James Bond: 007 - Spectre - - Part 11

[Zantera]

Casino Royale
Golden Eye
Skyfall
Spectre
Quantum of Solace

Casino Royale and Golden Eye would both be in my top3, probably nr1 and 2. Then I would probably put License to Kill as my nr3. (I think that's a really underrated one) After those 3 it gets tougher. I want to say On Her Majesty's Secret Service as nr4, then probably a Connery film, then a Moore film and then Skyfall at nr7 or so. It's been a while since I saw the older films with Connery and Moore, but they both had some really good ones, but depending on how they stand the test of time, Skyfall could be nr5, 6 or 7.

 

[spider-neil]

This might get me some eye-rolls and outraged reactions, but I'd really like to see an American actor be given the chance to play James Bond in an official capacity, with my Top 2 choices being Lee Pace and Matthew Morrison, both of whom are currently 36 years old and both of whom have previous experience successfully affecting British-type accents (see Thranduil and playwright James M. Barrie, respectively).

I think a new Bond should be in his early 30's meaning you can get 10 years and a trilogy out of him and he will not not haggard by the time the third movie rolls around.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Bond has to be British for me, and its not like there aren't any good actors from Britain who could do the role. Cavill, Hardy and Fassbender are 3 I can think of right of right off the bat. With a few more probably coming through by the time Craig is done.

 

[DigificWriter]

The new Bond character has a defined age (46 as of the events of SPECTRE), so you need an actor who can convincingly convey that while still being able to stick around for a while, and both Morrison and Pace fit that bill.

The issue I have with going strictly British is that most of the actors people are suggesting are either tied up with other franchises already, are ineligible without EON rebooting the franchise again, or don't typically do franchise movies.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Say it with me now: "Dan Stevens"

 

[DigificWriter]

^ A 33-year-old isn't going to be able to convincingly play a character in their late 40s, so, no.

 

[Golgo-13]

I'd like to see Richard Armitage in the role. He has that 'blunt instrument' look. Cavill, looks too much like a pretty boy. I too believe the actor playing Bond should be from the United Kingdom and in his early 30's. There's no shortage of great actors from the U.K, so there's no need to outsource to another country for an actor. Craig has aged considerable bad between Qos and Skyfall, and looks down right haggard in Spectre.

 

[DigificWriter]

Now Arimtage is somebody I could definitely get behind in the role, although you'd probably want to lighten his hair color a bit.

There are very few actors out there in their early 30s who could convincingly play a character who is in his mid-40s and, like it or not, is being allowed to age this time around.

 

[Roose Bolton]

^ A 33-year-old isn't going to be able to convincingly play a character in their late 40s, so, no.

^ The next Bond actor won't be cast for at least another 5 years, so, yes.

 

[Golgo-13]

Now Arimtage is somebody I could definitely get behind in the role, although you'd probably want to lighten his hair color a bit.

Why?

Fleming's Bond had black hair.

I remember the uproar from many people when Craig was cast (not myself), was mainly that he was blonde. Sounds silly now that you think about it, but that was the case.

And if Craig does not comes back, i'd like the next actor to pick up where Spectre left off, so we can finally squash the 'James Bond is just a code name passed down to different people' nonsense.

 

[DigificWriter]

Roose Bolton: If it takes them that long to recast (5 years), Bond the character will be in his 50s, so heck no to Dan Stevens or anyone else who's currently younger than 35.

 

[Schlosser85]

Isn't Craig contracted for one more after Spectre? I was always under that impression, so its kind of confusing for me to see people acting like Spectre was his goodbye.

 

[Schlosser85]

If it takes them that long, Bond the character will be in his 50s, so heck no.

The amount of time that passes between the movies IRL doesn't have to be the same amount of time in the movie world.

 

[DigificWriter]

The amount of time that passes between the movies IRL doesn't have to be the same amount of time in the movie world.

It probably won't be for Bond 25 regardless of whether or not Craig comes back, but the character is still 46 as of that film in-universe, so if Craig doesn't return, you need an actor who is old enough to convincingly convey that, and Dan Stevens just doesn't look like he'd be able to do so even if you aged him by 5 years.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Roose Bolton: If it takes them that long to recast (5 years), Bond the character will be in his 50s, so heck no to Dan Stevens or anyone else who's currently younger than 35.

