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QsCat

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QsCat
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
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  • ColonelAdamski wrote: » The way she told me, he was running in the yard and she said "careful where you're going sonny", and when he looked at her she went, 'oh, it's Tommy Shelby!'. I'm only reporting what she said. The actor that charmed the w…
  • Venutius wrote: » I'm not sure that Craig was rough around the edges when he was cast in 2005, tbh. He may have looked more like a sergeant than an officer, as some griped, but he was the finished article at least as early as Sword of Honour in 20…
  • 007HallY wrote: » thelivingroyale wrote: » Hoult’s a bit like Matt Smith for me, in how he doesn’t look as tough as my ideal Bond probably would, but I’d still be open to him doing it. I could see him bringing a lighter touch to it again, but …
  • ImpertinentGoon wrote: » I just think it’s kind of strange that so many of these franchise filmmakers saw enough in Hoult to take an extended look at him, but when they did, decided to go with someone else. But I’m reading too much into that… …
  • mtm wrote: » Yeah, I find his acting amusing at times, but he's always extremely watchable and charismatic; he's a natural star and always was really. Brosnan is a brilliant actor. Is there anyone similar nowadays? Not that I can think of. …
  • Venutius wrote: » I'm not familiar with the work of some of the suggested candidates this time around, but I don't hold out any hope that we'll get someone with Craig's ability. So if we have to accept a worse actor, we might as well compensate by…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » QsCat wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » We should also not underestimate the fact that the average moviestars to…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » We should also not underestimate the fact that the average moviestars today are not nearly as recognisable as those 20…
  • 00Heaven wrote: » Good Lord those Brosnan "classics". I might have to give them a watch at some point :D. Around the world in 80 days is worth a watch!
  • mtm wrote: » QsCat wrote: » mtm wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » mtm wrote: » Yeah he's great in it, really striking performance. And pretty much in his Remington Steel period too: should have been Bond then: he showed there he co…
  • mtm wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » mtm wrote: » Yeah he's great in it, really striking performance. And pretty much in his Remington Steel period too: should have been Bond then: he showed there he could do the cold as well as the charm…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » We should also not underestimate the fact that the average moviestars today are not nearly as recognisable as those 20-30 years ago. Outside of the UK/US and fanbases of specific films and shows, ge…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » Troy wrote: » manover wrote: » Wasn't it obvious they were going to take their time? Especially with the ending in NTTD. I think a couple of years to await events/ find the right actor/ ge…
  • Benny wrote: » QsCat wrote: » slide_99 wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » Anyway... I feel like the upcoming film Bullet Train could be a good "Layer Cake" for Aaron Taylor-Johns…
  • slide_99 wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » Anyway... I feel like the upcoming film Bullet Train could be a good "Layer Cake" for Aaron Taylor-Johnson. A lot of the online talk about tha…
  • Amazing to think that Lazenby was only 29. I'd forgotten that. He certainly looked older. He did a brilliant job really, considering his age.
  • mtm wrote: » QsCat wrote: » mtm wrote: » Harris Dickinson in the new 'See How They Run', looking a bit more of a candidate possibly..? (looks like loads of fun) https://twitter.com/SeeHowTheyRun_/status/1542130766565580805 …
  • ToTheRight wrote: » The announcement doesn't really surprise me. It's going to take some hard thought to decide how to bring Bond back in a big way after NTTD. The next film really should be a masterpiece akin to CASINO ROYALE. Yes it's go…
  • mtm wrote: » Harris Dickinson in the new 'See How They Run', looking a bit more of a candidate possibly..? (looks like loads of fun) https://twitter.com/SeeHowTheyRun_/status/1542130766565580805 I loved The King's Man and he was g…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » QsCat wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » QsCat wrote: » I think it has to be an actor we aren't aware of. There is nobody I'm aware of who I would like to play the part. Settling for Turner feels like settling for the…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » QsCat wrote: » I think it has to be an actor we aren't aware of. There is nobody I'm aware of who I would like to play the part. Settling for Turner feels like settling for the best option out of a bad bunch. He's very lu…
  • I think it has to be an actor we aren't aware of. There is nobody I'm aware of who I would like to play the part. Settling for Turner feels like settling for the best option out of a bad bunch. He's very lucky if he IS being considered
  • slide_99 wrote: » When I watched Brosnan as Bond I saw him as being the same person as all the previous Bonds, in the sense that these missions were all a part of this one person's life. Of course it takes suspension of disbelief, especially in r…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » Paul Mescal Shouldn't Bond be at least a tiny bit handsome? A strong no to Henry 'jack of all trades' Cavill. He isn't a good actor, unless you count an impression of…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » Michael Fassbender will forever be the one who got away. I'd given my left testicle for Fassie instead of Craigski. Craig was irreplaceable in Casino Royale and Quan…
  • Agent_Zero_One wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » Slim Jim Fassbender Would be the first bond to actually look Scottish. Looks better in a stubble than Craig did. See above. Fassbender missing out on Bond would be l…
  • mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » @Venutius Can't say for sure, but he definitely gives off a very specific 'toff a*sehole' vibe that I think got him cast as that particular character. That kind of is Bond though! :) I think Bond i…
  • TFC1 wrote: » Not sure if he has been mentioned before, but I saw something called Miss Scarlett and the Duke tonight and the lead in it is called Stuart Martin. He plays a police detective in victorian england and there was a scene where he had t…
  • Ludovico wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » So gonna drop Aaron Taylor-Johnson in again, only because I rewatched The Kings Man recently and feel its the most Bondian he's looked in recent years, given how he's been sporting a beard most of time. …
  • I know Rupert Penry-Jones has been mentioned here before and I think I recall him not being thought of very favourably. I know he has missed the boat but I’m just wondering whether you could see/would have liked him as Bond? I rewatched Joe’s Palace…