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Agreed.
I didn't watch Willis on TV or even Brosnan, but you could tell with Brosnan when he was doing smaller movie roles like Mrs. Doubtfire that there was star quality there. Even while on screen with such big names like Robin Williams and Sally Field, Brosnan commanded your attention. I just don't see that with Turner. I hope he goes on to a long and prosperous career doing TV, or maybe even movies if he chooses to do so, but I just don't want to see him play James Bond.
Not to mention that most of the roles he is known for date back to 2014 and earlier when he was still in his twenties. He's bulked up substantially since then.
I personally welcome a change in the tides again, like we got in 2006. I don't think general audiences would accept another serious take, I think they would lose their rag. They've had to wait long enough for a bit of espirit.
Turner is competent for a small screen performer, and as bland as wet toast.
Turner is drivel, lacking in big screen acting chops, and he does, with that scowl of his, look like a constipated douche.
It should be pretty obvious that we are heading in that direction again, Turner or not. It's been a consistent back and forth pattern since the franchise first started.
Turner's dark aura??? He's a lightweight with a constipated scowl on his face!
If I'm not mistaken, he hasn't been in a theatrically released film since The Hobit.
If Hollywood sees talent, they don't let it languish on British TV, as we have seen has happened to any number of Brit actors over the years.
Hollywood loves finding the next "it" actor.
Unfortunately, Turner isn't "it".
I didn't hear much in the voice or the delivery to suggest he could make a good Bond, but I'm still open to him. I'll just have to see more.
And therein lies my problem with the suggestion of Hardy. It is questionable whether Bond is a gentleman, but he is absolutely not a thug.
I was often ticked when ppl described Craig as a thug; just like the dry humour in his first outings, I also saw the gentlemen with some taste and developing culture-- whether it was pouring a glass of wine properly (the bottle doesn't touch the glass, and a twist of the wrist at the end of the pour (on the train with Vesper), or his absolute refusal to stay in the run down hotel that Agent Fields had chosen.
Craig was a far cry from a thug. But especially in those first two outings, he was certainly a blunt instrument.
That's why I'm hoping that if he is indeed back, give him his teeth back for his final outing.
He's very convincing as the blunt instrument however.
However, I'd eat my hat if Babs went for Hardy...
At this moment in time, none of the actors
mentioned strike me as 007. I don't have the strongest opinion on who should replace Craig (I think it's going to be a tough assignment and also a large undertaking of screen-testing many actors over many months); I just have very strong opinions on who SHOULDNT be Bond (looking at you, Turner and Hiddles).
That's the problem. Craig has depth, but little variety.
As opposed to Turner, who has one look: the scowling, constipated, douche.
Aidan Turner as 007 no no no no no no no
He was fairly good in it but then he played a stereotype. And actually Lombard should have been more thuggish. I think he's compared to a wolf in the novel.
Yes, it will be.
We'll all be obsolete at some point though. Rise of the Machines will soon be upon us.
If we get to a point where they decide to do an animated or CGI Bond, I'd rather they attempt to depict Fleming's Bond on the screen rather than going back and copying one of the men who previously played the part.
It'll be a long, long time before a CGI character plays a leading man in a Hollywood blockbuster, let alone Bond. For starters, who's going to market the film? It's an important role and star's travel all around the globe signing autographs, attending conventions etc.