Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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  • cwl007cwl007 England
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    I'll take that as a ''don't bother'' then. :))
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    fanbond123 wrote: »
    Looks like James' agent rang up the Daily Mail and said "please promote my actor. If you do, here's 5 grand!"


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3679106/Female-fans-rally-James-Norton-Bond.html

    Looks a bit like chef Jamie Oliver? Bond - licence to kill and make a damn fine meal. ;))

    ....or Eric Stoltz
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    fanbond123 wrote: »
    Looks like James' agent rang up the Daily Mail and said "please promote my actor. If you do, here's 5 grand!"


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3679106/Female-fans-rally-James-Norton-Bond.html

    Looks a bit like chef Jamie Oliver? Bond - licence to kill and make a damn fine meal. ;))

    We already had Roger Moore and his quiche, no need for any more ;-)
  • Good evening/good morning. Not sure if it's the done thing to introduce oneself on your first post. on this forum; been a long time time since I got involved in some Microsoft newsgroups in 2001. Some Americans got rather upset with me for no reason at all.

    Anyway, people I know getting bored of me wittering on so thought I'd venture on here to see what the opinion was among fans with regards potential new Bond actor. Particularly in light of media stories about Tom Hiddlestone, Aidan Turner and now James Norton.

    In my opinion (for what it's worth) James Norton too young and too obviously middle class looking. Tom Hiddlestone too rangy and lacking in latent threat. Aidan Turner too young and too swarthy.

    So what's the general consensus that Fassbender would be good? It's possibly a reductive idea of Bond but Fassbender gives me the authentic impression of a guy who can pull off an unsettling stare, spend a few hours drinking, then have a fight with a guy he's just met before stealing his girlfriend for the night.


  • If not Daniel Craig........the more I see of him, I believe Tom Hardy would be spectacular as Bond
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Good evening/good morning. Not sure if it's the done thing to introduce oneself on your first post. on this forum; been a long time time since I got involved in some Microsoft newsgroups in 2001. Some Americans got rather upset with me for no reason at all.

    Anyway, people I know getting bored of me wittering on so thought I'd venture on here to see what the opinion was among fans with regards potential new Bond actor. Particularly in light of media stories about Tom Hiddlestone, Aidan Turner and now James Norton.

    In my opinion (for what it's worth) James Norton too young and too obviously middle class looking. Tom Hiddlestone too rangy and lacking in latent threat. Aidan Turner too young and too swarthy.

    So what's the general consensus that Fassbender would be good? It's possibly a reductive idea of Bond but Fassbender gives me the authentic impression of a guy who can pull off an unsettling stare, spend a few hours drinking, then have a fight with a guy he's just met before stealing his girlfriend for the night.


    That's what forums are for ....to piss people off.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    Turner is still a good choice in my head, but he still looks too young. He'd be the first Bond that's actually younger than me (by four years). Fassbender is still the one; looks and acting-wise, he's right on the money. Plus unlike Turner, he's the right age (two years older than me).

    But I must stress that my first choice is Daniel Craig. If only he could do just one more, hopefully go out on a high. Only Lazenby and Dalton went out on a high.
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    Good evening/good morning. Not sure if it's the done thing to introduce oneself on your first post. on this forum; been a long time time since I got involved in some Microsoft newsgroups in 2001. Some Americans got rather upset with me for no reason at all.

    Anyway, people I know getting bored of me wittering on so thought I'd venture on here to see what the opinion was among fans with regards potential new Bond actor. Particularly in light of media stories about Tom Hiddlestone, Aidan Turner and now James Norton.

    In my opinion (for what it's worth) James Norton too young and too obviously middle class looking. Tom Hiddlestone too rangy and lacking in latent threat. Aidan Turner too young and too swarthy.

    So what's the general consensus that Fassbender would be good? It's possibly a reductive idea of Bond but Fassbender gives me the authentic impression of a guy who can pull off an unsettling stare, spend a few hours drinking, then have a fight with a guy he's just met before stealing his girlfriend for the night.


