Looks like Henry Cavill is out of the running as it looks like he is going to play Napoleon Solo in Guy Ritchies Man From Uncle which I think will be brilliant like his Sherlock films.
As I would have loved Cavill for Bond and Ritchie to direct a Bond movie Iam over the moon as this is probably the closest Iam going to get, although Iam pretty sure it will have more Bondian moments in it than the last three so called Bond movies put together )
Always thought, before Craig was announced, that Clive Owen would have been correct - but now too old for Bond.
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Always thought, before Craig was announced, that Clive Owen would have been correct - but now too old for Bond.
At 49, yes. Fifty(ish) is too old to start playing Bond, though not too old to continue if the actor started younger and is now established (Connery, Moore, Brosnan).
I don't mind Clive Owen, but for some reason I was never keen on the idea him being bond. Maybe it's because he sounds like he has a cold all the time )
I though both Clive Owen and Jason Isaacs would of made great Bonds but agree
they'd be too old now. I think the next Bond will be a big suprise to us all and
we'll all probably have to "Google" him. )
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Jason Isaacs! Yes he would have been terrific in the role!
I also thought that Dougray Scott would have been good based on his performance in MI:2, though I gather he's not very tall. But I'm not complaining about DC who's done a great job.
With Henry Cavill in the media spotlight with the release of Man of Steel, I was thinking about Cavill as a future James Bond and it's always struck me how he looks more like James Bond Jnr than James Bond. I did a comparison - Cavill (taken from a MOS premiere) and a photo of Brosnan in Goldeneye:
I dunno, Cavill - whilst undeniably goodlooking/conventionally square jawed, even features handsome - doesn't look quite as iconic 'Bond looking' as Pierce Brosnan and looks more like a junior secret agent trying to get his 00 ranking. I don't think the look of Bond is that important - Craig's success proves that - but I don't get a huge Bond vibe from Cavill's look but, speaking as a straight guy, I can see he's a striking looking chap. But our man Brozza did have that extra 'something'.
I don't think Henry Cavill is the right guy to be the next James Bond. I saw him in Immortals and he had zero screen presence (other than looking beefy with little clothes on), his acting and voice in Cold Light Of Day, got a lot of criticism by reviewers (although the film itself was deemed appalling!) and I've read reviews of MOS like this:
I'll say this upfront: Henry Cavill is easily the best-looking Superman by far. I mean, this guy is GORGEOUS. Man of Steel will probably do good box office simply because people will want to spend many summer hours gazing at this positively dreamy guy.
Problem is, he's duller than an ax after 10,000 rounds with a really big, hard boulder.
The review is written by a guy so I'm not sure why there he needs to describe Cavill as 'positively dreamy' (perhaps he fancies him?) but one thing is sure - whoever is the next James Bond needs to have some substance. James Bond is more than just a handsome man in a nice suit and Superman is a bit more than just a guy that can fly.
Another terrible review of Cavill's Superman:
Cavill, who is the very definition of “crimes against humanity” – and acting. For that matter, where is Superman? The one I’ve known and loved for more than 50 years is nowhere to be found, replaced by a plastic, uncharismatic Superdude, who’d make a great fashion model, but is a horrid Man of Steel.
I've always thought the ideal guy to play Bond should have some smug confidence and Cavill does not have that. He seems a very earnest nice guy; too earnest for a role like James Bond? Daniel Craig is fortunate that his Bond interpretation chimes with the public mood. He's an extension of Jack Bauer, Jason Bourne - action heroes with flawed semi-realistic personalities - but if Cavill were cast and played it in a fairly non-descript way I can't see him winning over most Bond fans. That's not to say a Cavill Bond film won't do decent or big box office but I fear Mr Cavill might be too bland an actor (perhaps in the same way that Brandon Routh's Superman was seen to be) to be a credible or memorable James Bond. He might be too uncharismatic and wooden.
Well, regardless of where SUPERMAN takes Cavill, I doubt, sadly, he'll ever get a crack at Bond.
This guy is huge, fuckin' enormous, really massively built now. He looks like a modern day rugby forward; physically he looks just tooo big to be James Bond, the sort of guy who lives in the gym, taking all the proteins and supplements in the world.
Bond needs a certain physical vulnerability to work, however slight. Cavill doesn't have that anymore, no matter how pretty he looks. Way too much of a meathead...
The reality is that there are too few candidates out there. Any bloke who has dark hair and isn't completely fugly is being suggested.
In last night's Evening Standard, Cavill mentioned that if a Brit could play Superman, then a Yank ( the Standard's words, not mine!) could play Bond.
So I might as well lob another one in: Luke Evans, who's Welsh.
I saw The Fast And The Furious #6 a couple of weeks back. Evans plays the villain, and brings quite a bit of menace to the role, and just the right amount of looks (ie not too pretty)to the role. He also seems fairly lean, unlike Cavill.
Again though he's 34 so probably too old by the time DC relinquishes the role...
Oh thank god somebody else agrees that Craig doesn't have the Bond look.
I don't care. I've been too satisfied with Craig's performance to care.
Fassbender is out of the question. I've heard that he doesn't want to play Bond.
Dalton was 43 in 1987 and Brosnan was 42 in 1995.
Dalton was either 43 or 41 in 1987. No one really knows.
Please God save us from another blonde Bond-shell!
Are we really going to get into a bother about hair coloring?
Brosnan is from Ireland... I think that still counts as British...
You want to say that to an Irishman?
Matt Boomer looks the part,but an American as Bond? No please.
