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Post by politicidal on Jul 10, 2021 2:14:00 GMT
They've have all of the COVID pandemic to decide who to replace Daniel Craig.
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Amid Daniel Craig’s imminent departure from the super-spy role and the encroaching need to find a new star for the franchise, the duo admitted that spot-on casting will be crucial to the future of the British institution.
“[MGM bosses] Mike and Pam understand that we are at a critical juncture and that the continuing success of the James Bond series is dependent on us getting the next iteration right and will give us the support we need to do this,” said Broccoli and Wilson.
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Post by leesilm on Jul 10, 2021 5:34:11 GMT
Well, I remember a small handful of actors who talked about turning down the role over the years, and how they each talked about MGM having a "short list" of actors at any given time, whom they have seriously considered for the role. I'd think with them knowing Craig was soon to exit, they would have been contacting some of the people on their short-list, to see if any of them are interested. Perhaps, so far, everyone they've talked to has been either otherwise contractually obligated or they've been uninterested. (Having heard about some of Craig's injuries over the years he's been Bond, I could see some actors being concerned about doing the stunts, especially if they have had any prior bad experiences doing stunts) It is a little odd though, that with them so close to being without a Bond, and having had so much time to look, that they appear to be Bond-less.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 13, 2021 0:02:13 GMT
It's going to be fun to see how they politicize it.
They probably have financiers and distributors demanding they make a statement with the casting.
There's no way they are going to go totally traditional.
Brosnan was Irish wasn't he. Craig is part Polish or something.
I am guessing someone who is part Pakistani or Angolan.
100% guaranteed it won't be Anglo-Saxon unless it's trans.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jul 13, 2021 0:29:26 GMT
(1) The actor cast as the next 007 will not be a "big" star. (2) The next Bond film won't start production until 2024 or 2025.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jul 13, 2021 0:30:52 GMT
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Post by leesilm on Jul 14, 2021 6:47:55 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH.
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Post by Downey on Jul 14, 2021 8:18:08 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH. You've already had an Irish Bond speaking without sounding drunk still makes him Irish. And why didn't you like Connery's Bond? Or was it just an excuse to drop in a subtle troll?
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Post by Lux on Jul 14, 2021 8:21:00 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH. Why didn't you like Connery's Bond? And there's already been an Irish actor that has played Bond he just didn't sound drunk.
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Post by Zos on Jul 15, 2021 15:30:08 GMT
Should have given the role to Elba when Craig was faffing about after the last one. Probably too old now.
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Post by Skaathar on Jul 15, 2021 17:55:38 GMT
They all know the best casting choice is really Henry Cavill. Heck he was their original choice more than a decade ago instead of Daniel Craig, just that they felt Cavill was too young then. Well he isn't too young now. so just offer him the role already.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 15, 2021 18:24:01 GMT
They all know the best casting choice is really Henry Cavill. Heck he was their original choice more than a decade ago instead of Daniel Craig, just that they felt Cavill was too young then. Well he isn't too young now. so just offer him the role already. That would be cool. But I think he's interested in starting his own franchise. He's the lead for Matthew Vaughn's next spy movie.
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Post by leesilm on Jul 16, 2021 1:54:14 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH. Why didn't you like Connery's Bond? And there's already been an Irish actor that has played Bond he just didn't sound drunk. Honestly, Roger M. was always my favourite Bond and I never liked Connery. Not sure why. I have a list as long as my arm of movies where I loved Connery's character (I will say, for LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, the director wanted Roger M. not Connery, and the studio should have let him have Roger M., because Connery's behavior on set was horrible while Roger M. was known to be more professional). Have you ever seen HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER or THE WIND AND THE LION, he's great in them. Yes, I'm aware we've had an Irish Bond before, which I was excited about. Wasn't aware you had to sound drunk to be Irish. Must be an English myth floating about the interwebs.
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Post by Lux on Jul 16, 2021 5:13:49 GMT
Why didn't you like Connery's Bond? And there's already been an Irish actor that has played Bond he just didn't sound drunk. Honestly, Roger M. was always my favourite Bond and I never liked Connery. Not sure why. I have a list as long as my arm of movies where I loved Connery's character (I will say, for LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, the director wanted Roger M. not Connery, and the studio should have let him have Roger M., because Connery's behavior on set was horrible while Roger M. was known to be more professional). Have you ever seen HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER or THE WIND AND THE LION, he's great in them. Yes, I'm aware we've had an Irish Bond before, which I was excited about. Wasn't aware you had to sound drunk to be Irish. Must be an English myth floating about the interwebs. How was Connery's behaviour bad?
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Post by Skaathar on Jul 16, 2021 6:24:05 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH. When Cavill isn't preparing to play either Superman or The Witcher, he isn't really any beefier than Daniel Craig.
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Post by leesilm on Jul 17, 2021 4:39:10 GMT
I would buy him as Bond. Tall enough and fits into the suit well enough, but he also isn't super tall/crazy Superhero level built (which if you were either of those things, you wouldn't as easily slip in/out of places unnoticed as a spy if you were as tall as Hozier or built like Henry Cavill). Plus, and I say this as a compliment, he looks a bit more like Connery's Bond, which doesn't hurt since there are people out there who actually liked Connery's Bond. (I am not one of them) Also be fun to have an Irish Bond, even if he does a British accent, I will be grinning in the seat cause BOND IS IRISH. When Cavill isn't preparing to play either Superman or The Witcher, he isn't really any beefier than Daniel Craig. Craig is also ridiculously muscle-y, but true
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Post by Lux on Jul 17, 2021 6:08:49 GMT
When Cavill isn't preparing to play either Superman or The Witcher, he isn't really any beefier than Daniel Craig. Craig is also ridiculously muscle-y, but true Um, didn't I ask you a question about Connery's behaviour on the set of Bond films which you haven't answered? Or are you just going to ignore the question moving on to more important world saving matters like muscles? Now Sean Connery may not be dull Kojak/ Vin Diesel but you making up stories about Sean is a twat thing to do.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 19, 2021 15:21:56 GMT
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Post by Skaathar on Jul 19, 2021 16:41:32 GMT
They all know the best casting choice is really Henry Cavill. Heck he was their original choice more than a decade ago instead of Daniel Craig, just that they felt Cavill was too young then. Well he isn't too young now. so just offer him the role already. That would be cool. But I think he's interested in starting his own franchise. He's the lead for Matthew Vaughn's next spy movie. Yeah, but I bet he'd drop that if he was offered the James Bond role. Can't get a spy franchise any bigger than Bond. Especially now that DC doesn't seem interested in keeping him around as Superman, he could use a big franchise to back him up.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 20, 2021 20:32:34 GMT
They all know the best casting choice is really Henry Cavill. Heck he was their original choice more than a decade ago instead of Daniel Craig, just that they felt Cavill was too young then. Well he isn't too young now. so just offer him the role already. Since he is doing The Witcher i think its unlikely that he will be Bond. But he would be a good choice for Bond.
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Post by Skaathar on Jul 20, 2021 21:10:27 GMT
They all know the best casting choice is really Henry Cavill. Heck he was their original choice more than a decade ago instead of Daniel Craig, just that they felt Cavill was too young then. Well he isn't too young now. so just offer him the role already. Since he is doing The Witcher i think its unlikely that he will be Bond. But he would be a good choice for Bond. The Witcher doesn't air enough episodes to keep Cavill occupied much. He has loads of time in between to make movies.
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