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Do they usually come back for another casting? 14 odd years later? Wouldn't that be...awkward?
That hair cut is 90’s Beckham or H from Steps. Slicked back it might be ok.....but Bond with ‘curtains’......just wrong IMO.
The more styled promo pics looked good though.
Ha ha ha. +1.
I’m restraining myself with regards to this picture. But I’d rather they cancel the franchise than cast Chalamet.
I actually preferred the much shorter hair and the tighter suits.
Well, he's playing a real life Irishman in it who was from the opposite side of the country from where Dornan was born. It's like trying to get someone from the north of England to play a natural Londoner. It's not perfect though, you're quite right.
It is a great story though, and it's still a hot topic of debate here in Ireland even now. The valor displayed by those boys against superior forces is still somehow viewed as shameful. They were ostracised when they came home and still have yet to be honoured by the state.
I hope you enjoy it, @Univex. I have a personal connection to some of these guys depicted. My Dad was in the Irish army for 30 years so I had the privilege of meeting many of the still-living soldiers from the event depicted numerous times.
I'm not sure if it will consolidate any views on Dornan re: Bond, but at the very least it should alleviate any notions that that bloomin' 50 Shades franchise may have created!
But count me as another one who always enjoys what @Pierce2Daniel has to say. Don’t always agree with him, but he always tries to actually provoke discussion with his posts, rather than just spamming emojis and “+1”, and his left field suggestions add a bit of variety to what would otherwise be a fairly dull thread, imo.
Oh, and grow up @mtm, if Bond was a motorbike he’d obviously be a Triumph Bonneville ;) An old school British icon. I’ve wanted him to have a Q Branch fitted Triumph for a while. Could make a nice break from the Astons, and having him ride a bike as his personal vehicle (rather than just comandeering one) could bring out the side of him that’s addicted to danger. I know this has come up before and people say they’re not Bondanian enough, but I disagree. Everything he loves about driving, the sensory experience of it, you get more of from riding. Fleming would’ve loved it if he’d tried it imo. And Bond after all would rather die than reach mandatory retirement. He lives on the edge. A good British motorbike would suit him I reckon. Think of him racing through traffic, really seeing how far he‘d dare to push himself, before casually pulling up to a casino, taking off his helmet and lighting a fag.
I’d love to see him on any Triumph, I’ve owned a couple myself, but I do think a Bonneville would suit him best. If it’s good enough for Steve Mcqueen.
Ooh nice. I was going to say I saw a glimpse in the trailer and just assumed it was another Honda or something, but come to think of it I’m sure I remember praising the decision to use one on here. Maybe I’m just going senile.
Googled it and apparently they’re an official partner for the film as well, so we’ll get a couple of different bikes. Great stuff. Hopefully the two brands will become linked in the same way they are with Aston and Omega.
There are loads of actors that I absolutely love, young and old, but I'm not going to suggest them for Bond simply because of that fact.
Suggest all the wildcards you want, but people getting riled up about the obvious reaction is silly. That is the nature of suggesting a wildcard. There are other ways of keeping the thread vibrant and cutting down on the emojis and short answers.
For what it's worth, I haven't read any responses here as being sincerely nasty. If you can't handle the heat of a gentle mocking of a suggestion, stay out of the 'Who Should/Could Be A Bond Actor' kitchen.
I wouldn’t say either of those things automatically disqualify him to be fair, at least not in my eyes. Twenty four likely means he’d be twenty eight by the time filming for the next one starts (young, but not necessarily too young). And an American wouldn’t bother me, personally. Jon Hamm would probably be my top choice if he wasn’t too old (assuming he can do the accent). Brosnan may as well have been American, he’s got that weird transatlantic thing going on. Not sure the producers would agree with me thoufh.
What disqualifies him for me is he just doesn’t look masculine enough at all. But I do think it’s fun to think of left field actors who could pull off a surprise transformation, even if I don’t agree with this specific choice. I feel like we’ve discussed the obvious contenders countless times over the years. Although having said that, I’d rather keep the Turner lovefest going than have people seriously championing Henry Cavill again.
Why Thunderball?
Heh! You’ll enjoy the new film then! :)
I think it’s his dodgiest syrup with a bit of an extreme parting :)
It’s funny how opinions differ......
Everything about Chalamet is the opposite of Bond for me.
An American Bond is totally unacceptable IMO (not starting this debate again, but American actors are awful at a British dialect of any kind, again IMO). I’d go so far as to say I probably wouldn’t watch the film. I still have dreadful thoughts about how John Gavin or James Brolin could have ruined Bond forever. Brolin’s ‘all American screen test’ is almost comedy gold (or wood). For me, it just didn’t work and in his case he made no effort at an English accent at all.
