want that? I doubt it.

    If Evan were to do 2 or 3, I'd want that. But I doubt they would.

    Yes, unfortunately. I wouldn't be against a 2-3 film run for each actor myself – regardless of the actors' age.

    I don't care for these long tenures. And don't get me talking about this era continuity between films. So if they returned to a 2-3 film run with a brilliant actor between his 40 and 50s, I'd be more than happy.

    I think the advantage of an actor only getting 2-3 films is that he'll be in the role long enough to make an impression and (hopefully) leave us wanting more.
  • manovermanover uk
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    I agree because of the marvel movie..madden is out..
    I think jack lowden will be in the mix.
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    Univex wrote: »
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    Luke Evans is still my preferred choice for the role, but again, age will be an issue.

    Yes, I don't champion for him that often because I know I'll be disappointed with them not choosing him because of his age. He'd be formidable, IMO. Actually, I'd prefer him over Turner

    You must be high tonight, or some other form of intoxication my dear @Univex. Tomorrow another day...

    Eh eh, I knew you'd say that, dear friend. Don't fret, Turner is still the most viable choice as far as star status and age are concerned.

    Any of these two as Bond would make me one happy fan.

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  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
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    The Irish Mirror reports that Turner found signing on for the award-winning period drama to be “a risk” at the time.

    “We weren’t sure if the show would have an audience, whether people would remember or care about the books or anything, and it just felt big to be in the centre leading this show.

    “British actor, British character - would people buy it? Do people want an Irish guy doing that?”

    Spoiler alert: They certainly do want that, if the show’s weekly ratings and army of loyal fans are anything to go by.

    There are even rumours of the Poldark lead being a favourite to play the next James Bond when the time comes.

    The actor should find that role to be an easy enough transition—the two characters get up to roughly the same things in different time periods-- except that 007 tends to keep his shirt on a bit more.
  • edited September 2019 Posts: 16,169
    Univex wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Luke-Evans.jpg

    Luke Evans is still my preferred choice for the role, but again, age will be an issue.

    Yes, I don't champion for him that often because I know I'll be disappointed with them not choosing him because of his age. He'd be formidable, IMO. Actually, I'd prefer him over Turner. He's the right age, IMO, and will still be the right age in 2 or 3 or even 4 years. He's the right height (1,83m), right looks, voice, ...

    All true. If only he was a few years younger. The only way I could see Evans or any of the 40-ish age old candidates getting the part, would be if they only did 2-3 films. Will EON want that? I doubt it.

    If Evan were to do 2 or 3, I'd want that. But I doubt they would.

    Yes, unfortunately. I wouldn't be against a 2-3 film run for each actor myself – regardless of the actors' age.

    I don't care for these long tenures. And don't get me talking about this era continuity between films. So if they returned to a 2-3 film run with a brilliant actor between his 40 and 50s, I'd be more than happy.



    I'm not understanding this new trend of advocating a Bond actor only do 2 or 3 films. That was never the intention of the producers.

    The contract for a new Bond actor tends to be 3 films with the option of a 4th. If the films are a success (which is almost ALWAYS the case), the actor is then signed either per film or with a renewed contract altogether.

    Craig was signed an open ended contract for an additional 2 films during SF for instance. Roger was signed on a one film basis after his initial contract expired.
    Tim's 3 film contract expired during the delay and Cubby wanted him to sign another multi-picture contract once the series was restarted.
    Cubby wanted his Bond actors to stick around.

    Had Barbara and Michael not lucked out and secured the rights for CR, Brosnan almost certainly would have signed for a 5th outing, and possibly a 6th.

  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    How many times are the articles written where so and so is supposedly in the running to be the next Bond?

    You Turner fans will clutch at every available straw.

    That kind of article has been written numerous times, just replace the actor and the program, we've seen it all before.

  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
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    Shardlake wrote: »
    How many times are the articles written where so and so is supposedly in the running to be the next Bond?

    You Turner fans will clutch at every available straw.

    That kind of article has been written numerous times, just replace the actor and the program, we've seen it all before.

    Aidan Turner makes Shartlake a dull boy. Oh well.
  • Daniel316Daniel316 United States
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    They should cast James Norton as Bond he clearly has the look, talent and charisma to be Bond
  • Daniel316 wrote: »
    They should cast James Norton as Bond he clearly has the look, talent and charisma to be Bond

    No. Toffs can't play Bond....you need someone who has the grit and swagger to play someone with class and elegance. however, they need that animalistic quality. It's what makes both Sean Connery and Daniel's casting so perfect.

