Who do you think it will be? My money is on Henry Cavill.
The next James Bond
by Anonymous | reply 292 | May 4, 2020 4:23 PM |
Gawd! I hope not. He's as charismatic as toast. I go with James Norton.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 25, 2020 8:16 PM |
Well we know it won’t be a woman.
Just heard that recently.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 25, 2020 8:19 PM |
Sam Heughan - it's time for another Scottish Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 25, 2020 10:41 PM |
It can’t be a white guy!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 25, 2020 11:40 PM |
Oh, God, please, not Cavill.
I wouldn't have a problem with Norton giving it a shot, but I still hope Aidan Turner was in the running.
And if they have any sense, they'll put Hiddleston in as a Bond villain - I think he's safely off the list for 007 himself (didn't they announce some black actress was actually going to feature as the agent who takes over the 007 tag when Bond finally retires/dies/disappears?)
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 25, 2020 11:48 PM |
It’s going to be Idris Alba.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 25, 2020 11:51 PM |
At least please spell my name correctly.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 25, 2020 11:56 PM |
I keep saying it but no one will believe me: LUPITA. She was born to be James Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 26, 2020 12:58 AM |
James Norton or Aidan Turner would fit the role nicely. Both handsome, sexy men whose onscreen personas would work.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 26, 2020 1:34 AM |
Russell Tovey. He has the right body and British look. Not sure about the head and grey hair though. And it's time that James Bond gets a male love interest.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 26, 2020 1:51 AM |
Idris Elba is already too old, as he himself has acknowledged. The Bonds sign up to a four-film deal, the films take nearly two years to film given the ever more extravagant productions the public expects, and Elba is already pushing 50. Craig's got the role at 38 - he's finishing up now and he's nearly or already 50.
They need someone in his mid-thirties - especially these days, when a over-50 Bond making love to 20-something Bond girls would bring howls of outrage.
In art as in life, timing is everything. A 35 year old Elba might have been in the running, but not a 46 year old Elba, or indeed, a 46 year old anyone.
So it's down to someone who has got the sex, got the edge, got looks even if not classically handsome (there was only one Connery and that train has left the station and then they tore up the tracks), and can pull off both irony and passionate commitment to Queen and country, which is the core of the job.
Neither Norton nor Turner have really been tested on the big screen yet, although Turner showed well as Kylie the Dwarf in The Hobbit - he didn't disappear or make it clear he was better off on the small screen where he (and Norton) made his name.
They can't go with someone who's all muscle and Jermyn Street shirt ads looks, like Cavill - and besides, he's got Superman.
So unless they are on some sort of massive talent hunt, the obvious choices are down to a handful, unless I'm missing something. If Robson Green were 35, I'd be all over it like a rash, but he isn't.
Theo James is quite good-looking, but lacks, in my opinion, enough charisma.
Turner, of course, is Irish, not British, which might be a nice turnabout. He can sure as hell do sex, and he can do irony and menace and got (what the Guardian rather superciliously called "surprising") good reviews in the West End for his turn as "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" last year. He trained as a ballroom dancer, which he left at 16, and is lithe and quite capable of the required fight and stunt scenes.
Norton played a psycho rapist to much acclaim on Happy Valley before turning into the Vicar of Grantchester.
So these two, in my view, should head the list.
I wonder why Chris Hemsworth isn't on the list, or if THOR has made that impossible. God knows he's got the looks, can do the action stuff, is the right age, and has turned out to be more of an actor than anyone thought feasible initially.
Lord, that would so burn Hiddleston's arse . . .
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 26, 2020 2:21 PM |
It seems George Mackay is everywhere these days. I think he will be the next Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 26, 2020 2:26 PM |
R15 - Too young (27) and not nearly good-looking enough. In some photos, he looks almost twinkish.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 26, 2020 2:36 PM |
I’m holding out for Irene Ryan. I know she’s draft but sos Carrie Fisher and that hasn’t stopped her. Irene Ryan folks. She’s tan, she’s rested SHE’S JAMES BOND!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 26, 2020 2:38 PM |
Fassbender would have been perfect but is sadly too old and looks older than his age.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 26, 2020 8:21 PM |
As pretty as Henry cavill is he has the acting range of a spoon.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 26, 2020 8:26 PM |
Idris would be great, but he may be too old.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 26, 2020 8:29 PM |
I think people tend to forget that Daniel Craig was not that big a star when he got bond.
My bet is that they'll go for another person whose name we wouldn't readily recognize, even if we would recognize the face from supporting roles in bigger movies and shows.
Someone like Richard Armitage BEFORE The Hobbit or even before Spooks/MI5.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 26, 2020 10:44 PM |
[quote] I think people tend to forget that Daniel Craig was not that big a star when he got bond.
I had never heard of him pre-Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 26, 2020 11:18 PM |
He was naked-ish in Tomb Raider with Angelina. That's how heard of him Pre-Bond
He was naked in Love is The Devil. Fat uncut cock.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 27, 2020 3:10 AM |
Tom Hardy
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 27, 2020 3:22 AM |
[quote]James Norton or Aidan Turner would fit the role nicely. Both handsome, sexy men whose onscreen personas would work.
Some have been bandying Norton's name about because of his work in "The Trial of Christine Keeler" but I don't see him as Bond. He's too soft. Now Oliver Jackson-Cohen on the other hand seems perfectly suited for Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 27, 2020 4:08 AM |
Norton was anything but soft playing the psycho rapist in Happy Valley. He can do badass, but I agree that there's something diffident about him. I'd prefer Turner it it came down to the two of them.
Craig wasn't a household word, but he was already familiar as a quite good B-list actor with an edgy persona - someone mentioned "Love is the Devil" - he got a BAFTA nomination for that. His performance in "The Road to Perdition" as Paul Newman's psycho son was excellent and for me was the only memorable part of the film, and his earlier performance as the brutalised son of the alcoholic who turns to crime but in the end survives it all was wonderful in the (probably now forgotten) series, "Our Friends in the North", a series following a group of friends in the Tyneside area over twenty years, starting in the 1950s. It had a stellar cast: Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, and a young Mark Strong who also gave a memorable performance.
Craig was cast against type, and wasn't a global name, but he already has established acting chops. He nailed the role in the first ten minutes of the film.
That's what they are looking for now.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 27, 2020 12:28 PM |
^*already HAD established acting chops
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 27, 2020 12:29 PM |
[quote]Kylie the Dwarf
I don't usually "oh dear" but I thought this was hilarious. Perhaps little Kylie hangs out with Jackie on Assistance.
On topic, I'm intrigued by the idea of Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 27, 2020 12:48 PM |
R28 - Oh, come now. I wasn't suggesting that it was an Oscar worthy performance. I only suggested it showed Turner didn't disappear on the big screen even in a small role - he was, in fact, cast as the Dwarf With Sex - witness the attraction set up between him and Tauriel the Elf Girl. That's why they did it - Turner has sex appeal.
The paths of actors who make their name on the small screen and then try to cross over to the big screen is littered with more fatalities than survivors. That's not a state secret. Both Norton and Turner made their early successes on the small screen. I've never seen Norton on the big screen, but Turner seemed to fare decently in what I will be the first to acknowledge was hardly a heart-throb's role.
That's all I was suggesting.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 27, 2020 12:56 PM |
I would love Cavill as Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 27, 2020 12:56 PM |
R30 - So would his mother, I'm sure.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen is very pretty, indeed - he's also quite tall, if I remember. But he was also a model, first, and he retains something of the magazine ad turned actor . . .
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 27, 2020 12:59 PM |
No way are they going for Cavill. He did Superman poorly. U.N.C.L.E. again poorly. And also tied up with Netflix's The Witcher. The Bond producers will not wait for Mr. Cavill to have a free schedule. They didn't wait for Brosnan when he was still tied up with Remington Steele. Sure, they gave him the role after Timothy Dalton, but with Cavill I don't think history would repeat itself.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 27, 2020 1:03 PM |
You might need some coffee, R29.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 27, 2020 1:06 PM |
I've got the tux! I've got the guns!
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 27, 2020 1:08 PM |
Don't forget the tiny hands, and microscopic mushroom nub of a penis, R34.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 27, 2020 1:25 PM |
Freddie Fox as a gender-fluid Bond. I believe he can carry big movies after watching him in White House Farm.
