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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 1:44pm Posts: 6,291
    talos7 wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I need to give Frankenstein a watch. It's a film I've been looking forward to. Not sure if it'll say anything about Jacob Elordi's Bond potential, and I doubt it'll be him, but I've heard his performance is very good.

    Eternity's another one on my list. The trailer looked interesting, and I agree it sells Callum Turner really well. We'll see who they go for ultimately, but I think he's a good actor with an interesting career ahead regardless.

    I've got a friend who's watched this new Lynley show (they're abroad and I don't think it has a BBC release date as of yet so I haven't seen it). Apparently it's fine. More clips seem to have come up which I watched. I still like Suter's voice (good for a video game or audio adaptation of Fleming) but he seems incapable of maintaining consistent eye contact with his co-stars - lots of head bobbing and looking around, very 'small screen' acting. I find it tricky imagining him filling that screen as Bond, and as I've said I think he's just got the wrong presence for the role. But we'll see, and I'll give the series a watch when it comes about here.

    No new unknown actors to report. That is my update on the state of Bond, based on minimal knowledge ;)

    I remember reading that George Clooney, who also had a background in television, had to be broken of certain head mannerisms that were more evident, and distracting, on the big screen,

    It's quite strange to see in a screen actor nowadays, at least in my opinion. I actually don't remember him having the habits as noticeably in the episodes of Sandington I watched, or that Viking thing. His co stars don't seem to have this habit either from the clips I watched.

    Perhaps he's a sort of Henry Cavill type. Not an overly natural actor, but likeable enough onscreen (and let's be honest, probably benefits from his looks. I must admit though I don't see quite as much charisma in him compared to Cavill). If he gets a director willing to do the extra work with him he can put in a relatively decent performance. I know he's got this Anna Biller horror coming out so it'll be interesting seeing him in a film (although it looks like an ode to Technicolor horrors, which means the acting may well be quite heightened anyway, so I don't expect subtlety). I think he's playing a Bob Crotchet type in some sort of Christmas Carol movie coming out next month too. Not leading parts by any means, but worth keeping an eye on.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 8,627
    Presume you mean Bob Cratchit? Unless they're doing a porn version of 'A Christmas Carol'? 😂
    With Ebenezer Screwge in the lead!? 🤪
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 6,291
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Presume you mean Bob Cratchit? Unless they're doing a porn version of 'A Christmas Carol'? 😂
    With Ebenezer Screwge in the lead!? 🤪

    :))
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 2:51pm Posts: 19,546
    talos7 wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I need to give Frankenstein a watch. It's a film I've been looking forward to. Not sure if it'll say anything about Jacob Elordi's Bond potential, and I doubt it'll be him, but I've heard his performance is very good.

    Eternity's another one on my list. The trailer looked interesting, and I agree it sells Callum Turner really well. We'll see who they go for ultimately, but I think he's a good actor with an interesting career ahead regardless.

    I've got a friend who's watched this new Lynley show (they're abroad and I don't think it has a BBC release date as of yet so I haven't seen it). Apparently it's fine. More clips seem to have come up which I watched. I still like Suter's voice (good for a video game or audio adaptation of Fleming) but he seems incapable of maintaining consistent eye contact with his co-stars - lots of head bobbing and looking around, very 'small screen' acting. I find it tricky imagining him filling that screen as Bond, and as I've said I think he's just got the wrong presence for the role. But we'll see, and I'll give the series a watch when it comes about here.

    No new unknown actors to report. That is my update on the state of Bond, based on minimal knowledge ;)

    I remember reading that George Clooney, who also had a background in television, had to be broken of certain head mannerisms that were more evident, and distracting, on the big screen,

    Yes he was extremely wobbly-headed in the 90s; the stiff-necked Batman mask actually helped him keep it straight!
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 6,291
    It sounds a bit weird, but I think really good actors (particularly screen ones) just know when to move their head and where to look. They just know where the character's meant to be looking because they understand what they're thinking from moment to moment.

    It's particularly important for Bond - a character who is, very often, extraordinarily confident. The character has to be magnetic, and often it's where they look and how they come across in those smaller expressions that really makes it impactful.
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