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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited March 2016 Posts: 15,690
    Even if Cavill was the only possible candidate, I'd rather they bring back Brosnan or Dalton as Bond instead of him. Heck, I'd even advocate an 8th film for Sir Rog if Cavill is the only alternative.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    Even if Cavill was the only possible candidate, I'd rather they bring back Brosnan or Dalton as Bond instead of him. Heck, I'd even advocate an 8th film for Sir Rog if Cavill is the only alternative.

    I'd rather them bring back Brosnan, Dalton or Moore over most of the candidates.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Brosnan would still be miles better than most of the candidates. So would Dalton by the way.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    Posts: 1,130
    making a bad superman don't Cavil a bad choice for Bond.

    Superman as famous as it is its not a character as cool and sexy as James Bond, actually id say its quite Boring brining superman Back has been a fiasco since Paul Rudd because the character doesn't honestly have legs

    So the actor is not the problem is the character itself. The only true great Hero warner has is Batman and they should stick to it


    Anyway going back to Cavil i think he did a very fine job in the man from UNCLE sure not oscar worthy but convinced me very much he could do Bond.




  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Cavill has the look but like many others have said, He's very wooden. I thought he looked cool in UNCLE but his forced Robert Vaughn esque impression was so stiff and unnatural it was Cringworthy. But then again I haven't seen him do a performance with his real accent so that might be part of it.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2016 Posts: 23,883
    The trouble with Cavill (imho) is it's all surface level. There doesn't appear to be any gravitas or depth to his acting repertoire. He comes across as a distinct lightweight to me (and I was an advocate for him over Craig in 2005 chiefly based on looks, I'm ashamed to confess).

    If EON wants to make more surface level light hearted Bond films going forward, then he may (and I really mean 'may') be able to pull it off, but if any sort of dramatic heft is required, I'd stay away from Cavill personally.
  • fanbond123fanbond123
    edited March 2016 Posts: 1,661
    John Le Carre is doing a sequel to The Night Manager. Tom Hiddleston is to return as former British soldier Jonathan Pine in

    The Football Manager

    Roy Hodgson plays the villain.

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  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    Can't see Cavill as Bond? He is Superman, and also Solo in Uncle! I would put Hiddlestone ahead of him.
  • SuzanneStoneSuzanneStone
    edited March 2016 Posts: 372
    I know I'm late on this whole Aiden Turner business so can someone please recap what has been said about him? :D

    His looks scream Bond to me but I've never seen him act.
  • Mark_HazzardMark_Hazzard Classified
    Posts: 127
    Irish actor, played one of the dwarves in The Hobbit trilogy and is the one who hooks up with the elf. So he's got that going for him...

    On a more serious note: check him out in "And then there were none", as it shows a more brutal side of him, while he is also wearing a dinner jacket.

    Meanwhile it seems he is still laying low about Bond. Wise choice IMHO, since Daniel Craig hasn't officially resigned.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    AceHole wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    He's the best Superman so far and a much better actor than Reeve. Probably because he's a Brit.....where all the best leading men are from (with the exception of Leo Di Caprio). Anyway, getting back to the topic, if Craig has to be replaced......Tom Hiddleston......maybe.

    Are you serious? You rate Cavill as a better ACTOR than Reeve? Or did you mean you prefer 'his' Superman to Reeve's...

    Both. Yes, I rate Cavill as a better ACTOR than Reeve.

    Horses for courses, I guess... d'you rate Kilmer's Bat' above Bale's as well then? :D
    It's a similar kind of chasm in acting ability.

    No Bale is the better actor by far.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    edited April 2016 Posts: 5,131
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    Even if Cavill was the only possible candidate, I'd rather they bring back Brosnan or Dalton as Bond instead of him. Heck, I'd even advocate an 8th film for Sir Rog if Cavill is the only alternative.

    Cavill is not my choice or favourite to be the next Bond. But in light of the idiotic press statements suggesting totally pointless, unsuitable and pc for pc's sake candidates (Elba etc), he makes more sense.
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,770
    in a little over 2 weeks Me and My wife will see the first episode of the 6 part mini series Night Manager. Honestly i am excited and i will give a proper sort of discussion/review of each episode and why Hiddleston (and the Director) is either right for bond or not I am trying to go in with as open a mind as possible. Hiddleston has the charisma but I have only seen him play villains that well I hate (that is the point of villain) so I am curious if he can play a character I can route for.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    It's too bad that Chris Pine is already Captain Kirk. And American. Because THIS is James Bond:



  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Pine? I think we saw what he could bring to the table in Jack Ryan. I kept thinking "Hollywood Poor Man's Craig" when watching it.

