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Oh yeah, I should have read a bit closer, it actually says late June!
Heh! The eighth choice? How do you mean? :)
Just a way of saying he may not be the top contender or the one who gets it, even if he’s been invited to audition via tape (which is very much a first line thing anyway, especially for untested candidates - that’s how Sam Worthington and Anthony Starr got ousted from the candidate list).
I mean, CR supposedly has 200 potential names at the start, even if Craig was supposedly the favourite. They’ll go through these guys.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I feel you’re either a similar influencer bro living in Dubai to what you describe in your posts, or a guy living in your mum’s basement. No inbetween 😂
Oh yeah absolutely, if this story is true then he's one of dozens if not hundreds, as you say. I'm not particularly interested in this guy, I think the interesting thing is that they're actively looking at people now; and not just the big stars. Although I think they'd look at everyone anyway just to do a thorough job. As you say, they did the same when they were looking for Bond#6 even though they had their sights on Craig the whole time.
They’d be stupid not to cast a wide net. If they have their sight on a Callum Turner or Harris Dickinson and can’t get them, they need other options. Plus you never know who could shine through.
Personally though, I believe they’ll ultimately go for a more established actor a la Craig. He seems an interesting guy though (apparently worked in a call centre before coming into acting, which is quite cool).
I guess that's after he sent his tape in (today's story said he did that in late June) so the source for both stories may well be the same. It could be that he told a mate of his in June, that mate told some other mates, they put bets on him being 007, the bookies noticed that and it became a story on screenrant in July. But him or his agent being loose-lipped about it also became known to this THR reporter this week so this story appears.
That his name has come up twice just means that he or his agent have been more indiscreet than all the other guys who have been testing.
If they chose Bond actors based on Bond style photo shoots I don't think they would do very well.
Agreed. Is it so hard to find an actor who could easily embody this?
With hiring Villeneuve to direct and Knight to write, I think them two alone will have their own pull to bring in a strong calibre of actor.
If I were to guess, I think they'll hire an actor with a similar career to Daniel in 2005, perhaps with more Television/streaming series under their belt, as the gap between film and TV is much smaller than it was in 2005
He's 37, so I guess other older actors are getting their chance
1. Friend.
2. Cavill.
3. Starr.
4. Worthington.
Screentest material for sure.
Watching Friend in Jurassic World Rebirth it's not too hard to imagine him as a decent Bond.
;)
I agree with this. I might even put Starr above Cavill, who I thought was just okay. Friend was a real surprise to me. I would have never considered him in my head as a Bond, but the screen test was excellent in my view. The best of the four.