    Welcome to Mi6! I like that first post, BTW.
    I personally feel that NONE the often mentioned candidates: Hiddleston, Aidan Turner, the new one Norton, etc etc are quite James Bond , for pretty much the reasons you mentioned. Hiddleston....maybe I'd accept if he were actually cast. I might even be pleasantly surprised once the film came out. My first impression of him, though, makes me think he'd be better suited for Sherlock Holmes in a classic Peter Cushing style. As for the rest I do think they look far too young, even in their thirties to convince me they're actually James Bond. Aidan Turner, although he seems to be a popular choice on the forums, looks too much to me like he'd be hanging out with the guys on the HBO series Entourage, rather than walking in the famous 007 gunbarrel. But I haven't really seen him in anything to fairly judge.
    Fassbender, on the other hand I think I could embrace as Bond. He's pushing forty...which Bond should be, and has a good style about him. If he were cast I'd probably be extremely happy it wasn't one of the others and optimistic about the series' future.
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    Norton is a good age. He might work. Would need to dye his hair though.
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    timmer wrote: »
    Norton is a good age. He might work. Would need to dye his hair though.

    Ehhh...10 years after Craig first played Bond, we're still doing this?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Dye another day ?
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    dinovelvet wrote: »
    timmer wrote: »
    Norton is a good age. He might work. Would need to dye his hair though.

    Ehhh...10 years after Craig first played Bond, we're still doing this?

    Or after Moore before that?
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Hiddleston is the man for the job.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Agreed =D>
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Recent antics on the beach with a pop star notwithstanding, I'm still inclined to agree, but my patience is being tried on the 'personal' front.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Recent antics on the beach with a pop star notwithstanding, I'm still inclined to agree, but my patience is being tried on the 'personal' front.

    Agreed. Norton had my attention as well, but he seems a bit too young. I prefer my Bonds seasoned.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Recent antics on the beach with a pop star notwithstanding, I'm still inclined to agree, but my patience is being tried on the 'personal' front.
    Definitely agree.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Forget Norton. I know I have.
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    I'm just not seeing Norton as James Bond, agent 007 of the British Secret Service. To be honest I think most of these names would be better cast as Manuel in a remake of OHMSS.
  • edited July 2016 Posts: 1,661
    Many people didn't see Craig as Bond - Daniel Craig didn't see himself as Bond, he initially turned down the role! - so there's a good chance the next Bond actor may get a fair amount of "I'm just not seeing (name of actor) as James James Bond, agent 007 of the British Secret Service." Once they're suited up and doing some Bond action - I'm sure the tide will turn in their favour. But some fans will still moan of course. The internet is the bible of moans and rants. :D
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    To be frank, in some ways, I still don't see Craig as Bond, and I never was in the Craigsnotbond camp. He has been excellent no doubt, but if I was to opine on whether he naturally 'fits Bond' without a great script and having to act his socks off (which he has done), my answer would be no.
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    Actually when I first saw Craig's name as a contender back in 2005, I immediately could picture him as 007, and went to see Layer Cake to prove myself right. I'm warming to the idea of Hiddleston, and Hardy gradually.
    Most likely whoever gets the role won't be someone we've been talking about. In '86 it came as a total surprise when Tim was cast. There was Pierce, of course, but I do remember Entertainment Tonight specifically announcing that Finlay Light had been cast in The Living Daylights. I actually believed it until Tim was announced that August.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    bondjames wrote: »
    To be frank, in some ways, I still don't see Craig as Bond, and I never was in the Craigsnotbond camp. He has been excellent no doubt, but if I was to opine on whether he naturally 'fits Bond' without a great script and having to act his socks off (which he has done), my answer would be no.

    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited July 2016 Posts: 23,883
    doubleoego wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    To be frank, in some ways, I still don't see Craig as Bond, and I never was in the Craigsnotbond camp. He has been excellent no doubt, but if I was to opine on whether he naturally 'fits Bond' without a great script and having to act his socks off (which he has done), my answer would be no.

