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Do you really believe that?
I think it’s bound to be someone we’ve mentioned. They’re not going to go with someone with no tv or film experience. I just can’t see it.
There are a few actors of the right age that haven’t been brought up here (Cassian Bilton from the Apple TV+ show Foundation, for example), but even then I think they’re still on our radar, so to speak. Anyone with the required talent will be working on our screens somewhere, imo.
I don't know, little I've seen of him I get more of a Brosnan vibe personally. Not that's necessarily a good thing, mind you.
I feel like he's said out loud before. Lewis was never in the frame to actually play him, it's just that Mendes had an idea of the character in his head and he pictured Lewis.
Yes I think the chance that someone has guessed him is pretty high. The idea that there's some perfect idealised candidate out there that no-one has ever seen is wishful thinking and can only lead to disappointment.
I remember someone on here even guessed 'No Time To Die' as a film title at some point! :D
I mean, I hope.
Turner is high on my shortlist but I went to see GoldenEye in the cinema and before it came on there was a promo for House of Guinness with Partridge and I've only seen him in Enola Holmes when he was even younger, so I think even Bond #8 might be too soon. I don't know if it's because I had Brosnan on the brain but I could see the same kind of charisma in that short clip.
Brief video -
https://www.instagram.com/gant/reel/DPRqVhQDbru/
Bloody hell, new favorite, just like that! Well done, @Bond_Bombshell. Good voice and presence. Plays golf, also. Seems to be good at acting, btw ;)
So a new Lazenby? I really doubt it.
Lazenby is one sort of unknown. Nowadays, I'm seriously wondering if there are that many known actors, what with the multiplication of streaming content.
This guy is gym ready
Good suggestion mate. He seems more suitable than most young actors suggested
A very good candidate..
I know a few will disagree, and I’m not even sure how apparent it is to people outside of the UK, but for me Suter just comes off as a bit too polished and well spoken. Nice Oxford boy I call him (I think he’s genuinely from Oxford or went there. Sounds weird but he’s the sort of chap I can easily imagine wearing brightly coloured chinos and those sleeveless ‘life preserver’ jackets when he was younger. Again, no idea if that means anything to some, but it’s a very particular image of younger, wealthy, privately educated Brits I’ve seen who mostly seem to be from Oxford!)
It’s just an aspect of his screen presence I’ve noticed - I think his first role was in Bad Education literally playing ‘Posh Student’ and it’s probably why he was cast as the aristocratic Lynley - I can very much believe he’s from an upper class background and a bit naive. For me that’s just not quite Bond (Bond should be refined, but not naive, and there should be something immediately striking about him - Suter is good looking but not very striking in my opinion). It’s a subtle problem with a potential Bond, but I think it’s there (although he could be interesting playing the type of villain I described above. That said I’m still unsure just how impactful an actor he is on the big screen).
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At this point no one is a “ favorite “ ; the casting process is going to be extensive and vigorous. A lot of actors will be considered, contacted and be given initial interviews; a number of them will receive a formal screentest.
B. Radcliffe should be considered
It would be suprise if he doesnt have on their list.
I watched this out of curiosity; he's not very good in it (there's a moment of revelation there which he does absolutely nothing with at all and it kind of punctures the whole thing), but to be honest it's so poorly-made and directed that I'm not sure it's a complete mark against him, maybe he could be better in other stuff, and it's a couple of years old and he's still young. At the moment I'm not excited by him at all, but I'd still give him the benefit of the doubt for the time being.
If you've watched that trailer, incidentally, you've seen the whole thing. I'm mildly astonished at how amateurish it is though: cheap effects, bad direction, poor performances... no wonder I'd not heard of it before. I don't think I've seen something from Disney before that wouldn't be of professional enough quality to put on BBC Two or Channel 4. And it's produced by Cuarón(!)
Not many unknown unknowns around! :)
What you think was Moore or Brosnan too polished for Bond?
I think Moore was almost a pastiche of a David Niven sort. Well spoken and debonair, but lots of innuendos, wryness, and eyebrow raising (and much more sexual, and harder edged).
Brosnan had this strange Irish Transatlantic accent that made him unique and a bit enigmatic even.
Both I’d say had a lot more presence and gravitas than Suter.
It’d be a bit like if Tom Hiddleston were cast as Bond (incidentally I think he’s best when playing well spoken villains - Loki and Crimson Peak being the examples. If I had to bet what Suter’s short term career in films would be, I’d guess along those lines rather than the hero).
Bond actor has to have that movie star charisma both Moore and Brosnan had that even more than regular actor.
Yep, and B Radcliffe has that much.
Looks very debonair: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/04/13/14/56568405-10715179-image-a-59_1649857079549.jpg
They can let these talents to lip through their fingers.
Details, details… 😂
Yes, and honestly I’m conflicted about whether Suter has enough as an actor to fill those shoes.
Oddly, having just looked it up, I think he may well be playing a well spoken villain in his next film (it’s an Anna Biller thing called The Face of Horror).
I get the feeling that Knight would be in favour of Ben as Bond, even if Villeneuve isn't.