Which actors could you see as the next Bond?

[AnneFan]

Hiddleston is the best candidate so far, imo. Really showed it in The Night Manager

Agreed.

 

[Warhammer]

Hearing Waltz isn't willing to come back unless Craig does too. Seems like a waste. Makes me wonder if the rest of the cast will go as well.

Waltz not coming back for a sequel will make Spectre even worse.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Why does everyone hate Spectre? I dont think it was bad at all. Im not saying it was the best Bond movie but I thik it was good. I mean compared to a lot of the garbage Moore & Brosnan clunkers, its well above those.

 

[Warhammer]

Because it wasn't well made. It's a slightly above average. And when 2 out of 4 of Craig's films are bonafide classics, the microscope was on that film from the start. Quantum of Solace at least had the Writer's Strike as a bit of an excuse.

 

[Loki882]

And given that it was supposed to be the film that tied all of the Craig-era ones together in a "mega-arc," it being so sloppily-written feels all the worse. They dropped the ball at the most important moment basically.

I'd be cool with Hiddleston as Bond (especially after seeing him in The Night Manager). He's certainly handsome, charming, charismatic, and suave enough for it, and we've seen from his Loki role that he could porbably also pull off playing Bond's more, unsavory, character traits as well.

 

[Black Narcissus]

lol

I respect Craig for giving Bond fans the finger.

 

[MadVillainy]

1) how did he give fans the finger
2) why is that a respectable thing

 

[Octoberist]

Waltz not coming back for a sequel will make Spectre even worse.

If they cut ties with that movie, the hype behind the rights of Spectre and Blofeld was a giant waste. Dare I say, Sony's notes on Spectre was actually pretty fair, from those leaks..Then it's all for naught.

And now you don't have Waltz, he's too to be either of these candidate's brother. It's too much baggage.

Then what will happen to the new Moneypenny, Q, and M? I think they should keep them, but should they just retcon out the last movie, and move forward? (In which I think will happen).

 

[Loki882]

Blofeld is supposed to be a master of disguise, and changes his appearance in the books frequently. So, there's you excuse to recast him if needed. Also you had four different actors playing him onscreen (when you can see his face that is) in the older films.

 

[MadVillainy]

If they cut ties with that movie, the hype behind the rights of Spectre and Blofeld was a giant waste. Dare I say, Sony's notes on Spectre was actually pretty fair, from those leaks..Then it's all for naught.

And now you don't have Waltz, he's too to be either of these candidate's brother. It's too much baggage.

Then what will happen to the new Moneypenny, Q, and M? I think they should keep them, but should they just retcon out the last movie, and move forward? (In which I think will happen).

I would love for the actors to stay in those roles. Really enjoyed all of them. Especially when they only got 2 films so far

 

[Vaibow]

i could handle Judi Dench staying on but any other character i want total reboot, nw bond for me means new world.

 

[Loki882]

Bernard Lee stuck around until his death. So he was present through the Connery, Lazenby, and most of the Moore era's. Lois Maxwell stuck around until the end of the Moore era, and Desmond Llewelyn was around until the freaking Brosnan Era.

So Fiennes, Harris, and Wishaw sticking around post-Craig is not only ok with me, I WANT it to happen.

 

[Octoberist]

So keep the new cast, but retconned that brother subplot and Spectre?

 

[Loki882]

No, just move on and don't really bring up the "brother" nonsense anymore. If Blofeld returns, then he's an enemy of Bond, that's it.

 

[MadVillainy]

No, just move on and don't really bring up the "brother" nonsense anymore. If Blofeld returns, then he's an enemy of Bond, that's it.

That sounds like the move.

 

[Octoberist]

The way it SHOULD be.

 

[MadVillainy]

on another note, the Bond 25 thread and this might as well get combined.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Then maybe we should go with the fan theory James Bond is not just 1 man but several.
Agents who go thru rigorous and tortuous training to become Bond when the current can no longer go on, therefor passing the mantle of 007 to the next.

After all, what spy goes thru a mission telling everyone his name.
Bond. James Bond.

 

[Loki882]

Except that Skyfall pretty much sunk that theory completely (and it was always a pretty lame one anyway).

 

[MadVillainy]

Then maybe we should go with the fan theory James Bond is not just 1 man but several.
Agents who go thru rigorous and tortuous training to become Bond when the current can no longer go on, therefor passing the mantle of 007 to the next.

After all, what spy goes thru a mission telling everyone his name.
Bond. James Bond.

why?

 

[Rowsdower!]

Except that Skyfall pretty much sunk that theory completely (and it was always a pretty lame one anyway).

Not if there just happens to be an abnormally high number of people in this universe whose name happens to be James Bond and all of them go to work for the British government.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

The other painfully obvious option is to recast Bond, again, and I guess find another starting point?
Im not sure how they can use the Craig continuity now it all seems wasted.

 

[godisawesome]

If they wanted to make the James Bond name a code now, the bets way to do it would be to just explain that Craig's Bond has a new identity and MI-6 has just decided to take his old one for the ease of deniability about the actual agent.

I think it could work, but I don't know how many people would get behind it. The biggest advantage it would give you is the ability to have continuity between films without necessarily dragging them down as well.

 

[Loki882]

Or just do what they did for the first 40 years. Same character, different actor, loose continuity, and go. It's not that complicated, nor would most of the general audience be overthinking things like we fans tend to do.

 

[Sebastos]

If it ain't broke don't fix it.