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Well, in my case...
(a) I can't take anybody seriously who'd think Elba would make a great Bond
(b) I can't take anybody seriously who wishes Elba to be the next Bond (even if they were Barbara Broccoli's housemaid!)
Well said.
Indeed! Also, you wouldn't dare get on the wrong side with a guy with this stare!
He is, he has a split second appearance in a speaking role as one of the men on the HMS Devonshire.
Wish I still had my original taping, hosted by Lazenby. Had a more Bondian title sequence.
Another thing that's absolutely terrific (or hilarious), is Charles Dance's returning segment on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year – reading various pieces of literature :))
(Sorry for going off topic, but Charles Dance is worth it!)
Here it is
He truly was
Although I also liked Dominic performance as well and not to mention sexy Lara pulver
Sorry to go off topic but couldn't resist.
Yeah right
Exactly. Couldn't do better than having him in a Bond film (again) – if they have a role suitable for him. He's a joy to watch in any role.
Now there's a ticket to a classic world-conquering villain!
Indeed!
I would have loved it before, either as a villain or as M, but now he is getting a bit old.
- Jim Caviezel
- Henry Cavill
- Jon Hamm
- Clive Owen
- Adam Rayner
Cillian Murphy
Tom Hiddleston
Michael Fassbender
Any of those and I’m happy
I want what you're smoking. Lots of it.
- Jim Caviezel - No Americans can be considered.
- Henry Cavill - Not a bad call. But too famous and expensive now.
- Jon Hamm - No Americans can be considered.
- Clive Owen - Too old. Times moved on.
- Adam Rayner - Can't comment. I don't know who he is I'm afraid.
Henry Cavill - Not a bad call. But too famous and expensive now.
Cillian Murphy - Too small and odd looking.
Tom Hiddleston - Good call.
Michael Fassbender - Good call.
Craig is a very good Bond @DrClatterhand, but he hasn’t quite reached the same heights as Connery’s Commander Bond. Nobody ever will either.
What Connery offered in his seven-film tenure (counting the non-canon Never Say Never Again) is a near-perfect balance between all subsequent imperfections and a command of the role that prompted either substandard impressions or a significantly different approach so as not to overlap with Connery’s sizable footprints – footprints deep enough to scare off Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood and Timothy Dalton.
This isn’t to say that Connery’s successors don’t have their rightful admirers, but can a convincing case be made for any of them as the best Bond, the Form from which all other performances can be judged?
No. Connery, lest we forget, was deemed so integral to the role that he was brought back in the wake of Lazenby’s failure, returning to a desperate paycheck of £1.25m (about £17.2m today). In Diamonds Are Forever, amongst all the camp, a bruised, weathered and even jaded Bond was ready to do his duty and call it a career. The film was a hit. The faltering franchise was saved.
Yet it could have all been so different. “An overgrown stunt man” was the assessment from Ian Fleming upon first seeing Connery standing two inches taller than the eponymous character and delivering lines with that singular Edinburgh accent. His mind was changed after one film, and having watched Dr. No, Bond was retconned to have Scottish ancestry. Not only did Connery define Bond on screen, he did so on the page too.
Really, when it comes down to James Bond it comes down to martinis, gambling, casual sexism, racial caricatures, and a figure who can pour himself into a tuxedo as easily as he can a martini. To hear “Bond, James Bond” is to hear it in the same voice as “do you expect me to die?” and as “Martini. Shaken, not stirred.” That voice is Sean Connery’s – the perfect Form, the first, the essential, the best.