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He's a much better option than Rege Jean Page or even Idris Elba ever was for the role in my opinion
To me, it's wild how charismatic Denzel is and how utterly lacking JDW is in that department. He just feels so flat in so many of his performances, with the recent Amsterdam being an example of that.
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Is Gangs of London worth a watch? The only thing I’ve heard about it is that it had a crazy fight sequence in ep 1 or 2 of the first season.
Also on the topic of young British actors having three good episodes in a big TV show and being linked to Bond: Has Ewan Mitchell been mentioned? He’s pretty good in the couple of House of the Dragon episodes he’s been in and he certainly has a „cruel mouth“.
Yes I hadn't come across him as a Bond candidate until I saw him mentioned in this thread a year or two back, I'm sure it was probably yourself. He seemed a good shout from then onwards, it's fun that it's got to the point where he's being asked about it now.
He's certainly ridiculously handsome enough, convincingly a man's man, and a good actor, plus it sounds like he would certainly consider it. Definitely one to watch, if not the strongest candidate so far.
I loved it, but I think how much you’d like it really depends on how big an action movie fan you are. As a TV drama, while it’s not bad at all, it isn’t really anything special compared to some of the stuff we’ve been spoilt with over the last decade. Characters are pretty shallow, plot gets a bit silly, the dialogue is painfully generic, and it’s quite serious in tone too, not much in the way of levity, so it drags a bit at times. But the performances are great, and when the action kicks off, it’s really, really good, as you’d expect from something with Gareth Evans involved. There’s one episode focused on a raid on a country house that puts most blockbusters to shame.
I was coming on here to say the same thing about Ewan Mitchell albeit i think he is early 20s so probably still young.
Also one more for the Sope bandwagon here!
THIS is how Bond supposed to look like:
I'm guessing you didn't read the GQ article I posted in this thread recently.
Aidan is still on the list, but Sope is gaining a lot of positive comments on his potential as Bond.
Well. You'd be wrong, as they look like the guy below. Also, I don't really care for GQ. Also, how does Sope look older than Turner? Dude looks over 40 easily.
I'll leave now.
I have been on the Turner Bondwagon since And Then There Were None, and I agree with this. The fact that my 3 choices for the next Bond are all white actors, should tell you where I stands regards Bond casting.
I agree, and strongly support a more traditional casting. That is a preference, not a prejudice.
There is absolutely no reason that Bond “should” be black.
If Bond can be blond, Bond can be black.
At this point, I give a toss what the skin tone is.
Is the man an alpha? Sope represents this quality head and tails above the closest “candidate” (I put this word in quotations since this is all a game, and we, on the outside, have no real understanding on what’s going on at EON HQ).
Is he athletic and physically menacing? Wayyy more than anyone mentioned— no one is close.
Physically attractive? This is more subjective than the above qualities, but I’d wager that Sope is just as hot to women, as any “candidate”. And as a straight man, I admire his looks, build and athleticism.
He’s more charismatic and charming and natural than any of the other “candidates” that I’ve seen. He’s far more dynamic and exciting than any of the others..
And swagger to spare.
These things matter more to me than the tone or colour of one’s skin. Bond represents England. For King and Country. In the 50s, the archetype was a white man.
In the 2020s, it’s a man who could have any ethnicity.
And for Bond? To me, skin tone really doesn’t matter. It just doesn’t. The attributes of the man in the tux are what makes the character resonate.
May the best man win (black, white, mixed, Asian etc etc).
At this point, the “candidates” seem like wet napkins.
Except for Sope.
I didn’t say shouldn’t, just that there is no reason he should be.
I don’t wand a pale , freckled ginger as Bond; no offense, but that is not my preference. If Bond were to be around long enough “should” a pale, freckled be Bond? No. Does it mean that he shouldn’t be? No, it’s just my preference that it not be; it’s just my preference.
Great post @peter =D>
How far do you stray from convention in Bond before you've lost the essence of what the character is?