Who should/could be a Bond actor?

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• doubleoego #LightWork

  January 2017 Posts: 11,139

  I have an actor in mind, a personal favourite candidate who no one's mentioned; who I know would tear up the screen as Bond, has the incredible acting ability, screen presence and oozes charisma on screen. He's 37, 5ft 11, Australian and doesn't pose about in suits much and interestingly enough used to be an underwear model. Lets see who can guess who I'm talking about? Doubt he'd get the role though.
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  January 2017 Posts: 45,489

  DaltonCraig007 wrote: »

  I know Brosnan gets a lot of flak on these forums, but I am sure even the most anti-Brosnan members here ( @bondjames, @Getafix, @Thunderfinger) would chose Brosnan against most of these 'candidates of the week'. Apart from a select few (Fassbender? Hiddleston?) who have some kind of fanbase here, Brosnan just towers over 99% of all actors mentioned on this thread. Brozza may not have been the greatest of actors, but at least he had the looks and charisma. Some of these suggestions here (especially Game of Thrones actors) are just woeful. Baby faced Brosnan in the 1980's looks 20 years older than some of these early-30's years old candidates.

  
  Looking at those Gameboys above, I would rather have Brosnan back, yes.
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  January 2017 Posts: 23,883

  Are you talking about Travis Fimmel @doubleoego? If so, I guessed it because I know you've been watching Vikings and enjoying it. I'll admit that I don't know anything about him.
• doubleoego #LightWork

  January 2017 Posts: 11,139

  bondjames wrote: »

  Are you talking about Travis Fimmel @doubleoego? If so, I guessed it because I know you've been watching Vikings and enjoying it. I'll admit that I don't know anything about him.

  
  Yeah it's him :)) The guy is phenomenal as Ragnar and it's the little things in his acting that really elevate his captivating performance in the role.
  
  This was a great scene from mid season 4 where Ragnar comes back after years from absconding from his responsibilities as King and as a parent.
  
  
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  January 2017 edited January 2017 Posts: 23,883

  doubleoego wrote: »

  bondjames wrote: »

  Are you talking about Travis Fimmel @doubleoego? If so, I guessed it because I know you've been watching Vikings and enjoying it. I'll admit that I don't know anything about him.

  
  Yeah it's him :)) The guy is phenomenal as Ragnar and it's the little things in his acting that really elevate his captivating performance in the role.
  
  This was a great scene from mid season 4 where Ragnar comes back after years from absconding from his responsibilities as King and as a parent.
  
  

  He certainly knows how to play intense based on this clip. He has range, but it's difficult to imagine him as Bond since this is such a different genre. I'll keep a look out for his work going forward.
  
  Liam Neeson apparently was approached for Bond before Brosnan but his then wife didn't want him to take the role, because she thought it would ruin his career. What a difference a few decades make. I'm sure he didn't think at the time that he'd be all over the action genre now.
  
  http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/750239/James-Bond-007-Liam-Neeson-Pierce-Brosnan-Goldeneye-Taken-Schindler-s-List-Daniel-Craig
• Ludovico

  January 2017 Posts: 14,865

  BondJasonBond006 wrote: »

  Everything that is a part of bloody Game Of A Lame Excuse For Softporn Thrones should automatically get disqualified for ever coming near a Bond film!

  
  ... Yet many actors who played prominent roles in Bond movies ended up in GoT. Must be the T&A.
  
  And on a side note everyone : I could not recognize Viserys from that pic.
• ToTheRight

  January 2017 Posts: 15,870

  Looking at Travis, clean shaven and with a Bondian haircut I could see that. He looks strong.
• HarmonyRockets

  January 2017 Posts: 177

  ToTheRight wrote: »

  Looking at Travis, clean shaven and with a Bondian haircut I could see that. He looks strong.

  
  Here's what he looks like when he's clean shaven:
  
  
  
• BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb

  January 2017 Posts: 9,020

  I definitely want to see more of him :P
• LordBrettSinclair Greensleeves

  January 2017 Posts: 167

  Looks more like Thor's Little brother...
• doubleoego #LightWork

  January 2017 Posts: 11,139

  HarmonyRockets wrote: »

  ToTheRight wrote: »

  Looking at Travis, clean shaven and with a Bondian haircut I could see that. He looks strong.