    I really think that the best choice is Jack O'Connell. Recent photos of JOC at the Venice Film Festival have only gone further in confirming my suspicions that this guy is the perfect choice for 007.

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    He isn't there yet........................give it a few years when they reboot in 2022 and he'll be terrific.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    He'll never be there. He has no Bondian qualities about him. Flailing around like a chimpanzee in some prison movie doesn't make him Bond.
  • That's pretty rude honestly, I don't see any reason to blatantly disrespect talented actors like by calling them names. Although I personally advocate for Matt Damon to be James Bond because he is as good as Craig, please have more of an open mind to others thoughts.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Murdock wrote: »
    He'll never be there. He has no Bondian qualities about him. Flailing around like a chimpanzee in some prison movie doesn't make him Bond.

    Er, I'm not sure if this is supposed to be tongue in cheek or not @Murdock but if it isn't then you're being quite harsh here. He's put in plenty of good performances in many other films, and I thought he was quite good in that. To say he'll never be there is a bit silly - I've seen plenty of suggestions that are far worse than O'Connell, though he wouldn't be my first choice either.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Noooooooope to O'Connell. He has to much of a brute-ish look, something that Bond shouldn't have, nor look foppish.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I'm sure he'd be ace at playing a thug in a Robocop movie but as James Bond himself? Like what? :O I can't fathom it.
  • I'm so excited to get the new Mrs. Monopoly game, why can't we have a female Bond game now? I'd love to have a Lashana Lynch videogame as Bond and a new take on this era of technology, would be a nice change of pace from the Call of Duty clone games we've had for a while.
  • Gustav_TrevelyanGustav_Trevelyan The Triskelion, Washington D.C.
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    Nope to Jack O'Connell. He looks like a literal southern US hillbilly in a tuxedo whose brutality and muh grittiness would make Daniel Craig look like classic Bond.
  • Posts: 37
    Another name to throw into the mix - Callum turner. 29 years old, 6ft 2, English and certainly has potential. currently in the BBC series The Capture.
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    Saw a bit more of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE the other night and I'm becoming more and more sold on Aidan Turner.

    That's if Eon goes back to a normal schedule for B26.

    Productivity since LTK has been reduced to half. If that diminishing rate continues, we would only get 4 more films within the next 30 years....and that's counting NTTD.

    My estimate is we're looking at close to a decade from now before cameras roll on B26, which would make Turner 45/46 when he starts. Roger's initial Bond age.

    By then Turner should look great.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Craig is not coming back in 2022, lets be real. It took 4 years of "resting" before he agreed to do this one. If they want more consisent releases they have to go with a younger actor. But at the moment I doubt that will make a difference. There needs to be fresh blood, more than just infront of the camera.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    Craig is not coming back in 2022, lets be real. It took 4 years of "resting" before he agreed to do this one. If they want more consisent releases they have to go with a younger actor. But at the moment I doubt that will make a difference. There needs to be fresh blood, more than just infront of the camera.

    You'd have Brett Ratner directing if Aidan Turner could be Bond.

    New blood???? the crew for Bond 25 is top-notch and you'd be singing their praises if it was your boy instead of Craig.

    You are transparent.
  • DrClatterhandDrClatterhand United Kingdom
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    Good to hear a shout out for Jack Lowden. My pick is him or Armie Hammer. Seriously. Dan Stevens seems a good bet too.
  • manovermanover uk
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    Problem with jack o connell is his height...he is too short
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited September 2019 Posts: 5,970
    I saw Jack O' Connell in a play, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof', last year.

    He is a phenomenal actor and has a great presence.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited September 2019 Posts: 4,521
    Riz Ahmed. Consider him for ally in, but then he already been cast for Jason Bourne.

    There promotion his new movie where he looks a bit like Daniel Craig in days of Tombraider and Casino Royale. On the red carpet he wear some kind of tux, but i think his performance and English voice growing that he mabey should play Bond. If not Bond, mabey another agent or ally. I think mabey there should recast the part of Jafar for The Return of Jafar.

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    Of course it wil break the option to stil casting a older then me actor as 7th 007. He is from 1982.

