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Although I found Dalton to be very close to the Carmichael Description-- just with more of an edge.
That why I've mention Tom Mison, Dan Stevens, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Barnes to name a few. The only problem I see is thar who even plays the part has to be very famous known and in the US. That why the same names keep coming up and its more than likely the next Bond has already been chosen.
I could mention
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Tom Cullen
Tom Ellis
Josh Bowman
Ricky Whittle
Sam Claflin
That's why I mentioned it.
I alway though someone who looked like James Garner would be good
Stormzy's current squeeze (and millennial) Maya Jama attempts to interview legend (and baby boomer) Jeff Goldblum. She humiliates herself at the very start by having to check her notes to remember his name (the nerve!), and things get even more awkward from then on as he fails to understand what she's saying. Enter @bondsum's fave ;) Tom Hiddleston to smooth it over. They all then start trolling each for a few minutes.
"Google it. Yes Yes!!" Vintage Goldblum.
Thaw was hilarious. She probably has never seen THE FLY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, or any of he other countless Goldblum films during the past 30 years. Unbelievable.
I did like Hiddleston's dinner suit there, looking very Bondian (minus the shaggy hair and beard).
He's always worn a suit well. Needs to toughen up a bit though.
I´d love to see a Bond film tailored to Hiddleston´s strengths. He could be a Right updated Version of Moore in a way, playing it smooth, not emphasizing too much the brute.
I´m Kind of contradicting what I wrote just above now, am I not ;-)?
https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/11/03/outlander-sam-heughan-auditioned-james-bond-daniel-craig-henry-cavill/
I've always thought he could be good, if he put on some muscle and cleaned up his off camera act, which can be a bit needy at times.
Can Jeff Goldblum please be made an honourary Brit, then be cast as the next Doctor?
I didn't say people only lose their original accents "by sheer osmosis" - it's just one of the ways. Of course people can intentionally acquire a new accent, because they feel their original one has some stigma, and I understand that. But something like moving to another country/continent, especially at a young age, and kinda losing contact with the original accent, makes it natural and common for one to lose one's original accent without actually trying to, or necessarily wanting to, and they won't just magically get it back even if they want to, and they can end up with some messy, changed version (like Christian Bale).
Intentionally changing one's accent for general purposes - other than a specific role - is a choice some people make, including actors. If an actor always uses the same accent in real life as well as in different roles, that may limit job opportunities, since the assumption may be that that's the only accent they can do. But exhibiting different accents in work shows ability with accents, and then their own, non-work life accent should then be irrelevant; it shouldn't matter for work opportunities if they've already shown they can do different accents. That obviously requires searching for and accepting roles where different accents can be used in the first place.
Since I'm not a casting director, nor otherwise work in the industry, this is just speculation on my part, but I would certainly hope that an actor's own accent doesn't limit work opportunities as long as they can show they can do other accents too. But many actors also seem to manage quite well, and do different types of roles without showing much variety with accents (Colin Farrell for instance).
The British situation with class/background making a big difference is an interesting (and sad) case, and I assume with that one's own accent might indeed play a big part in getting work, though also just changing the accent may not be enough then.
If so then presumably a distinctive accent, as opposed to one which is more typical, may preemptively eliminate them from consideration for certain roles. After all, how many of these directors are going to go out of their way to determine if an actor can change up his/her accent? I wonder.
I think that's fairly easy to find out. I'm guessing every actor's resume contains the information about accents.
Just throwing this out as an idea... you could make a case why the next Bond actor should be a bit shorter. Why? Well if Craig was a more blunt, everyman type of Bond, a bit of a radical or unusual choice, then it makes sense (if you wanna use that word!) to continue that approach. Going with a taller than average actor has been done five times before. A smaller Bond actor would be different and he would not stand out in a crowd which is what spies are meant to do. I think there's a film precedent for what I mean. This guy:
Michael Keaton was too short to play Batman. He played the part and I think he's still regarded as a decent Batman. Keaton is listed as 5' 9" but he may be a tad shorter.
There are some interesting aspects casting a shorter man as Bond. He may look less threatening when fighting taller enemies which could create more tension? How will Bond defeat the tall henchman. This was used with the taller Bonds. Moore's Bond vs Kiel's Jaws - classic example. Craig's Bond vs Bautista's Hinx a modern example.
