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He does resemble him indeed. For that reason alone it should be Turner. I want and need more 'Dalton Bond' in my life!
To be fair it isn't the 80s anymore, get with the times, no stepping on toes without politely asking first ;)
Either that or he was mining his own Scottish ancestry. The Swiss side obviously comes from his Swiss girlfriend who his mother wouldn't let him marry.
True, but Dalton Cool and Classic Bond are timeless, bring on Turner...
The next one has to be Turner! In 2024 he'll be younger than Pierce was in GE. And that'll be four years after Bond25. The guy has the looks and the acting chops. He's also a very agreeable fella. He's got the voice, the intensity and the screen presence. And he's used to a scar prosthetic. For the very first time, they could give Bond his scar. And the smersh burn on the back of his hand at some point. Oh so many Fleming storylines and narratives one could turn into brilliant scripts...
Again, the mixture between ethnicity (caucasian, predominantly in north-western Europe) and nationality, your cultural background. Swiss, on the whole are closer to English then, let's say, Chinese. Why is it so difficult to get these two untangled? English, Scots, Swiss are all nationalities and I think it isn't too far a stretch to change that in a character as long as it fits with the physical representation.
Of course it could be that you'd have a black person with Swiss and English antionality. But that would be a rare breed indeed. Still, Bond was described by Fleming many times over as white (even complaining about the tan he'd gotten on a mission). Changing ethnicity, all in all, is a far bigger step than nationality.
And yes, they've been tweaking the character since the beginning, there's no reason to be so pedantic about that. But again, one change (ethnicity, sex, orientation) is a bigger one than another (heritage, hair colour, eye colour). Why? Because it's film and it's make believe, and we're supposed to believe it's the same character. Sorry, but when they're turning Bond into a 72 y/o grandma, it's just not Bond anymore. No matter how kick-ass you might be.
There's been some interesting 'colour blind' casting in TV recently. Initially it jars and then you just get used to it. Same could happen in Bond. Maybe not today but I'm confident it will happen. And as long as they pick the right actor I think most people will accept it.
Woman. Straw woman. Or, as an old member once described Goldfinger's factory guard: 'a gun toting hag'.
Bond isn't cosmopolitan. I think that is mostly peoples complaint.
Don't we all. ;)
Very true!
That being said, I'd love to see Turner as Bond!
I'd much rather keep the characters as they exist now and let them come up with different stories. I love the Black Panther, and no-less adore Wonder Woman and Lara Croft. These are fantastic stories that don't do under to Bond in any shape or form, and do much more for the PC story than taking something that's existed for almost 70 years and abuse it 'because the times have changed'.
And Bond isn't TV. If it 'jars' at first, millions will be lost.
Sometimes to the point it's historical inaccurate and jarring. Just for the sake of imposing today's (granted, better) standards.
The choice of the right actor involves choosing an actor with the right physical characteristics, the ones his author chose for him. It's a matter of respect for the original material. But this discussion is going round and round and I was never fond of merry go rounds.
Want a Chinese James Bond? A Black James Bond? A dwarf James Bond? A female James Bond? A gay James Bond? A Furry James Bond (Oh yeah, we had that one with Connery)? An alien James Bond? Get a multiverse like Spider Man did. How about a pig James Bond? Or a Nicolas Cage voiced James Bond. Oh, I know, get someone who is a stellar actor, but looks nothing like James Bond, doesn't act like him, is not a secret agent for the Mi6, ..., Just call him James Bond, and we're off.
This discussion is nonsensical to me. But for the sake of it, do carry on.
Thanks for pointing that out!
He's tall, Caucasian, has blue eyes, is handsome in a ruthless kind of way. How does he close to that description. If you ask me he's very close to fleming's description....
He really is. The only off thing is the blonde hair. He's even got Hoagy Carmichael's nose ;)
All I can say is never let Rob Marshall nr a Bond movie.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/04/us-singer-halle-bailey-cast-as-ariel-in-disneys-live-action-remake-of-the-little-mermaid
If you think 5'10 is short then you must spend an awful lot of your time hanging out with basketball players 😉
In my opinion all the actors who have thus far portrayed 007 have brought some (if not all) of the literary 007's characteristics to the screen. I get sick and tired of the constant Craig bashing (too short, too ugly, looks like a Russian mobster, etc, etc ad infinitum); lest we forget, Fleming himself described Bond (through Vesper's eyes) as resembling Hoagy Carmichael (who was no oil painting) and, at various times, described Bond as looking 'ruthless'. Further, Fleming's Bond was a serious man doing a serious job, frequently disgusted with the job he held and prone to bouts of mild depression - and Craig has brought that to his portrayal in spades.
I trust that EON will pick the right man for the job when Craig departs the role, as their track record so far has been, on the whole, pretty sound. Who that man will be is anybody's guess right now, but we can all be fairly secure in the knowledge that it will not be a deformed wheelchair-bound dwarf of Afro-Carribean descent.
So long as it's not Henry Cavill (aka 'The IKEA Wardrobe') then I'm sure I'll be happy with Bond no 7.
Marshall comes from the theatre world. Where there is a tradition in taking literacy characters and reinterpreting them. For example, in London tonight there are probably numerous productions of Hamlet happening. Each with a unique approach and lead.
Ariel, like 007, is a fictional character. Much in the same way Hamlet is.
On this note, here’s A photo of the next James Bond:
And I don't see Scott Adkins in that pic, by the way.
Who it will actually be is a mystery at this point in time - but that's what makes this thread so enjoyable.
And, as an aside - we all have free rein to visualise our chosen Bond when reading Fleming/Gardner/et al, 👍