Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    Yeah, Matt Smith is a fantastic actor. His work on The Crown and currently House of the Dragon is stunning, but I'm not sure he's suited to James Bond in the sense of the film franchise. If EON were to develop a television series with more faithful adaptations of the novels, then I think Smith would be perfect, in my opinion.

    Yeah, weirdly once you've played Patrick Bateman (as he has) then you kind of show a potential for Bond I think! :D
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I can't picture Matt Smith as Bond, he looks too unconventional. Then again, I was wrong about him in Doctor Who, he was an excellent choice. I will happily be proven wrong again, I just can't see it in my head.

  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    The longer the wait goes on, the more I'm second guessing my own opinion. God help Barbara and Michael, I don't envy the task in hand at all
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Really not necessary or funny. Let people live.
  • cwl007cwl007 England
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    I can't picture Matt Smith as Bond, he looks too unconventional. Then again, I was wrong about him in Doctor Who, he was an excellent choice. I will happily be proven wrong again, I just can't see it in my head.

    Great comment. It was me who suggested Matt Smith a few posts back, a left field choice. (I'm sure I'm not the first to do so)
    But your comment perfectly mirrors my thoughts on who ever gets the job. There are so many suggestions on this thread who I just can't picture as Bond. Yet that is what makes it so exciting, we won't know if they are the right man for the job until the film starts. I'm completely open minded on it.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    cwl007 wrote: »
    I can't picture Matt Smith as Bond, he looks too unconventional. Then again, I was wrong about him in Doctor Who, he was an excellent choice. I will happily be proven wrong again, I just can't see it in my head.

    Great comment. It was me who suggested Matt Smith a few posts back, a left field choice. (I'm sure I'm not the first to do so)
    But your comment perfectly mirrors my thoughts on who ever gets the job. There are so many suggestions on this thread who I just can't picture as Bond. Yet that is what makes it so exciting, we won't know if they are the right man for the job until the film starts. I'm completely open minded on it.

    When did the temp on Craig change? That first CR trailer is an all-timer, I'd be shocked if that didn't turn many doubtful folks before the movie. But still, you're right about truly not knowing if it's right until the movie is rolling. A trailer isn't everything.
  • 007HallY wrote: »

    Jack O'Connell? Trashy smile. Specific 'smile' coaches have been hired in order to work with him and teach him to contort his mouth in a smoother, more 'Bondian' way. So far the results have been mixed... Film to be delayed by weeks.

    As an actor I can say personally from experience that I went through an intensive 18-month smile clinic with 16 different smile coaches that cost about $50,000 and it's all bullshit, total waste of time and money; they might have to just go with someone else.

    Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly spent somewhere in the range of $250k on smile coaches in the early part of his career. I’d say the results were worth it.

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited October 2022 Posts: 7,888
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    Has anyone suggested Cosmo Jarvis as a candidate. He can look very different from role to role. I've seen him in Lady Macbeth, Calm with Horses, and Persuasion. He's an interesting actor, and just about the right age.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited October 2022 Posts: 5,834
    Has anyone suggested Cosmo Jarvis as a candidate. He can look very different from role to role. I've seen him in Lady Macbeth, Calm with Horses, and Persuasion. He's an interesting actor, and just about the right age.
    That's actually a good shout @sandbagger1. I've only seen him in Lady Macbeth myself, yet to see him in Persuasion and Calm with Horses, but I actually think he'd be an interesting choice. He'd certainly come from left field that's for sure. Just realised he also had a good small part in Peaky Blinders.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Benny wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)

    Indeed. Maybe something of a response to that reported Tom Holland pitch. I wonder how seriously they considered it, or something like it first.

    Also, we've gotten a young Bond recently. I assume they cast somebody for the Skyfall PTS, right?:
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1602.jpg
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1598.jpg

  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Agreed. I think it's also a key component of his character that he's survived longer than other 00s, and as such he should be a little older than his contemporaries. With the exception of Casino Royale, I suppose.
  • edited October 2022 Posts: 784
    I might wonder if they are hinting at Jack O’Connell (32yrs) who is starring in the new SAS Rogue Heroes series.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I seriously doubt they’re hinting at anybody in particular.
  • Bond is from the Royal Navy no? Or did he also do a stint in the SAS?
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Craig's Bond was an SBS Commando.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Yeah SBS is what I thought as well.
  • edited October 2022 Posts: 2,742
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    That's good. I've said the same thing for a while now. Didn't work as a concept in the early drafts of CR, won't work now. Bond is most interesting as a 00 anyway, so he should be experienced and in his 30s.