  
  Here's what he looks like when he's clean shaven:
  
  

  
  That is from 15 years ago.
  
  This is what he looks like clean shaven nowadays:
  
  
  
  
• barryt007

  January 2017 Posts: 19,339

  No,doesnt look right to me.
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  January 2017 Posts: 23,883

  LordBrettSinclair wrote: »

  Looks more like Thor's Little brother...

  He's in the running too, and is still my #1 pick, despite his less than flattering underpants spread in comparison to Fimmel.
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  January 2017 Posts: 13,384

  Christopher Biggins ?
• barryt007

  January 2017 Posts: 19,339

  Agreed @bondjames ...I still think Hidds would be a good Bond....
• BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb

  January 2017 Posts: 9,020

  I like the direction this thread is going.
  Can people please post more pictures of possible Bond actors in their panties :P or taking a bath...
• BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb

  January 2017 Posts: 9,020

  HarmonyRockets wrote: »

  ToTheRight wrote: »

  Looking at Travis, clean shaven and with a Bondian haircut I could see that. He looks strong.

  
  Here's what he looks like when he's clean shaven:
  
  

  
  A great picture but soap that produces soap bubbles should be forbidden!
  
• ClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns

  January 2017 Posts: 15,423

  I'm leaving this thread for good. I've seen too much I can't bear it anymore. :))
• barryt007

  January 2017 Posts: 19,339

  Oh God don't start Jason off,he is already on heat this week !!
• jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator

  January 2017 Posts: 10,588

  ClarkDevlin wrote: »

  I'm leaving this thread for good. I've seen too much I can't bear it anymore. :))

  It would be difficult for me to blame you.
  
• suavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

  January 2017 Posts: 5,131

  barryt007 wrote: »

  Agreed @bondjames ...I still think Hidds would be a good Bond....

  
  +2.
• LordBrettSinclair Greensleeves

  January 2017 edited January 2017 Posts: 167

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• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  January 2017 Posts: 23,883

  And the rumour mill heats up. Everyone wants a piece of 007, it seems:
  
  Tom Holland:
  http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/757624/James-Bond-007-Tom-Holland-Spider-Man-Homecoming-Daniel-Craig-Tom-Hardy
  
  Jamie Dornan:
  http://fansided.com/2017/01/24/jamie-dornan-desperate-next-james-bond/
  
  and Taron Egerton:
  http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/taron-egerton-i-d-like-to-play-007-but-i-d-be-a-very-boyish-bond-a3449206.html
  
• suavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

  January 2017 Posts: 5,131

  bondjames wrote: »

  And the rumour mill heats up. Everyone wants a piece of 007, it seems:
  
  Tom Holland:
  http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/757624/James-Bond-007-Tom-Holland-Spider-Man-Homecoming-Daniel-Craig-Tom-Hardy
  
  Jamie Dornan:
  http://fansided.com/2017/01/24/jamie-dornan-desperate-next-james-bond/
  
  and Taron Egerton:
  http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/taron-egerton-i-d-like-to-play-007-but-i-d-be-a-very-boyish-bond-a3449206.html

  
  Holland = Midget. No.
  Dornan = Looks the part, lacks the acting chops.
  Egerton = Doesn't have the look. He actually looks a tad 'Council Estate'.
  
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  January 2017 Posts: 23,883

  suavejmf wrote: »

  Egerton = Doesn't have the look. He actually looks a tad 'Council Estate'.

  Indeed. A perfect fit for Kingsman's Eggsy perhaps, but not Bond.
• suavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

  January 2017 Posts: 5,131

  Agreed. Not a bad actor, but not 007.
• talos7 New Orleans

  January 2017 Posts: 8,015

  Dornan has "Psycho Eyes", and a desperate actor has never and will never be Bond.
• gumbolt Now with in-office photocopier

  January 2017 Posts: 153

  I predict that DC will return for one more, meaning a new star for 2020. I think it will either be somebody not even on the radar at the moment or, if it is someone reasonably well known today, it will be Aaron Taylor Johnson. You heard it here first!
• ClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns

  January 2017 Posts: 15,423

  Aaron Taylor Johnson? Why him?
• Murdock The minus world

  January 2017 Posts: 16,334

  =))