James Norton is dull as dishwater.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 27, 2020 1:33 PM |
The next James Bond? I dunno.
Pretty sure it won't be Laurence Fox.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 27, 2020 1:34 PM |
I’m sure he’s been great in other roles but Norton is a complete nonentity in Little Women. So much so I had to look him up to be sure it was him in the role of Meg’s husband.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 27, 2020 1:34 PM |
R38 - Well, to be honest, John Book is almost a nonentity - rather like Sidney Chambers without the collar. I didn't see the film, but Norton seems way too, er, big and handsome to have played Meg's self-effacing bookish tutor of a husband.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 27, 2020 7:42 PM |
I heard Billy Porter is getting serious consideration.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 27, 2020 8:19 PM |
R40 for the win.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 28, 2020 7:23 PM |
Post-Craig, Cavill has no chance at Bond.
Had he been around post Brosnan, he might have had a chance. But, Bond has gone a bit grittier. At that time, someone like Clive Owen would have been an intermediate step between a Cavill Bond and a Craig Bond.
Oliver Cohen Jackson seems like a solid (read: safe) choice.
Of the names usually bandied around:
Richard Madden, Tom Hiddleston, Kit Harrington, Michael Fassbender, Sam Hueghan, Tom Hardy won't get it.
Dark horses: Aiden Turner and Jack Huston.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 28, 2020 7:33 PM |
R42 - Spot on re Cavill and Brosnan (Brosnan is too old, anyway), but
Hiddleston: no shot, he's off the list, he hasn't the right persona for it, although I'd line him up as a Bond villain any day. Heughan: no shot, they all know, and although he did decently as Jamie, he's not close to the actor Craig is - he's just not that interesting Fassbender: no shot, already 42, and Bond's ability to kill needs to be offset by the sympathy of the viewer; Fassbender is "unsympathetic". Ten years ago, maybe, but not today. Tom Hardy: no shot - I think he's a terrific actor but he's not attractive enough, and he's also already 42. Kit Harrington: Just too short, and has had emotional issues for which he checked into someplace for help. Too risky. And - rumours. Richard Madden: Madden seems like a possibility. He's only 33 and very attractive. He's been acting since childhood, has already won a Golden Globe, is a trained actor. However, there have already been questions about his sexuality, too - he refused to answer, and I regret to say that I just don't believe they'll go for it.
That leaves your "dark horses":
Turner - I don't see him as a "dark horse" I see him as someone who should be on the short list. He's hot, he's indisputable hetero, he's the polar opposite of Craig in looks, I think his range hasn't been established yet, and he's just off a hugely popular series as the romantic lead. He can do sardonic, as his turn in "And Then There Were None" showed, and he can sure as hell do sex onscreen (anyone who saw "Hattie" can vouch for that).
Re Jack Huston: Tall, attractive - and posh posh posh. There will be squawks. Yes, related to those Hustons plus the Chomondeleys and the Sassoons. I think his background and roundish face are against him.
No matter how I slice it, I keep coming up with Turner.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 28, 2020 11:48 PM |
"Hiddleston: no shot, he's off the list, he hasn't the right persona for it, although I'd line him up as a Bond villain any day. "
Agreed.
And yeah, I think Turner ought to be on the short list. He's a good actor, not beautiful but sexy as hell, he can play badass and he's got charisma that he can turn up to 11. But the biggie is that he's someone who might be able to follow Craig without looking like a total weenie by comparison - which isn't true of Hiddleston, or most of these actors. Turner isn't nearly as butch as Craig, no actor is, but when he wants to look dangerous he can, and Bond has to be able to look dangerous. But while Craig looks dangerous in a brutal way, Turner can look dangerous in a smooth, feline way, that could work very well for the part.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 29, 2020 1:46 AM |
Hiddleston? Please. We saw his not so veiled audition for this role - it was called The Night Manager - and if anything, it made a stronger case for Hugh Laurie as the next Bond villain than it made any kind of case for Hiddleston as the next Bond. Calling it a misfire is being kind.
Richard Madden is short (I know Google says he's 5'10" but given that actors under 6' often add an inch or two and he is only a little taller than teeny tiny Kit Harington, I assume he's 5'9" in stacked heels) and has semi-publicly dated men. It's possible they'll overlook one or the other, but not both.
Kit Harington is child-sized, looks permanently unwashed, and has a lot of personal life volatility, so I think he's out too. Oliver Jackson-Cohen looks the part - I've heard people say he looks "too ethnic" due to being half Middle Eastern, but he's not a bad action actor. Nevertheless I think he's too low profile. There's solid but not A-list yet and there's plucked from Netflix obscurity.
Of all these suggestions I like Jack Huston the best, but he's definitively the safe choice there, on account of all the poshness. To be totally honest I've warmed up to the idea of Henry Golding. I think he's got the whole package.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 29, 2020 5:45 AM |
Laurie is signed on to a new HBO show, Avenue 5, a screwball comedy in space. He's not available to play a Bond villain any time soon.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 29, 2020 5:56 AM |
Thank you, Literal Larry at R46.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 29, 2020 6:27 AM |
Aaron Taylor-Johnson or Jack Huston. Both handsome, virile, and have acting range (not unimportant). The same holds true for Christian Bale, but he may have been around the block a few times too many.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 29, 2020 6:45 AM |
Idris would be my first choice, maybe they could give him a 2 picture contract before he gets too old.
Tom Hardy, needs to slim down and get toned. His body always looks soft to me even though it probably isn't. But he has the right mix of sex and cruelty.
James Norton, pale eyelashes. Aidan Turner, too feline and his hair is his best feature and it would have to be cut. Kit Harrington always looks like he's about to cry. I don't think Christian Bale would want the role. Richard Madden, again too pretty, don't need a throwback to Roger Moore. Henry Golding, eh, not enough experience. Cavill was fine in Man from UNCLE because he was playing a stiff. Superman is a stiff.
The guy from Berlin Station? Has a good voice. What about Mark Strong in a toupee? Another great voice, sexy, dangerous.
Daniel Craig. I knew as soon as his name was proposed that he would be perfect and Casino Royale was damn near perfect.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 29, 2020 8:25 AM |
Stephen McGann should be the next James Bond. He's hot as hell and has the accent down beautifully.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 29, 2020 12:47 PM |
Re: Madden and Harington whatever commitments they have to Marvel in the future will probably keep them out of consideration for the role.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 29, 2020 1:00 PM |
Tom Austen would make a great Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 29, 2020 1:01 PM |
If you think Turner's hair is his best feature, you're either blind or never watched "Hattie", fell asleep during "Desperate Romantics", and didn't bother with "Poldark".
There's a reason they keep showing him shirtless. I suggest you check out the "towel scene" in "And Then There Were None".
It's his hair all right, but not the hair on his head and they aren't going to cut THOSE.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 30, 2020 12:54 AM |
How do you post photos? So I can put up the image of Turner's "towel scene" from "And Then There Were None" and the photo of him asleep on a bed with nothing but a barely artfully draped sheet from "Desperate Romantics".
Only his hair my Aunt Petunia.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 30, 2020 12:56 AM |
I saw it and he didn't impress, sorry. Sure I saw him barechested on Poldark all the time and well, he's lithe. I just prefer the D Craig/Idris/Tom Hardy/Connery look.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 30, 2020 7:32 AM |
Aidan Turner? You might as well have Tom Hiddleston or Benedict Cumberbatch. The are all to scrawny and light. None have a masculine presence.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 30, 2020 10:38 AM |
Tom Hardy
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 30, 2020 11:28 AM |
Why not Rami Malek? Let's be a little unconventional!
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 30, 2020 11:46 AM |
R55 - Since Hardy, Craig, and Connery (whose hair, but not on his head, was also one of his, er, distinguishing features) look absolutely nothing alike, I'm not sure what you mean by the Hardy/Craig/Connery "look".
For the record, the only Bond I liked outside of Connery's was Craig's. They did absolutely the right thing casting in the opposite direction of Connery rather than trying to find the New Connery, because there are no New Connerys. They just don't make many of those.
So Craig made it his own and now they have to cast against that, and my advice would be to return to dark and quietly smouldering.
