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Yeah it's really hard to believe but from what I've read he was fairly involved in developing the show. Did enough to be credited anyway. I don't get how a man who's been around since the beginning, who helped write and produce some of the very best Bond films, could at all be involved in that and think "yes, this is a good show that's good for the brand". Maybe money was getting tight during the six year gap and he decided to just let them churn out any old crap to keep the franchise going.
(I jest @Mendes4Lyfe)
That's why I'm asking. Turner is 38/9 in 2022. I heard some on here complain that he is too young in the face for Bond, so perhaps the extra time would help his chances. Plus it gives him time to prove himself in movies like he has done in television.
3 is the new 30 old boy!
I know this isn't how EON will approach the casting at all but for me too young is more of an issue than too old. I'd rather have a 40 something actor for only a couple of films than a baby faced one that doesn't look the part of a seasoned agent until a few films in.
Hear hear!
I think a three film maximum is a little harsh but four is about right. I think it's better to be left wanting more than wishing they'd gone sooner (I do wish Brosnan had done a fifth though simply because I think he deserved a better exit than DAD). I don't know if I agree on them all losing their edge as they get older, I think Moore and Craig definitely mellowed, but Brosnan and Connery were fairly consistent (Brosnan I think actually got better and better). And I think the mellowing out of Craig's Bond has worked well and I enjoy Moore much more in his later films than his first two.
But I do think even if the film itself isn't brilliant, there's just something really exciting about a new actor doing his own thing with the role. After a while it stops feeling fresh and cool and more comforting and familiar, which isn't necessarily bad, but it's noticeable imo.
Glad I'm not the only one @ClarkDevlin. I think casting a 30 year old was fine back when they looked like Connery and Lazenby but nowadays a lot of the suggested candidates look more like the frontman in an indie band than a hardened secret agent imo.
All the others (including the incumbent) have shown notable signs of mellowing past their second film. The Connery of DN/FRWL is quite different from the one in GF/TB. I like both of his styles, but I don't think he would have been able to give us that raw edginess in DAF that he showcased so readily in DN. The same goes for Craig now vs. the Craig of CR/QoS (I realize many are hoping for that Craig to reappear, but I don't think he will).
Moore was perhaps the most mellow of all the Bonds, and I don't think it's a coincidence that he started as the oldest.
That's pretty much what I think. Connery looked like a veteran still im his prime in DN. In DAF he looked ready for a desk job. Brosnan started looking his age around DAD but he looked younger than he was in his first two films and it served him well.
Agreed. Do think his wardrobe in TWINE was the best of his tenure, also.
I actually think Sean looked his best in FRWL.
Have to agree with this one as well. Good wardrobe, a Connery getting used to the role, and one of the best (in my opinion THE best) Bond film, as well.
Regarding the age discussion, I can't really see a (ca.)30-year-old actor taking the role as a seasoned spy, unless he looks a 'seasoned' 30-year-old himself. How many actors in that age group really looks the part? Can't really think of anyone. I do hope they look for someone in the 35+ age group for Bond 26. Think we can live with an actor doing just 3-4 films if that actor looks his most Bondian during that period.
Well said. In addition, 30 today isn't exactly the same as 30 in the '60's. Lazenby looked quite seasoned in OHMSS. Today's 30 year old actors look like college kids or even younger. Bond needs to be worldly or world weary. Unless adaptations of the Young Bond novels are filmed post Craig I don't want a Bond actor younger than 35 really. I don't even really want to see Young Bond done either, TBH. I just want a Bond actor who at casual glance can pass for late 30's/ early 40's for a decade or so. I also don't want the films to pinpoint an exact age on Bond either as they seem to be implying in the Craig films.
Agree. Lazenby (a good example, btw) could pass for being a man in his early 30's (after all, he was), just as much as a man in his late 30's. Few actors in that age group today have that 'quality' to their appearance. We do however have actors well into their 40's that look like they could be around 35. Or at least actors in the 40+ age group that can look like guys in their early 40's for quite a number of years. Robert Downey Jr. is one example. He's 52, but can probably play Tony Stark for several more years. He sure doesn't look too old for that part.
Be nice to get a Bond actor with that quality so by the time their final film is out, and he does happen to be in his early '50's or so, one could argue he's at his peak.
I’m speculating, but he can bring zest and fun since he’s no longer carrying his own franchise by himself. Hard to compare Bond and Stark (not talking about appearance per se, but even they can start to look a little weighed down in conjunction with performances that become less and less “enthusiastic “)
He is aging a bit but can certainly hold his own with the 'kids' on the Marvel roster. He's got massive amounts of charisma and wit and that counts for a lot. Up there with Samuel Jackson for sheer screen presence imho.
Downey Jr brings his game to the Marvel Uni and SH... his other recent films seem to be diluting him though, and I think this shows in his performances (and then the box office returns outside of his franchise films (and I'm not saying THE JUDGE had to make a billion at the WW Box Office, but that came out at the TIFF and was believed to be an Oscar run; it petered out financially and critically))...
I like Downey Jr in moderation, I just don't put him in the same league, charisma-wise, with the great Sam Jackson...