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I'm not 100% sure it's Dickinson either, but what they are looking for is something very specific and Dickinson fits the bill.
The idea that a surprise candidate will emerge and get the role seems unlikely to me.
They hired Villeneuve and Knight after all.
to me its a bit like Christian Bale in 2005. He had put in the hard yards proving himself as an actor, he was hitting that leading man age-range, he was going to be a star. Then batman came around, and it was a fit like a hand in a glove. That's what I see with Dickinson and the timing for Bond, he's reaching the right stage of his career at just the right time.
I agree with this, I'm sure we've seen the guy who will be Bond on this thread already.
Although Knight was a pleasant surprise, you're right that's he's not an unknown, and DV had been talked about for Bond for years. The actor isn't going to be a nobody out of left field. And yeah, tend to agree with Mendes4Lyfe as well: DV doesn't really do unknowns.
Dickinson is possibly starting to become my favourite for it as I think he could do something really interesting, but it's earlyish days yet. That said, I don't like to read too much into interviews, but that Josh Horowitz one was pretty eye-opening and the way he dismissed superheroes but said how interesting he found the character of Bond almost seemed like Dickinson rolling the pitch for becoming 007 to me.
I could see a scenario where we have an actor announcement before the end of the year, I don't think it's impossible. Craig obviously wanted to see a script before he signed up, but here we have a slightly different situation where it's Denis Villeneuve's name above the door: one of the most respected directors around- a guy who has never made a bad movie. People want to work with him. Heyman & Pascal are no slouches either. I know he's up to his eyes at the moment, but if Villeneuve and Knight make a pitch on zoom to an actor about the story they're thinking of, I think that could be enough for a lot of actors to sign on if they liked it, even without a finished script. And if you have your eye on someone who's going places you need to book 'em up early.
I think he's on record as saying he's never been interested in Bond; whether he would have turned it down if it came up is another matter probably, as I can imagine folks say that when they don't want to be asked about something all the time!
Not sure how applicable it is to Bond, but the media's favourite, or the general public's favourite rarely ends up being Bond. It only ever happened with Brosnan, I think, and even he suffered from entering the process as Bond in 1986.
There's a serious chance that Harris Dickinson could appear 4 times as John Lennon, and 1 time as James Bond, all in the space of just 2028!!!
That's if Bond 26 isn't pushed into 2029 to allow Dickinson to play the role.
Yeah. But I think Amazon would want a 2028 release. At the moment, it's looking like a 2028 Bond film. If Villeneuve wasn't doing Dune, then it would have been a 2027 release. But I don't know...maybe 2027 could still be possible? Maybe... but it's not looking like it at the moment.
Well, let's just say that Dickinson is THE MAN and Amazon is happy to wait for him to become available (big assumption), then apparently it will take 15 months of continuous shooting for the 4 Beatles films, and they have yet to begin that process. That takes us to spring 2027, so really they would have to work quickly to cast and shoot the whole movie and go through post-production in about 18 months in time for late 2028. That's assuming there's no reshoots on the Beatles films, or Bond 26 needed, and no studio notes.
If they could get him and the schedules work (and that Beatles thing does look like a problem, although who knows what they might be able to do) I think he'd be a very canny choice.
Quite amusing to hear what his fans are called, as mentioned in this fun Chicken Shop Date:
If Amazon is prepared to wait for Villeneuve, they're prepared to wait for Dickinson. Don't forget, this casting could impact them for the next 15 - 20 years! If they have to wait another 4 - 6 months to get the right guy, it's a small price.
However, as you point out, if it is Dickinson then it's becoming more likely that Bond 26 will be pushed out of 2028.
Fair point, maybe. I guess if DV was totally sold on an actor he might be able to persuade them to move it; I can imagine MGM being less prepared to wait for an actor than the director though. There are plenty of actors around and the big name is Bond rather than the star.
Equally if it were Dickinson I don't think it's definite to us how the schedules would work out; it might not be as bad as we think, who knows.