Hardy just hasn't got the sex appeal. He's also over 40. I like him, I think he's a terrific actor, but he'd be much better playing George Smilie than Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 30, 2020 12:24 PM |
^*Smiley
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 30, 2020 12:25 PM |
^^Sam Reid is an interesting suggestion.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 30, 2020 12:27 PM |
Indeed. Known but not too well known...had no idea he was Australian. Has a strong jaw.
One of the few blonds who look natural with dark hair (as in Belle).
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 30, 2020 12:44 PM |
Sam Reid is too girly by half.
Given that Britain and India have long entertwined histories, it is time for an Indian James Bond. Siddharth Malhotra would be a smouldering and sexy choice for the role. He would look great in a tux. And out of it.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 30, 2020 12:51 PM |
WHY NOT PAUL TELFER???!!! he already has the accent, has that dark haired/ blue eye combination, would have OF COURSE the best body of any contenders and is the right age for a multiple picture deal....
IN MY MIND, he's the best candidate who has it all, all the requirements.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 30, 2020 12:55 PM |
R66 - He's got a very undistinguished career, he's a soap actor ffs! And, he's also already 40 or so.
Craig had stuff like "Love is the Devil", "Layer Cake", "Our Friends in the North" "Munich" and "Road to Perdition" behind him before he got Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 30, 2020 1:14 PM |
Malhotra is too boyish. But I agree that if they did go non-white (which I doubt) South Asian seems logical. Does Shahid Kapoor look his age yet?
He doesn't tick every box but I wouldn't quite rule out Tom Hardy. Sure, ideally you'd want someone a little younger and taller, and less well-known. But he's a terrific actor, has done physically demanding roles, and could definitely play the style of Bond we've seen in the recent films. A few years ago I wouldn't have thought he'd be interested but if he's not too good for Venom he's certainly not too good for Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 30, 2020 1:25 PM |
Sam Reid, girly? He has long eyelashes I'll grant you that.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 30, 2020 1:26 PM |
Probably some no-name. Cavill, Hardy, and Elba have already either abdicated or been passed up.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 30, 2020 2:48 PM |
If they go ethnic, how about Pasha Bocarie, formerly of Emmerdale. I find him sexy in a rugged, daddy way.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 30, 2020 2:53 PM |
R67.. Telfer has movie credits as well as night time (NCIS) TV shows and movies on tv (hercules) credits..
he has the looks, the accent and the body...looks fantastic in suits and out of suits..
he's 40 but looks younger and Craig was 38 when he first did his james bond movie Casino Royale and gosh knows Craig looks and always had looked way older then he actually age..
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 30, 2020 4:21 PM |
I saw Craig ten feet away when he was in his forties and he looked better then than Telfer looks now.
Telfer just hasn't got the intensity, charisma, or acting chops.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 30, 2020 8:36 PM |
R73.. sorry, but you need your eyes checked asap! IN NO TIME has craig EVER looked handsomer then telfer NOR at any time has his body remotely come close to Telfer's either.... AND CERTAINLY NOT NOW!....
Do tell how much you have watched telfer's career to judge his charisma, intensity and magnetism...
by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 30, 2020 8:47 PM |
Daniel Craig is smoking hot.
That Telfer person is goofy. Gym toned, but not hot and not handsome.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | January 30, 2020 8:58 PM |
How has nobody mentioned Peter Dinklage?! It's time for a little person to be Bond. Think of all the awesome fight scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 30, 2020 9:27 PM |
Oh damn. I just realized Peter is American. I always thought he was a Brit. Point remains though - we need a midget Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 30, 2020 9:29 PM |
No, please. Zero charisma, no acting skills.
Charlie Hunnam?
by Anonymous | reply 78 | January 30, 2020 9:41 PM |
Aidan Turner is the contender. They might go with an unknown.
Who knows... I thought the casting of Daniel Craig was heresy, and Casino Royale ended up being my favourite installment after Goldeneye.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 30, 2020 9:54 PM |
Tom Hardy is an interesting choice, but why would he sign for this prison? Except for the gazillion money, of course.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 30, 2020 9:56 PM |
R80 I think he's tired of doing independent films and wants to branch into more mainstream movies.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 30, 2020 10:03 PM |
For the money
by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 30, 2020 10:04 PM |
R71 wins. Pasha Bocarie it shall be.
Make it happen, Data Lounge!
by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 30, 2020 10:07 PM |
Oliver Jackson-Cohen reminds me of Novak Djokovic whom I can’t stand.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 30, 2020 10:13 PM |
Brendan Patricks. He is well known for playing the role of Evelyn Napier in Downton Abbey.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 30, 2020 10:20 PM |
Theo James.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 30, 2020 10:20 PM |
R75 daniel craig? blech! beady eyes, big ole ears, wrinkles out the gazoo, blood shot eyes, weathered skin, shall i go on...
TEFLER is beautiful if not downright pretty and his body is miles miles ahead of craig... and yes, he's younger too...
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 30, 2020 11:17 PM |
R74 - Check the post. I didn't say he was "handsomer", I said he looked better. You said Craig has always looked older than his age.
I stood ten feet away from him in Santa Fe, NM, where he was staying whilst filming Cowboys and Aliens with Harrison Ford.
He radiated quiet intensity and looked exactly the way he did onscreen except for not being so bulked up, he was much trimmer.
You're entitled to like pretty boys if that's your thing. Craig didn't make a success of Bond because he was pretty.
Pretty boys are a dime a dozen.
Daniel Craigs are not.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 31, 2020 12:46 AM |
Someone already suggested him so here is Billy Porter in his very first movie scene as 007 James Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 31, 2020 1:50 AM |
Outlander Scottish guy is in the final running.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 31, 2020 2:52 AM |
I love Sammy but he does not have the masculinity for 007. Bond is supposed to be a German Shepard, and Sam is clearly a Golden Retriever.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 31, 2020 2:58 AM |
Bond should be handsome, rugged, and mysterious.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 31, 2020 3:02 AM |
Think Aidan Turner (hot dwarf) and Nicholas Hoult are both great choices. For an outside thee norm choice, I'd go with Dev Patel.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 31, 2020 3:03 AM |
David Gandy would be a perfect Bond if he was an actor.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | January 31, 2020 3:03 AM |
Agree that Nicolas Hoult would be a good choice...in a couple years. He's on the pretty side which I'm against but he's very tall and has great presence.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | January 31, 2020 8:53 AM |
I'm hoping it's James Norton.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | January 31, 2020 8:59 AM |
R94 Hoult is a well known closet case and he looks too much like a young Andrew Morton for me. I think he lacks charisma.
However: R97 I must agree that is a damned fine looking photo.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | January 31, 2020 11:43 AM |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
So, Hot.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 1, 2020 6:36 AM |
Tom Hardy has that thug in an expensive suit thing down pat. He’s sex on a stick.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | February 1, 2020 7:07 AM |
Yes r103! That's exactly the scene I picture when I say Tom Hardy is sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | February 1, 2020 7:11 PM |
Inception was ten years ago. Hardy was 32 then, he's 42 now and is losing his hair.
He's not getting it. I love him as an actor (did anyone else see "The Drop"?) But he's not Bond and never will be.
They're looking for someone else and something else.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | February 1, 2020 7:39 PM |
It'll be a nobody. Bond has never been a well-known actor.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | February 1, 2020 7:41 PM |
R106, nonsense. George Lazenby and Connery were the only ones without a successful acting career before playing Bond. Lazenby was a model but Connery had already starred in films although wasn't really a star.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | February 1, 2020 8:04 PM |
I think Cavill would be risky given that so many of his films are flops, but I actually thought he played "brooding, gruff loner with a mysterious past" quite well in The Witcher. That's probably the only role of his that I've liked. And maybe his Mission Impossible role, but that was too small to really tell.
