Toby Stephens cast as James Bond
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(If you feel this is a duplicate thread, mods, I do apologise- feel free to merge)
Reading earlier today that Toby Stephens (known to us all as the evil Gustav Graves!) has been cast by the BBC in their new radio adaptation of Dr No, I was struck by what a great bit of casting it is. He seems pretty perfect to me, and I was always a bit disappointed that DAD pretty much ruled him out as a candidate.
So now for him to be the new Bond, and the proper Fleming 1950's one at that which suits him even more- he just seems period somehow, I think is a real coup. Eon obviously think so too as they would have cancelled the whole thing if they didn't approve the Bond actor- but it's their old mucker Toby!
Wonderful choice; I can't wait for this!
Reading earlier today that Toby Stephens (known to us all as the evil Gustav Graves!) has been cast by the BBC in their new radio adaptation of Dr No, I was struck by what a great bit of casting it is. He seems pretty perfect to me, and I was always a bit disappointed that DAD pretty much ruled him out as a candidate.
So now for him to be the new Bond, and the proper Fleming 1950's one at that which suits him even more- he just seems period somehow, I think is a real coup. Eon obviously think so too as they would have cancelled the whole thing if they didn't approve the Bond actor- but it's their old mucker Toby!
Wonderful choice; I can't wait for this!
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Don't agree?
That is a wild/wacky choice of Bond/villain.
A few reasons why he shouldn't be cast:
1. He was already a villain/Wiseman was much older....
2. He hasn't got that Bond "status"
He wasn't a bad villain, just the film that spoiled it for him.
Just my opinion! -{
As for him not being a bad villian - Im not so sure about that. But I do feel that where the character was let down was by the writers and so forth, not by the actor.
Carry on here please.
Does sound interesting though.