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Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,607
    It’s unrealistic to deny that, when it comes to height, there upper and lower limits ; a 5’6” actor will never be cast. On the other end of the spectrum, it’s highly unlikely that a 6’6” actor would get the job. If this were to be illustrated in a graphic, there would be a green middle that would transition to red on either end.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited September 5 Posts: 5,875
    Perhaps they should do that for the actors when screen-tests roll around. At the door their height, jaw, and ear size will be taken and plotted on a graph. A 5'10 actor with moderately large ears and a somewhat square jawline without a beard is acceptable. But should his ears go into the red or his height is even an inch above 6'2 that's an automatic disqualification.
  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
    Posts: 440
    An actor can be 5'10" and have incredible screen presence, or 6'4" and look awkward on camera.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,535
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    Elordi is too Australian

    @Jordo007 I hope you know I value your input.
    But how is Elordi too Australian?
    He’s got rave reviews in several of his parts. Whilst he is a little on the tall side, I don’t think he should be ruled out.
    Even if he is Australian.
    I know for a fact that Heath Ledger was considered after Pierce was let go.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    Posts: 541
    Benny wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    Elordi is too Australian

    @Jordo007 I hope you know I value your input.
    But how is Elordi too Australian?
    He’s got rave reviews in several of his parts. Whilst he is a little on the tall side, I don’t think he should be ruled out.
    Even if he is Australian.
    I know for a fact that Heath Ledger was considered after Pierce was let go.
    I think Ledger was too "blond" for Bond but otherwise great suggestion.

  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,870
    Benny wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    Elordi is too Australian

    @Jordo007 I hope you know I value your input.
    But how is Elordi too Australian?
    He’s got rave reviews in several of his parts. Whilst he is a little on the tall side, I don’t think he should be ruled out.
    Even if he is Australian.
    I know for a fact that Heath Ledger was considered after Pierce was let go.

    Ahh sorry my fault, I should have made it more clear it was a joke. Everyone was talking about actors being "too short" "too tall"
  • dewiparrydewiparry
    Posts: 253
    He's got an unreadable face, bit of a mystery. Seen an interview months back where he was honoured to be included in the casting talk. But Bond's heart is Welsh.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    edited September 6 Posts: 541
    Was Craig screentests in 2005 clearly the best to compare to the other candidates?
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited September 6 Posts: 3,343
    Probably, tbf. In terms of sheer acting ability, Craig's several rungs above the others that tested so the rest of them were very much at a disadvantage there. Craig also said that he decided not to try to 'impersonate' James Bond, but to play the scenes and interpret the character as he would if it was a role he was up for that didn't have all that cultural baggage attached. I can see how that could've given his test an individuality that wouldn't have been there if he'd been trying to actually 'play' the established character of Bond.
    Aside from all that, though, Craig's screentests were probably little more than a formality - after all, he even refused one of Campbell's direct requests ('No, I'm not going to do that - you do it!') and went home halfway through because he was 'bored'. That suggests that he didn't think that everything was riding on the outcome of the screentest. Maybe because BB and MGW had already told him to his face that they weren't just asking him to audition, they actually wanted him to take the role ('we want you to do this'). Craig's screentests would've had to be pretty disastrous for the studios to go against EON's wishes.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 2,349
    Craig played the cinematic Bond. I don't think he could pretend no one had done it before.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    Posts: 3,343
    An actor of Craig's calibre couldn't 'pretend'?
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    MSL49 wrote: »
    Was Craig screentests in 2005 clearly the best to compare to the other candidates?

    Little I saw of the other auditions... yes. Boy some of them were terrible.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 2,349
    Venutius wrote: »
    An actor of Craig's calibre couldn't 'pretend'?

    I think there's a lot of Connery's coolness in his performance. Fleming's Bond isn't really like that.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,607
    Based somewhat on what happed to Pierce, it occurred to me, as the time is approaching to cast a new Bond, actors are in a tricky position of signing for future projects that could interfere with their getting the role. On one hand they can't put everything on hold with the hope that they will land the Bond role, but they also don't want to be locked into something that would prevent it.

    Almost anything can be written into a contract, I wonder if any will have a "Bond Clause" that would free them if they were to get the 007 gig.

    I know nothing about how these things are handled, just wondering.
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