Cavill could probably pull it off if they continue with the trend of having a gritty, emotionally distant action star Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | February 1, 2020 8:16 PM |
Tom Hardy is sexy, but he comes across as too rough around the edges to play Bond in my opinion. I can't imagine him walking around in a suit and charming women in the debonair way that Bond is known to. His energy is much more spastic and wild.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 1, 2020 8:18 PM |
r109 True. But I'd let him do filthy and disgusting things to me.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | February 1, 2020 8:58 PM |
Tom Ellis is hot, the right age and a good actor. He may fall too hard on the side of funny/smarmy to play Bond but I wouldn't be mad about it if the Bond producers disagreed with that.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 2, 2020 12:57 AM |
R111 I think Tom Ellis would be a lovely choice for Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 2, 2020 1:08 AM |
R112... sorry for me, he looks too twinkish and bordering on "effeminate" in face and manner...
by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 2, 2020 1:14 AM |
This guy should be the next and last Bond - end it where it began, and let him peacefully fade from the silver screen forever. IT'S BEEN 60 YEARS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
by Anonymous | reply 114 | February 2, 2020 1:22 AM |
This guy should be the next and last Bond - end it where it began, and let him peacefully fade from the silver screen forever. IT'S BEEN 60 YEARS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 2, 2020 1:22 AM |
R113 Would his gratuitous underwear photoshoot change your mind?
by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 2, 2020 1:24 AM |
Tom Ellis is a well preserved 41 so he's way too old to be a twink. Words mean things. He really would make a great Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 2, 2020 1:47 AM |
No one would take Tom "the frau wet dream" Ellis seriously as Bond after Lucifer. That's the only role most people know him from. That said obviously if he'd be a perfect Bond people would forget Lucifer in an instant. The reality is many men would make a great Bond with the right script and a great director. Maybe Ellis should get a lead in an action film to serve as a job application. I vaguely remember seeing him in British shows but mainly remember him as eye candy, not as a talented actor. Then again Lazenby, a model, did a great job as Bond so great acting skills are not necessarily a requirement.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | February 2, 2020 11:11 AM |
Sam Heughan's features look too delicate to me for Bond. Going with Aidan Turner as first choice, James Norton as second.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 2, 2020 11:42 AM |
R116... no, it doesn't change my mind...
R117: one can still be "twink like" in face and manner at any age....
by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 2, 2020 12:07 PM |
I know the inside workings with the Bond producers.
Trust me, they have already chosen.
Richard Madden is their pick.
Just a matter of logistics, contractual two's and fros, money settlements etc.
Expect an announcement only after the release of Craig's final Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 2, 2020 12:21 PM |
R121 - I'll wait with interest. Your and "I know the inside workings of" and "trust me" phrases contradict your claim of absolute knowledge.
You'd have to be so far inside you'd helped make the pick to know that for a certainty.
Which isn't to say you aren't making a good guess and you're wrong, but come one, be honest: it's a good guess.
And if so, too bad. Madden is boring. I'd rather see a 53 year old Craig than Madden.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | February 2, 2020 1:26 PM |
^*Come on
by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 2, 2020 1:26 PM |
That said, I will acknowledge that his resume is more than decent and he can act. But something about him leaves me cold on the imaginal level.
But it's a better choice than Cavill or some of the other candidates listed here.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 2, 2020 1:32 PM |
Richard Madden? Oh, yeah. As if that would ever work.
Thank God I have not seen any of these films since Sean Connery left.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | February 2, 2020 1:35 PM |
R125 Madden wishes he still looked that cute. That picture is almost a decade old now and smoking seems to have broken him down since his King In The North days.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 2, 2020 2:12 PM |
His very believable portrayal of a fucked up soldier in the Bodyguard TV series actually speaks for Madden. Let's not forget Craig's had his share of gay rumors over the years although to be fair unlike Madden he's not widely believed to be gay.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 2, 2020 6:09 PM |
R127 - Rumours about Craig's bisexuality and willingness to fuck anything for amusement go back a long way, as well as his utter douchebag treatment of wives and steadies by fooling around on long filmings away from home with whatever is to hand. There were lots of BIs about him telling stray women in hotel bars sob stories of how his wife didn't understand him and they were on the brink of separating . . .
But R127 is right, those rumours either never stuck to Craig or weren't widely known outside the biz, or made him seem daring and somewhat louche rather than . . . gay. Whatever it means, he could still make bank on pulling off alpha male.
And that, more than anything else, is what Bond has to pull off: the alpha male aura.
I don't think Madden can.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | February 2, 2020 8:08 PM |
Richard Madden wasn't even believable as an alpha male on GoT let alone what he needs to be Bond. Kit Harrington was far more alpha on that show than Madden and he is a midget.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 2, 2020 10:23 PM |
R129 I don't really think Robb or Jon were supposed to be alpha men. Robb was a scared little boy and Jon was always supposed to be the sensitive and brooding type. Richard and Kit weren't playing badass roles.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | February 2, 2020 10:25 PM |
I find Richard Madden so much more appealing without facial hair on [italic]Bodyguard[/italic].
by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 2, 2020 10:42 PM |
Face it: you want hot, dangerous, sardonic, but troubled, with alpha male aura, the right age, looks good in a towel, looks good in a tux . . .
we're back to Aidan Turner.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | February 2, 2020 11:04 PM |
I like Aidan Turner but there's something weasel-like about him.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | February 2, 2020 11:33 PM |
Nope, they want a female Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | February 3, 2020 12:31 AM |
r134, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli recently did an interview where she stated that Bond would never be a woman.
"He can be any color, but he is male."
by Anonymous | reply 136 | February 3, 2020 12:44 AM |
Aidan Turner is too vaguely reptilian. Then again, so was Timothy Dalton so that won't necessarily be a deal breaker.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | February 3, 2020 3:58 AM |
Modesty Blaise is the female Bond. She's one of my all time favorite heroes. I'm not into Judy Garland but into Modesty. I grew up reading MB comics and reading the deliciously pulpy novels. They tried to bring her on the big screen a few years after Dr No with Monica Vitti as Modesty, Terence Stamp as Modesty's sidekick Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogard as their arch nemesis Gabriel. The film tries to be funny and silly and apparently meta but it all ends up being a huge mess. A shame really. One of the reasons I wanted to become a movie director was a chance to end up making gorgeous Modesty Blaise films.
Tarantino's friend directed a horrible version like 20 years ago. Poor Modesty, not getting the treatment she deserves.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | February 3, 2020 10:10 AM |
New Update.
Richard Madden will be announced as the next Bond on May 6th 2020.
Pencil in that date, folks.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | February 3, 2020 11:33 AM |
R140 - Well, that will at least finish off the franchise.
You do know that if they find out who you are after leaking this, you won't be an inside at anything except a Job Centre . . .
by Anonymous | reply 141 | February 3, 2020 12:18 PM |
I actually wouldn't mind seeing Madden as Bond. He has energy. Every time I see Craig on screen he puts me to sleep. Madden actually has presence.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | February 3, 2020 12:25 PM |
Remind you guys when Craig was announced as Bond, there were quite a lot objections, many people didn't think he was a good looking guy, they even called him downright ugly.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | February 3, 2020 12:38 PM |
R143 - No, Craig wasn't handsome - but as we've seen with other men selected for their looks, Cavill being the poster illustration here, it can sometimes work against intensity. Craig nailed the role on something else and made it his own with his own quality of intensity.
It's useless looking for someone a staggeringly gorgeous as Connery but who also has the edginess, the aura of danger, the suavity, and can do irony, as well.
There are no other Connery's and whilst Madden is hardly an eyesore - I'd prefer someone not as good-looking who can do the rest of the laundry list. In my view, Madden doesn't.
He'll have to do what Craig did: nail it in the first ten minutes he's onscreen, or he'll be another Timothy Dalton.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | February 3, 2020 12:45 PM |
[quote]Pencil in that date, folks.
People have pencils?
by Anonymous | reply 145 | February 3, 2020 12:50 PM |
You can't cast this role by looking at pretty faces in still photography.