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    Believe this same premiere, but then with his wife/girl friend.

    And another picture from the two from last year
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  • Shardlake wrote: »
    Craig is not coming back in 2022, lets be real. It took 4 years of "resting" before he agreed to do this one. If they want more consisent releases they have to go with a younger actor. But at the moment I doubt that will make a difference. There needs to be fresh blood, more than just infront of the camera.

    You'd have Brett Ratner directing if Aidan Turner could be Bond.

    New blood???? the crew for Bond 25 is top-notch and you'd be singing their praises if it was your boy instead of Craig.

    You are transparent.

    Lakes aren't known to be very transparent either.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 4,043
    Shardlake wrote: »
    Craig is not coming back in 2022, lets be real. It took 4 years of "resting" before he agreed to do this one. If they want more consisent releases they have to go with a younger actor. But at the moment I doubt that will make a difference. There needs to be fresh blood, more than just infront of the camera.

    You'd have Brett Ratner directing if Aidan Turner could be Bond.

    New blood???? the crew for Bond 25 is top-notch and you'd be singing their praises if it was your boy instead of Craig.

    You are transparent.

    Lakes aren't known to be very transparent either.

    I'm sorry????
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    @M_Balje If he isn't considered for James Bond, I could see him as a successful Q, and would be great follow up to Ben Whishaw, if he was to depart.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Shardlake wrote: »
    Craig is not coming back in 2022, lets be real. It took 4 years of "resting" before he agreed to do this one. If they want more consisent releases they have to go with a younger actor. But at the moment I doubt that will make a difference. There needs to be fresh blood, more than just infront of the camera.

    You'd have Brett Ratner directing if Aidan Turner could be Bond.

    New blood???? the crew for Bond 25 is top-notch and you'd be singing their praises if it was your boy instead of Craig.

    You are transparent.

    So true, @Shardlake ... so true...

    Seeing the Instagram pics of DC Bond fighting one of the thugs he knocked off the bike, it looks like we're making a U-turn back to the CR days... Craig, unlike any Bond before him, has captured the vulnerable, and; the visceral violence of this man's life, and; his desperation to survive-- like no other...

    I will miss this bloke quite a bit... No, a lot....

    We will see how Eon treads into the muddy waters of replacing Craig. I don't see it as a decision that will come swiftly, nor lightly... Daniel Craig broke the mold-- literally and in every way, while capturing the Fleming spirit--... Very hard to replace....
  • peter wrote: »
    I don't see it as a decision that will come swiftly

    I agree, think we'll probably get another few year gap, but I'm actually not so sure that that's a good thing. Getting the next one out quicker would stop the memory of Craig from looming too large and casting too big a shadow, and would calm down the people who think that Lynch's new 007 will be taking over the franchise.

    Replacing Craig is a very tricky one imo because on the one hand, they should go for something different. That's always the best way to help people get over the last guy, and after so many years a real change of direction and sense of freshness is needed. They can't just copy Craig.

    But on the other hand I think he has sort of redefined who Bond is now and I fully expect there to be some similarities between him and the next guy. Brosnan was Cubby's choice, Craig was Barbara's and she seems much happier with him and the sort of films they make now. So I think those hoping for another Moore/Brosnan type will be disappointed.

    That's why Jack O Connell would be good I think. Similar sort of actor to Craig, seems very much BB's type, but he's so much younger and I think that and the energy it brings would in itself be enough to set him apart, after a couple of films now of an older more weary Bond.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    M_Balje wrote: »
    Riz Ahmed. Consider him for ally in, but then he already been cast for Jason Bourne.

    There promotion his new movie where he looks a bit like Daniel Craig in days of Tombraider and Casino Royale. On the red carpet he wear some kind of tux, but i think his performance and English voice growing that he mabey should play Bond. If not Bond, mabey another agent or ally. I think mabey there should recast the part of Jafar for The Return of Jafar.

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1981893/

    Of course it wil break the option to stil casting a older then me actor as 7th 007. He is from 1982.

    2019+Toronto+International+Film+Festival+Sound+Mec7tV61E46l.jpg
    Believe this same premiere, but then with his wife/girl friend.

    And another picture from the two from last year
    Riz-Ahmed-e-Olivia-Cooke.jpg

    No for Bond as he's Asian. Not to mention he's a 'wet lettuce' in all his roles.
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