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Damn, that's a real concern. The entire industry is at stake, tv and film. Most art forms are in danger, actually. And we've learned how important they are for us in these troubled times.
Also, Rosamund Pike is a bloody great actress (even when given pretty mundane scripts). Officially starting the campaign to reboot Miranda Frost in Bond 26.
Also, Dakota Johnson is hot......Imagine if they cast Dornan as 007 and then Johnson as a Bond girl. That would either be terrific or the worst idea ever. There will be no inbetween.
I'm all for Rosamund Pike to come back as a Bond girl. But NOT as Miranda Frost.
I think I'd actually be more interested to see him as a villain. Give him a Henry Cavill moustache, and a character like Alec Trevelyan, and I'd say he could pull that off more than he could James Bond.
Now maybe the guy can act, but what has been done cannot be undone and it'll be difficult to see him as Bond. He needs the abilities of DC for that and I don't think he's ever going to be THAT good of an actor.
As for Dakota, I love the Goonie Bird but the girl can't even warm up my little toe. She's good looking in the lives-in-the-neighbourhood-but-you-never-see-her kind of way. No, Bond needs sex-appeal, glamour. If she's got to folluw up on Ana, how will she compare?
It’s a matter of opinion. You like him and others like myself think that he looks the part but has limited, wooden and limited acting prowess.
He is an actor because of his looks, not acting talent. IMO.
so in theory Jamie could bring one new fan to the franchise..
how about Jeremy Irvine?
Dornan would likely bring some new fans into the franchise... and see some old fans out.
Irvine seems like any of the other suggestions presented; attractive British actor, looks way too young to be Bond now but given the next Bond probably won't be for another decade... who knows.
What have you liked him in?
so...nop
Right now, to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want any of the so called candidates.
+1. Also I haven't liked his acting in anything I've seen him in.
+2 plus he looks too boyish. I don't buy him as a seasoned agent.
...and @Univex if only he had Callum Turner's voice haha :D
I also think the issue is that it's truly hard to see anyone actually being Bond until they are actually Bond.
I wouldn't mind them doing it with a younger actor, but I also wouldn't want to see a reboot, and to me, if they're showing his first mission as a 00, that's a reboot.
In both the novels and the films, Bond's first mission is Casino Royale, and should be left that way.
If they go with a younger actor, fine, just make his first film a mission like any other.
I just realised I meant to say (not* showing his first mission as 00) in that last message my bad.
I just think doing something like this can be the "return-to-form" that a lot of fans want, while EON and those others who want it can feel like they're doing something different.
You can say this of A LOT of actors. especially folk such as Pierce Brosnan, Henry Cavill, Robert Pattinson, Margot Robbie, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, etc.
Some rose to the occasion and displayed the serious acting chops required. On the other hand, others have faltered hugely and shown themselves to just be a pretty face.
I think Dornan could very well just be that 'pretty face', but there is mounting evidence that he is an actor worth paying attention to.
Oh, haha yes that changes things. In that case, I 100% agree.
In fairness to Dornan, I've only seen him in Fifty Shades, which of course is abysmal material. But his acting did *not* help.
I wish time and fate would just let Luke Evans do one Bond film, I think he'd be perfect. :'(
Regarding the idea of reboot, it is certainly not the only option on the table but by far the most likely. A soft-reboot is not synonymous with an origin story and Goldeneye was already something similar.
The Craig era was so interconnected that any will to deviate from it and to not bring back the supporting cast or this iteration of SPECTRE would be kind of a sof-reboot. It remains to be seen what will be the path followed by relaunch and a younger actor seems possible to build a new continuity over time. In this case, Dornan would already be too old. But after all the breaks that punctuated the Craig era, I think the series would really need some regularity which could only be accomplished by a leading star with a light schedule, so maybe not a well-known actor like Dornan.
Damn it, I hate all of this James Bond Jr. crap. I hate reboots and origin stories. All I want is a seasoned agent doing non personal stuff with a hint of fun and glamour. Is that too much to ask? Why does everything nowadays has to be infused with teen angst. Give it a rest. No more personal stuff. No more rookie nonsense.
For Martha's pearls sake, no more of it. Please.
Also EON has already taken plenty of inspiration from the Batman universe. Maybe if Pattinson's Batman is successful enough, it will inspire the next-era, as Batman Begins inspired the Craig-era?
Agreed. Would you say a longer run with one actor is better than multiple shorter runs with different actors? Seems the Connery, Lazenby and Dalton runs are very highly regarded by fans.
Yeah. I suppose it's safer.