You need to cast a strong actor who can push the narrative from start to finish. The gym trainer and the hair dresser and the costume designer will not stop until they make him sexy. But the acting? He's on his own for that.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | February 3, 2020 12:51 PM |
aiden turner is hot (besides his elf ears) but paul telfer is hotter, looks better in a suit and of course has a waaaaaaaaay better body then turner..
madden looks better without the facial hair, however, unlike telfer i can't see him being alpha menacing and intense on the screen...
by Anonymous | reply 147 | February 3, 2020 1:24 PM |
Madden’s a good actor. With a good script and director, he will be a good Bond. I’m just surprised the folks behind Bond would go with him considering his Marvel role. He’ll also be doing that Amazon show Citadel too.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | February 3, 2020 2:17 PM |
Is Richard Armitage out of the running? He has a rough edge. I really liked Berlin Station.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | February 4, 2020 2:55 AM |
Didn’t we decide Richard Madden was a homo-gay? If so landing Bond will send him back in the closet.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | February 4, 2020 3:05 AM |
R150 Landing the starring role in The Eternals has already done that. It's the reason he abruptly broke things off with that guy from 13 Reasons Why.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | February 4, 2020 3:09 AM |
Isn't Madden currently thirst-trapping it up quite publicly with Jon Kortajarena, who is the slightly older hotter Spaniard version of his ubiquitous arm candy ex? It sounds like he's going the Luke Evans route with the closet in every way, both figurative and literal. I'm not sure the straights are ready for a gay or bisexual Bond actor, but I'm also not sure the Bond producers care.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | February 4, 2020 6:38 AM |
R152 no, he’s not. He’s barely on IG and has not posted much. I don’t follow Jon K, so I cannot speak to his posts.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | February 4, 2020 10:14 AM |
Armitage is over 40 and too out.
Madden will absolutely head back to the closet if it makes the difference between getting Bond and not.
He's an uninspired choice in my view, but hey, I'm not Barbara Broccoli, and the series has survived Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan - all of whom were also uninspiring - at least Moore's was meant to be camp.
Madden, if he is indeed the Bond Sweepstakes winner, will have his work cut out for him. The same was true of Craig at the outset; remains to be seen if Madden can make it his own the way Craig did.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | February 4, 2020 12:47 PM |
R153 I do follow Jon on IG and Richard does like almost all of his selfies.He doesn't post much but he's on liking things daily. Anyway time will tell if the alleged insider knew anything.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | February 4, 2020 8:27 PM |
It's a done deal with Madden.
Bitch and moan all you like.
May 6th is the date reveal. Roughly one month after general release of Craig's last Bond film.
Deal with it.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | February 4, 2020 9:33 PM |
R156 - I really do think I'll live.
I suspect Turner and Norton will also live.
I'm not sure about Hiddleston, though.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | February 5, 2020 12:25 AM |
Hiddleston. Feh. He's better suited to star in "The Life of Don Knotts."
by Anonymous | reply 158 | February 5, 2020 12:32 PM |
Blake Lively.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | February 5, 2020 1:12 PM |
R159 - No, not enough hair on her chest.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | February 6, 2020 1:07 PM |
Oh wow, I hadn't realized Blake Lively's The Rhythm Section was produced by Barbara Broccoli and was apparently an attempt to create a sort of female Bond (although they say it wasn't really). Well, it bombed spectacularly making only $2.8M at over 3,000 screens in its opening weekend.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | February 6, 2020 4:47 PM |
Hollywood needs to stop trying to make Blake Lively happen.
I used to be really adamant that Henry Golding was the only good choice, and I still think he'd be great, but you bitches have brought up a lot of good alternatives. It gives me hope for the future of the franchise, unless the producers lose their minds and go with some generic charisma free toad like Noah Centineo or Lucas Till.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | February 7, 2020 2:39 AM |
R162 - No fear, we at DL have it on "insider" authority that it will be Richard Madden, announcement to be made on 6 May.
Then we prissy queens will have ample time to get over the shock in time for the shock of all the ghastly outfits women will be wearing to Princess Beatrice's wedding at St. James Palace on 29 May.
Perfect timing all around.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | February 7, 2020 12:42 PM |
R7 is one of those racists who call others racist. Funny how Republicans think it's woke people who are racists when hardly any non-white people vote GOP
by Anonymous | reply 164 | February 18, 2020 2:01 AM |
Hoult is too girly
by Anonymous | reply 165 | February 18, 2020 2:07 AM |
Exactly, r165; the role I've liked Hoult in was as the effeminate fop in The Favourite.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | February 18, 2020 2:14 AM |
[quote] It's a done deal with Madden.
Well, on the one hand, Madden is Scottish so fits the bill. (Hiddleston is also Scottish, btw, that’s why the public considered him for a while.)
OTOH, Madden is 33 going on 43. He has the Scottish curse - pale, dry, deep-wrinkle-prone skin that ages way too fast. He’ll be looking 50 by the time the 3rd film comes out.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | February 18, 2020 2:33 AM |
Hiddleston is not "Scottish". He's an Englishman whose paternal father was a Scott, but who emigrated to England and became a brilliant scientist associated with Oxford; that's not the same thing. Hiddleston is a posh Englishman, born and bred in Westminster, and his mother is from the English landed gentry. Straight out of London via Eton and Cambridge.
Connery is Scottish, Madden is Scottish, Hiddleston is English with a Scots Dad. He hasn't a trace of a Scots accent, never attended Scottish schools, and the reason he got onto the list at some point is his flash of film stardom through Loki and then his rather transparent attempts to establish some action leading man creds through KONG: Skull Island and "The Night Manager".
But it never jelled. He's cut out for Bond villainy, not Bond. Having a Scottish father who emigrated to England doesn't turn a posh Englishman into a Scot.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | February 18, 2020 12:56 PM |
^*his father (not his paternal father, dear dear one must watch for these things)!
by Anonymous | reply 170 | February 18, 2020 12:56 PM |
Holland
by Anonymous | reply 171 | February 18, 2020 1:10 PM |
STILL STILL GOING WITH PAUL TELFER (HE HAS everything, the looks, the accent, the body, the right age, the charm, the dangerous sexuality, looks fantastic in and out of suits and so on)..
by Anonymous | reply 172 | February 18, 2020 1:26 PM |
[quote] Connery is Scottish, Madden is Scottish, Hiddleston is English with a Scots Dad ... Having a Scottish father who emigrated to England doesn't turn a posh Englishman into a Scot.
A person with a Scottish dad and English mother is still HALF-Scottish. It doesn't matter which side of the non-border he grew up on. A "person with a Han Chinese dad" is still half-Han Chinese even if he were raised in Antarctica, attended schools in Peru and has an American accent.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | February 18, 2020 3:55 PM |
R173 - You're missing the point. The assertion was the public would have accepted Hiddleston in the role because he's Scottish, which is nonsensical. The public don't care two pins about that/
That's bullshit. I don't care what his half-DNA says, he was born an Englishman, educated an Englishman, lives in England, and yeah, has a Scottish dad.
But he's not a Scot the way Sean Connery is and never will be.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | February 18, 2020 10:08 PM |
Norton isn't rugged enough
by Anonymous | reply 175 | February 18, 2020 10:39 PM |
Ethnicity matters more than nationality. People of color will never be English, Scottish or French.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | February 18, 2020 10:49 PM |
[quote] That's bullshit. I don't care what his half-DNA says, he was born an Englishman
Lol, R174, no one with Scottish heritage is “born [just] an Englishman”. That’s like saying Sadiq Khan was “born an Englishman”. He has Pakistani heritage and if there were a film made based on a series of books about a Pakistani MI6 agent - he’d fit that description.
And Hiddleston even looks stereotypically Scottish (super-pale, burns in the sun, ginger, tall, shares facial features with my Scottish friends). I’m not saying he must play Bond (he looks too old and nerdy), but denying his Scottish heritage is ridiculous.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | February 19, 2020 6:15 AM |
Yeah, and did the full-blood Scot look "sterotypically Scottish"??
Hiddleston is an Englishman with Scots ancestry, he is English ethnically, nationally, socially, educationally, and through his mother's people. He has never been anything BUT.
It's like saying my next door neighbour with his half-Spanish, half-English parents, is really a Spaniard, when he's nothing of the kind.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | February 19, 2020 1:37 PM |
[quote] Hiddleston is an Englishman with Scots ancestry, he is English ethnically, nationally, socially, educationally, and through his mother's people. He has never been anything BUT.
R178, you’re overly obsessed with him being “just English!!! NOTHING ELSE!!!”, lol. And you’re incorrect. He’s obviously not just “English ethnically" - he’s Scottish-English. He said he’s just as close to his paternal Scottish family (not just “his mother’s PEOPLE”, lol), is proud of his Scottish roots and even roots for Scottish sports teams over English sports teams.
