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Ah nice, thanks for that, hadn't seen that clip. I could go either way with Suter at the current time based on that and the trailer (it's not quite enough to go from I suppose though). I think he's got the good looks and that sort of debonaire, dapper posh charisma down in this role (that's not incidentally always a quality fully there with every Bond portrayal, and to some extent Craig and Connery subvert it with wryness and a harder edge. Moore and Bronsnan lean into that gentlemanliness more, but again with that tongue in cheek, harder edged element). He's still a bit 'TV actor' for me in his delivery and facial expressions, but that's a quality you could have applied to Moore and Brosnan I guess... But it's tricky imagining what he'd bring to Bond that's new and fresh (and I think they'll be wanting that).
I think he'd make a competent Bond if picked. I'm not sure if he's a shoe-in for the role based on that, but I can see him getting some attention from it. I do think a second series of this show would impact his chances, and in that sense I'd put him more on the 'unlikely' side at the moment, weird as it sounds (I can plausibly see a scenario due to availability/his association with this show where he doesn't even get a foot in the door to audition). But it depends on how it all pans out - this show could either stop after series one or have little impact on his career/schedule it won't matter. So I could be wrong.
I guess at the moment I'm still having an easier time seeing him as, say, Bond's posh old school rival or an Alec Travelyan type (ie. a sort of uncanny mirror image of Bond) rather than... well, James Bond. Maybe at best I can see him voicing or using his likeness for a video game Bond, but the living, breathing character is another matter. Does he have the screen presence or charisma to carry a bigger film? Does he have the capability of bringing something else to the role? I don't know one way or the other. It just depends on if he auditions and who else is in the mix.
Another great quote from one of my heroes. I guess I'll have to make it more obvious.
I'd say it depends of the role and what's expected of them. Also, it depends how connected they are to the character. Some people, even though they have limited acting skills and may not even have professional training, yet they connect to a particular role for some reason. But for Bond, I think you'd now need skills, natural charisma and some level of training, especially since it's now such iconic role.
Check out the new Wuthering Heights trailer. Timothy Dalton previously also played Heathcliff and Elordi has a similar byronic presence. Also, the new film is shot by NTTD's Linus Sandgren and it's beautiful
Sometimes an actor can be very good in an entire role but nothing beyond that; not to beat a dead horse, but Adrian Paul was very good as Duncan but beyond that he wasn’t a very good actor.
Obviously there won’t be screentest; there will be screentests, with the actors be put through a wide range of material.
Obviously it's only a teaser so hard to tell, but he could maybe convince me a bit more with that one.
Emerald Fennell trying to be all shocking again though, I didn't really feel convinced by Saltburn.
We wouldn’t know if there has been at the moment.
Viewers with longish memories may understand: Lynley calls to mind Remington Steele
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/lynley-review-a-high-born-sleuth-on-britbox-e08cea78?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiSZ4JcJ7LZGZpJVT4FyDJjvhaYHCBIQy8T2jezjlZ_pbZAWofesTtPMYGXRho=&gaa_ts=68ba2c7b&gaa_sig=8vo_XGUvvznwdRcGDXVrEJoRl5p1hv38ui8DOkMnqswKjEur2MMam-poqiLXqa_Jc6tAR8OdsPJmfqpoBuj8KQ==
I mean, he could play Jaws…
I think the Ideal height for a Bond actor is somewhere between 5’10 ( Craig) and 6’2 ( Connery) , maybe 6’3
Elordi Is 6’5, too tall
I’m less blown away by Elordi from an acting point of view. I mean, he’s a good actor, there’s nothing wrong with him, I just haven’t quite seen him as having ‘it’ yet, but maybe Wuthering Heights will do it.
We already know they have actors on their radar. It's another matter if we don't like them.
I think we’re a bit early into the process for that. Worth saying when screentests do get going we’ll still get the rags putting forward names (another round of ATJ rumours anyone?) At some point though we might get a Variety or Deadline article with a few actors supposedly in contention, and at that point it’ll be easier to get a sense of who the choice will be.
Lots of chaff in the air to distract us from the real deal.
Craig aside, Connery and the actors were all in the ideal zone.
Is an actor between 5'10 and 6'2 ideal for Bond? Yes. But honestly, actors lie about their height all the time anyway, and some of the biggest actors of all time - pun intended - were/are below that. It's not something I think they'll get hung up about, but if it impacts the actor's overall presence/screen tests, then it'd be one of many factors.
I don't think Elordi's too tall incidentally, but obviously he's on an extreme end of this hypothetical.
Spider-Verse has been pushed back almost four or five times now, so it wouldn’t shock me if it happened again and I actually expect it to do so. Wouldn’t surprise me either if the mystery something from Disney gets removed from the schedule as well.
Yeah, I think it's a bit silly to demand some sort of physical perfection. If the tattooed, balding, lanky, hairy ex-bodybuilder Scotsman who refused to do the accent was acceptable, then someone a couple of inches either way is not going to be a problem.
Connery was great because he was a fantastic screen actor and a handsome guy, he wasn't the physical embodiment of James Bond- until of course he was.
Casting's not a science. It would be absurd to start vetting actors based on very particular physical criteria without looking at the whole picture. It's why they find suitable actors based on their previous work, their audition tapes, even just a 'vibe' they get off them during interviews, and then of course proper screen-tests.