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There are a lot of better young,cheeky actors out there compared to that long streak of piss.
Sean Connery was also a milkman at some point that doesn't mean that's something they should be looking for when casting the next Bond. Connery was already a veteran actor when he was cast. Styles did what? Dunkirk and that's it? And why would the Lolita market be of any importance for Bond now? Robbie Williams would have brought his female fanbase with him too that doesn't mean he would have made a good Bond.
My overriding point is not specific to him but to any contender.
Correct--Connery had already played Macbeth and Hotspur (both convincingly) before Bond. And unlike Styles, he looked dangerous and moved like a panther. Finding an actor in his 30s who has promising talent but hasn't yet become a household name is easy--finding one who has the right look, manner, and physique for Bond is more difficult but can be done.
However, if we're talking actors of Asian descent with the "Bond look", there's one that easily caught my interest ever since I started watching the Hawaii Five-0 remake series. He's not British, but he has that look...
His name is Ian Anthony Dale. He can play the good-hearted hero type, or be completely evil you'd love to hate (as seen in Tekken). If they make a spy thriller film starring him in the vein of Bond, I'd definitely watch it.
He looks more like Bond than a lot of names thrown around here, to be honest.
Yes that's the true challenge.
@dominicgreene @ClarkDevlin He doesn't look very Asian either. in fact he could easily pass as white. If only he was British. But he could easily play Steve Carella.
Think he'd be great in a spy thriller. He's the sort of actor you would probably have seen at some point, as he's played in a lot of tv shows – often as a detective or an FBI type character. According to Imdb, he's of Japanese, French and English(!) descent.
And if a British actor looked like him and had the acting skills I would be the first to defend him as Bond in spite of his vaguely Asian look.
He could play Kissy and James Bond’s son with that kind of heritage!
I smell a spin-off...
I'll take my beating now. :))
you, me, and @Murdock will start mapping an outline tomorrow-- very simpatico!
Please, no! Don't give anyone ideas!
We run a Sam Smith melody for the title credits.
And the rest of the film is this boy's quest to find his father. He starts in Russia where he's captured and taken to the Vampire State Building. Putin Thunderfinger's waiting for him, and brainwashes the young man to hunt down and kill his father, who happens to be retired secret agent, James Bond...
I smell Oscar.
I am on board. This could be Bond 25. Bond banged Kissy in June 1967, so his son would be born in March 1968.
@ClarkDevlin How is the remake series going these days? Remember watching the first season, but didn't continue watching after that (don't remember why, really). Worth giving another go?