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And yes, John Thaw would've been a spectacular M. Am I the only one who thinks Whately could've been a good Tanner?
I could easily imagine Kevin Whately as a Michael Kitchen like Tanner. Too old for the part now though, but he could have been a good choice for both the Brosnan and Craig era.
Armitage was all right. In a good series with intelligent scripts and had he BBC been committed to produce something of quality, he would have played Robin Hood.
On a side note, never ever wish that the BBC adapts the Bond novels into period pieces. They'd cast Jonas Armstrong as Bond and Idris Elba as Hugo Drax.
Yeah, Armitage could have easily played Robinhood....if deeper thoughts were put into the production. I think Jonas Armstrong was better suited for the not too big-looking nature of the show.
I can't envisage Armstrong as Bond....but I can easily see Elba as a Bond villain. And the BBC's style always had a bit of a 'stage play' feel to their series, that's why they have some Shakespearean TV films....So that style doesn't suit Bond, but works in dramas.
I can easily imagine Elba as a Bond villain, but casting him as a Nazi would be absurd and look utterly ridiculous.
Sure, it would....an original villain would suit him more.
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Cool.
I personally wouldn’t want an Auzzie playing Bond though. This is Bond not Crocodile Dundee! Lazenby’s worst feature IMO was his very odd attempt at a British/ English accent.....or whatever it was?
Too many...
Good list.
It was going to be British only, but then I added them at the last second for some reason. As an American I don't really care about the accent. Maybe I'll take them out though, the three Australians on the list aren't really great candidates anyways. Though David Berry played a Brit on the show Outlander I think, so maybe he can do the accent. (Can anyone confirm?)
Here's another list for French speaking American candidates for you:
Timothee Chalamet
Originally I wasn't even going to put Callum, but then I basically added him because of you.
Screentest is the key.
I agree I look at that group and while Aidan Turner is my top choice. I look at someone like Tom Cullen and his range as an actor and could see him blowing away everyone on that list in a screentest.
For me though, they all look achingly generic except Aidan Turner and Nicholas Hoult. And seeing these images here, Hoult looks the forerunner and would be my choice.
Cool, thanks. After Turner, Theo James is my 2nd choice.
He'd be quite a departure too. I bet some Bond fans would react badly! :)
Okay, I've got to ask: in what way would he be a departure? I've only seen him briefly in the one episode of Pennyworth that I watched, but visually he looks on-model. My biggest issue with him would be that (a) I've not seen him act much, and (b) I think he's not got the sort of high-flyer resumé that I think Eon are going to be looking for.
I just mean his sexuality. Bearing in mind the reaction Lashana Lynch got in some sections of Bond fandom I could certainly see that being an issue for some of those folk.
On a serious note, I like Turner, Madden, Cullen, and Stevens.