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As far as I know all the candidates are 5'10 or over. The only two that come close that I know of are Madden, who is supposedly 5'10, and Claflin who is supposedly 5'11. Tiny Jack O'Connell did get left out though.
Thanks for telling me about Heughan, I don't know how I missed that. I could have sworn he was younger.
To me Stuart Martin just doesn't really look Bond enough when he doesn't have the beard, but maybe I'll add him. Is the show Jamestown any good? I might try watching it. I wasn't really sure about Starr, as I haven't seen him in anything. I know Jamestown also has Matt Stokoe, who was mentioned as a possible candidate by Denbigh a few pages back.
my top 5 from there
1. Jack Bannon
2. Nicholas Hoult
3. Henry Cavil
4. Dan Stevens ( i never saw him in anything but have heard he is good)
5. Aaron Taylor Johnson
The list above shows me how little i know of up and coming british actors
Can't help but feel the same every time I watch U.N.C.L.E. And they did say his screen-test was excellent. Martin Campbell's favourite.
Well to be honest there is the sort of Unknown/ mega star pattern that has been going on with 007
Lazenby: Unknown
Moore: well known star
Dalton: unknown
Brosnan: well known star
Craig: unknown
Cavill :well Known super Star?
He's also huge. I don' exactly remember how Fleming described Bond's build but I seem to recall there was a discussion about Craig being to muscular. Compared to Cavill, Craig is quite ... lithe? (no offense meant, I can't really find the right word). Especially in MI and The Witcher I remember thinking Cavill was just an incredibly big human being.
I know modern actors and trainers can do a lot to shape body form, but he might just be too muscular for me.
He looks a lot like Sean Connery in that pic.
He is muscular but I wouldn't call him huge. Id guess him no more than 190 maybe 200lbs at best compare that to someone like Batista or Dwayne The Rock Johnson who are tipping upper 260's 270s
It's a little bit like when you need Sam Allardyce or Steve Bruce to come in and tide things over for the time and stop any impending disaster. (British posters will understand the analogy, I think).
Other than Cavill, Fassbender would work. The caveat with both of these would be that EON would produce them quickly - 3 in 6 years ideally. By that stage the younger guys on the list will have matured.
He has proven he could lead a movie though, so wouldn't be a risky choice, but I think they could do better. The only other two options in terms of experience I see there are Stevens and Hoult. Both would be more interesting I think.
Is he still Superman? I get the point about Cavill being tied to other properties. That's a black mark against him. He is the closest choice though based on his look and ability. The rest are nowhere near. They really aren't. I accept Cavill is more of a Moore or Brosnan, and henceforth probably not the coolest choice, but we're in the territory of the franchise ending imminently.
Here he is...................
the iconic contender for THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS..........
the man himself.....................
FINLAY LIGHT!
Cool, I love checking out those names that were floated around the time of changeovers.
For me, the best Bond we never had was Lewis Collins. Ian Ogilvy would have been great too, but probably would have just delivered the same performance as he did in The Saint. But Collins for me could have worked really well in the Dalton/Craig mode.
Funny you should mention Ogilvy. Been watching some RETURN OF THE SAINT episodes recently. Hes a bit more serious than Roger, and I think he would have been a dashing 007. He's tough as nails in WITCHFINDER GENERAL.
He did some Bondian Diet Coke commercials similar to Pierce's in the early '90's.
I have this hunch that anything after Craig may just be one-offs considering the gaps.
I think Ian should play Bond now since Eon is on an older, retired Bond fixation lately.
Pity Lewis Collins passed away. He'd have made an excellent Bond as well, IMO.
I know these sometimes go hand in hand but if for example the next era would return more to the fun, escapist tendencies dramatic acting ability is less important of course..
Acting ability varies from actor to actor. Anyone could jump in and do crash courses and voice tutoring before production. What they need is experience of being on set, a professionalism of working with a director and staff. Then you can throw in your cheeky one-liners.
I think perhaps Ogilvy wouldn't have given his Saint performance as he was actually consciously doing a Cary Grant voice for it wasn't he?
I think Collins would've been pretty good too, maybe not Roger levels of charisma but I think he would brought a bit of low level Connery to it. A bit more alpha male than Dalton.
Personally I think it's most important, although if they have movie star presence that's a good alternative. Appearance is secondary.
Yeah he's pretty big.
To me that's just not how Bond is supposed to look. And every time I see him I just see Superman. To me he's one of the worst candidates, I didn't really even want to put him on my list/collage thing. And not only is he The Witcher and Superman, he's about to be Sherlock Holmes in a movie that's about to come out. Imagine seeing someone as Superman, and then on U.N.C.L.E., and then as Superman again, and then in MI and then as Sherlock Holmes, and then as James Bond, and then as Superman again, and then Bond again, etc. And he's a huge underwear-model-looking dude. I don't see why anyone supports him as Bond. Doesn't look like Bond, too famous, too iconic as Superman and other roles, etc.
Exactly, that's s recipe for a disaster. The director would be like "CUT! Just say the line 'Bond... James Bond.' You're fidgeting too much, and stop looking into the camera, you have one job."
I tend to speculate that Timothy Dalton was probably trained very much in the same way.
Same with Sir Roger having also attended RADA.
Connery, on the other hand learned on the job in his early theater and television days. He also had a wealth of life experience by the age of 31 when he started playing Bond.
I do wonder if Craig uses a Meisner or Strasberg method, though?
But to answer the question: YES. I'd say acting chops are very important when playing Bond. What style the actor chooses is whatever works best for him.
:)