I'm not really a Bond person -- I hadn't seen a single 007 movie until Daniel Craig got cast, and then I did go back and watch a few of the older ones, mostly the Connery films but a couple of Moores too. But I have been paying attention to the rumor mill for the new Bond star in Denis Villenueve's reboot because -- well every single name that's been bandied about is a young actor whose name is over there on MNPP's side-bar. I'm invested! Anyway as my friend Andrew runs down at Pajiba today there are five names in contention as of this minute -- we thought they'd narrowed it down to Callum Turner or Jack Lowden when the rumor was those two were testing, but then suddenly Josh O'Connor, Robert Pattinson, and Nicholas Hoult all flared back up again as possbilities. They're jerking us around, they are. (Honestly any of these five men can jerk me around, I am fine with that.) But since we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs instead -- why not a poll? I put it to y'all:
“ Oh, smashing, groovy. Yay capitalism!”
ReplyDeleteLooks = Callum, acting = Josh.
ReplyDeleteBut I actually think Taron Edgerton should be Bond.
Edgerton always has this look on his face like he just entered the grand ballroom and smelled the asparagus cooking.
DeleteNone of the above. THEO JAMES!
ReplyDeleteI agree: he's got that raw-but-elegant quality necessary for Bond. And he's aged well. Very well.
DeleteIt really depends on what we want from Bond.
ReplyDeleteI'm partial to Connery and (I know) Dalton as bond, serious in unserious scenarios. The Craig Bond films took themselves too seriously, and the Moore and Brosnan ones too unseriously.
Lowden has made no impact on me, I think Nicky, Josh and Pattinson are better used elsewhere in film. Callum is both blandly handsome enough, good at both serious and goofy for me.
Theo James was my go to a couple years ago, but I think has aged out of a role that wants 10-15 years of your life. And Taron has lost too much hair and gotten too bulky for the role
Years of birth:
ReplyDelete1984 - James
1986 - Pattinson
1989 - Hoult, Egerton
1990 - O'Connor, Lowden, Turner
1990 - Taylor-Johnson
DeleteTheo James: "I'm definitely too old now, for one. But, yeah, that would be an example of a place you could never come back from. Imagine, suddenly, you and I cannot walk down the street. What that does to your children, who are trying to find themselves in the midst of hyper-scrutiny and fame. None of that, to me, is worth it. At the time, it's very intoxicating, being offered some huge, sexy part that would change your life forever. But it really wouldn't ultimately be worth it."
ReplyDeleteAaron Taylor-Johnson, why is it even a question?
ReplyDeleteHe's got my vote!
DeleteSeems like they can't find it all in one package. Hoult, Turner and Lowden come closest but none seals the deal.
ReplyDeleteSean Connery will always be the best, followed by Daniel Craig. Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby are next.
ReplyDeletejosh o connor should not be in contention at all hes the king of indie films, he doesnt suit the cold blooded, suave James Bond at all
ReplyDeleteThat's where Daniel Craig was before getting Bond. Sylvia, Enduring Love, Some Voices. He'd dabbled in high profile like Tomb Raider and Road to Perdition but Josh did Disclosure Day.
Deletejack, mainly so we can get saoirse as the villain
ReplyDeleteNeither Callum Turner nor Jack Lowdon has the sheer elegance which is what attracts us to 007. Can you actually hear either of them requesting “Shaken, not stirred” and sound like he is giving you an order but making you fell like he’s giving you a gift?
ReplyDeleteDid they consider Calahan Skogman? Jack Schumacher? Eric Lutz? Ed Skrein? Thomas Beaudoin,?
ReplyDeleteNone because I want to see each of them doing interesting movies instead of boring old Bond.
ReplyDeleteThis, especially Josh, Robert and Nicholas, they can do better tbh.
DeleteWho cares,they're probbaly going to completely rewrite him and those saying ATJ,why?,he has zero charisma and is only competent on screen,the fellas beefy yeah but you need more.
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