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When you put it like that I can pretty much agree with you for most part.
However, I still feel it's about acting ability rather than bringing one's own personality into it. That's how it is generally, and surely what applies to acting in general must apply to role of Bond as well. While I can see where you're coming from with your Craig examples, and I would agree with you there, I don't really feel that an actor's own personality's influence on their performance in a role could really be generalized. He himself has also played very different kinds of characters believably (very sweet characters, utter monsters). I don't think actors need to be at all like their varied characters to be good and seem authentic and utterly believable.
How well an actor performs in different movies (even when similar traits are required) has to do with many things, including the director and co-stars. I think confidence in a role becomes from knowing what one is supposed to be doing (inhabiting the role as well as possible) and trusting the director, crew, cast, script, and all that, and what sort of atmosphere there is on set, etc. The performance captured in any one movie is not just up to the actor.
We may be just thinking this, and expressing ourselves differently, while agreeing quite a lot.
That's why I hope EON first determine what kind of Bond films they want to make for the next 10 years, and what kind of character they plan on depicting during this time. Then find an actor who can naturally fit into that mold.
;)) :-&
"Bond was tired after a hard day's mission. He liked nothing better than to dress like a dandy and stroke his dog."
Has more of a Willy Wonka vibe.
As funny as Connery in a pair of dungarees is.....and it's pretty darn funny....compared to Tom in those pics, Sean looks bad ass.
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Come to think of it.....I have been warming to the idea of Tom Hardy as Bond. He might not be bad.
....and he wants the part but he hasn't been desperately campaigning for it. Good actor with presence if not quite the traditional Bond look.
Beyond that, Aidan Turner would be a perfect choice for two reasons: he is both a visual and a thematic departure from what Craig has given us. Craig is stocky and not conventionally attractive, whilst Turner is more in the classic mold, close to early Connery and the character that Fleming envisioned, even down to the black comma.
I think it's a good idea for EON to shake things up every now and again, and going for the Brosnan tall dark and handsome look straight after Craig makes for a nice contrast. Not only that but the way an actor looks and naturally behaves often informs how their interpretation will take shape on screen. If you look at Turner, what about him immediately stands out and grabs your attention? His hazelnut eyes, tan skin and dark hair?
Aidan Turner is 'James Bond 007' in 'Famine Royale' - co-starring Nick Knowles as The Earl of Lucan and Charlie Dimmock as Flopya Titsout.
Yes, primarily TV, but some film crossover. Honestly, I don't know. I'm no casting director, but I've screen tested people and it's the only way to ascertain who's 'got it' (of course even that is subjective). Until someone steps in front the camera it's really hard to say. I mean, who had Ledger down as the Joker pre-TDK? There will be unexpected/unknown candidates out there who might smash it, and there will be those that are tipped who bottle it.
I'm sorry that answer is very non-committal, but it really does come down to that. No one is a shoe in from where I'm standing. Of the names mentioned Hiddleston has the tools in his locker to pull off a certain type of Bond, whether that is what people want is up to EON, but he's by no means perfect.
Instinct says Dan will return, until we know otherwise it's hard to speculate.
No, he'd be fucking amazing. Sadly that ship has sailed, I fear.
If they got their shit together and could roll out three movies on two year cycles I think it's worth it. I just don't see it happening.
It's just a feeling and I wouldn't be surprised if it became true.
It also would be fun to see how many of you would suddenly turn into Aidan Turner, Hiddleston and Hardy fans then ;)
I think I would suddenly become an exclusive MI fan. :(
It would then be obvious EoN wouldn't be making Bond films anymore.
Jamie Bell is powderpuff....he was dancing in tights FFS !!