A friend of mine just had a great, out-of-left-field casting choice for Bond post-Craig. It's sounding more and more like they're either going with a person of color or a woman next go around and if so, Riz Ahmed, of Nightcrawler, The Night Of, and Rogue One, could potentially be pretty awesome. Dude is a Brit too...

The same friend also suggested Emily Blunt if they go with a woman, which could be cool too, but I doubt the pendulum swings that far in the next iteration.

What about Henry Cavill as Bond?

Between The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible - Fallout I'm afraid he may have already popped that cherry.

Brick Tamland said:

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What about Henry Cavill as Bond?

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Not sure on him.
He's hot, but not sure if he could pull it off.

Benedict Cumberbatch could.
Or David Tennant.

True. I was just thinking of tall, white, classically handsome British men. I would actually like to see what Idris Elba would do, but Cavill seems very Brosnan-Bond to me.

As a fan of Bond and Benedict, I think it could really work.

But I think he is very attractive and Bond needs to be that and smart. He can pull off both.

Guitarsoup said:

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If they were going to make a gay Bond then Benedict Cumberbatch would be my first choice.

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More than Timothy Dalton?

I'm not sure you have seen a TD Bond movie.

Guitarsoup said:

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I'm not sure you have seen a TD Bond movie.

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I did. I didn't like him as Bond.
Your mileage may vary.


But people didn't think Colin Firth could pull off a bad ass either. Same for Liam Nesson

Tanya 93 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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I'm not sure you have seen a TD Bond movie.

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I did. I didn't like him as Bond.

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Not liking him as Bond is completely different from thinking he played a gayish Bond.

Loved Dalton as Bond. The perfect replacement for the goofiness of the final few Moore movies.

Latest Odds:

Tom Hardy - 3/1
James Norton - 4/1
Jack Huston - 4/1
Aidan Turner - 7/1
Idris Elba - 7/1
Tom Hiddleston - 8/1
Michael Fassbender - 12/1
Henry Cavill - 20/1
Jamie Bell - 20/1



Wish Matthew Goode could get some interest. I think he "interviewed" a couple years back, but I guess it didn't go well. I think he has the charm and wit to do the job, from what I saw in The Imitation Game.

AG 2000' said:

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Casting a woman? Didn't they learn anything from that stupid Ghostbusters reboot?

There's nothing PC about Bond and going that route would be a wreck.

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Well, we now have a female Doctor Who.

Let's just call it even and cast a male as James Bond.

I'm with you on casting a female - that feels like a bridge too far - but a black James Bond could be a really cool and welcomed change of pace.

All I know is that from that list of the latest odds above, none of those names really excite me, save for Idris Elba if he was, say, 10 years younger. I guess Tom Hardy could be great, but even he feels boring at this point.

For me it's not about race or representation or anything along those lines, I just want something new from this franchise after Craig. And going with a black guy seems like a great way to mix things up. Otherwise, I don't know how they truly "reboot" in this day and age.

With Craig's (presumably) final Bond film coming in 2019, good news is that the next Bond actor likely won't be cast for quite some time. The average time span between the release of Craig Bond movies has been 3.75 years. So taking that number, let's say they wait four years to release the post-Craig reboot (for the record, it was also four years between Brosnan's last turn and Craig's debut). That means, at the absolute earliest, they won't be casting the next Bond until 2022 (for a 2023 release), four years from now. Anything can and will happen between now and then. The next Bond could very well be a struggling actor who's bartending in London right now and doesn't get his big break until next year. In other words, for those of us not satisfied with the current list of potentials, there's plenty of time for new names to emerge.

I agree with the no woman Bond idea. It's like saying "we can't create good female characters, so we'll just gender swap a male one." Instead create a good female character, or use one you have well.
I think the period piece about M is a brilliant idea.
I had this thought the other day based on comics reviving Bucky Barnes. (if you don't know, Bucky Barnes was dead in comics for a long time, one of the few characters who looked like he would stay dead. Until Ed Brubaker had the brilliant idea to write a story that Captain America was the cover for Bucky the spy. Bucky could sneak in and do dirty work while Captain America was the distraction. Bucky came back to life as the Winter Soldier)

Make a Moneypenny movie. We all know Bond goes in, saves the day, but leaves behind a huge mess and a ton of loose ends. All these years Moneypenny had been flirting with and following around Bond so she could be the one to clean up those messes. Bond always uses his real name, Moneypenny goes in and deletes records and surveillance footage. Bond leaves a trail of dead bodies, Moneypenny has to go in and get rid of the evidence. Except now she finds that Bond has left the job unfinished, and she has to race against the clock to complete the mission. They tried to spin off a female spy character with Halle Berry from Die Another Day, but the movie was so bad they abandoned the idea.

Hmmm...

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Anyone discuss Chiwetel Ejiofor?

He's five years younger than Elba. Has the acting chops. Don't think I've seen him in an action role.

Jack OConnell

bagger05 said:

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Anyone discuss Chiwetel Ejiofor?

He's five years younger than Elba. Has the acting chops. Don't think I've seen him in an action role.

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He had a bit of an action role in Serenity. He was good.