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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    12 Votes - Aidan Turner - , @JeremyBondon, @Univex , @Thunderball , @Resurrection @talos7 , @BonSimonLeBon_1 , @GeneralGogol , @ToTheRight , @parkert5 , @outlawgenius , @Jordo007 , @Mendes4Lyfe

    4 votes Dan Stevens - @MakeshiftPython , @cwl007 , @Shardlake , @DrClatterhand (s)

    3 votes Henry Cavill - @00Agent , @DeerAtTheGates , @Murdock ,
    3 votes Richard Madden - @Octopussy , @NicNac , @peter
    3 votes Luke Evans - @Torgeirtrap , @NickTwentyTwo , @M_Blaise

    2 votes Michael Fassbender - @Risico007 , @suavejmf
    2 votes James Norton - @vittoriacolona (s) , @Getafix

    1 vote Scott Adkins - @MajorDSmythe
    1 vote Tom Ellis - @CommanderRoss
    1 vote Callum Turner - @Denbigh
    1 vote Jon Boyega - @Benjamin_Weekly69
    1 vote Jamie Dornan - @Pierce2Daniel

    @vittoriacolona and @DrClatterhand have used their option to swap, both duly noted.






  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Pierce2Daniel wrote: »
    I'm going to surprise a few people and say that my vote goes to Jamie Dornan.....for now though. I just see something in this guy.

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    • Sexy
    • Masculine
    • has an aire of mysterious
    • Seems dangerous almost sociopathic
    • Byronic
    • ...and sexy

    Wooden actor.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    weboffear wrote: »
    for anyone suggesting James Norton , not in the least James Bond imo


    A no from me. Awful suggestion.
  • fanbond123fanbond123
    edited March 2020 Posts: 1,661
    If the new sci-fi comic book film The Eternals is huge it will increase Richard Madden's chances? I think it's his biggest movie star type role yet. The Eternals is out 6th November, a few weeks before NTTD.

    If he is decent in the role, heroic and all that stuff, I'm sure social media will promote him as the next Bond. You could argue both ways - the next actor could be unknown-ish or someone making high profile films. Madden seems to be going the big budget films route with his career which could help his chances? Then again, Daniel Craig hadn't made many big films before he got the role. It's hard to know how it will pan out. No-one knows! ;)
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    fanbond123 wrote: »
    If the new sci-fi comic book film The Eternals is huge it will increase Richard Madden's chances? I think it's his biggest movie star type role yet. The Eternals is out 6th November, a few weeks before NTTD.

    If he is decent in the role, heroic and all that stuff, I'm sure social media will promote him as the next Bond. You could argue both ways - the next actor could be unknown-ish or someone making high profile films. Madden seems to be going the big budget films route with his career which could help his chances? Then again, Daniel Craig hadn't made many big films before he got the role. It's hard to know how it will pan out. No-one knows! ;)

    It’s a shame he’s too short.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Michiel Huisman
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Michiel Huisman

    Dutch = Automatic rejection IMO. Has to be a Brit.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Shardlake wrote: »
    Thunderball wrote: »
    If @Shardlake was right about five years until the new Bond takes on the role, Aidan Turner will then be 42, which us nearly the same age Dalton was when he accepted the role. I sure as hell don't want it to be five years though. Three at most. Get him while he's younger and he'll be able to do more films, especially if the wait between Bond films during his tenure would be as long as it's been for Craig's. Let's put out NTTD, market it, say our fond farewells to Craig and get on the ball ASAP about getting Turner hired and ready to go, like they did in the old days. Ideally.

    Unless Barbara suddenly has a change in her attitude I really can't see her casting an actor this soon to have a new film out in 3 years.

    As much as fans want it, I don't see the recasting of another actor, writing a screenplay ready to shoot being done in any sooner than 5 years.

    She certainly won't want to pull the trigger on her next actor till she is entirely sure on this.

    Fans might not like this but I don't think that actor is Aidan Turner as much as many here want it, I said before, he is the new Clive Owen.

    Mark my words it will be another situation like Craig, an actor hardly anyone has heard of and not with any defining roles in their CV.

    If Turner is the great actor his fans say he is he'll be snapped up soon enough, he is attached to a TV series about Leonardo Da Vinci, not sure if that is limited or will be on going.

    If this is a hit and he shines could well be the project that sees him come to others attention, I personally don't think he'll ever be Bond.

    This.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Michiel Huisman

    Dutch = Automatic rejection IMO. Has to be a Brit.

    That excludes Lazenby and Brosnan.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    It doesn't have to be a Brit. Fassbender would have been good. I'm even open to Chris Hemsworth.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    How about a Canadian? Commonwealth country... British (Columbian)... ? ;)
  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Michiel Huisman

    I'm Dutch, but no to Huisman. Aidan Turner is the far better option, he has the natural charisma Huisman lacks.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    My girlfriend was watching McMafia again when I came home yesterday and I don't know how anyone can see James Norton as James Bond. I realise, he's not playing anything like Bond in McMafia but he just doesn't have that essence about him that others seem to.
    I can't really explain it but I'd be disappointed if he was chosen out of all the actors listed.
    No offence to his fans at all by the way, I just never really took any notice of him till now
  • Risico007Risico007
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    my wife wants Cillian Murphey
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Risico007 wrote: »
    my wife wants Cillian Murphey

    Wrong thread?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Risico007 wrote: »
    my wife wants Cillian Murphey

    I think he's actually one of the ones that makes the more sense: he's extremely strong and charismatic in Peaky Blinders in a way that most of the other candidates we talk about aren't.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    my wife wants Cillian Murphey

    Wrong thread?

