Who would you like to see play Bond after Craig decides to leave?

AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
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Craig will inevitably leave the Role one day, starting the whole Process of searching for the next Actor all over again. Now, I will probably raise a few Eyebrows here, but I have always thought that Jason Statham would make a good Bond. Let's face it, he possesses nearly all of the Qualities of Bond and has been in loads of similar Films in the Past.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    No. Too limited acting range and not enough hair. Michael Fassbender is the best candidate I know of.
  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    Imagine it was Statham. Good lord :#
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  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    Henry Cavill.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I still don't know why Clive Owen turned down the Role.
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  • Colonel ShatnerColonel Shatner Chavtastic Bristol, BritainPosts: 574MI6 Agent
    Michael Fassbender.
    'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...'
  • barlowdjbbarlowdjb Posts: 22MI6 Agent
    i would like to see Christian Bale IMO he ooozzzeess Bonds personality
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    DEFIANT 74205 wrote:
    Henry Cavill.

    Right now, Henry Cavill is the candidate I favour to succeed Daniel Craig. He's already tested for the role, is very suitable, and will be the ideal age when Craig departs, which will be in approx five years if he completes his contract. A lot can happen in that time though, and it is quite possible that we know little to nothing about the actor who will become Bond #7.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Jason Statham is totally wrong for Bond if you ask me. I think Fassbender could be good, but these days I find myself leaning more towards an unknown actor for the next 007.
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Craig will inevitably leave the Role one day, starting the whole Process of searching for the next Actor all over again. Now, I will probably raise a few Eyebrows here, but I have always thought that Jason Statham would make a good Bond. Let's face it, he possesses nearly all of the Qualities of Bond and has been in loads of similar Films in the Past.
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  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    If Craig goes all the way to another two movies ( and the pile of cash on the table suggests he will) then none of the candidates known of today are likely to be the right age, even Fassbender will be pushing it. It's likely, and in my view preferable that we don't know who is even likely to be in the frame. Also now that ' tall, dark & handsome ' are now longer non-negotiable pre requisites it opens up the range of choice considerably to a larger pool of potentials, maybe we'll be surprised again with another 'left field' choice. Craig by then will be making the AVTAK Roger look like a spring Chicken, so someone younger probably early rather than late thirties would be my guess.
  • Mr BeechMr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent
    zaphod wrote:
    If Craig goes all the way to another two movies ( and the pile of cash on the table suggests he will) then none of the candidates known of today are likely to be the right age, even Fassbender will be pushing it. It's likely, and in my view preferable that we don't know who is even likely to be in the frame. Also now that ' tall, dark & handsome ' are now longer non-negotiable pre requisites it opens up the range of choice considerably to a larger pool of potentials, maybe we'll be surprised again with another 'left field' choice. Craig by then will be making the AVTAK Roger look like a spring Chicken, so someone younger probably early rather than late thirties would be my guess.

    I agree with this a bit. I feel like many of the names being thrown around are not going to have the longevity needed due to their ages by the time Craig is done. Michael Fassbender will be several years older than Craig was when Casino Royale was made, meaning he won't be able to make very many films in the role. Jason Statham is definitely too old for that transition.

    As of right now, Henry Cavill is the only likely choice out there that I know of due to his age and lack of major breakout success (Man of Steel will likely change that). But I feel like there is plenty of time to find someone else that we don't know or that is perhaps less predicatable based on physical appearance.

    So for now, Cavill would be fine by me, but I can't confidently make a prediction.
  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Clive Standen or Max Brown, both currently 31 so in say 5years time they would be the idea age to pick up the mantle.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Can I be the first to suggest Idris Elba :))
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I second that! :))
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Can I be the first to suggest Idris Elba :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The last time I held a questionaire ( admittledly only between Family and Friends )
    I came top of the List. Eon Please take Note. :))
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  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    Tom Hiddleston... or Idris Elba (as a third to Blackleiter and Thunderpussy) -{
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  • Ens007Ens007 EnglandPosts: 863MI6 Agent
    Anyone hear of a British actor called Idris Elba?? I think he'd be superb. :v
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    I nominate Vinnie Jones. Or failing that, Idris Elba.


