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All depends what age the producers will be looking for by that point. If Bond 25 is to be Dan's last film and is released in 2017/18, Hiddlestone will only be 37. By the time casting is announced, he'll still be south of 40 so I wouldn't rule him out just yet.
Mid to late eighties. Count on it.
It's all pure guesswork. We have absolutely no idea what EON are thinking about in terms of the future.
This is not to say Tom Hiddleston would not be any good as Bond. I think that he would be very good. Just that I do not see him or anyone born around that time being cast.
As for the future, they will want Daniel Craig for a while, hence my remarks on the next actor's date of birth.
Maybe this thread needs to be split into who would have been good as Bond, with another looking for the next star.
We've had unknown actors, established actors, actors in their 30's, actors in their 40's. We cannot know with any degree of certainty, which way the producers will go next.
And there's nothing to say the producers won't replace DC any more than they did PB if they feel the time is right for a change.
I doubt anyone foresaw Pierce getting the boot in '04.
Casting a middle aged man in their 30's makes sense with the production time of films today but maybe they would want someone for a few if they were the right guy. You're right @willygalore we don't know but I do think we can make some educated guesses. If I'm wrong I'll hold my hands up with pride. This is just one person's viewpoint after all. :)
Burton would have been terrific. He likely would have gone down as the best Bond, such a shame he never got the role. We know he was under consideration at one point but maybe be was too big a 'star' for the part, nonetheless he was always a classy actor driven more by the material than the acclaim so maybe Bond was never his cup of tea.
I in fact think Heath Ledger would have been a great Bond back in 2006. We know there was one point where his name was heavily thrown around but nothing same of it. He fit the original brief so well, that of a late-20's Bond going on his first mission. Daniel was definitely plausible in the end, especially considering that Bond had apparently risen to the rank of Commander etc. But Heath would have been a great young Bond back in those reboot days.
I wouldn't have cared for Burton either. He just didn't have that same devil-may-care attitude as Connery or Moore. Plus when he was seriously considered in 1969 for OHMSS I think he already looked too old. By 1969 he was 44 but didn't quite look as dashing as Moore, Dalton, Brosnan or Craig did despite the fact that they all played Bond in their mid-fourties. It probably had something to do with his constant drinking and at 44 he looked bloated and worn out. Hardly a sexy image for James Bond. And keep in mind that would've only been his first Bond film. By the time he'd have gotten to LADL he would've looked like a joke.
And like you said, I believe Burton's personal life might've taken too much attention away from the role.
"After drinking himself nearly to death during the shooting of The Klansman (1974), Burton was dried out at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Burton allegedly was so inebriated while making the picture that many of his scenes had to be filmed with him sitting or lying down due to his inability to stand. In some scenes, he appears to slur his words or speak incoherently.Burton himself said of the time leading up to his near loss of life, "I was fairly sloshed for five years."
Is the sort of man you want playing James Bond. I think not! We are all human and flawed but a more cleaning living actor playing James Bond is better than someone like Richard Burton.
On the other hand, Sean Connery was a total misogynist who happily cheated on his wife with a dozen women and openly admitted to beating them up. This lifestyle is very deliberate and chosen. You're telling me you'd rather have a pig-headed chauvinist play Bond?
In any case it hardly matters what lifestyle any actor has when considering if they are right for a part, it's the work that they do and Burton was a great actor.
Ledger would've only been 26 when they started filming CR in early 2006. Even for a rookie 007 that's far too young. The youngest they could've gone for Bond in CR would be 31 or 32. I'd imagine it takes a little while to work your way up too 00 status and 26 would've looked alittle ridiculous.
Simply being a good actor isn't enough. I consider Steve Buschmi to be a very good actor but I wouldn't cast him as Bond. Burton just didn't have that edge and didn't take too good care of himself physically.
http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=2804
Ledger could have played 28 with ease.
As for Burton's lifestyle, it's far from relevant. He had the look, the skill and the ability. He could have been an amazing Bond, I think it's very short-sighted to rule him out because he was an alcoholic. I'd rather have a great actor than some squeaky-clean pretty boy.
Back to Ledger though. I think he could have been great he was such a gifted actor. Maybe had his circumstances been different and he got the Bond role his tragedy could have been avoided, but who am I to say.
There is also an argument that Sean Bean would have made a more interesting Bond than Pierce....
What about 1990's Ralph? I just see Mallory now.
His name's Matt Ryan. He's welsh, so he'd have to do an accent, but he's a really good actor. He's also born in the 80s and he's pretty unknown (he hasn't been in much apart from bit parts on telly).
Recently he played Edward, the main character, in Assassin's Creed 4, which he was brilliant at. It was a complex character but he nailed it and gave a great performance. This has also boosted his career a bit as he's now been cast in the lead in a new TV show in America, based on some comic book.
He looks the part, he's a good enough actor and he won't be too old or too famous once Daniel leaves.
Oh and I probably said it before, but Ray Lonnen would have been great to succeed to Roger Moore in FYEO.
Well right now we have a blonde Bond, so I don't think hair colour is an issue (there are more recent photos of him with black hair but he's grown it longer so I didn't bother posting those). I think as long as the actor is handsome and in good shape it doesn't matter.
He's in this show called "Constantine" coming out soon. I think this will boost his profile a bit so he could be on the producers radar after that. I doubt he'll get the role (I doubt any of our suggestions will) but I think he'd do a good job. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him either way, thought he was great in Assassin's Creed.
I've just looked up Richard Madden, I haven't seen him in anything so I can't judge how good an actor he is but he doesn't seem good looking enough to me. Although I'm a bloke and I'm straight so my opinion on that side of things doesn't really matter.
all his films he's been the main star have bombed, which leads me to think he'd be a bad bond in whatever language/accent he spoke.
let's see what he does opposite proper bond material in the man from uncle.
I am a straight bloke so I am not a specialist, but always thought he may be too good looking in a soft way to play Bond, but thought his face may grow virile as he matures. He is Scottish, which I thought would be an asset and he played Sean Bean's son in Game of Thrones, so I made the association partially because of this.
But hey, he is probably too short and maybe too much of a redhead (on some pictures). On the other hand, he is Scottish, has worked with actors in Bond movies before (and at least closely with one) and he might have the right face, given a few years.
@Ludovico If Richard Madden is Scottish, can he do an English accent? Because although Bond is half Scottish I don't think he should speak with a thick Scottish accent (Connery's wasn't really thick).
I'd love to read that book.
Can you expand on that, @JWESTBROOK?