    He's good as a blue collar working class type (The Finest Hours, Unstoppable) but this is certainly no Bond imho.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Chris Pine can still be Bond. Captain Kirk can be sent back to the past by the temporal police to impersonate James Bond to save the world from megalomaniac Trump.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,554
    bondjames wrote: »
    Pine? I think we saw what he could bring to the table in Jack Ryan. I kept thinking "Hollywood Poor Man's Craig" when watching it.

    He's good as a blue collar working class type (The Finest Hours, Unstoppable) but this is certainly no Bond imho.

    Which describes Bond's background, actually. I never would have connected Pine to Bond until seeing this ad the other day.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Surely Bond is more than an Armani ad.

    Craig himself, despite his considerable talents, has trouble bringing the refinement that Bond should present (imho), and I'm sure Pine will find it even more difficult.

    I'm looking for a chap who can naturally convey that sense of class along with a disdainful chip which Vesper talked about in CR.
  • JJPMurphyJJPMurphy
    Posts: 68
    Bond's class has never been clarified. He begins as an upper middle sort, I think? Fleming then retcons it to 'scotch peasant' (wonder why?). Craig's Bond is all over the shop. Casino Royale tries to imply he is some sort of working class upstart made good? Only for Skyfall to then revert to lord of the manor stuff with the big family home and groundsman in waiting etc.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    A Plank of Pinewood.
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
    Posts: 1,756
    I still think Gosling would be an unconventional but great pick for Bond. He has charisma, screen presence, girls go crazy over him but he's still "macho", was born in a British commonwealth country, can actually act. I guess since he doesn't have the accent, that would offput most people.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Gosling was very good in Fracture opposite Bond alum Rosamund Pike & potential Bond villain Anthony Hopkins. I love that film. He's a pretty cool chap.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    dominicgreene wrote: »
    I still think Gosling would be an unconventional but great pick for Bond. He has charisma, screen presence, girls go crazy over him but he's still "macho", was born in a British commonwealth country, can actually act. I guess since he doesn't have the accent, that would offput most people.

    No thanks, but if he is cast instead of that other Ryan in the Canadian FYEO production, yes please.
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
    Posts: 1,756
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    dominicgreene wrote: »
    I still think Gosling would be an unconventional but great pick for Bond. He has charisma, screen presence, girls go crazy over him but he's still "macho", was born in a British commonwealth country, can actually act. I guess since he doesn't have the accent, that would offput most people.

    No thanks, but if he is cast instead of that other Ryan in the Canadian FYEO production, yes please.

    Funny, I thought of doing my own Canadian FYEO Bond film.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,824
    bondjames wrote: »
    Surely Bond is more than an Armani ad.

    Craig himself, despite his considerable talents, has trouble bringing the refinement that Bond should present (imho), and I'm sure Pine will find it even more difficult.

    I'm looking for a chap who can naturally convey that sense of class along with a disdainful chip which Vesper talked about in CR.

    For some people wearing a smoking is all it takes to be Bond. Or at least a suit.

    A few years ago I thought Cavill would grow into a capable actor that would fit the bill. I think now he relied too much on his good looks. Without technique a gift is only an annoying habit as Georges Brassens said. Maybe he had a gift.
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
    edited April 2016 Posts: 1,756
    Someone mentioned Richard Armitage, looks are there but he looks a bit too... villain-y? Too old anyway.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    dominicgreene wrote: »
    Someone mentioned Richard Armitage, looks are there but he looks a bit too... villain-y? Too old anyway.

    Way too old. And not that great of an actor IMO.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    bondjames wrote: »
    Pine? I think we saw what he could bring to the table in Jack Ryan. I kept thinking "Hollywood Poor Man's Craig" when watching it.

    He's good as a blue collar working class type (The Finest Hours, Unstoppable) but this is certainly no Bond imho.

    The fact that he's American immediately discounts him as a candidate.
  • MadeleineSwannMadeleineSwann
    edited April 2016 Posts: 591
    I think Aidan Turner would be a good choice. I photoshopped this to make him look more Bondian:

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  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Sean Bean should have been Bond in '95, for the present I'd like Craig to do one more, if not then Huddlestone would be my choice, yet to be convinced by Turner, but only seen him in Poldark, And Then There Were None and the Hobbit films.
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