I don’t think Pierce sounded remotely American and although I’m no advocate for Cavill as Bond, I’d have him in the role above many of the ‘left field suggestions’.
I agree John Hamm looks like a Bond. But he’s American, which for me rules him out.
Weirdly with the screen test I found I accepted it quite quickly, but yeah I think I’d miss it in a full movie.
True. Sean was a brilliant Bond. But when he’s playing a Russian General or a Spanish Warrior....still Scottish!! 🤦🏼♂️🤣
Also I doubt we’ve even covered real ground with British actors. Plenty more out there than the ones we’ve mentioned :D
It's worse than that: he was supposed to be Egyptian in Highlander!
There is, but I reckon you need an experienced one. They got Craig at exactly the right moment in his career.
That's why I think the suggestions like Sam Claflin or Nicholas Hoult feel closest to the money to me, although who knows: our Bond candidate may show himself with a starring role in a movie in the next couple of years.
The one thing against him so far is I haven’t seen him do the whole suave posh thing before. But I think that’s less important than having presence, charisma, and masculinity. The posh boy stuff can be learnt. Connery is evidence of that. An Edinburgh milkman bodybuilder who Young moulded into the former private school boy. But that raw presence and charisma, that magnetism, I think that’s something you either have or you don’t.
I think that’s generally a better approach to take than hiring posh drama school types these days as well; hiring a more edgy, dangerous actor and moulding them into the suave upper class archetype. Vesper summed Bond up well. He’s posh but he’s not a toff. Back in the day they could cast drama school sort of actors, and it was fine, because people didn’t age as well back then. Plus the social mobility of grammar schools and things like that meant you had actors who went to drama school, and looked and sounded upper class, but who still knew how to carry themselves, and weren’t weak chinned or anything like that. But nowadays, with so many less people smoking, people generally being healthier, and that kind of formal/classical education being harder to afford for most people, I think you can tell the difference between someone who’s lived a life and someone who’s had it handed to them. Not necessarily from their looks (although looking a bit older and more masculine helps), but from their presence imo. The vibe they give off.
Compare Dalton to Tom Hiddleston for example. Same classical training (RADA), so both of them sound upper class, but Dalton just has a more dangerous, masculine presence about him. Because he was a RADA graduate from a different era, where kids of his background could afford it. The current crop from those sort of schools just don’t seem tough enough to me (based off the examples I’ve seen, could be proven wrong), because I think social mobility in this country is constantly going further and further downhill, which is why I’d rather an actor like O Connell.
You can see it in the wider acting world too imo, at least when it comes to the biggest productions (obviously TV and British film is different). Our biggest Hollywood exports used to be people like Finney, Connery, Caine. They could do refined and upper class, but they still had that edge about them. Nowadays it’s actors like Hiddleston and Cumberbatch who are our biggest exports. Bond is an old etonian sure, but he shouldn’t seem too much like one imo.
I think he’s got the same sort of vibe as Craig, seems very much BB’s type. And while he hasn’t done much big American stuff, she’s president of BAFTA, so I imagine she’s seen Starred Up and 71. I reckon he might be on the radar, I could see him auditioning.
I didn't realise BB was on the board for BAFTA.
And although he's another people won't get behind, I feel the same with Aaron Taylor-Johnson. While physically right for the role, many question his voice, but as I've stated before, when you're an actor, if you're good enough, your voice is the easiest thing you can change if that's even something they want to differ.
But back to your point, if I was a producer, I'd certainly have my sights on O'Connell.
I saw him on stage once in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Sienna Miller, and sat in the front row, I can tell you, he makes quite the impression in person as well as one screen.
Yeah, I really don’t think height matters to anyone outside of this forum to be honest.
Take Tom Cruise. 5’6, possibly even shorter now he’s getting on a bit. But that doesn’t stop people fawning over the new MI films and saying they’re better than Bond. He’s still a sex symbol too, despite his height.
So, I think a 5’8 actor is fine. Especially when that actor has the presence that O’Connell has. Movie magic will do most of the work and they can always cast shorter Bond girls if they’re that bothered (Jenna Coleman for example, 5’2, absolutely stunning in a proper classy way; real Bond girl material).
@Denbigh I’ll have to check out more of Taylor Johnson. I’ve only seen him in Kick Ass (which he was great in, but it’s obviously not a Bond esque role) and Godzilla (disappointing film all round imo). But I’ve seen him mentioned a few times on here, so he must have something about him.
I'd recommend watching Nocturnal Animals, where he shows his intensity and range as an actor, and Nowhere Boy, which is just a great film imo and his performance as John Lennon was brilliant :)