It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Yes, but nothing compared to Moore and Connery.
I don't know about that! Say what you will about his Bond, but it takes someone of a certain quality and charisma to be able to take on a part made famous by Steve McQueen and successfully make it work in his own way.
Solid film. But not a patch on the McQueen original. The same as his Bond IMO.
And yet, incredibly popular @suavejmf. Hence the notion of star quality. It's not just about acting ability or the quality of the film. Craig is a superior dramatic actor to both Brosnan and Moore yet his non-Bond films rarely make too big of a splash with the general public. The first one to really come close was Knives Out, and that was an ensemble film.
Agreed but his Bond approach was quite genius, mix of both of them.
I did :D and boy am I happy... I will edit it to Fassbender later on in the week
This is why I think Hugh Jackman was a huge missed opportunity; in one actor they could have had the charm of Moore capable of being as cold and brutal as Craig.
I've actually thought of him before now and I've followed his tra
Are you saying that EoN wouldn't look at the public image of someone that dresses like this? Surely that's disingenuous.
I get it. I really do. I'm a Peaky Blinders fan, and the man has screen presence, and voice, and a strange face to boot with some cruelty to it. But I don't think they'll go for him, and for some reason, I don't think he'd want to.
Connery had everything 😏
True,...
I don’t agree with that I’m afraid. He was fine, but he was a pale impression of both the actors. Neither as smooth or tough as Connery, nor as suave or charming as Moore.
The quote from the Guardian is overly harsh, but it sums up my point:
“Rewatching the films, even Brosnan fans must surely accept that he was never the new Connery, but rather a sort-of strangely flat Roger Moore – without even the charm, screen presence and natural gift for comedy that old raised eyebrow delivered in spades”.
For the record, I like Brosnan, he just suffered from weak scripts and not being as good as his 2 main predecessors.
Except hair. But even then, who else would've looked THAT good in wigs? ;)
:D
Yep, agreed. Apart from hair, but the wig took care of that! ;)
Ok, fair point. Craig has star quality too, but yes, not many box office smashes in his none Bond roles.
I agree that Connery surpasses all of them. Even Moore. Not many actors could do what Connery did in The Hunt For Red October.
Ha ha ha! Good point.
Agree, Hugh Jackman would have been a great Bond. He's a bit of a chameleon and could have played it in any way the tone and script called for. His role character in Logan is a world away from the lightness of The Greatest Showman and different again to how he acted in The prestige. Oh, there's a thought, Nolan directing Jackman as Bond!
Not for me. He’s Australian.
If imaginary candidate 1 was perfect for the role but was, say, Australian and candidate 2 not quite as good but English I'd go for number 1 every day of the week.
(Accent aside, which I'll assume is dealt with in the audition) A good actor can transcend their own nationality surely, at no point during the film or promotion interviews would I think "everything is great but it's spoilt because Bond is Australian./Canadian/etc etc
I have several niggles with Lazenby but his place of birth ain't one of them.