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Bart is fine, although Bart Simpson will probably forever be the most famous person with that name.
Does anyone think it has never been this way for the previous bond castings ?
Connery v cary grant and richard johnson.
George v ??????
Connery v John gavin
Brosnan and Dalton v sam neill and James Brolin
Brosnan had no one to compete against for ge ?
DC v cavill.
According to IMDb Liam Neeson was initially offered the role, but turned it down.
Pierce Brosnan was next approached and accepted the role. Had Brosnan declined, then British actor Paul McGann would’ve played Bond in GoldenEye.
Over the years EON have had some rather odd actors lined up as back ups. John Gavin and Paul McGann don’t shout Bond to me. What could have been.
Apparently Sean Bean was considered for GE, but MGM overruled Eon, which I find hard to believe given the well-known history Brosnan had with the role.
I always find it interesting that Dalton was in the conversation as early as OHMSS.
I also love Sir Ranulph Fiennes (a cousing of Ralph's) being dismissed for LALD "For having 'hands too big and a face like a farmer'". It seems like a real stretch, given that he isn't really an actor, but it's a fabulous story to tell.
if i could have one actor do one bond film right now it would be Liam Neeson... come on a retired 007 gets dragged into one last mission am i the only one who wants it?
Brolin I can buy as a bluff.
There’s the „Eon bluffing“ side of things and then there is the „actors bigging themselves up“ side. I am sure there are a few that were never in any real contention but loved to run around Hollywood on the 80s telling everyone they were almost James Bond…
I don't know the story, but I think Brosnan was probably their first choice and they kept other candidates just in case.
Non of them excite me about the next era of Bond
I know what you mean. I think I'll probably get more excited when they pick someone as I'll be trying to imagine them as Bond, but at the moment there's no one I'm desperate to see play him.
Now she rolled the dice on having Bond die at the end and NTTD was still a huge hit at the box office.
True, but I recall very early on many on this forum folks doom and gloomed after opening weekend, predicting that the film would bomb because 1) audiences would spoil the ending thus nobody would want to see a movie where Bond dies 2) no one would come back in theaters for repeat viewing to see Bond die again
As long as he doesn't look like a little lad who could not win a fight with a wet paper bag, or some bland vaguely handsome buy with nothing much distinctive in his appearance !
If the producers address the certainly valid concern with attractinging young fans, but mis-step in these ways, it sure would be a shame. I am NOT advocating for or against casting of a sort which some folks find politically motivated. I AM advocating for someone tall, credible (ie, looks physically capable in altercations, running, climbing, etc.), handsome with interesting features with a good voice. By the way - those young fans ? I think they'd want someone credible for the part, too, not some emo lad. This isn't the story of a teenager (as in Spiderman, and not unless they make some Young Bond features <-- perhaps better suited for long-form streaming TV, and in period, even if the "regular" Bonds are set current day) but a young but experienced, tough, smart agent. The youth market does watch grown up actors in some very popular shows and movies.