Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited April 2020 Posts: 776
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    DC Comic's casting team is dire. Cavill and Affleck. What were they thinking? Marvel are so far ahead of them it's ridiculous. And the bizarre thing is that on paper DC arguably had the stronger slate of characters. But Marvel has made a string of undeniably entertaining films with second tier characters. Guardians of the Galaxy is hilarious and far more watchable than anything DC has done for years but features a raccoon and a stick at central characters.

    The DC output is leaden by comparison.

    Affleck was the best Batman period

    I like Affleck. He had the best suit and best Batmobile of all live action Batman actors, but on the other hand, he killed people. Nope. This is why Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is the best hero in the current crop of DC movies. Unlike passive Superman and psychopath Batman (and obnoxious Flash, and forgettable Cyborg, and Aquaman, who’s all right. Well, and Shazam, who’s great, but not like Diana), Wonder Woman is everything a real superhero should be. Patty Jenkins used Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve as inspiration and that’s the correct way to go. Verisimilitude.

    ANYWAY, I digress, and way off topic. Sorry.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I can't understand anyone who doesn't understand the '89 Batmobile is and always will be the best Batmobile.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    I love that one too. And especially the one in TAS.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I love that one too. And especially the one in TAS.

    TAS is a great call.
  • edited April 2020 Posts: 2,887
    I like Affleck. He had the best suit and best Batmobile of all live action Batman actors

    I like my bat-suits to have bat-ears, not nubbins. I will state a controversial opinion and say that the Batman Returns suit is the best. The yellow emblem and belt contrast nicely with the black body and it's not as cumbersome as the '89 suit, as glitzy as the Schumacher suits, or too realistic like the Nolan suits.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    Batman has his own thread folks. Thanks.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Madden is noticeably short, but the best actor of the bunch as far as I'm concerned. He has emotional intensity that I personally connect with...

    Then Hoult would be a close second. He is a good actor and he has grown into his looks.

    I feel that these two, and Turner, have a snowball's chance in hell at the moment.
  • edited April 2020 Posts: 15,785
    Revelator wrote: »
    I like Affleck. He had the best suit and best Batmobile of all live action Batman actors

    I like my bat-suits to have bat-ears, not nubbins. I will state a controversial opinion and say that the Batman Returns suit is the best. The yellow emblem and belt contrast nicely with the black body and it's not as cumbersome as the '89 suit, as glitzy as the Schumacher suits, or too realistic like the Nolan suits.

    Good call on the BATMAN RETURNS suit. For me it's a toss between that one and the '89 suit. I actually like the one Mickey G's dad wore. I loathe the suits Bale wore in his films. To me they look like the Michelin tire Bond sucked air from in AVTAK.

    Getting back to Bond I still maintain the belief that NTTD will end up being the last Bond film we get until our newborn kids are Sir Roger's age in AVTAK. That said, if we were to get another film in the next few years, I'd still consider Turner. Possibly Cavill.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    peter wrote: »
    Madden is noticeably short, but the best actor of the bunch as far as I'm concerned. He has emotional intensity that I personally connect with...

    Then Hoult would be a close second. He is a good actor and he has grown into his looks.

    I feel that these two, and Turner, have a snowball's chance in hell at the moment.

    As Batman?
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    Enough.
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    peter wrote: »
    Madden is noticeably short, but the best actor of the bunch as far as I'm concerned. He has emotional intensity that I personally connect with...

    Then Hoult would be a close second. He is a good actor and he has grown into his looks.

    I feel that these two, and Turner, have a snowball's chance in hell at the moment.

    As Batman?

    Well Hoult was almost cast as Batman.

    https://deadline.com/2019/05/rob-pattinson-nicholas-hoult-batman-short-list-matt-reeves-1202616908/
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    Getafix wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    Madden is noticeably short, but the best actor of the bunch as far as I'm concerned. He has emotional intensity that I personally connect with...

    Then Hoult would be a close second. He is a good actor and he has grown into his looks.

    I feel that these two, and Turner, have a snowball's chance in hell at the moment.

    As Batman?

    Well Hoult was almost cast as Batman.

    https://deadline.com/2019/05/rob-pattinson-nicholas-hoult-batman-short-list-matt-reeves-1202616908/

    I never really saw him as a serious contender for Bond until the Batman news came out. I'm sure that put him in contention for a lot of other big franchise films. Maybe it's one of the reasons he got cast in Mission Impossible.

    He's very pretty and looks like a male model. Maybe he seems a little too 'nice' and polite. But perhaps they wantt o move towards the refined English gent again. Especially after being 'edgy' with Craig.

    I think Hoult has certainly matured well though. He has promise considering he is only 30 and Bond 26 won't start casting for another 2-3 years. He would be around 33 then. If you said 3 years ago that Pattinson would be Batman I would be confused, but he really matured in the last few years. I think we haven't heard the last of Hoult.....a lot will depend on Mission Impossible.

    Also what is the status of that film?! I know coronavirus has impacted everything, but is there a chance that the film will move out of its 2021 slot? Seems slowly more and more inevitable.

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  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited April 2020 Posts: 5,834
    I remain convinced that Callum Turner has potential.
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    I would feel weird at being 3 years older then the new 007 I wouldn't be too upset because hopefully on @peter work out plan I should be at least as fit as 007
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    Saw Hoult in Tolkein recently and thought he was good. I'd be surprised if he wasn't on EON's radar.

