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Obviously we can only wait and see. My instinct is he’s not the guy (but I could be wrong). But as I said it depends on what they want from their Bond. Regardless of what each actor naturally brought, Craig was gritty (not entirely sure where grumpy comes from - I’d say he’s one of the more humorous Bonds) and abrasive because that’s what they wanted, as was Brosnan being smooth and debonaire.
The humour sometimes comes from the fact he is so grumpy. I'm thinking "you still have spots", "you ought to do it sometime really lends perspective", "do me a favour, throw that down the toilet". Can you really imagine the Brosnan bond saying "definitely the same desk" and storming off?
If you don't think Turner will be the guy, and you believe EON will select an actor based on where they want to take it, can we infer that you don't think EON will take it into the Moore/Brosnan broad crowdpleasing arena?
I’d have said that’s more sarcastic than grumpy. Personally those individual examples remind me of Fleming’s Bond and his sense of humour, but with the cinematic character’s tendency to quip. I find his Bond on the whole much wittier/humorous than Dalton and Lazenby’s especially. I can imagine the Brosnan Bond of TWINE and DAD saying something like that personally, yes, considering the storylines he was given (although I don’t think he’d have been as funny personally, the dialogue for the dramatic scenes in those two films can be a bit hit or miss).
I don’t know where they’ll want to take it. I think every screen Bond has the same fundamental traits, but in terms of the specifics I really can’t say what they’ll look for. There might be some element of what they did with Craig’s Bond carried through (and I’d argue that’s just as crowdpleasing) but I think it goes deeper than just a ‘Brosnan or Moore’ interpretation. Part of it depends on what the individual actor brings to the audition naturally.
What would he be taking pills for? Or are you speaking metaphorically?
I think @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ is referring to Silva's implication in SF that Bond takes painkillers, or his use of stimulants in the novels, such as the Benzedrine he takes before his bridge game with Drax in MR.
Interesting. I like the idea, quite frankly. I mean, he probably shouldn't be a drug addict, but 'life on the edge', if done well, couldn't harm the character. The difficulty will be to sell such a Bond to modern audiences. Remember, he doesn't smoke anymore, nor does he liquor up his liver into guaranteed cirrhosis. Pills could be seen as sending the wrong message too. I'm not saying I like that trend, but I fear it's where we're headed.
I’m all for a more risk taking Bond though, one who makes quite impulsive decisions to get the job done, and genuinely puts himself in quite dangerous positions other people wouldn’t. As much as he usually does anyway.
Yeah. I know what you mean. If done wrong, it could send the wrong message. I just felt bits of literary Bond should be brought into Cinematic Bond or any other original demeanour that could be created for Bond 7 to make him distinctive from the other Bonds, but still retaining the usual Bond traits.
Yeah. An impulsive Bond. Although, Dalton's Bond had this paranoia thing about him. That's why he's always called the most literary James Bond. Dalton's Bond really knew how to sell the danger and the suspenseful scenes, then leading to frenetic action scenes. Craig's Bond also showed the same trait in CR & QoS.
I love how Dalton’s Bond in LTK infiltrates Sanchez’s group. When you think about it it’s an absurdly dangerous thing to even make himself known to Sanchez, much less use his real name (if Dario had seen Bond around earlier he’d have been dead), and he’s constantly thinking on his feet to come up with bluffs. I find it similar to Craig’s Bond in SF when he gets to Silva’s island. Instead of sneaking off the boat and trying to infiltrate the island (which probably wouldn’t have worked) he just makes himself known and willingly gets captured in order to move things along (and it arguably even puts Silva’s guard down/allows Bond time to get back-up in).
Both decisions are reckless and put not only Bond but others in danger too. They’re very much gambles and don’t even pay off as expected. But it’s very much a trait of Fleming’s Bond. In DAF he essentially blows his cover (for little other reason other than he’s not really getting anywhere and wants to put the villains on the back foot) by disobeying the Mafia’s orders/continuing to gamble and winning after playing a fixed card game. It even results in the death of his driver and him getting captured.
He's been mentioned before. I really like him, but he's another candidate who's just into his forties, so probably just a little too old. He really has been great in everything I've seen him in, though (Beast is worth checking out).
Wasn't he Fleming himself in Operation Mincemeat?
Here's him next to a Bond-should-have-been.
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1577869-ferraris-jack-oconnell-is-open-to-playing-james-bond-lets-chat
And this one gives pretty good interviews.
https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/theo-james-interview/
Here are two interviews; the first shows his charm, as well as a clean cut look, and he even introduces his character as "young Stringer, James Stringer". His section picks up at about the 7:40 mark.
The second shows his physicality; for those who find him too muscular he mentions training up or down for a role
I don't think anyone (aside from @Pierce2Daniel on here) was suggesting Cary Fukunaga as a director for NTTD, for example.
Most definitely an actor who should get an audition methinks.
He is currently starring in a TV adaption of my favourite book Shogun on Disney and is playing the lead Richard Chamberlain role from the 1980s version for any others old enough to remember it!
British actor and musician, 34 and has had a few film roles but nothing breakout yet. What caught the eye was the intensity and Charisma (albeit only two episodes in so far) which makes you watch him when he is on screen. He also has an interesting look.
not sure if he is right but will definitely be watching the rest of the series with interest.
Yeah, completely agree. I think for me there’s just a sense that he’s too muscular, too chiseled looking etc. I think Bond needs to have certain qualities (athletic, handsome), but there also needs to be a warmth and slight ‘underdog’ quality to him too.
But I can definitely see Jarvis playing a great henchman. Also the fact that his screen name is Cosmo is something I find funny for some reason.
He's the right age, right background, that's for sure. Not a big name, but a few roles. I could see him getting it for sure.
Exactly…
Our agent should be an expert with throwing weapons....