[quote] It's like saying my next door neighbour with his half-Spanish, half-English parents, is really a Spaniard, when he's nothing of the kind.
No, it’s like saying a person with a Chinese dad and an English mom is “English ethnically!!!!” and “has never been anything BUT!!!”.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | February 19, 2020 7:09 PM |
Oh good God. I'm glad Hiddleston is proud of his Scottish ROOTS.
In the meantime, every single thing about him derives from his posh English background, from the way he speaks English to his double first in Classics from Cambridge, via Eton, out of the Dragon School.
But the assertion was, I'll remind you again, that he was acceptable to the public as a possible 007 because he's "Scottish", an absolutely absurd assertion as the public really don't care and to all intents and purposes, he walks and talks and has the CV of posh English boy.
Daniel Craig is from Chester. He has Scots, French Huguenot, and Welsh ancestry.
He's an Englishman. The public liked him, too.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | February 19, 2020 8:05 PM |
Hiddleston could literally be a clone of William Wallace and he and his unfortunate hairline still would be all wrong for Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | February 19, 2020 8:13 PM |
I pulling for Mr. Bean.
Easy to write dialog for.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | February 19, 2020 8:16 PM |
Interestingly, Bond only became half Scottish after the first movie came out, when Fleming wrote it into On Her Majesty's Secret Service as a nod towards Sean Connery.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | February 19, 2020 8:20 PM |
R182, an unfortunate hairline isn't a problem, Connery was wearing rugs in all the Bond films
by Anonymous | reply 185 | February 19, 2020 8:22 PM |
"Hiddleston could literally be a clone of William Wallace and he and his unfortunate hairline still would be all wrong for Bond."
And there you have it. Just as he was wrong for the role of Thor, which he auditioned for (there are some photos hanging about from that screen test).
But I maintain that they are wasting superlative materiel if they don't make him a Bond villain.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | February 19, 2020 8:41 PM |
[quote] every single thing about him derives from his posh English background
“Every single thing”? Lol, R181. What, like his super-pasty northern-type skin, ginger crotch-hair and SCOTTISH PARENT? That’s Scottish celtic heritage. He may quack like a duck - but he looks like a Jock.
[quote] has the CV of posh English boy
Heritage doesn’t depend on your “CV”. If it did, every Saudi, Qatari and Kuwaiti prince educated in English boarding schools and colleges like Eton would be a “posh English boy”.
[quote] to his double first in Classics from Cambridge, via Eton, out of the Dragon School.
Oh, for pete’s sake, so WHAT? Many Brits were born in ex-colonial India and Hong Kong and received their education there - does that magically make them INDIAN or Chinese, R181??
Hiddleston has paternal Scottish roots and many people liked the idea of a person with Scottish heritage playing Bond.
[quote] an absolutely absurd assertion
Your ridiculous assertion that he’s ‘nothing but English ethnically!!!’ is even more “ABSOLUTELY absurd”.
[quote] Daniel Craig is from Chester ... He's an Englishman. The public liked him, too.
Some did, some didn't. Craig was an interesting choice, but for some he looks like a Russkie KGB enforcer:
by Anonymous | reply 187 | February 19, 2020 8:45 PM |
I think Cavill, Elba, and Hardy are too well-known to disappear into the role
by Anonymous | reply 188 | February 19, 2020 8:55 PM |
Gosh, that's a good description of Prince Harry.
Is he a Jock?
by Anonymous | reply 189 | February 19, 2020 10:23 PM |
"Hiddleston has paternal Scottish roots and many people liked the idea of a person with Scottish heritage playing Bond."
What the FUCK is your obsession with Hiddleston's Scottish "roots" and would you mind providing PROOF that MANY people liked the idea of a person with Scottish heritage playing Bond??!!! Did you take a poll????
Most of the fucking public hasn't a clue about Hiddleston's Scottish roots. It just fucking doesn't matter to the vast majority of people IF they know about it which most of them don't.
His name is usually in the top five when those whingeing lists come out of "all" the actors coming out of posh English backgrounds.
We get that he has Scottish ancestry. That doesn't make him a good choice for Bond and you'd have to be blind not to see it.
Does Connery look like a "typical Scot"?! (Oh God, if ONLY!)
Does James McAvoy?
Does Ian Bannen
Does John Hannah?
Does David fucking Tennant fit your description?
They're all different and they're all real Scots. You mean people's IDEA of a typical Scot.
You can find pale, sandy haired, ferret-faced Welsh, Irish, and English gents up and down Old Blighty.
Your assertion that "many people" liked the idea of Hiddleston as Bond because his Da was a Scot is totally unprovable and you pulled it out of your arse.
No one fucking cared one way or the other. Scot or Not, he's no more fit to be Bond than Frodo Baggins.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | February 19, 2020 10:37 PM |
They'll never give the role to an openly gay man, but I think Luke Evans would make a good Bond
by Anonymous | reply 192 | February 19, 2020 11:03 PM |
I agree R192. On both counts, unfortunately.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | February 19, 2020 11:08 PM |
Richard Madden might as well be an openly gay man, there are already enough questions out there to make a public out unnecessary, and he's also 43. Hell, if our "insider" is to be believed on the 6 May announcement, it will be something of a first. We'll just have to wait and see.
He leaves me cold. I was bemused but intrigued when the announced Craig, because he'd already intrigued me onscreen in Our Friends in the North, Love is the Devil, and Road to Perdition. Madden has never intrigued me.
But, if he fails, it will be on them. If he nails Bond and makes it his own the way Craig did, I'll be pleasantly surprised.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | February 20, 2020 11:01 AM |
^*33 but looks 43 (is what I meant)
by Anonymous | reply 195 | February 20, 2020 11:06 AM |
We'll never have an openly gay Bond, but a closeted one is fine!
by Anonymous | reply 196 | February 20, 2020 3:21 PM |
You're all forgetting the obvious choice:
Timothee Chalamet
I'm sure he wouldn't mind beefing up for the role.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | February 20, 2020 4:33 PM |
RuPaul for James Bond!
by Anonymous | reply 198 | February 20, 2020 4:33 PM |
Ru could be his own Bond girl.
The producers could save a salary.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | February 20, 2020 4:39 PM |
Gay Welsh actor Luke Evans gets my vote!
by Anonymous | reply 200 | February 20, 2020 4:41 PM |
The next Bond will be a black man or a woman.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | February 20, 2020 4:51 PM |
Timothee could play Bond's prissy younger brother
by Anonymous | reply 202 | February 20, 2020 5:10 PM |
R201 - They've already stated it will not be a woman.
And we have it on inside authority that Honest To God Acutal Authentic Scot Richard Madden will be announced on 6 May.
Stay tuned.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | February 20, 2020 9:26 PM |
My thoughts exactly, R203. Muriel should obviously close this thread until May 6, when it will be, without question, definitively announced that it's Richard "Actual Scot" Madden.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | February 21, 2020 12:36 AM |
Golding would be great
by Anonymous | reply 205 | February 21, 2020 4:00 PM |
If I were the producer, I would polish up Kenny Doughty and make him a star as the new Bond. He exudes sex and there's a lot of publicity to be found with a hot man leading the way.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | February 21, 2020 4:52 PM |
I'd like to see Timothee Chalamet as an enemy agent homme fatale who seduces Bond into his first same-sex experience.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | February 21, 2020 10:48 PM |
^ I'd like to see that scenario but with someone actually hot, not Timmy
by Anonymous | reply 208 | February 22, 2020 12:23 AM |
"What makes you think this is my first time?" 007, in "Skyfall", tied to a chair in front of Javier Bardem. who is caressing his throat where the shirt is open.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | February 22, 2020 1:36 AM |
Bumping this. It will be interesting to see if the DL predictions turn out to be right.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | February 22, 2020 3:50 PM |
Will Madden have to beard up if he gets the role?
by Anonymous | reply 211 | February 23, 2020 11:09 PM |
The supposed insider is full of shit. Why is Madden walking around with a new twink on his arm? If he really got the role he would be dating a woman.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | February 24, 2020 12:08 AM |
R212 - You beat me to it. I was just going to head over here and ask Mr 6 May Is True Scot Madden Day Mark It On Your Calendar had seen the Froy Lan and Madden thread?
