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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 12:01pm Posts: 5,518
    Obviously with enough mewing anyone can attain an alpha male face and be Bond...

    Or something ;)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 12:53pm Posts: 18,381
    Oh mewing! Haha, yeah I saw that a while ago, that's a slightly scary little trend isn't it.

    Someone'll be along shortly to accuse Dan Craig of doing it :D
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,545
    Roger Moore was first The Saint and he beat up bad guys regularly, while looking dapper, eye brow sometimes raised, and a natural charm. Alpha? I am so sick of labels these days; so many people making up new ones all the time, too.

    I think the new Bond needs to have some sort of charisma. I'll leave it at that.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 1:06pm Posts: 18,381
    To be fair I've used the 'alpha male' descriptor for Bond before, and I do kind of think it fits. Roger is an alpha of a kind: when he went into the military he tells how the people in charge made him an officer basically because he was that type- he looks like he's in charge and just fits that bill physically. I don't think it's as specific as a facial structure, but I think we know it's not going to be Syd Little. And I think we all kind of get, totally aside from their respective talents as actors, that an Aaron, be it Taylor-Johnson or Pierre, fits the Bond bill physically more than a Chamalet. But it's also about presence to some extent, that sort of totally confident swagger of Bond, and although someone like Chamalet can do that to some extent, it's not quite the Bond presence.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,545
    Self confidence is important as an overall trait, yes.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,518
    mtm wrote: »
    Oh mewing! Haha, yeah I saw that a while ago, that's a slightly scary little trend isn't it.

    Someone'll be along shortly to accuse Dan Craig of doing it :D

    Yes, Dan's certainly a natural pouter. As was Brosnan I suppose!

    It's a weird nonsense internet trend. I guess it's kind of funny but also a bit disconcerting.

    I'm just glad no one's mentioned Bond needing to be a Sigma Male yet or something, haha.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited 3:38pm Posts: 6,040
    It's probably a product of this 'alpha-male' discussion, but when it comes to Harris Dickinson, I like him as an actor, but I think he's too "boyish" still for Bond, at least at this stage. James Bond does indeed need to project a certain physical and emotional weight, someone who can walk into a room and hold his own against larger-than-life figures: megalomaniacal villains, power-hungry bureaucrats, icy femme fatales.

    Dickinson is talented, and commands spaces in a different way, but in the context of James Bond, he still feels like he’d be reacting to those characters rather than dominating the space. Bond should feel like the center of gravity, not someone finding his footing around more commanding presences.
  • dewiparrydewiparry
    Posts: 191
    He's his own archetype. They just need charisma under pressure...imagine saying 'Bond. James Bond.' all day, every day, and on cue.
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