In all likelihood Craig's coming back for Bond 25, and it's not entirely impossible (though unlikely) that he may even do a sixth yet. And then after that you've got the search for the next Bond. Dan Stevens would easily be old enough by then.

But then of course, your logic that the character's aging in real time has no real basis other than the fact we got his birth date confirmed. These films, other than Casino Royale being post-9/11, have nothing that specifically dates them in any particular year, and ignoring the anniversary elements of Skyfall, there's little to go on in terms of how long the first three films are from one another. For all we know the next film or two could take place within the space of year in-universe. And of course this is also assuming that they won't just do a semi-reboot like they did when Brosnan took over in the 90s, or even another full reboot.

 

[Golgo-13]

I'm sorry but Dan Stevens has too much of a baby face to play Bond.

 

[DigificWriter]

Roose Bolton: There is no such thing as a "semi-reboot", and Craig's future with the franchise is not as clear-cut as you think it is.

 

[Schlosser85]

Craig has aged considerable bad between Qos and Skyfall, and looks down right haggard in Spectre.

I actually thought Craig looked more haggard in Skyfall than he does in Spectre, though some of that was intentional.

I didn't think he looked bad in Spectre. I thought he looked the roughest in Skyfall.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Roose Bolton: There is no such thing as a "semi-reboot", and Craig's future with the franchise is not as clear-cut as you think it is.

Yes there is, it's happened with this franchise before. In the 90s they ditched all the cast of the previous iterations aside from desmond llewelyn as Q, and just rolled with the idea that Bond was a spy who had actively been involved with the Cold War without going into his past exploits all that much.

But let's just follow your bizarre logic for a moment, if the character is aging in real-time, then that means this franchise is effectively over by the time they get Bond 30. You'd have to constantly cast actors older and older until he's no longer a feasible protagonist for an action franchise.

 

[Zantera]

I don't think they'll care about the age when casting the next Bond. Obviously they won't get a fresh 20 year old, but someone like Dan Stevens at 35 is not that far fetched. Let's face it, continuity has never really been a key element of the Bond franchise. It's nice that they worked continuity into the story a bit more with the Craig-films, but I think as soon as they recast, they'll get someone younger. Otherwise you'll get older and older bonds until we reach the Roger Moore-dilemma of having a Bond in his 60s.

Honestly I don't think most audiences care that much for the continuity of the Bond films. As long as we get Bond on an adventure, we see M, Q, Moneypenny, a Bond-car and so on, it honestly doesn't matter that much. I think each Bond-actor should have their own continuity so to speak. But with that said, I appreciate that some characters like M and Q can re-appear played by the same actors as before.

 

[DigificWriter]

Roose Bolton, every single one of the 20 pre-Craig films starred the exact same version of James Bond, regardless of the varying ages of the actors who played him.

The term "soft reboot" is sometimes bandied about, but it's simply another term for "retcon".

 

[Frodo]

Connery was 31 when he started playing Bond and Lazenby was in his late twenties for OHMSS, so a new Bond doesn't have to be in his 40s and 50s to take over the role. I would prefer they go with a younger actor in their 30s for the next Bond so they could do several before getting into their 50s. That's assuming Craig doesn't come back for a fifth.

Someone born in the late 70s to early 80s would be fine at this point. As for Bond actors , I think there are alot of different and inspired ways they could go.

 

[Roose Bolton]

The term "soft reboot" is sometimes bandied about, but it's simply another term for "retcon".

Whatever you say pal, you're the master race

 

[Gold Samurai]

Now Arimtage is somebody I could definitely get behind in the role, although you'd probably want to lighten his hair color a bit.

He's done the spy role already and he's too old for it

Shame Clive Owen missed the boat though


Dan Stevens showed he can play a bad ass with "The guest"

 

[DigificWriter]

Frodo: That was true in the pre-Craig Continuity, but it certainly isn't likely to be now, since they've actually explicitly defined the character's age this time around.