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Well if you take Brosnan when he was first considered, basically with only one hit-series on his name, I'd say Tom Ellis is at that same point. He's a very fine actor indeed, but people don't seem to be able to look past his Lucifer performance. He's over the top as that's his interpretation of the role. But we'll see, I still think he's one of the best candidates right now.
He is progressing growing int his looks. His level of fame is perfect, and as stated, he is a strong dramatic actor who can also pull off lighter material. He deserves a look.
I confess I can't see beyond his Miranda performance :D
But I’m reading too much into that…
Just what I was thinking.
Maybe he just didn't deliver at the audition stage. You also can't believe everything you read about missed projects. He wasn't necessarily the only candidate up for those parts, alongside the actor eventually cast. He could have been one of several/many.
AIDAN TURNER CAST AS JAMES BOND
The trap is set.
Y'know, O'Connell's growing on me more and more as a possibility. I've mentioned him in my list of picks in the past, but having seen a few more films - Unbroken and '71 particularly - that he's been in, I can definitely see it.
He's not necessarily the sort of actor who immediately strikes you as Bondian. He's a bit short at 5'7 I believe. He's joked in the past that if he was to play Bond he'd need elocution lessons, and there's definitely a rough round the edges quality to him. Still though, I'd argue the latter aspect was also the case with Connery and Craig, that particular height doesn't disqualify you from the role, and his voice can be worked on in preparation for the role. Overall, he's a strong actor with a raw screen presence. Good age as he's in his early 30s too. Must say, when he's clean shaven, his hair done, and he's in the right costume, there's definitely more of a 'Bond' vibe to him.
I dunno, in a sense it wouldn't be unlike Craig's casting. Established character actor, not too famous but not unknown, rough around the edges/not imediately Bondian but with a solid screen presence, and someone who, for the most part, was not discussed as a possibility by mainstream media for this role. Sort of a weird implausibility to him and yet when you think about it it makes perfect sense casting him.
Jack O’Connell is aloof and laid back in a naturally cool, masculine and attractive way. More brutish than Craig but does tidy up quite well. I see him in a CR or QoS type film, or even more realistic and down to earth with a lot of handheld cinematography. If he is cast, they should avoid the awkward camp Mendes forced into his films, as well as Fukanaga’s pacing issues. Good actor with good range and indeed good presence. Does look somewhat like a generic footballer (not ugly) but has the charisma to make up for it. Less suave but still more Bondian than almost all candidates in a post Craig era.
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No thank you
I really enjoyed this series. It's on 4OD if anyone wants to watch it. I think William Boyd adapted the book? I wonder if he has ever been approached to write a Bond script?..
Yeah I think that's a good description. Certainly seems more man's man than a lot of them, and a very good actor.
I would be absolutely fine with that. But I think Superman might have ruled him out.
As for Jack O'Connell. I'm not seeing it, he just looks too unconventional looking for Bond. I have said before that he looks better suited to Doctor Who. I'm surprised that Russel T Davies didn't offer him the role. Unless he did, and it was turned down. He seems very much in the Christopher Eccleston mould.
And as for staying away from the Bond formula, hasn't there been more than enough of that in the last 16 years? They have only tentatively moved towards the Bond formula. The next Bond needs to be an actor that would be comfortable in something closer to a "traditional" Bond film.
Excellent post, fully agree.
There's something about this scene. Craig looks more Bondian in it than many wannabe Bond actors driving a fancy car or wearing a tux.
I don't think it's as much to do with his looks really. From what I can tell he's a good looking guy. I think a lot of it is the fact that offscreen and in interviews he's got the beard, the Derbyshire accent, the humorous/'down to earth' personality... I mean, there's an interview he did on Graham Norton where he talked about a couple of tattoos he has on his bottom (next to Judi Dench funnily enough, haha). He doesn't exactly project 'James Bond' if you only went from that. I think that's why I said he comes off as rough around the edges, and why someone else said he looks like (or rather comes across as) a footballer. Same for why another poster said he's comparable to Christopher Eccleston. Not sure where him looking like a hillbilly comes from though, but I suspect it's the same logic.
Not that it matters. I'm mainly going from his performances in '71 and Unbroken. Personally, I got the sense he could play the part and do something interesting with it. Great actor regardless.
Just ignore the hillbilly stuff.
God I'm gonna miss Daniel as Bond. Such a talented actor