Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • peterpeter Toronto
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    You're welcome @MaxCasino ... As I said to Denbigh, the biggest take away is that things are rolling at Eon HQ and have been since seemingly October.

    I honestly don't know how anything will shake out, but it's pretty clear that meet and greets have taken place; ATJ is (obviously) a candidate, as others who've met with the producers, (ATJ may become the next James Bond, but, as was reminded to me today, and is food for thought: Craig was supposedly Barbara Broccoli's one and only, but she didn't tell anyone then--and certainly not the actor himself. Why would she let anyone, and especially ATJ, know of his front leading status, especially since the actor will still have to go through a rigorous audition process? So, as I was warned: someone else is planting ATJ's status (and it isn't coming out of Eon HQ as that's an exclusive and small group working on this at the moment). This warning was very telling to read, and I repeated this to a few other readers of this site. Certainly gives pause). No one has auditioned, no one shot a gun barrel, and the role is still won during the audition process, which won't begin until the script is in working order...

    There are a lot of moving parts, but it's clear Eon is hard at work.
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    Thanks for the news, @peter :)
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Exciting times ahead…
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    I appreciate the news @peter
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Lloyd Everitt

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    He does look like a skinny Jordan Peele.

    I'm confused, @ByRoyalDecree. You presented this man as a potential Bond, but now you seem to be dismissing him, unless a skinny Jordan Peele is your idea of Bond.
  • edited January 2023 Posts: 784
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Lloyd Everitt

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    He does look like a skinny Jordan Peele.

    I'm confused, @ByRoyalDecree. You presented this man as a potential Bond, but now you seem to be dismissing him, unless a skinny Jordan Peele is your idea of Bond.

    Why couldn’t a skinny Jordan Peele be Bond?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 23,447
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Lloyd Everitt

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    He does look like a skinny Jordan Peele.

    I'm confused, @ByRoyalDecree. You presented this man as a potential Bond, but now you seem to be dismissing him, unless a skinny Jordan Peele is your idea of Bond.

    Why couldn’t a skinny Jordan Peele be Bond?

    Sure. Why not? I'll happily give the man a chance. :-)
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Lloyd Everitt

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    He does look like a skinny Jordan Peele.

    I'm confused, @ByRoyalDecree. You presented this man as a potential Bond, but now you seem to be dismissing him, unless a skinny Jordan Peele is your idea of Bond.

    Why couldn’t a skinny Jordan Peele be Bond?

    Because he's a 43 almost 44 year old American.
    James Bond should be played by someone of British or of a Commonwealth, English speaking country.
  • QsCatQsCat London
    edited January 2023 Posts: 251

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    I’d like to revisit the thread where Craig was announced, and the build up to it. Would that still be on here somewhere?
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    mtm wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Anyone got a link to the new, separate story about ATJ? I just keep seeing the article from The Sun referenced.

    It comes from that 'The Puck' website which is linked to in the tweet above, but I must admit I've not heard of the puck before.
    This is a piece reporting on what it says (the original is paywalled)
    https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/james-bond-more-sensitive-new-movie-20220923

    This is what it says:
    Per agency sources, a few big-get roles up for grabs in 2023:

    • Ridley Scott is looking for the key actors in Gladiator 2.
    • If Disney figures out its Pirates of the Caribbean situation, those roles will be hot.
    • Same with Paramount and the Bee Gees movie. Hustlers’ Lorene Scafaria just stepped in as director, and she’s seeking Gibb brothers that don’t play like the SNL sketch.
    • Agents are salivating over Marvel’s Fantastic Four, which is complicated by all the multiverse stuff. And the ongoing DC reset should bring big opportunities for new men in tights, especially someone to replace Henry Cavill as Superman.
    • And, obviously, the granddaddy of casting coups: James Bond. The Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumors are true—he sat with producer Barbara Broccoli, and the meeting went well, per sources. But while Taylor-Johnson fits the bill—great actor, British, fits the younger direction the Broccolis want to go, accomplished but not particularly famous—he’s about to be a much bigger star. If Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff Kraven the Hunter or Universal’s Ryan Gosling two-hander The Fall Guy works, Taylor-Johnson might end up, ironically, too famous to take on Bond.


    ( I used this handy paywall remover!)

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gladiator-2-casts-paul-mescal-1235292059/

    There may be some truth to this.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited January 2023 Posts: 13,882
    QsCat wrote: »
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    I’d like to revisit the thread where Craig was announced, and the build up to it. Would that still be on here somewhere?

    That would have been on the original forum, Keeping The British End Up, which regenerated into MI6 Community in 2011. You might be able to find it using the way back machine.

    EDIT
    2011, NOT 2012.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I imagine it’ll be horrible!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited January 2023 Posts: 23,447
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.
  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    You mean this guy?

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  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    You mean this guy?

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    That's cool.....
  • Posts: 295
    Rory Kinnear says Aaron Taylor-Johnson is unlikely to be next James Bond
    James Bond film series actor Rory Kinnear said the next person to play 007 after Daniel Craig will not be a “frontrunner” or “highlighted” star like Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

    The 44-year-old actor has starred in the last four Bond films, first appearing in Quantum Of Solace in 2008 as MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner and last in No Time To Die in 2021.

    Kinnear was asked on The One Show about the chances of Taylor-Johnson, 32, starring as the next Bond, after a “lot of noise” about the Kick-Ass and Bullet Train actor being up for the role

    He replied: “I always feel slightly bad for the people who are being highlighted, because that never tends to be them. They are very good at keeping the real person secret.