    😂😂😂
  • manovermanover uk
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    I think jack lowden will be one of the frontrunners for next bond.
  • manovermanover uk
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    Right age and right stage in terms of his career
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Michiel Huisman

    Dutch = Automatic rejection IMO. Has to be a Brit.

    That excludes Lazenby and Brosnan.

    Yes it would do. However, at least Australia is Commonwealth and Ireland used to be part of the UK. A Dutchman is a blatant foreigner. But yes, I would exclude all none Brits in the casting process.
  • DrClatterhandDrClatterhand United Kingdom
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    manover wrote: »
    I think jack lowden will be one of the frontrunners for next bond.

    I've been saying this on here for a while. I believe 100% it'll be him. I have this strange feeling it's him. I have for some time. It never gets picked up on here. People keep naming Aidan Turner. I won't be him. He's the new Clive Owen. It's a brave new world at EoN. They do things differently now. Craig came in and has irreversibly changed something. They're attracting better talent than they have in decades. Gone are the journeyman directors and cinematographers. Let's hope the post Craig era gets rid of P&W too.
  • BonSimonLeBon_1BonSimonLeBon_1
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    Jordo007 wrote: »
    My girlfriend was watching McMafia again when I came home yesterday and I don't know how anyone can see James Norton as James Bond. I realise, he's not playing anything like Bond in McMafia but he just doesn't have that essence about him that others seem to.
    I can't really explain it but I'd be disappointed if he was chosen out of all the actors listed.
    No offence to his fans at all by the way, I just never really took any notice of him till now

    I think that all came about because he appears in one scene with a tuxedo.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    How about a Canadian? Commonwealth country... British (Columbian)... ? ;)

    To a Brit, the Canadian accent sounds American. Plus they would have to pull off an English accent. Which about 99.9% of Canadian or American actors can't do.
  • BonSimonLeBon_1BonSimonLeBon_1
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    How about a Canadian? Commonwealth country... British (Columbian)... ? ;)

    To a Brit, the Canadian accent sounds American. Plus they would have to pull off an English accent. Which about 99.9% of Canadian or American actors can't do.

    I'm a Brit and Canadian accents are definitely discernible from American ones.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    Yeah, Canadian accents are subtly different from ours, sort of like Australian vs. New Zealand accents. Subtler, even.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Thunderball wrote: »
    Yeah, Canadian accents are subtly different from ours, sort of like Australian vs. New Zealand accents. Subtler, even.

    They sound the same too. The actor needs to convey an English accent.....which isn’t feasible.
  • manovermanover uk
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    Yes jack lowden doesnt seem to get much attention here..he will be one of the frontrunners..
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Thunderball wrote: »
    Yeah, Canadian accents are subtly different from ours, sort of like Australian vs. New Zealand accents. Subtler, even.

    They sound the same too. The actor needs to convey an English accent.....which isn’t feasible.
    Oh no they don't! And this coming from a Dutchman. Anyway, Michiel huisman could be a villain, but no bond. No Dutchman or any other-language actor should be considered. Aussies, kiwis, maybe, if they've been living in Britain for long enough to learn the speak. Canadians is very far fetched, Americans out of the question.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    BonSimonLeBon_1 wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    My girlfriend was watching McMafia again when I came home yesterday and I don't know how anyone can see James Norton as James Bond. I realise, he's not playing anything like Bond in McMafia but he just doesn't have that essence about him that others seem to.
    I can't really explain it but I'd be disappointed if he was chosen out of all the actors listed.
    No offence to his fans at all by the way, I just never really took any notice of him till now

    I think that all came about because he appears in one scene with a tuxedo.

    Oh was it? The small bit I saw he was trapped or being followed in a basement or something.
    Even though he wasn't playing a character like Bond, there was nothing in his performance that hinted he could be James Bond. There didn't seem much presence there
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    Thunderball wrote: »
    Yeah, Canadian accents are subtly different from ours, sort of like Australian vs. New Zealand accents. Subtler, even.

    They sound the same too. The actor needs to convey an English accent.....which isn’t feasible.
    Oh no they don't! And this coming from a Dutchman. Anyway, Michiel huisman could be a villain, but no bond. No Dutchman or any other-language actor should be considered. Aussies, kiwis, maybe, if they've been living in Britain for long enough to learn the speak. Canadians is very far fetched, Americans out of the question.

    No Dutchman or any other-language actor should be considered as they can't 'do' a convincing English accent. That was my point.

    However - Australian vs. New Zealand accents IMO as an Englishman, sound the same.
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