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I'm afraid Claflin will have lost the little hair he has left by then, my friend ;) You see, he's balding by the minute. And he was appalling in that rom com "Love Wedding Repeat".
You're probably very, very right, my friend. 4-5 it would be, then ;) Quality ones. High standard productions. Bafta winners.
...and you know what I thought I was gonna hate that film but I was actually quite entertained :)
Yeah, well... Olivia Munn ;) Ya know...
And she may have been an element of that entertainment @Univex haha :) Her scenes with Tim Key got me especially tbf
100%.
Damn, I want this man’s life! 😁
That I disagree that he’s a ‘terrible’ actor and general audiences and studios agree with this.
Exactly my point, thank you. He’s done brilliantly...from barman in Jersey to international stardom. Studios and audiences in general love him.
Suggesting a guy who isn’t an actor for the role is no less surreal.
Our lead actor certainly needs to be an actor, I would humbly suggest.
A straight adaptation of the novels I find to be a dull idea too, because they’ll always need to be adapated: they won’t be the same. And when I listen to the Radio 4 adaptations they just make me miss what the films added. Goldfinger without Connery, Ken Adam, John Barry, Robert Brownjohn? What’s the point?
Yes they’d never cast a balding guy as Bond, would they?
:D
That’s all he would do. But yeah, he is really really good looking. Not sure he can turn left though, which would be a problem for the gunbarrel sequence.
But I get @Univex’s point. Gandy ‘looks’ like a Bond and is certainly more Bondian than 90% of the suggestions on this page.
I guess it comes down to personal priorities: does one prefer someone who can pay the part in a movie and be an entertaining presence onscreen or someone who looks good on the poster?
90%? Really? Would you have rejected Craig if he came up as a photo on here?
I want both assets you mention. Not one or the other.
But yes, recently 90%.....I’ve seen Diriru, Golding, Chalemet etc all mentioned and they don’t even look like Bond.
I liked Craig, as I’d seen Layer Cake when he was cast. He has both assets you mention too.
That'd be great, but there is no perfect candidate so you've got to pick your priorities. Personally I'd put 'good experienced lead actor' above 'looks exactly like the guy Fleming described' or 'is the right height' or 'has the right eye colour' etc.
You have a different opinion on that and that's fine.
And yet you've rejected many candidates on height, looks etc. I suspect there's some hindsight going on there.
Personally I'm glad that folks like Pierce2Daniel and Denbeigh are thinking around the subject and bringing us interesting possibilities rather than just male models that look right. We may as well be discussing cartoons that would be good at playing Bond! :) How about Sterling Archer?
I take all your points. But we’ve had 6 decent actors who were all excellent in their own way past. They all had both looks and acting ability. Why can’t we have a 7th.
I am an old fashioned ‘stuck in the mud’ when it comes to Bond casting though. No denying that!
But no, I agree, I/ we don’t want just a male model type actor with no acting prowess.
Acting ability and quality is always on the ‘up’ and audiences are more educated/ less forgiving.
Fleming’s Bond was rugged with a scar down his left cheek. I bet he’d have a broken nose too.
Tatiana said in FRWL the novel; “You look like an American film star.” That will be combined with the above.
Still can’t have a none actor as Bond though mate....even if he looks like Bond personified!
I had never considered Hoult before reading this thread but he seems most likely to me now.
I’d agree with this. Although he needs to age.
Actually, other objections notwithstanding (and I'm not sure I can see Hoult as Bond), his height could cause issue finding henchmen that would look menacing enough.
Otherwise, he does look a bit young now and not quite masculine enough, although that could change in a few years.
He’s in that sweet spot.
Not all of us ha ha.