    Kinnear, who also ruled himself out of playing Bond, added: “I’d be interested to see who does take over, obviously, but it tends not to be the frontrunner, that’s historically.”

    Pierce Brosnan was the frontrunner 1990 - 1994 and arguably the frontrunner around 1984 (accepting the fact Timothy Dalton had been offered the part in For Your Eyes Only). Pierce Brosnan had the advantage of being moderately well known but not making high profile US films. His highest profile film was The Lawnmower Man? Probably.

    It's reasonable to assume Cary Grant was the frontrunner to play Bond in 1961. Apparently he didn't want to commit to many films and his age at that time wasn't ideal for the character of Bond. Roger Moore would have been very high on the list and second choice perhaps had he not been contracted to the Saint tv series. It's no surprise Moore did get the part as he was the logical frontrunner after DAF was released and The Persuaders tv show was not renewed for a second series.

    Kinnear may know Johnson isn't going to be Bond or maybe he's the backup choice. He may have an insider source at Pinewood or wherever telling him Johnson is liked by Eon but not guaranteed to have the role.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,861
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    I remember AJB was full of people posting stupid monkey pictures; I think CBN (is that still going?) was a bit better, I don't really remember the reaction there now.
  • Posts: 14,797
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.
    It helped thar there was no heir apparent to Brosnan. No potential Bond made consensus. I had my reservations against Craig and there were half a dozen names I'd rather have seen cast at the time. But another fan would have had another set of names. And we'd hate the actors on each other's list. I was skeptical about Craig's casting, but I never became a Craig hater because I was also glad Clive Owen or Jude Law were not cast.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited January 2023 Posts: 3,382
    mtm wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    I remember AJB was full of people posting stupid monkey pictures; I think CBN (is that still going?) was a bit better, I don't really remember the reaction there now.

    I'm going to be honest and I'm not looking to all of them (some or few of them there were good), but yes, those people in the AJB tend to complain and criticize all things Bond, the majority of them were focusing on the accesories, luxuries of Bond (think of The Bond Experience channel with that Zaritsky guy, they're pretty much that way), and it's hard to understand them really with regards to their thoughts.

    Yes CBN is much better, it's still going until now, haven't checked Bond and Beyond yet.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited January 2023 Posts: 23,447
    MI6HQ wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    I remember AJB was full of people posting stupid monkey pictures; I think CBN (is that still going?) was a bit better, I don't really remember the reaction there now.

    I'm going to be honest and I'm not looking to all of them (some or few of them there were good), but yes, those people in the AJB tend to complain and criticize all things Bond, the majority of them were focusing on the accesories, luxuries of Bond (think of The Bond Experience channel with that Zaritsky guy, they're pretty much that way), and it's hard to understand them really with regards to their thoughts.

    Yes CBN is much better, it's still going until now, haven't checked Bond and Beyond yet.

    B&B is our favourite sister forum. It was founded by people who didn't like the look of this forum. And the fact that sexual content and swearing are not appreciated here. Then it was swiftly populated by pretty much everyone we banned here for trolling and spamming. Amusing lot.
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I imagine it’ll be horrible!

    It was rough but okay. In my memory, members behaved rather well back then. The idiots who set up that retarded CraigNotBond website were generally disliked and made unwelcome here. ;-)

    It still wasn't in vogue to demand that "Babs" be fired for some reason, to call things one disagreed with "woke", to write letters to EON saying that fans should get involved in the creative process, and to keep posting pictures of Aidan Turner for some reason. Yes, those were better days.

    You mean this guy?

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    My point exactly. ;-)
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    Who’s this guy in the tux with the cigarette?
    Looks good.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Benny wrote: »
    Who’s this guy in the tux with the cigarette?
    Looks good.
    The next Clive Owen :)
  • Posts: 14,797
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Who’s this guy in the tux with the cigarette?
    Looks good.
    The next Clive Owen :)

    There's a lot of them now: Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Adrian Turner, etc. Now the question is: who will be THE Clive Owen?
  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Who’s this guy in the tux with the cigarette?
    Looks good.
    The next Clive Owen :)

    There's a lot of them now: Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Adrian Turner, etc. Now the question is: who will be THE Clive Owen?

    The guy who posts pics of himself every other page, surely
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,811
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Who’s this guy in the tux with the cigarette?
    Looks good.
    The next Clive Owen :)

    There's a lot of them now: Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Adrian Turner, etc. Now the question is: who will be THE Clive Owen?

    The guy who posts pics of himself every other page, surely

    Aidan Turner?
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    And Taylor-Johnson will end up being a Craig or a Cavill.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,811
    Denbigh wrote: »
    And Taylor-Johnson will end up being a Craig or a Cavill.

    Craig = Bond
    Cavill = Almost Bond
  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
    Posts: 1,318
    Benny wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    And Taylor-Johnson will end up being a Craig or a Cavill.

    Craig = Bond
    Cavill = Almost Bond

    Craig = the perfect KGB henchman
    Cavill = made of wood
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,811
    Benny wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    And Taylor-Johnson will end up being a Craig or a Cavill.

    Craig = Bond
    Cavill = Almost Bond

    Craig = the perfect KGB henchman
    Cavill = made of wood

    Five films and billions of dollars later suggest not.
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