Little by little they will do it. Didn't you notice? First Felix Leiter, then Moneypenny..wondering who's next...
Mandela is a real person, JB isn't. Bond could Black, White, Chinese, Canadian or whatever, doesn't matter to me. A long as he's a good actor. Now you could probably call me a chauvinist, but I wouldn't want a female in the roll... She could be OO8
Jane Bond is sent to a party to seduce a henchman in order to access records of his bosses plans to melt the polar ice caps and wipe out humanity in favor of his new race of birdmen. Henchman: Excuse me ma'am, I don't see you on the guest list. Jane Bond: My name is Bond, Ja.... Henchman: Here is my bosses records, so where are we going to do this?
I love Tom and he has the Brute aspect to his character but Bond should be an imposing figure shouldn't he? I think Tom might make a better Bond villain. Maybe I just never got over short Batman. I dunno.
I would cast either Henry Cavill or Henry Golding. I think either one of those actors fits the part and are believable as James Bond.
As many times as No Time To Die has been delayed the next James Bond probably won't have been born yet by the time it is finally released.
Delay could be extended to 2022 or longer. World Cup Football 2022 is still not definite and that’s two years away.
None of that matters to me. The franchise is no longer sacred because the original concept is so dated: An overtly obvious “spy” with sex addiction. Studios make movies for mass consumption and all means nothing if it isn’t a box office success.
Fleming - ever the snob - thought Sean Connery was too rough around the edges, even referring to him as a "bricklayer", I believe.
The Scottish part of Bond's backstory came late in the series of novels after Connery was a success in Dr No. Indeed Fleming was not initially impressed with Connery, he would have preferred David Niven (who of course would go onto play the role in the other Casino Royale). Connery's performance won Fleming over hence why he incorporated the Scottish back story. Although Bond didn't suddenly start speaking with a Scottish accent in the novels...
Odd because in the books, Bond is definitely portrayed as a bit of a brute at times and I thought Connery perfectly captured that combination of sophistication and brutishness. I think Daniel Craig did a good job with that too. If they are going to do a reboot, I am definitely down with a female 007. Bond is such an inherently sexist character and a bit of an anachronism at this point, much as I love him, so tackling it from a female angle might juice things up again.
I agree, but I think Craig's Bond is the most book-like of the actors who have played the part. I give him the edge, too much humor with Connery, not really in the books.
Normally, I'd agree EON would avoid picking the favorite - but next time around the parties involved might not want to gamble on a relative unknown in the role. Post-pandemic - fingers crossed on that - the movie business will do everything in their collective power to bring the customers back and get the industry - theaters, studios, technicians, etc - out of the red. That'll mean rushing into production movies people will turn up for - a fifth Indiana Jones, more Marvel, Jurassic World 3, and James Bond. With that as the backdrop, it's easy to see why EON might be mulling over Tom Hardy or Henry Cavill as Bond instead of Aidan Turner or another relatively obscure actor (no offense to Turner). Coming out of the pandemic and the Daniel Craig era, an actor who brings a little marquee value and a curiosity factor would be more of a blessing than a curse. My money's on Cavill - yes, he's Superman (or was), but his turns in the The Man from UNCLE and MI:5 were, if combined, solid dry runs for Bond. I also think having tested for the role and been a finalist, he'd leave the tights behind for the tux in a heartbeat. Obvious? Yes...but so was Pierce Brosnan after Timothy Dalton.