Why not? An Englishman is now playing Superman. An Englishman (or Welsh actor) has just finished playing Batman. An American has successfully portrayed Sherlock Holmes in two films. Why limit the potential actors, due to nationality?
An Englishman is now playing Superman. An Englishman (or Welsh actor) has just finished playing Batman. An American has successfully portrayed Sherlock Holmes in two films. Why limit the potential actors, due to nationality?
Just seen Jason Steatham in the excellent "Hummingbird" (released as "Redemption" in the USA).
There's a scene late on the move where he sports a bow tie and tux. Crossed my mind he could be a contender. Great in action sequences, amazing body for a forty something, but im kind of guessing too old now.
Brittish Model David Gandy ?????? (Although at 6'3" might be a tad too tall). Speaking of height, I dont believe Matt Boemer is anywhere near 6'. Also, speaking as an American Bond fan, I never minded the non English ( Connery-Scotch, Lazenby-Aussie, Dalton-Welsh, Brosnan-Irish) because they were still all connected with that clipped Brittish accent tone which distinguishes itself in those regions. Even a Bond actor from H.K., South Africa or N.Z would be cool with me.....But not an American
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As I would have loved Cavill for Bond and Ritchie to direct a Bond movie Iam over the moon as this is probably the closest Iam going to get, although Iam pretty sure it will have more Bondian moments in it than the last three so called Bond movies put together
Christian Bale?
Always thought, before Craig was announced, that Clive Owen would have been correct - but now too old for Bond.
At 49, yes. Fifty(ish) is too old to start playing Bond, though not too old to continue if the actor started younger and is now established (Connery, Moore, Brosnan).
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
they'd be too old now.
we'll all probably have to "Google" him.
I don't see why he can't play both Superman and James Bond concurrently.
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I also thought that Dougray Scott would have been good based on his performance in MI:2, though I gather he's not very tall. But I'm not complaining about DC who's done a great job.
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If that isn't viable I'm sure Will Smith is available.
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I dunno, Cavill - whilst undeniably goodlooking/conventionally square jawed, even features handsome - doesn't look quite as iconic 'Bond looking' as Pierce Brosnan and looks more like a junior secret agent trying to get his 00 ranking. I don't think the look of Bond is that important - Craig's success proves that - but I don't get a huge Bond vibe from Cavill's look but, speaking as a straight guy, I can see he's a striking looking chap.
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http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/soulless-superman/Content?oid=3814198
The review is written by a guy so I'm not sure why there he needs to describe Cavill as 'positively dreamy'
Another terrible review of Cavill's Superman:
http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/movies/x1391865054/MOVIE-REVIEW-Nothing-super-about-this-Man-of-Steel?zc_p=1#axzz2W5QrFe6s
I've always thought the ideal guy to play Bond should have some smug confidence and Cavill does not have that. He seems a very earnest nice guy; too earnest for a role like James Bond? Daniel Craig is fortunate that his Bond interpretation chimes with the public mood. He's an extension of Jack Bauer, Jason Bourne - action heroes with flawed semi-realistic personalities - but if Cavill were cast and played it in a fairly non-descript way I can't see him winning over most Bond fans. That's not to say a Cavill Bond film won't do decent or big box office but I fear Mr Cavill might be too bland an actor (perhaps in the same way that Brandon Routh's Superman was seen to be) to be a credible or memorable James Bond. He might be too uncharismatic and wooden.
This guy is huge, fuckin' enormous, really massively built now. He looks like a modern day rugby forward; physically he looks just tooo big to be James Bond, the sort of guy who lives in the gym, taking all the proteins and supplements in the world.
Bond needs a certain physical vulnerability to work, however slight. Cavill doesn't have that anymore, no matter how pretty he looks. Way too much of a meathead...
In last night's Evening Standard, Cavill mentioned that if a Brit could play Superman, then a Yank ( the Standard's words, not mine!) could play Bond.
So I might as well lob another one in: Luke Evans, who's Welsh.
I saw The Fast And The Furious #6 a couple of weeks back. Evans plays the villain, and brings quite a bit of menace to the role, and just the right amount of looks (ie not too pretty)to the role. He also seems fairly lean, unlike Cavill.
Again though he's 34 so probably too old by the time DC relinquishes the role...
Just chucking this back.
Kal-El, later known as Clark Kent, later known as Superman isn't actually an American. He's an alien from the planet Krypton.
James Bond is, of course, a British subject by parentage....
There is, I submit, quite a difference....
Fugly! Funny word. I wonder if someone can be fhandsome? Nah, I guess not. Doesn't sound right when you say it.
Do you think Cavill should have said, if a Brit can play Superman, then I don't see why a Kryptonian couldn't play Bond?
At least then Cavill would have been accurate in his conclusion.
But hey, it's been said that James Bond once was Superman. When Sean Connery played him around the time of GOLDFINGER and THUNDERBALL....
I don't care. I've been too satisfied with Craig's performance to care.
Fassbender is out of the question. I've heard that he doesn't want to play Bond.
Dalton was either 43 or 41 in 1987. No one really knows.
Are we really going to get into a bother about hair coloring?
You want to say that to an Irishman?
Why not? An Englishman is now playing Superman. An Englishman (or Welsh actor) has just finished playing Batman. An American has successfully portrayed Sherlock Holmes in two films. Why limit the potential actors, due to nationality?
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There's a scene late on the move where he sports a bow tie and tux. Crossed my mind he could be a contender. Great in action sequences, amazing body for a forty something, but im kind of guessing too old now.
Thoughts please?
To quote Connery from another movie,
"Scotch is a drink. A man from Scotland is a Scot."