OmegaSupreme
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That dude from Bridgerton has some serious smolder but...
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Who should be the next James Bond?
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Patrick S.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Patrick S.
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THE POWER OF THE QUEEN COMPELS YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!My dream Bond is Leslie Jones as Bond in an all-female reboot.
///PATRIOT
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can't unseen superman, sorry.Henry Cavill is 007
This is what i imagine or the author himself ( Ian Fleming ) descriptions look like based on his book
The other candidate dont even come close
Fight me
Zeroing
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She was but does it make sense? Hollywood is wasting her talent! Last movie I remember she doing was the stupid 300 sequel.
Zeroing
Banned
Henry could do anything to me and I would allow it!!!Henry Cavill is 007
This is what i imagine or the author himself ( Ian Fleming ) descriptions look like based on his book
The other candidate dont even come close
Fight me
Anyway now seriously
yeah he would be but he looks like a rich pretty boy compared to Daniel Graig. That changes the idea of bond being seductive only by his his charm and witty remarks etc
modern times need adaptation so that things seem fresh.
Sidney Prescott
Member
I think Tom Hardy would rule. He's got great acting range, and certainly has the looks.
PendekarRajawali
Member
I'm not racist but please not a black actor. Don't get me wrong, I also don't agree if the role goes to Asian, Indian or Latino actor. Diversity is good but not everything needs to be forced. Just stick to the Flemming's roots.
Hardy is a great actor and undeniably attractive, but far too rough around the edges for Bond. Bond should be rugged, but in a very classically handsome, haughty way: he should look cruel and sharp, not like a brawler. Better a Hardy/Craig-type than a male model (he needs to look like he's taken some punches, not like he's just left a Vogue photoshoot), but neither look captures the Bondian essence which Connery and Dalton - even Lazenby, to a lesser extent - encapsulated so perfectly.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
He might be a bit old for the role these days but I would have liked Eric Bana to have a crack at Bond.
HoodWinked
Member
How the hell did they find Daniel Craig.
But anyways the stakes have gotten so high now that the decision making can only go to the safe choice. Especially now where everything seems so precarious.
But anyways the stakes have gotten so high now that the decision making can only go to the safe choice. Especially now where everything seems so precarious.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
You know let’s be a bit more adventurous with the next James Bond … my vote goes to this fella:
I love Steven Yuen. Just get him to bulk up a bit, and watch the Internet have a complete meltdown.
I love Steven Yuen. Just get him to bulk up a bit, and watch the Internet have a complete meltdown.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
You know let’s be a bit more adventurous with the next James Bond … my vote goes to this fella:
I love Steven Yuen. Just get him to bulk up a bit, and watch the Internet have a complete meltdown.
As long as the British accent is well done.
Tumle
Member
I'm sure there are alot of lads and lasses that disagree with you there
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Pretty sure Daniel Craig's performance in the British crime film Layer Cake got him the bond role.
GeekyDad
Member
Like, for a back-to-school special?
Totally didn't come to mind, but yeah. Absolutely.He might be a bit old for the role these days but I would have liked Eric Bana to have a crack at Bond.
Billbofet
Member
Oooooooof
PrimetimeKnight
Member
She was glorious in that movie, talent(s) was on full display....pfft stupid.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Peter Dinklage.
The real choice. Charismatic, right looks, and ticks the diversity and inclusion boxes.
The real choice. Charismatic, right looks, and ticks the diversity and inclusion boxes.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
If only he were gay then I could see it. He's white so he's got that going against him.Peter Dinklage.
The real choice. Charismatic, right looks, and ticks the diversity and inclusion boxes.
It would be even better if they NEVER acknowledge his height. There are boxes and ramps for him to conveniently use but no one EVER even hints that there is an obvious difference between him and everyone else. Disguises work, Bondlage can walk in as a construction worker with a bushy mustache, talk to a guy, and then come back as a suave potential investor and the same guy won't bat an eye. He can toss stuntmen with ease, the ladies still swoon, and the cars all have platform pedals for no reason.
He has done this in a couple of films already (to a lesser degree of course). Anyone see that Cyrano film where he is swordfighting?
Billbofet
Member
This reminds of the crazy stuff I have read about how they film Tom Cruise since he is relatively short.
Now, when I watch a Tom Cruise movie, I look for tricks on how they make him appear as tall - or taller - than his co-stars since he has shit like that written in his contract.
Billbofet
Member
The antidote for fun
Hugare
Member
My boy Cavill on the final list!
Hardy could break the Bond formula yet again after Craig doing it last time
Cavill would look good doing it, but it would be boring, same old Bond
Idris could alsogive the character his own new take
And lol at the Euphoria guy (they are going to choose him, right? fuck)
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Tom Hardy is an odd guy. In a good way but I don't see him getting it.
Zeroing
Banned
Yeah they will, guy is so young so they can make sequel after sequel also he is cheaper to hire compared to the other actors!
jufonuk
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He would just go “hmm” or “hrrr” all the time. He is a great actor but Idris or Henry have the smooth natural energy. Craig didn’t have it. He was a great bond but a rougher bond.
My worry with a non-white Bond is that the story will, once again, become entirely too personal to Bond. The temptation to have yet another "enemy from his past" would be irresistible if it can be tied to Hong Kong, India, the Caribbean, or whatever ethnic origin the Bond actor has. Given how China would react to any negative connotation of their HK takeover, feel that would prevent a chinese ethnic Bond. I think an Indian/Pakistani descended Bond could work quite well though in the traditional Bond environments I'm not sure that specific ethnicity would be particularly covert (like the Trevor Noah skit). A Black British actor I feel would fall victim to far too many identity and class struggles that don't fit the character and the story would get bogged down in colonialism.
If Bond is anything, he is a posh, well cultured, solidly upper class (aspiring at least) gentleman with a POWERFUL love of country and I don't think current writers would depict a black man in such a way. If that is their intent, to portray a lower class agent who fights against/mocks, or otherwise disparages fine living, crown, queen, and country, while doing the job, then it should be another 00 agent, not Bond and not 007.
If they cast Elba then he is 100% gonna perform a Sean Bean style heel turn and end up being the bad guy. Now if they do this but can keep it a secret that the "real" James Bond gets introduced at the end to now hunt down Elba, THAT would be fucking amazing. But they would really need to crank out 007 films every 2-3 years to make this kind of filmmaking pay off. If I only get 1-2 Bonds a decade, then I want them to be more traditional Bonds. But if they come out every other year then I'll allow more experimentation with the formula.
If Bond is anything, he is a posh, well cultured, solidly upper class (aspiring at least) gentleman with a POWERFUL love of country and I don't think current writers would depict a black man in such a way. If that is their intent, to portray a lower class agent who fights against/mocks, or otherwise disparages fine living, crown, queen, and country, while doing the job, then it should be another 00 agent, not Bond and not 007.
If they cast Elba then he is 100% gonna perform a Sean Bean style heel turn and end up being the bad guy. Now if they do this but can keep it a secret that the "real" James Bond gets introduced at the end to now hunt down Elba, THAT would be fucking amazing. But they would really need to crank out 007 films every 2-3 years to make this kind of filmmaking pay off. If I only get 1-2 Bonds a decade, then I want them to be more traditional Bonds. But if they come out every other year then I'll allow more experimentation with the formula.
Kenpachii
Member
Jup its the euphoria guy as the other ones are to old most likely, they just drop it in for the luls. Maybe hardy could still do it.
Wildebeest
Member
I've run the simulations on the supercomputer and the answer is Gordon Ramsay.
Kenpachii
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hahaha