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Good post. +1.
No to any none Brits.
If you want a low-class background actor to play high-class roles as example I'd point out Moore, who grew up the son of a policeman in the same neighbourhood as Caine.
It's almost like that blue or gold dress thing that went viral a while back. I don't see at all what some other people are seeing. And do is ears not stick out a bit?
And he looks soooo small. I know that Daniel Craig isn't very tall, but I don't see a small person when I see him in a picture or on film. Maybe he just has broader shoulders. O'Connell looks so tiny in some of these pictures. Here he is standing next to Sam Claflin, who is a shorter, smaller actor himself:
To anyone that says he'd look like Bond once he got into tux:
I'm sorry, but I don't see James Bond in that picture. The fact that some people do is flabbergasting.
James Bond would be on the right there.
I know how to cast the next Bond actor. Type into Google images the following text:
and whoever is the first photo listed - he's the guy. I have tested my profound theory... this is next James Bond!
:D
He has a certain Russell Crowe type quality to his face, certainly no worse than 95 percent of what gets suggested here page up and page down ad nauseam.
😂👍
I don't exactly see Bond in him. However, if the HBO TV series ENTOURAGE were to be re-booted and recast I could see that guy as E.
O’Connell would be great as an elf/gnome/ Nick Nack 2!!!! As Bond....laughable. In fact the suggestion of O’Connell is almost ‘internet trolling’!
I like that theory.
By that rationale I should nominate actor KIRK DOUGLAS to play Bond, because I've been told I resemble him. He's 103 this year and American. However, it seems just about anyone can be named as a possible Bond, (regardless of their lack of suitability for the role) ............and be taken seriously.
Lucky you ;)
And, exactly.
Some people are that self centred. I remember a completely bald, strange-looking fan once stating he looked more like Bond than Craig. And then there are the guys who think Hardy should be Bond, or O'Connell, or Elba, or... It just gets to a point when nothing's worth debating. Stupidity takes hold and there's nothing one can do abou it.
Oh well, again, here's Bond 7:
And the fact that I look like him has nothing to do with it ;)
(Kidding)
That being said I'm not EON and I am going to put my faith in them deciding when the time comes and if that is Aidan Turner, I'm sure he's shown it in his audition.
I'm certainly not starting the aidantunerisnotbond.com site if it happened.
Although while the role is undecided I'm not as convinced as some here. If he becomes Bond no. 7 I will give the guy a chance. Also, if like others who graciously went back on their initial opinions on Craig's unsuitability for the role and admitted they were wrong and he surprised them. I will like them graciously admit my concerns of Turner for the role were proved wrong if in my eyes he delivers in the role.
At the moment we are some way off that, so all bets are off despite the bookies touting whoever for the role.
Just watched the 2nd episode of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE last night. So far Turner is the closest of any potential new Bond actor I would be happy with. He's quite brooding, yet dashing.
I agree, Elba, O’ Connell, Hardy are all totally unsuitable with regards to their looks. Turner on the other hand is a sensible and sane suggestion. The parts I have seen him play make me think he is worthy of a screen test for 007.
I like Dan Stevens. But he has weight issues. He can look like two different people in the space of a month. Just watch Downton Abbey. I've seen almost everything he's been in and I think he is a superb actor. Not a better than Turner, mind you. At the same level, although very very different. Turner has a more commanding presence, as one can see in Poldark when he's Captain Poldark to a given group of men and has to command them.
Tom Hughes is a skinny new gen too soft too scrawny fella. I'd beat him easily in a fist fight. The other two, not so sure. Heck, Turner would beat me up easily. Not that that's a proper marker for being Bond, mind you. But have you seen Hughes shirtless? Not an infinite amount of gym could fix that, IMO. Besides, he has this alien quality about him. Much like someone like Cumberbatch has.
Tom Hiddleston (if he does a bit of gym time, Bond doesn't need to be built like DC but still)
Aiden Turner
Michael Fassbender
2 wild cards who I think would be great if British-
Ryan Gosling
Alexander Scarsgard
If any of these got the gig I'd be pleased.
Sam Claflin - he's going bald fast, really fast.
Tom Hiddleston - He "hearts" Taylor Swift, nuff said.
Aiden Turner - Yes, he'll do
Michael Fassbender - Getting old, and he's done quite a few bad films as of late.
Ryan Gosling - Canadian, doesn't look like Bond. Good Felix, though.
Alexander Skarsgård - Swedish, doesn't look like Bond. Good villain, though.
I'd probably pick Tom Hughes as a wildcard choice, if I were to pick a third
After watching the last series of Poldark with my Mrs, although the show wasn't my bag I'll be honest, I can see Aidan Turner as Bond and he'd be my top choice, when the time comes for Daniel to step down from the role.
Fits the profile of upcoming actor and right age profile.
Unfortunately madden is attached with marvel now.
Tom Hiddleston-yes looked a fool during the Taylor Swift thing, but still a good actor and screen presence so I don't care.
Micheal Fassbender - not TOO old though and a couple of bad films are neither here or there because it was the material that was poor, not him.
Ryan Gosling- him being Canadian will rule him out, but if I was in charge of casting he'd be in with shout. As I've said before nationality doesn't matter so long as they are the rights fit in all other respects.
Alexander Scarsgard - same.
I respect your views though, thanks for thinking about them.
Sam Claflin - Regarding Mr Connery's baldness. Wigs were a thing back then. Not so much now, though.
Tom Hiddleston - I was one of his first supporters. I like him as a Moore-kind-of-Bond.
Michael Fassbender - don't think he can pull off the accent. He sounds mid-atlantic nowadays. Turner can sound English, despite being Irish. Fassbender, not so much, IMO. But I do like him.
Ryan Gosling & Alexander Skarsgård are just two foreigns. So, no. Nationality does matter, IMO. Two foreign women played Lara Croft, for example, none of them really worked, again IMO. And I prefer Jolie's take, btw.
I too respect your views ;) Nice game, let's keep it running.
He'll never be Bond though. As NTTD cast member (and fellow Swede to Skarsgård) David Dencik said in an interview this weekend, when (as a joke) asked if he was to play Bond when responding to the secrecy about his own role in the film: "With Bond they're very particular about ethnicity. He's a British intelligence operative. Then there's been rumours about it becoming a female and all that*, and that might happen, but as long as they're British. I can't pass for a Brit, I think."
*(said in a very "…and whatever" kind of way)
Fixed ;)
And yes, I quite agree.
Turner looks more like a villain. Don't think he has the right look for the times. They're gonna go for someone who can reach that millenial market.
God I hope not. The so called "millennial market" is a true snowflake, namby-pamby, wussy inhabited world. The "millennial market" and Bond should not mix, not one bit.
And Turner looks like a villain? Aren't you a Dalton fan, @Getafix? Cause I am, and Turner is sort of a sucessor in the looks department and intensity, I think. My opinion, of course.