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Well, yes, I get that. You’re probably right, even though I prefer one to the other, but yes, quite right. I wouldn’t mind Theo James, though, as Bond, I mean. Would be better than Cavill.
I think he would.
Oh, I absolutely agree. Captain Poldark would be the better choice for Commander Bond. Alas, I don’t think he is interested.
Yeah. Also, Theo wouldn't hurt. With Amazon at the helm now, I guess a 40yr+ Bond is now back on. I just hope Amazon delivers....whatever it is they have in store for Bond.
I do get the feeling that had Craig have left after Spectre, the pool of suitable candidates might have been more widespread
I don't think we need a villain bent on world domination every time either. But see that's the thing: the badguy who wants to rule the world trope, like the gadgets, is in no way essential to Bond or quintessential to him either. It's a trope that sometimes came into prominence when the films got bigger and bigger.
And here's another fear I have: that Amazon will give us Bond movies and spinoff content with an approach that is both shallow and based on clichés and stereotypes. They can't get Tolkien right, so I'm skeptical they can do Bond right.
Who’d you pick as the next Bond?
President Donald J. Trump
@POTUS
I have a suggestion...
Make James Bond American Again (remember Barry Nelson)
Gents, hold on to your seatbelts, for the powers that be are moving and it'll be quite the ride. I'm certain.
Yes, yes, yes.
And if he isn't interested, *make* him interested.
Aidan Turner IS James Bond
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(Quite funny to have two Brits talking to each other as Americans!)
I think he could age into the part.
Perhaps. But honestly, I'm not sure there's some inevitable casting choice they'll make, even with this development. At the moment I think there's so many different interpretations of Amazon getting creative control and much of it is contradictory in regards to casting. Ask one person and they'd say it's a guarantee the next Bond won't be played by a white actor. Others will claim it's a guarantee he will be. Same with how famous the actors are, or their age, or if they'll be American.
It's going to be a populist choice, someone people can easily see in the role like Brosnan in the 90's. Amazon realise how weary the fans are, they have to do something popular and not rock the boat, Just look at The Force Awakens.
I'll say what I've been saying a lot recently, none of us know what we're talking about, and we know nothing about any of the decisions ahead. I don't know if that'll turn out to be true or not by the way. It could well do, but it's early days.
The Force Awakens is actually a bit of a different story, and did go for relatively little known leads. But of course it had the benefit of high profile and even iconic cast members around them. Bond of course is an iconic property too so there's that to consider. It's very similar to Superman or Spiderman in that way, whose most recent leads have been on the lesser known side. They could go big with the supporting cast but have a lesser known lead in any one of the number of scenarios this could play out as. There are also inherent risks to casting any actor. Even with a Henry Cavill or someone that high profile. But ultimately I don't know. It'll depend on the creatives and who's put in that position of responsibility.
Again, I see a lot of claims and they're so contradictory at this point. It is very humbling to know we know nothing.
Haha, not wrong.
My two pence on it: we know they've had conversations about casting, even met with actors (at least EON have), and I'm sure the benefits and risks have been weighed up. Even just taking this at the most cynical, PR driven perspective as opposed to the altruistic view of who's best for the role, I'm sure the point has come up that going with a lesser known actor might engage fans/viewers a bit more than a big (or indeed obvious) name would, and potentially drum up interest. The same can be applied to a controversial pick (again, being cynical you can apply this to a non-white actor unfortunately). Hell, even if there's negativity it'll keep the conversation going about the film and will create strong feelings on either side regardless of the final product (look at the new Superman film and some of the reaction towards the lead, good or bad. It's kept the film in the limelight and detractors and defenders are piling on it. I don't think any side are not going to see the film).
I don't think there are any guarantees no matter which way this swings.
True. And the same can be said about the state of the world. It’s all very worrisome and uncertain. We just have to stand our ground and voice our (more) informed opinions, perchance more than ever.