    Babs obviously like Jamie Bell as well. Wouldn't rule either of them out.
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    I remain convinced that Callum Turner has potential.

    Agreed on this. He has shown extremes of "posh" (Fantastic beasts) and tough (rogue army sergeant in The Capture) and is physically spot on.

    Don't know if he has "it" but definitely one to watch to see how he handles a bigger role as there is definitely potential there.
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Saw Hoult in Tolkein recently and thought he was good. I'd be surprised if he wasn't on EON's radar.

    Babs obviously like Jamie Bell as well. Wouldn't rule either of them out.

    I might have to seek out more of his work, this new Hulu show he has looks great. Essentially as expansion on the pompous twit he played in The Favourite (the show has the same writer):



    Also Hoult has a Taylor Sheridan film with Angelina Jolie in the works. Now that could could very very very special....

    I think he, alongside younger contenders like Jack O'Connell and Richard Madden are likely the names that we will be discussing more in the next three years. Most of the people suggested - such as Idris Elba, Aidan Turner will be too old.

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    You do wonder if, in 20 year's time, we will be reading a memoir and there is a chapter "I could have been Bond but for the virus". Surely the delay will help those candidates who possibly were thought to be a little young? Odds on Hoult shortening IMHO
  • edited April 2020 Posts: 6,665
    Getafix wrote: »
    Saw Hoult in Tolkein recently and thought he was good. I'd be surprised if he wasn't on EON's radar.

    Babs obviously like Jamie Bell as well. Wouldn't rule either of them out.

    I might have to seek out more of his work, this new Hulu show he has looks great. Essentially as expansion on the pompous twit he played in The Favourite (the show has the same writer):



    Also Hoult has a Taylor Sheridan film with Angelina Jolie in the works. Now that could could very very very special....

    I think he, alongside younger contenders like Jack O'Connell and Richard Madden are likely the names that we will be discussing more in the next three years. Most of the people suggested - such as Idris Elba, Aidan Turner will be too old.

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    I'd rather have Hoult than Cavill, and I did enjoy him as Napoleon in U.N.C.L.E. But I've known Hoult to be a good actor since About a Boy. The guy is a talent, more so than Cavill. Much more. And he doesn't look like a large bodybuilder. I bet he'd be a brilliant Bond. If only he had a voice like Craig's, though. He can lower it. Just like Suchet made his voice higher in pitch for Poirot.

    That being said, for me, now, it's Aidan Turner n1, and Hoult n2.
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    voices do deepen with age
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    patb wrote: »
    voices do deepen with age

    And whisky and cigars :-D
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    Univex wrote: »
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    He meant that having a Scot play Bond again would be a marketing plus. Ya know "Not since Sean Connery..."

    Yep. I suddenly realized that after I'd posted, hence my deleted post. Thanks anyway.

    Did I miss a controversy?
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Hoult looks a little feminine.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    TFC1 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I remain convinced that Callum Turner has potential.

    Agreed on this. He has shown extremes of "posh" (Fantastic beasts) and tough (rogue army sergeant in The Capture) and is physically spot on.

    Don't know if he has "it" but definitely one to watch to see how he handles a bigger role as there is definitely potential there.
    100% @TFC1 :)
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
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    He meant that having a Scot play Bond again would be a marketing plus. Ya know "Not since Sean Connery..."

    Yep. I suddenly realized that after I'd posted, hence my deleted post. Thanks anyway.

    Did I miss a controversy?

    Nah.
    Hoult looks a little feminine.

    Not after many whisky and cigars ;) He's got the time.
    Denbigh wrote: »
    TFC1 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I remain convinced that Callum Turner has potential.

    Agreed on this. He has shown extremes of "posh" (Fantastic beasts) and tough (rogue army sergeant in The Capture) and is physically spot on.

    Don't know if he has "it" but definitely one to watch to see how he handles a bigger role as there is definitely potential there.
    100% @TFC1 :)

    He'd be fine for a Fleming biopic, I think.
  • Ludovico wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
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    He meant that having a Scot play Bond again would be a marketing plus. Ya know "Not since Sean Connery..."

    Yep. I suddenly realized that after I'd posted, hence my deleted post. Thanks anyway.

    Did I miss a controversy?

    No. I just didn't understand how Stuart Martin could be a "good marketing stunt" as you put it. It took me a while to realize you were referencing Connery. Not my brightest moment!
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    I also always thought Christopher Abbott (34) would be a good James Bond - but he's American :/ Actually he kinda seems like almost an American Aidan Turner.

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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
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    He meant that having a Scot play Bond again would be a marketing plus. Ya know "Not since Sean Connery..."

    Yep. I suddenly realized that after I'd posted, hence my deleted post. Thanks anyway.

    Did I miss a controversy?

    No. I just didn't understand how Stuart Martin could be a "good marketing stunt" as you put it. It took me a while to realize you were referencing Connery. Not my brightest moment!

    No worries, it happens to the smartest.

    Come to think of it, any other Scottish people could think of as Bond? I'm not saying the next Bond should be Scottish, but it would certainly create some excitement in itself.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    @NicNac please note that my vote for next Bond doesn't actually go to Stuart Martin. I just like to occasionally throw out names on this thread that aren't being talked about to see how they go down. My actual vote has to go to Aidan Turner.

    Sorted.
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    I'm currently watching the recent The Pale Horse adaptation, starring Rufus Sewell. That made me wonder if he was ever considered for the role of Bond at some point.

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    Looks like he wouldn't mind playing a villain though:

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