Would you rather screen Bond have a scar on his cheek OR Bond remain scarless on screen?

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• AnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)

  June 6 Posts: 455

  I'd rather he went scarless
• Reflsin2bourbons

  June 6 Posts: 404

  I think the scar adds an edge to Bond that perhaps dispels the idea of "an invincible secret agent." Bond has been close to death and it shows.
• StirredNotShaken Toronto

  June 6 Posts: 2,423

  Probably scarless if only because I shudder at the amount of work it would take to not only apply but match the scar every single day on set.
• CraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland

  June 6 Posts: 8,297

  Depends on the actor who the scar is going to be present on. Ideally you'd want someone who makes the scar look "good", rather than it be a distraction. I think Dalton and Pierce would have made it work, for example - but I'm not sure about any of the others.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  June 6 Posts: 14,476

  CGI scar. Morphs like Rorschach's mask to foreshadow story elements.
  
  That or for product placement.
  
  

  
• Seve The island of Lemoy

  4:40am edited 5:00am Posts: 566

  thedove wrote: »

  Something that Calvin mentioned in his reaction video to First Light was that it was cool to see Bond with the scar on his cheek. He also mentioned that it would be a bit of a nightmare to see it on screen as the make up might be a challenge to do on an actor. He doubts we will ever see it on a screen Bond.
  
  But since we are all about opinions and thoughts in this thread lets see what people would rather...
  
  Would you rather screen Bond with a scar on his cheek OR no scar on his face?

  
  This reminds me of Giuliano Gemma, a very good looking Italian actor from the 1960s/70s. He appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, however he also did a James Bond spoof called "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang".
  
  I often notice a small scar on his cheek, a single tiny imperfection on his otherwise immaculate facial features, and wondered about it. Apparently I'm not the only one, as it features in most of his internet biographies...
  
  In 1944, while he was playing in the fields, he found an explosive device that went off in his face, causing several wounds, one of them still visible as a scar on his left cheek.
  
  So yes a small scar can be easily visible in movie closeups, yes a scar does add to the mystique, and conclusively "Fleming wrote that Bond had a three-inch long, thin vertical scar running down his right cheek."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• SIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters

  5:43am Posts: 3,924

  Depends, as long as we know where he have got that scar, in the books, it's acceptable of it being a part of his physical description, but in the films, nitpickers would probably ask where Bond got the scar, so, if they would show how Bond got it, maybe I'm all for it, but if the new Bond just revealed himself with a scar already on his cheek, no backstory or whatsoever, then no.
• DEKE_RIVERS

  7:16am Posts: 2,065

  Scarless
  People would think that the scar is given to make the actor look tougher and more masculine.
• 007HallY

  9:23am Posts: 5,370

  I don't think there's any point in adding the scar as it's too cumbersome to apply every time for a film.
• LucknFate 007 In New York

  11:09am edited 11:10am Posts: 1,936

  If they cast with a scar in mind, I'd be blown away. Plenty of people have facial scars. Otherwise I'm not interested. I will say Harry Potter managed a fake scar for 8 movies just fine.
• echo 007 in New York

  1:29pm Posts: 6,760

  A scar and Ginger Bond, please. Send the fanboys into a tizzy.
• Remington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.

  2:08pm Posts: 1,542

  Scarless but I think it would've been a nice touch if Bond got the scar after being tortured in DAD.
• delfloria

  9:47pm Posts: 2,015

  With scar, PLEASE.
• Seve The island of Lemoy

  9:55pm edited 10:05pm Posts: 566

  007HallY wrote: »

  I don't think there's any point in adding the scar as it's too cumbersome to apply every time for a film.

  
  You think adding a small scar is too cumbersome. to apply every time...?
  
  
  
  “I’m so grateful for Drax. I love him, but there’s a relief. It wasn’t all pleasant. It was hard playing that role. The makeup process was beating me down." stated Bautista.
  
  Virginia Hey is an Australian actress, known for her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the science fiction television series Farscape, playing the "Warrior Woman" in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and General Pushkin's girlfriend, Rubavitch, in the Bond film The Living Daylights.
  
  She left the show early in the third season for health and personal reasons: the prosthetic makeup worn over her head and chest to achieve Zhaan's appearance and the stress of the long filming days caused her kidneys to bleed, subsequently causing a decline in her health, and she grew tired of having to shave her head and eyebrows for the role