    As for Cosmo Jarvis, I'm not sure. To be honest I can imagine him better as a villain. I think it's the fact that he's just a tad bit too muscular, and just a tad bit too 'good looking'. There's just that lack of something 'relatable' about him perhaps to be the protagonist, especially one like Bond. Solid actor though.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)

    Indeed. Maybe something of a response to that reported Tom Holland pitch. I wonder how seriously they considered it, or something like it first.

    Also, we've gotten a young Bond recently. I assume they cast somebody for the Skyfall PTS, right?:
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1602.jpg
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1598.jpg

    Was that actor’s name ever credited? Weird to have someone play Bond that prominently and not know who they are!
  • Posts: 2,742
    mtm wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)

    Indeed. Maybe something of a response to that reported Tom Holland pitch. I wonder how seriously they considered it, or something like it first.

    Also, we've gotten a young Bond recently. I assume they cast somebody for the Skyfall PTS, right?:
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1602.jpg
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1598.jpg

    Was that actor’s name ever credited? Weird to have someone play Bond that prominently and not know who they are!

    Am I missing something? That's just Daniel Craig in the Skyfall titles, isn't it?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    007HallY wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)

    Indeed. Maybe something of a response to that reported Tom Holland pitch. I wonder how seriously they considered it, or something like it first.

    Also, we've gotten a young Bond recently. I assume they cast somebody for the Skyfall PTS, right?:
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1602.jpg
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1598.jpg

    Was that actor’s name ever credited? Weird to have someone play Bond that prominently and not know who they are!

    Am I missing something? That's just Daniel Craig in the Skyfall titles, isn't it?

    At the end of the titles it is, but halfway through it's boy Bond, as recounted in the story Kincaide tells M later about Bond hiding in the priesthole when he found out his parents had been killed.
    The Skyfall credits are clever like that, on a couple of occasions they show us bits of plot we're only told about later on in the film, like the brief glimpse of Silva being tortured when he was an MI6 agent.
  • MalloryMallory Do mosquitoes have friends?
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    They did indeed cast a young actor to appear in the titles of Skyfall. It is discussed in the James Bond & Friends podcast for the re-release of Skyfall.
  • QsCatQsCat London
    edited October 2022 Posts: 251
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Interesting, I’m happy to hear this.

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-younger-actor-never-producer-response/

    ”We’ve tried looking at younger people in the past. But trying to visualize it doesn’t work. Remember, Bond’s already a veteran. He’s had some experience. He’s a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He’s probably been in the SAS or something. He isn’t some kid out of high school that you can bring in and start off. That’s why it works for a thirty-something.”

    Always reassuring to read quotes like these. :)

    Indeed. Maybe something of a response to that reported Tom Holland pitch. I wonder how seriously they considered it, or something like it first.

    Also, we've gotten a young Bond recently. I assume they cast somebody for the Skyfall PTS, right?:
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1602.jpg
    skyfall-movie-screencaps.com-1598.jpg

    Er what do you mean ?
    Never mind.. read the following comments
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    If that is Daniel Craig then I am Mickey Mouse!
  • "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig’s eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on, witnessing something we know not what, yet. The problem was that although I filmed Daniel himself, many people didn’t recognise the eyes as his! I think he is not often filmed that close and he has very distinctive features that if not seen altogether can cause a bit of confusion. So I had to artificially widen the shot to see a bit more nose, ears, and mouth to make sure everyone knew who it was."
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Damn, I just thought it was DC the whole time.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    The weird thing was that the first time I saw it I thought the young Bond was Craig. I guess because there's no one else it could be but Bond, and your brain just fills in 'if it's Bond, it's Craig'.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig’s eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on, witnessing something we know not what, yet. The problem was that although I filmed Daniel himself, many people didn’t recognise the eyes as his! I think he is not often filmed that close and he has very distinctive features that if not seen altogether can cause a bit of confusion. So I had to artificially widen the shot to see a bit more nose, ears, and mouth to make sure everyone knew who it was."

    This is in reference to the second time the eyes appear. They appear twice folks. I know the second time is Daniel. The first time is not. Thanks.
  • LucknFate wrote: »
    "There was a bit of a stumble over Daniel Craig’s eyes at the end of the sequence, which were meant to be a reprise of his young eyes from earlier on, witnessing something we know not what, yet. The problem was that although I filmed Daniel himself, many people didn’t recognise the eyes as his! I think he is not often filmed that close and he has very distinctive features that if not seen altogether can cause a bit of confusion. So I had to artificially widen the shot to see a bit more nose, ears, and mouth to make sure everyone knew who it was."

    This is in reference to the second time the eyes appear. They appear twice folks. I know the second time is Daniel. The first time is not. Thanks.

    Right, yeah, it does appear twice. I'm confused. So it's definitely another actor? Or did they manipulate the shot to make him appear younger. Still has his eyes.
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