So, Insider - you still think with all this floating around the producers of a film that costs on average $350 million-$500 million to make and needs to pull in $800 million to make it worthwhile is going to cast Madden the Bottom as the world's best known Alpha Male since Genghis Khan?
by Anonymous | reply 213 | February 24, 2020 1:16 AM |
Prince Harry
by Anonymous | reply 214 | February 24, 2020 1:18 AM |
R214 - "Prince Harry"
I think his wife is the better fit.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | February 24, 2020 11:56 AM |
is it too late to cast steve reeves, clint walker or mike henry as bond? lol!..
by Anonymous | reply 216 | February 24, 2020 11:57 AM |
Well, with two Froy/Madden threads up now. does our "insider" still think the Broccoli team and the production company looking for $350 million in profits from the new Alpah Male 007 still think on 6 May the twink-chaser will still be announced?
by Anonymous | reply 217 | February 29, 2020 2:18 PM |
Connery was 30 when he became Bond, they should revert back and go younger again - cast an unknown!
by Anonymous | reply 218 | February 29, 2020 2:22 PM |
I'm as bored of Bond as I am with superhero movies.
Lather rinse repeat, for almost 60 damn years,
by Anonymous | reply 219 | February 29, 2020 3:08 PM |
Wilford Brimley
by Anonymous | reply 220 | March 9, 2020 1:44 AM |
Julianne Moore, seriously.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | March 9, 2020 4:49 AM |
Henry Cavill???? A big and blocky Bond? I don't think so.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | March 9, 2020 6:02 AM |
Update.
With the delay in screening, Madden's official announcement has been tentatively moved to December .
The date in the month is movable as it depends on Madden's schedule. There are issues with availability to work out.
They wish to make a live press conference announcement with him rather than a mere press video release. They wish Daniel Craig to be there as well to pass the torch as they say.
They have, however, filmed an announcement with Madden with clips from Bodyguard in case it becomes a logistical problem for early December.
He will be signed to an initial 3 picture deal.
The so-called "Bond Girl" trope will be dropped from the franchise.
It is considered out of step with the times and just objectives women in this day and age.
The so-called big bad will be female, though.
It WILL NOT be a stereotypical young, seductive femme fatale type.
In fact, Datalounge will be in meltdown with which actress they are in talks with.
That's all for now.
The Insider.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | March 9, 2020 7:37 AM |
Edit.
I meant 'objectifies women".
The Insider
by Anonymous | reply 224 | March 9, 2020 11:37 AM |
Insider, get a life. It's tragic how much time you spend making up bullshit to impress people you don't know and who don't care on Datalounge.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | March 9, 2020 1:05 PM |
[quote] The so-called big bad will be female, though. It WILL NOT be a stereotypical young, seductive femme fatale type. In fact, Datalounge will be in meltdown with which actress they are in talks with.
First of all... never end a sentence with a preposition!
As to the casting, looks like Roseanne will rise again!
by Anonymous | reply 226 | March 9, 2020 1:22 PM |
Sure sure sure. Madden will attend the announcement photocall with Froy Lan on h is arm.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | March 9, 2020 8:21 PM |
I hope it's not Madden. Don't like him.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | April 15, 2020 11:10 PM |
[quote] First of all... never end a sentence with a preposition!
"That is something with which I will not up with up."
--Winston Churchill's response when an editor quoted him the same oft-cited but actually fallacious "rule" of grammar.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | April 15, 2020 11:46 PM |
I think Madden's the best choice with Elba and Bale having aged out of consideration. He has the charm and can do intelligent and dangerous. I'm a little surprised I haven't heard James McAvoy proposed, though. Has he indicated that he's not interested?
Oliver Jackson-Cohen looks the part, but I'm still skeptical about him having what it takes acting-wise. I hear he's been good in a number of projects, just not the ones I've seen. He's also been flaming it up quite a bit in interviews and social media, which I assume would be a problem for him if it's one for Madden, Hoult, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | April 16, 2020 12:38 AM |
Edward Holcroft would be a good Bond
by Anonymous | reply 232 | April 16, 2020 12:47 AM |
Ladbrokes puts the odds of Daniel Craig changing his mind and staying around for another flick at 3:1.
If he doesn't, then James Norton is currently in the lead at 2:1 odds, Sam Heughan is second at 3:1, with Madden & Hiddleston tied at 5:1. (I honestly can't see Hiddleston as a serious contender anymore, but stranger things have happened.) It's odd, though, that in a huge list that includes such names as David Schwimmer (200:1) and Olivia Coleman (500:1) that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is nowhere to be found. I actually think he's one of the better candidates. He's got a Tom Hardy vibe, while being a dozen years younger.
Re James Norton: I finally got around to watching [italic]Happy Valley[/italic] and was very surprised. There wasn't a hint of "Sydney Chambers" in his portrayal there. Very dark, psychotic & edgy. I could suddenly picture him making a viable Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | April 16, 2020 1:11 AM |
Dominic Cooper?
by Anonymous | reply 234 | April 16, 2020 2:42 PM |
Cavill is the George Lazenby of his generation.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | April 16, 2020 2:46 PM |
I think Craig is too old to do another one. We don't want to venture into Roger Moore territory.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | April 16, 2020 4:48 PM |
My guess are either Paul Telfer or George MacKay. Both are young and in MacKay's case pretty in demand without ever being attached to any major blockbuster franchise. I don't think those who own the JB franchise want anyone who is associated with some other franchise that may distract from the JB one. And the younger they go the more daring the stunts can be without looking unintentionally funny (that old dude is supposed to have done that? LOL who does he think he is, Tom Cruise?).
by Anonymous | reply 237 | April 16, 2020 5:13 PM |
Mackay - too plain-looking, not enough charisma
by Anonymous | reply 238 | April 16, 2020 5:22 PM |
No one is considering Paul Telfer for the role of 007. He's an over the hill soap actor with no name recognition and limited thespian skills. To suggest that the producers would go with him for one of the most iconic film roles in history is ludicrous.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | April 16, 2020 5:32 PM |
I'd be genuinely surprised if they go with George MacKay; although he's 28, he looks like he's 18. James Bond needs to look like an experienced man, not a twink.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | April 16, 2020 5:46 PM |
I was just going to ask who Paul Telfer is, no need now!
by Anonymous | reply 241 | April 16, 2020 5:52 PM |
Telfer's acting limitations were blatant even on [italic]Mile High[/italic], where they had to compete with those of Scott Adkins and Stacey Cadman to be noticeable.
by Anonymous | reply 242 | April 17, 2020 3:05 AM |
Oliver Jackson-Cohen fanboys Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Timmy Chalamet and Disney musicals IRL and recently published his 25-product skincare routine in GQ, it's true, but on screen he can be butch when he wants to be. He was a good Bond-ish character in "Faster."
by Anonymous | reply 243 | April 19, 2020 12:27 AM |
Miss Lindzeē as the new Pussy Galore.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | April 19, 2020 12:31 AM |
If he is gay, that will hurt him. I think the gay rumors will also hurt Madden. They want a guy who at least SEEMS to be straight
by Anonymous | reply 245 | April 19, 2020 12:41 AM |
[quote]Cavill is the George Lazenby of his generation.
Sorry but that's just utter bullshit. Whether you like him or not Cavill is one of the biggest movie stars on a planet. Lazenby was a model who struck gold when he got the Bond part by a total chance. Then of course he fucked it up all by himself, which was actually a shame since I really liked him as a Bond, and I find On Her Majesty's Secret Service one of the best older Bond films.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | April 19, 2020 12:56 AM |
[Quote] Cavill is one of the biggest movie stars on a planet.
He's not, though.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | April 19, 2020 12:58 AM |
R248, true! Just ask all the people who didn't see The Man From UNCLE
by Anonymous | reply 249 | April 19, 2020 12:59 AM |
R248, yes he is, just judging by the roles he's played. He's obviously not one of the brightest stars but he's still up there. Now is he a good actor? Not really, but in a right role he can do a good enough job. It's obviously all about his looks but there have been himbos in Hollywood from the start. The Witcher has actually made him much more liked than before. He's obviously not a bankable star like Chris Pratt currently is but he'll keep getting work. Let's not forget there aren't that many bankable stars in Hollywood these days, period. Pretty much all stars have been in huge flops.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | April 19, 2020 1:07 AM |
The GP can not reel off Henry Cavill movies. There's "Superman." Maybe some will say "Mission Impossible Whatever". But beyond that...
by Anonymous | reply 251 | April 19, 2020 1:10 AM |
After the actor cred Daniel Craig brought to the franchise, the producers are not going to go the himbo route. No way.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | April 19, 2020 1:11 AM |
BTW, I was not saying Cavill will be Bond, because he most certainly won't.
