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[KyoZz]

Currently trending with those choices:

Thoughts?
My vote goes to Henry Cavill, I think he is perfect:

 

[T8SC]

Melissa McCarthy.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Looks like a crew of James Bond’s lol did Daniel Craig officially step down? Is he the longest running bond? He’s capable of doing bond again.

 

[KyoZz]

Looks like a crew of James Bond’s lol did Daniel Craig officially step down? Is he the longest running bond? He’s capable of doing bond again.

So you haven't seen the last movie

Next Bond will be announced this year.

 

[AJUMP23]

Why not get an English/Indian actor and go full Bollywood with Bond?

 

[EverydayBeast]

So you haven't seen the last movie

Next Bond will be announced this year.

No I did no spoilers, but they have been trying to get rid of Daniel Craig for the past 3 years. Nobody knows James Bond more than Daniel Craig. I can assure you directors won’t respect a recent movies ending.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Looks like a crew of James Bond’s lol did Daniel Craig officially step down? Is he the longest running bond? He’s capable of doing bond again.

Yeah he did

 

[ntropy]

Cavill

 

[KyoZz]

Why not get an English/Indian actor and go full Bollywood with Bond?

No I did no spoilers, but they have been trying to get rid of Daniel Craig for the past 3 years. Nobody knows James Bond more than Daniel Craig. I can assure you directors won’t respect a recent movies ending.

He is officially done, he already said countless times that it is exhausting and he doesn't like being Bond anymore.

 

[ManaByte]

He is officially done, he already said countless times that it is exhausting and he doesn't like being Bond anymore.

He was only ever meant to do five.

 

[ManaByte]

Is he the longest running bond?

Moore: 7
Connery: 6 official (7 if you count Never Say Never Again)
Craig: 5
Brosnan: 4
Dalton: 2
Lazenby: 1

 

[AJUMP23]

Bring back Eva Green, she was amazing in Casino Royal.

 

[AJUMP23]

Is he the longest running bond?

I would think Lazenby has the longest stride, but I don't know we could measure the distance between each step using some computers and then we would know.

 

[ManaByte]

Bring back Eva Green, she was amazing in Casino Royal.

 

[Nester99]

someone new and unknown.

 

[jason10mm]

Cavill is the only viable choice on that list IMHO (Tom Holland, really?). I would accept an Indian, Hong Kong, Canadian, Australian, or Afro-Caribbean actor for Bond so long as the backstory incorporates it. I think the essential traits of Bond (or a surrogate agent now being called Bond) of having a taste for high living, an elegant debonaire demeanor, virtually no outside family/friends/connections, and a ruthless devotion to Crown, Country, and Poonanny would need to address a non-native English/Scottish/Irish actor. And PLEASE, get back to a 6 foot plus actor, guys like Craig have no business being Bond IMHO.

My out of the box suggestions are Tom Hiddleston (because Richard Madden is too short), Mahesh Jadu (Vilgefortz from The Witcher), or Dean Jagger (Irish mob guy from The Warrior show).

 

[EviLore]

A one-off or double with Idris would be cool before settling into a new long-term Bond.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Only one fucking answer here: Cavill

Even a bearded up Cavill looks badass and not someone you'd want to fuck with:

 

[Putonahappyface]

Michael Fassbender.

 

[AJUMP23]

I KNOW. but man she was great

 

[MaestroMike]

Ben Affleck or matt Damon or both at the same time somehow maybe a James bond multiverse with all the previous bonds as well

 

[Bogeyman]

Graham McTavish.

I'm not joking. Time for bond to be a gentleman again, and shift the franchises focus back into something little less bluntly action oriented

 

[SlimySnake]

I want Henry Cavil or Fassbender.

Cillian Murphy would be a good choice too. But Henry was born to play this role.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

From that list, probably Cavill (for the usual Bond tenure of 4-5 films) or Elba for one or two.

Who's René-Jean Page? Is he from that one softcore porn Victorian period show on Netflix that all the chicks are masturbating to these days?

 

[Slaylock]

My choice:

 

[Nobody_Important]

My pick would either be Cavill or Tom Hiddleston.


Hiddleston has all the charm and suaveness needed, but lacks the bulk. I think that could be used as a way to have a more tech based detective style Bond rather than the bruiser we got with Craig.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Why not get an English/Indian actor and go full Bollywood with Bond?

When he gets to blofelds lair all the henchmen break into song and dance?

 

[Pagusas]

None of the current hollywood A list feels like they'd be good at it. I'd rather it go dormant for years then revive in spectacular fashion.

 

[Soltype]

Easily Cavill, he was looked at for Casino Royale, but they said he was too young at the time.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

I’d go with Cavil then Fassbender. Tom hardy good actor but he’s five foot nowt, that ain’t Jimmy Bond.

 

[Ironbunny]

Easily Henry Cavill. The way he played "Bond" in the "Man from the U.N.C.L.E" should be enough to seal the casting

 

[AJUMP23]

When he gets to blofelds lair all the henchmen break into song and dance?

Exactly

 

[zeorhymer]

 

[kondorBonk]

Tom Hiddleston by an astronomical margin. The Night Manager was essentially his resume for the role.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Richard Madden

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Graham McTavish.

Time for bond to be a gentleman again

Graham McTavish is a fun suggestion but that guy needs to be in movies with castles and horses and chainmail.

 

[Rikku-X]

 

[Rockondevil]

I've always wanted Cavill since I first saw him. Never liked Craig all that much.

Call me racist but I want a white guy to be Bond.
I love Idris and I'd love him as another main character alongside bond, but not Bond. He's likely too old to take up the Bond mantle now anyway.

 

[IDKFA]

John Boyega gets my vote.

Dude would kill it as James Bond.

 

[Ballthyrm]

Why is there an American and an Australian on that list.
Isn't James Bond supposed to be played by a UK actor ?

 

[Bogeyman]

Graham McTavish is a fun suggestion but that guy needs to be in movies with castles and horses and chainmail.

Blasphemy! His gentleman'liness works in any era.

If you disagree, that means you haven't watched men in kilts. And are now in for a great Netflix binge session.

 

[Dark Star]

Craig was soooo good, he’s my favorite bond ever it’s going to be BIG shoes to fill.

Cavil would be a safe choice. He did the “secret spy agent” thing well in the mission impossible movie he was in

Voted cilian Murphy because he seems like he has the royal rich charm and charisma of a bond. He looks the part, a little slim, but he could pull it off maybe. Not sure how good his fighting skills are lol

Absolute WORST choice would be Tom Holland holy shit that would be a train wreck haha dude looks like a kid

 

[mansoor1980]

i think it might be this dude

 

[Patrick S.]

 

[Fbh]

A younger Idris Elba would have been good, but at this point he is too old.

From the list I'd definitely go with Cavill. He fits the role so well that I actually think that will be the main reason they won't pick him. They'll probably try to go with someone "unexpected"

 

[Star-Lord]

Cavill is already tied down as what’s his name in the Mission Impossible films, so he’s out.

 

[xandaca]

Dan Stevens, though I can't say I'm especially excited about him: he's the best of a poor selection among the well-known possibilities. Hopefully the producers will find a relative unknown who's perfect for it.

 

[Rest]

The correct answer is Idris Elba. The question I have is why isn't Gillian Anderson on that list?

 

[Banjo64]

Posted in the wrong fuggin thread but;

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Shaken, not stirred