    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".
    I agree and that is sort of what I meant. He needs some meat on the bones for his performance to really come alive. The flippant light hearted stuff is not really what he's best at, if only in comparison to his illustrious predecessors.
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".

    Timothy Dalton remains my favourite Bond but I felt he was far more visibly uncomfortable doing the traditional Bond stuff then Craig. That said I'd much rather have the Craig Bond from CR\QOS back and him playing to his strengths. They may as well have stuck with Brosnan if they wanted the flippancy.

    I can't think of any current actor who strikes me as a Bond candidate. I think I'd quite like a complete surprise left field appointment like Mendes hinted at. Someone whom is absolutely not on the radar yet once cast you'd think 'ah of course, yes he'll make a great Bond'.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    bondjames wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    To be frank, in some ways, I still don't see Craig as Bond, and I never was in the Craigsnotbond camp. He has been excellent no doubt, but if I was to opine on whether he naturally 'fits Bond' without a great script and having to act his socks off (which he has done), my answer would be no.

    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".
    I agree and that is sort of what I meant. He needs some meat on the bones for his performance to really come alive. The flippant light hearted stuff is not really what he's best at, if only in comparison to his illustrious predecessors.

    Yep. Craig excels when he has CR/QoS material to work with. The humour and overall characterisations is perfect and credible to his talents. It takes a special kind of actor to deliver the brutality, class, sophistication, humour and charm and for me, Connery mastered this and was/is the sole practitioner of such dynamic acting prowess in the role.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Cowley wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".

    Timothy Dalton remains my favourite Bond but I felt he was far more visibly uncomfortable doing the traditional Bond stuff then Craig. That said I'd much rather have the Craig Bond from CR\QOS back and him playing to his strengths. They may as well have stuck with Brosnan if they wanted the flippancy.

    I can't think of any current actor who strikes me as a Bond candidate. I think I'd quite like a complete surprise left field appointment like Mendes hinted at. Someone whom is absolutely not on the radar yet once cast you'd think 'ah of course, yes he'll make a great Bond'.

    I think Dalton does a better job with traditional Bond than Craig does simply because Dalton didn't have to work with noticeably overt material that made being flippant stand out too much. TLD and LTK still had a Bond that was a connoisseur and had a degree of sophistication that's synonymous with the character and had Dalton pulling off a far more genuine believability being such a man when compared to Craig.
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Hiddleston is the man for the job.

    He'd be great, but Ben Whishaw hasn't quit yet.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Cowley wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    If I'm honest I'm not really a fan of Craig doing traditional Bond. It just doesn't feel organic to me and feels incredibly forced. That being said SP is my least favourite Bond performance from him. He's far more believable and engaging when his performance isn't cracking obligatory quips or doing the "I have to smirk because I'm James Bond".

    Timothy Dalton remains my favourite Bond but I felt he was far more visibly uncomfortable doing the traditional Bond stuff then Craig. That said I'd much rather have the Craig Bond from CR\QOS back and him playing to his strengths. They may as well have stuck with Brosnan if they wanted the flippancy.

    I can't think of any current actor who strikes me as a Bond candidate. I think I'd quite like a complete surprise left field appointment like Mendes hinted at. Someone whom is absolutely not on the radar yet once cast you'd think 'ah of course, yes he'll make a great Bond'.

    I think Dalton does a better job with traditional Bond than Craig does simply because Dalton didn't have to work with noticeably overt material that made being flippant stand out too much. TLD and LTK still had a Bond that was a connoisseur and had a degree of sophistication that's synonymous with the character and had Dalton pulling off a far more genuine believability being such a man when compared to Craig.

    I like Dalton and his films. He is a great actor. BUT....he lacks the star quality and presence that Craig has.
  • SasSas
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Recent antics on the beach with a pop star notwithstanding, I'm still inclined to agree, but my patience is being tried on the 'personal' front.

    Everyone deserves love. Even Tom and Taylor. I think they will get married and have a baby before the release of Bond 25. Then I'll come back to quote this post B-)

    So I agree, Hiddleston is probably the next Bond.
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