I'd prefer a taller than average actor, but a smaller guy would be Eon casting in a different way. Let's face it - the franchise is over 50 years old, had six actors in the role, Doctor Who has a female Doctor (!), Jeremy Corbyn could win power in the future and make radical changes to the UK, Donald Trump is the US president.. things change. There is no reason why a shorter actor can't be James Bond (accepting the fact Craig looks around 5'9" - 5'10" so he's not Bond height).
Richard Madden - clearly a shorter guy - is the type of short Bond that would be a departure from what's been before. He looks shorter than Craig. I think it's worth considering. Genuinely considering casting a shorter actor as Bond. Small, compact but dangerous! :)
Keaton is not 5'9. He is safely a scratch above 5'8.
It's certainly true that Keaton was an excellent Batman/Wayne and it's also true that he was shorter than other Batman actors. The same goes for Craig in relation to previous Bond actors.
Despite this, I can't understand the logic in explicitly seeking out another shorter Bond, particularly when average heights are increasing with improved nutrition. After all, the Batman actor to follow Keaton (Kilmer) wasn't short, and neither were the other ones since.
So frankly I'd prefer if these two remain exceptions rather than a new rule. 'Small, compact but dangerous' is a theme best left for another series.
The arguments he put forth are a hypothetical - to be used by a proponent to explicitly support such a choice if it were to be made. Small, compact, dangerous, easier to slip under the radar etc. Aren't we discussing theoretically here, as we do most things?
EDIT: love to chat more, must go to bed for an early morning boxing session; look forward to your reply @bondjames. ‘Night.
The explicit call I am referring to is a hypothetical one, because as you note, nobody is actually calling for it. The entire premise of fanbond's post is a hypothetical. A postulate. My comment and response is also a hypothetical.
If it's called for, then it will be explicit in reality, because then someone would have to make the arguments that he outlined, along with other ones that may exist for why this is the right direction to take.
I think pretty much any actor is in danger of being typecast, and they have a lot of responsibility in that themselves as well, in what kinds of roles they seek/take. Most actors probably genuinely care about acting (beyond just paychecks for anything) and have ambition and interest to play different types of roles. Picking similar stuff probably brings further offers of similar stuff. Obviously it isn't simple to just choose different stuff - there may not be much to choose from at all, and actors gotta pay their bills, too. So it can be tricky.
Typecasting can happen to anyone starting out, as well as to anyone known for a certain thing or who has been particularly successful at something if they let it happen.
See for instance Matthew McConaughey and romantic comedies; apparently successful (god knows why, absolutely terrible movies), so the offers kept coming and he accepted, and made money - pretty easy, but ultimately boring and unsatisfying I suppose. When he then started saying no to those movies, it took a while for him to start getting much other, completely different and more demanding stuff offered again. Since he already had the money, he could afford to wait. Not everyone ever has that luxury, but actors also have a responsibility themselves as well in what they do in the first place. (McConaughey chose to get into that rut himself.)
They tried to (somewhat) typecast Christian Bale once upon a time - thank goodness for Mary Harron; problem sorted. But the actor needed to really want it, too - first to get to do it (not a simple process, even after convincing the director), and then to deliver. But typecasting is a bitch, who'd wanna be a slave to it if they can avoid it, so fighting to be free from it is worth it.
For some reason (I hate to say laziness and lack of imagination, but what else?) many directors (the same with everyone else) often see actors in roles that at least somewhat resemble something they've done before. - Regardless of accent. - So getting to do something entirely different may require a director with more imagination or insight. It's hard to prove you can do something very different from what you've done before if nobody believes you can and actually lets you do it.
Now, about accents... I find it hard to believe that directors - and casting directors - would mostly just assume that an actor likely can't do another accent unless they have proof. Accents are often a part of an actors job after all, and the information is surely provided anyway, and most (I think most) directors do auditions anyway. I don't think they'd need to "go out of their way" to find out about an actor's ability with accents anymore than to find out about their ability to otherwise fit the potential role.
And actors don't just magically acquire accents anyway, they learn them when they need to, and that's why dialect coaches exist. Some actors just either aren't very good at that stuff, or don't bother, but the assumption surely should rather be that actors learn accents, like they learn the other stuff they need for a role, rather than "oh, they speak like that there, I suppose that's the only accent they can do." Productions hire dialect coaches, just like they hire people to teach actors choreography whether dancing or fighting, to teach them to handle horses, guns, whatever.
Ah, well...
Agree. If he for some reason ends up being cast (I'm not totally against it, but there are other actors I rather see in the role), then a lean physique – like he has in The Night Manager, but with well choreographed fighting might be the way to go.