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  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    I quite like the thought of Jason Isaac as the main protagonist. Although older? I still believe he has a great physical to play opposite whoever the new 007 will be?

    If they cast Isaacs, I'd rather he be M.
    Isaacs would have been a good Bond too.

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    MSL49 wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    I quite like the thought of Jason Isaac as the main protagonist. Although older? I still believe he has a great physical to play opposite whoever the new 007 will be?

    If they cast Isaacs, I'd rather he be M.
    Isaacs would have been a good Bond too.

    Yeah, circa 2005. He was maybe my favorite then, with James Purefoy.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    edited August 28 Posts: 510
    Ludovico wrote: »
    MSL49 wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    I quite like the thought of Jason Isaac as the main protagonist. Although older? I still believe he has a great physical to play opposite whoever the new 007 will be?

    If they cast Isaacs, I'd rather he be M.
    Isaacs would have been a good Bond too.

    Yeah, circa 2005. He was maybe my favorite then, with James Purefoy.
    Agreed Purefoy is another name who "got a way", he could have easily been Bond.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    Sir Ben Kingsley would have been an excellent villain, perhaps Blofeld during the Brosnan era.
    He is superb actor
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 16,047
    Christopher Wagelin, who I think I mentioned before. Swedish, little known, been around for a little while, young and imposing enough to be physically threatening, but mature enough to have gravitas. I really enjoy him in Ronja the Robber's Daughter.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Christopher Wagelin, who I think I mentioned before. Swedish, little known, been around for a little while, young and imposing enough to be physically threatening, but mature enough to have gravitas. I really enjoy him in Ronja the Robber's Daughter.

    Never heard of him. Tick.
    European. Tick.
    Looks good. Tick.

    I love an unknown to the masses, especially if they’re European.
    Mads Mikkelsen was a perfect villain for CR. Maybe an actor like this could be what Bond 26 needs.

    Great shout out @Ludovico
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,913
    Mallory wrote: »
    In terms of Blofeld, I always thought Werner Herzog would've been great, especially after his villainous performance in Jack Reacher:

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    That’s a lovely thought, he’s really chilling in that film.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I can imagine them going for a more established/recognisable actor for the villain.

    Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if we got someone as big as Cillian Murphy, Adrian Brody, Tilda Swinton, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman etc. Slightly lesser knowns, but still recognisable options could be Jodie Comer, Vincent Cassel, David Dastmalchian, Matthias Schoenaerts... those sorts of names.

    Maybe if a lesser known European actor does something relatively notable to British/American audiences in the next couple of years and makes an impact we could get someone a bit more left field (I dunno, someone like Luca Marinelli I guess I can see making a splash with something and getting noticed... maybe... there are many potential names you could throw in as hypotheticals). I don't think they'll purposely go for a little known actor though, and I don't see much benefit in them doing so. It goes back to Danny Boyle wanting Tomasz Kot for the villain of his Bond film. It's not that he's a bad actor (I'm sure he'd be a perfectly functional villain, although maybe not a great one) - it's just that for a Bond movie nowadays you have to make sure the villain can match up to the lead and that audiences are drawn to the villain even just from the trailer. Generally speaking it's a bit easier to accomplish this when the actor is a big personality with experience of having a show stealing secondary/villain role like Javier Bardem or even Rami Malek, rather than someone like Mathieu Amalric (ie. lesser known and more subtle character actors). They might luck out and get a lesser known, but charismatic future star like Mads Mikkelsen who puts in an amazing performance, but I'd bank on them getting someone who many will recognise.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    Posts: 510
    007HallY wrote: »
    I can imagine them going for a more established/recognisable actor for the villain.

    Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if we got someone as big as Cillian Murphy, Adrian Brody, Tilda Swinton, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman etc. Slightly lesser knowns, but still recognisable options could be Jodie Comer, Vincent Cassel, David Dastmalchian, Matthias Schoenaerts... those sorts of names.

    Maybe if a lesser known European actor does something relatively notable to British/American audiences in the next couple of years and makes an impact we could get someone a bit more left field (I dunno, someone like Luca Marinelli I guess I can see making a splash with something and getting noticed... maybe... there are many potential names you could throw in as hypotheticals). I don't think they'll purposely go for a little known actor though, and I don't see much benefit in them doing so. It goes back to Danny Boyle wanting Tomasz Kot for the villain of his Bond film. It's not that he's a bad actor (I'm sure he'd be a perfectly functional villain, although maybe not a great one) - it's just that for a Bond movie nowadays you have to make sure the villain can match up to the lead and that audiences are drawn to the villain even just from the trailer. Generally speaking it's a bit easier to accomplish this when the actor is a big personality with experience of having a show stealing secondary/villain role like Javier Bardem or even Rami Malek, rather than someone like Mathieu Amalric (ie. lesser known and more subtle character actors). They might luck out and get a lesser known, but charismatic future star like Mads Mikkelsen who puts in an amazing performance, but I'd bank on them getting someone who many will recognise.
    On your list my vote goes to Oldman, it would be interesting.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 12:41pm Posts: 5,834
    MSL49 wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I can imagine them going for a more established/recognisable actor for the villain.

    Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if we got someone as big as Cillian Murphy, Adrian Brody, Tilda Swinton, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman etc. Slightly lesser knowns, but still recognisable options could be Jodie Comer, Vincent Cassel, David Dastmalchian, Matthias Schoenaerts... those sorts of names.

    Maybe if a lesser known European actor does something relatively notable to British/American audiences in the next couple of years and makes an impact we could get someone a bit more left field (I dunno, someone like Luca Marinelli I guess I can see making a splash with something and getting noticed... maybe... there are many potential names you could throw in as hypotheticals). I don't think they'll purposely go for a little known actor though, and I don't see much benefit in them doing so. It goes back to Danny Boyle wanting Tomasz Kot for the villain of his Bond film. It's not that he's a bad actor (I'm sure he'd be a perfectly functional villain, although maybe not a great one) - it's just that for a Bond movie nowadays you have to make sure the villain can match up to the lead and that audiences are drawn to the villain even just from the trailer. Generally speaking it's a bit easier to accomplish this when the actor is a big personality with experience of having a show stealing secondary/villain role like Javier Bardem or even Rami Malek, rather than someone like Mathieu Amalric (ie. lesser known and more subtle character actors). They might luck out and get a lesser known, but charismatic future star like Mads Mikkelsen who puts in an amazing performance, but I'd bank on them getting someone who many will recognise.
    On your list my vote goes to Oldman, it would be interesting.

    You can't get much more prestige than Oldman. I'm sure he was considered for Bond villain roles in the past, and honestly, I think he could have made a fantastic Renard. He's older now, so I think he'd give us something a bit different, and if he was interested in a villain role for Bond 26 I'd be up for seeing him do it.
  • TroyTroy
    Posts: 372
    Oldman would make a great baddie
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