[quote]The GP can not reel off Henry Cavill movies. There's "Superman." Maybe some will say "Mission Impossible Whatever". But beyond that...
Still Henry Cavill is one of the most recognized movie stars on the planet, exactly because he played Supeman in multiple movies. Brandon Routh before him didn't come anywhere near Cavill in stardom.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | April 19, 2020 1:18 AM |
I guess Christopher Reeve was one of the most recognizable movie stars of the 1970s and 1980s, thought I'd argue that Superman was the star.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | April 19, 2020 1:19 AM |
I think Cavill's chances went way up with [bold]Mission: Impossible - Fallout[/bold]. It was practically a screen test for Bond and a huge hit. Whether his age or [italic]The Witcher[/italic] get in the way is another story.
After his IG meltdown this week, I think we can safely drop Sam Heughan down the list of contenders. Being a whiny little bitch is not an appropriate look for Bond.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | April 19, 2020 7:00 AM |
The Bond franchise will never go for someone who is too famous and too well known for a different franchise (which in Cavill's case all flopped, basically). The whole Cavill discussion is as silly and pointless as the discussion about Idris Elba. Idris Elba has more chances to be become M at his age.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | April 19, 2020 7:40 AM |
sorry, to be cast as M at his age.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | April 19, 2020 7:41 AM |
Roger Moore was famous for another franchise.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | April 19, 2020 2:08 PM |
As was Pierce Brosnan. Goldeneye is actually one of my favorite Bond films. It seemed so fresh after Dalton's rather boring action-only films, although to be fair Dalton was a great Bond, not unlike Daniel Craig in toughness.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | April 19, 2020 2:15 PM |
What other franchises were Moore and Brosnan in? The had been in TV series, but weren't associated with a film franchise.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | April 19, 2020 2:24 PM |
I vote Clive Owen, Jason Statham, Damian Lewis, or just close shop.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | April 19, 2020 2:37 PM |
R260, film and tv do not differ that much or exist in totally separate spaces, although I guess earlier the separation was much greater than today. If you play a memorable character on tv for years that role can stick for a long time.
R261, Owen's practically a granddad old these days. Statham is an overall action film guy and that would dilute his Bond too much. It's practically like Sly Stallone becoming a Bond, although Statham is nowhere near his status. Damian Lewis might work but after seeing him in Billions I'm just not seeing Bond. Then again they are all actors and he might do a great job.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | April 19, 2020 3:29 PM |
My money is on Aidan Turner.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | April 19, 2020 3:34 PM |
I love Clive Owen but he's too old now. Jason Statham can't act.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | April 19, 2020 4:40 PM |
Damian Lewis would actually be great, but he's 49. He can really act, too.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | April 19, 2020 11:49 PM |
What about Tom Daley?
by Anonymous | reply 266 | April 20, 2020 12:29 AM |
I could see him as Moneypenny.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | April 20, 2020 12:40 AM |
^ ROFLMAO
by Anonymous | reply 268 | April 20, 2020 9:08 PM |
I hope it's not whiner Heughan
And did Hiddleston take himself out if the running with I Heart T.S?
by Anonymous | reply 269 | May 1, 2020 10:58 PM |
Butch hetero actor Darren Criss
by Anonymous | reply 270 | May 1, 2020 11:22 PM |
R266 and I could be the writer and director !!
by Anonymous | reply 271 | May 1, 2020 11:26 PM |
It can't be Aidan Turner. I have never been attracted to any Bond actor. They were all handsome, and some of them I found charismatic. But I didn't find any of them sexy, personally. With Turner I could get down and really dirty. So, no, not Bond material.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | May 1, 2020 11:42 PM |
If it is supposed to be someone you're not attracted to....how about Donald Trump?
by Anonymous | reply 273 | May 1, 2020 11:49 PM |
It's not going to be a woman. And James Bond needs to be a White guy. Not Black, not Asian, not Latino, not Indian but White.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | May 1, 2020 11:53 PM |
R274, the Bond producers have said they are open to a non-white guy, but not a woman
by Anonymous | reply 275 | May 1, 2020 11:55 PM |
So, if Bond is Black he no longer comes from an aristocratic family in Scotland? The whole Skyfall backstory just goes to shit? Now he was born in South London? So he's a different person altogether, not just a different actor. I think that's bullshit. There are things that iconic characters must retain, no matter who plays them. Race is not an incidental thing, it's what pretty much defines a person. A Black Bond would be a completely different character than the one we've known for the last 60 years.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | May 2, 2020 6:53 PM |
[Quote] So he's a different person altogether, not just a different actor. I think that's bullshit.
Bond hasn't just changed actors, he's changed accents... but I bet you have no issue with that.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | May 2, 2020 6:54 PM |
R277 Accents are commonplace in movies and certainly not as defining as race. I cannot imagine a Chinese actor playing Bond but I have to accept everyone else? So, how about Colin Farrell as the next Shaft?
by Anonymous | reply 278 | May 2, 2020 6:59 PM |
R276, you can buy that he went from being Sean Connery to Roger Moore to Timothy Dalton....but you can't accept him being a different race? The Bond movies aren't exactly known for realism.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | May 2, 2020 8:35 PM |
Even in a tux, Sean Connery was a bruiser. He was not believable as "high born." Bond is hokum.
by Anonymous | reply 280 | May 2, 2020 8:47 PM |
In that regard Craig continued in Connery's tradition and departed from Moore, Dalton, and Brosnan, all of whom did come off as polished scions of high society.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | May 2, 2020 11:06 PM |
You could argue that the character of James Bond has been re-booted a few times: the first incarnation of Bond was shared by Connery, Moore and Dalton; the second incarnation was Brosnan; the third is Craig.
Bond is one of the few canonical characters where I wouldn’t have a problem with him being played an actor of a different race. But Bond could never be a woman.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | May 3, 2020 3:36 AM |
I think Bond should be played by an Asian, preferably Chinese, actor. Imagine the boffo business his movies would do in Asia. Isn't making money what these movies are all about after all? They could change his origin to Hong Kong, which was under British rule for so long.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | May 3, 2020 4:41 PM |
Paul Telfer is a better actor than his rep suggests, because he keeps playing non-actor roles, like Hercules and on afternoon TV.
But early on he played a violent high-schooler in something whose title I can't recall, and he was very good.
Still, I don't see them going with him for a number of reasons that have already been aired here.
This is a very interesting thread. A great way to review who the leading men are nowadays.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | May 3, 2020 5:38 PM |
Henry Golding would be an interesting choice.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | May 3, 2020 5:38 PM |
Nobody wants Cavill. Bond is supposed to have personality - and Cavill has none.
by Anonymous | reply 286 | May 3, 2020 5:41 PM |
Cavill had his unofficial audition in the last MI flick and was found wanting.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | May 3, 2020 7:21 PM |
R287 Man from UNCLE was is unofficial audition for Bond, it was really fun, the score, the action, the humour... I would prefer to have another Man from UNCLE than have another Bond movie.
by Anonymous | reply 288 | May 3, 2020 7:37 PM |
The Man From UNCLE flopped, and deservedly so
by Anonymous | reply 289 | May 3, 2020 8:20 PM |
Henry Golding was one of the only good things about "Crazy Rich Asians." He's handsome, really charismatic and has a very nice physique. Looks fantastic in a suit, too, that always helps.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | May 3, 2020 11:42 PM |
Good discussion folks! Talking about Bond being of color is progress. So society does evolve. I remember when they announced Craig. People got apeshit crazy because he was ... blond.
by Anonymous | reply 291 | May 4, 2020 3:20 AM |
Yeah, and he wasn't any blonder than Roger Moore in some of his early Bond movies.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | May 4, 2020 4:23 PM |