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Him, Luke Evans and Aidan Turner are my “could have been Bond” actors. Yep, the later is already on that list, unfortunately.
A possible “M”
Oh, I’d be fine with that. Good call seeing Fiennes was, at some point, a candidate for Bond as well.
Jason Isaacs and Luke Evans I'd rather see as Bond villains now. Although they might be too good looking. I never thought Evans looked quite right as Bond. Too... I'm not sure why, but I think people who thinks Craig looked too thuggish would have complained way more with Evans in the role. That said, I'd always think he had the right acting skills and physique for Bond. But even now, I don't think people are ready for a gay actor in the role, sadly.
https://screenrant.com/james-bond-26-aaron-taylor-johnson-casting-martin-campbell/
I think they might keep one thing from the Craig era: the memory of Vesper. Like the Aston Martin showed up during the Craig era or the allusions to Tracy in previous movies.
That’d be interesting. I suspect if they did want to include it in the next Bond era, however, it’d be pretty heavily veiled just to avoid directly bringing the Craig era to mind (at most I can imagine a ‘have you ever lost anyone, Mr. Bond’ type moment with Bond not directly answering).
I hope they do end up taking the approach of Year Two-ish 007, but I do feel that Vesper has been so entrenched in the mythos of the Craig films that bringing the character back would be a little too close too soon and potentially confusing. I think I’d prefer if they used Tracy (and the OHMSS backstory) instead. I’d even go as far as reintroducing Marc Ange Draco as a Mathis type character, an MI6 asset who serves as Bond’s trusted crime/underworld contact. I think their personal relationship could be a fascinating way of exploring Bond’s relationship with Tracy without retelling that story on-screen.
I agree with that too, maybe even Tiger Tanaka and Kerim Bey too? Or even Columbo too?
I'm all in for bringing back past allies.
I think they might go for Vesper more than Tracy because: 1)she's fresher in people's memory and 2)she fits better for a "year two" Bond, if this is where they want the franchise to go to.
You could have her be the Tracy/Vesper of this arc, because by the time we see Bond 26 it'll be nearly 60 years since OHMSS, so most casual fans won't know of her and it'll be nearly 20 since CR, plus the Craig era is likely to stay its own universe.
They could make Bond 26 loosely similar to CR and the MR novels, in that Bond isn't a rookie, but he's not world-weary enough to not fall for a Bond girl.
Gala wouldn't have to die but I think her and Bond would have to have an relationship unlike the novel, so she leaves a scar upon him.
Ahhh, common sense ... It's refreshing to read. Thank you Mr. Campbell!
Vivienne Michel would've been a lot more better, I think, her original story in the book could've served for a PTS to introduce the new Bond, then given her fully fleshed out character, she could've worked as a potential Bond Girl who would be a part of Bond's past, and If I would be asked, maybe there would be a plot twist that instead of the girl breaking Bond's heart, it's Bond who would break both of their hearts because to keep her out of danger, because Bond saw how Vivienne got involved in danger and nearly died from it, then maybe in a further film, Bond would just realized she's already engaged to another man.
Thinking of the ending of Spiderman: No Way Home, I think that aspect could've worked, have Bond sacrifice their relationship to keep her away from danger, like what Peter Parker did to both MJ and Ned by staying away from them and erasing their memory for good.
It's interesting, but the assassination part had been played to death two times with Vesper and Tracy, I'm afraid but it's another just "recycling the old ground" kind of thing.
Hopefully something like...
Looks better than Aaron Taylor-Johnson! ;))
I dunno about that @SIS_HQ ...Tracy was killed for bullets that had Bond's name on them, and Vesper died by suicide.
This would be Bond actually assassinating his lover. This kind of set-up would go a long way of explaining James Bond, his loyalty to his country, and his lethal ruthlessness as a double-O.
Oh that's tragic, I haven't read the book yet, but I'm planning to do so.
Unless the girl's a villain, that's why Bond killed her, but Bond did that already with Elektra isn't he? And it's obvious that he fell in love with her, but sacrificed that feelings to finish his job.
Love that opening, instantly lets you know what type of killer he is and what his priorities are.
And it makes a paralaxe, or even a full circle, with the ending. An underrated film. Filled with tension. I love it.
It really is special, a nice character study and slow burn assassin thriller rolled into one.