    (I actually think that it is most likely to be someone we currently either don't know at all, or who has currently had only a couple of low-profile roles that few of us have seen and/or remember).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Remember that Connery was an unknown before taking up the Role of Bond
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  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    ...except for Darby O'Gill...
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,326MI6 Agent
    barlowdjb wrote:
    i would like to see Christian Bale IMO he ooozzzeess Bonds personality

    Bale would have been good a while back but after Batman I'm put off for some reason or other.

    Statham?? Your having a laugh

    Caville is best bet in current climate but who knows, long time before DC finishes
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,326MI6 Agent
    The Domino Effect wrote:
    I nominate Vinnie Jones. Or failing that, Idris Elba.


    (I actually think that it is most likely to be someone we currently either don't know at all, or who has currently had only a couple of low-profile roles that few of us have seen and/or remember).

    Vinnie Jones?? Are we talking henchmen or Bond
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  • James BillJames Bill ParisPosts: 26MI6 Agent
    How about Benedict Cumberbatch? I always thought he had some kind of Roger Moore vibe to him... but without the sillyness. He's definitely convincing as a ladies' man but he still needs to prove he can be badass. I'm sure the next Star Trek will prove that.
  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    Richard Jack.
    Brilliant Scottish actor and he looks like Fleming's description of Bond....Hogey Carmichael.
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  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    Why not Vin Diesel or Jackie Chan? :p :s :))

    But seriously, I think this quote nails it...
    The Domino Effect wrote:
    I actually think that it is most likely to be someone we currently either don't know at all, or who has currently had only a couple of low-profile roles that few of us have seen and/or remember

    Who saw Connery coming? How about Lazenby? Who knew that Dalton could still carry it off after turning it down all those years earlier? Why was Daniel Craig such a surprise? The only Bond actors we've NOT been totally surprised by are Roger Moore (because he wanted the role, Cubby wanted him in the role, and he was unavailable) and Pierce Brosnan (for basically the same reasons as Moore).
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  • Mr BeechMr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent
    Freaking Idris Elba. 8-)

    I didn't like him before, and then when he kept getting mentioned in the past several months I grew to loathe him because of that repeated suggestion.

    He's had some good roles, but not like Bond.
  • HalconHalcon Zen TemplePosts: 487MI6 Agent
    who would i like? i dont know, but who is it bound to be? i put my chips on Henry Cavil. Playing Supes won't take away from his prospects. The guy was too young when he auditioned. He's 29 now, so in 6 or 7 years time he'll be the perfect age, with enough wrinkles to have shed the 'pretty boyishness' off the face.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Like hanging a stocking at christmas, or sitting Not laughing at an Adam Sandler movie.
    Mentioning Idris Elba for a Bond casting has become a AJB tradition. :))
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  • sniperUKsniperUK UlsterPosts: 594MI6 Agent
    Alex O'Loughlin ,good in Hawaii 5-O, apparently screen tested for CR .
  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    These actors are very young, but future James Bonds perhaps?

    ALEX.jpgAlex Pettyfer

    BENBARNES.jpgBen Barnes


    MAXIRONS.jpgMax Irons


    BRENDANFAHR.jpgBrendan Fahr
  • TheundeadkennedyTheundeadkennedy Posts: 292MI6 Agent
    Daniel Craig was Bond rebooted. We've watched a character develope since the opening scene of Casino Royale to the end of Skyfall. I feel the next Bond should be a continuation of that character's journey and of what Craig started as opposed to starting fresh with every new actor. I don't think it should be someone as young as Craig was in Casino Royale, he's matured and has been around the block now. I say each new Bond should look to be in his early forties. With that I think Michael Fassbender is the best choice for the continuation of this Bond, after Craig is done and a few more years have passed. He should put on a little muscle again first ;)
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