5 Actors who should be James Bond and 5 who shouldn't 

He was my first choice too!

@@HeidiJohnson01 "The Man from U. N. C. L. E. " was practically him playing Bond in a more lighthearted movie.

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Agreed.

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Taking look on all the options in here. I would also think Henry Cavill is the best choice as the next James Bond actor. Henry Cavill got very good looks and from thoese clips I could see him be very stylish as James Bond with his pistol, charisma in the poker table and ability to play with the ladies. Henry Cavill would so make good serious bond for the next decade. When he isent too old or too young either, when he just enetered his 40s.

Not according to Ian Flemmings description of bond, he is a little bit too buff.

I would add that if eon felt the need the totally reboot the whole MI6 gang, Elba would be a good M.

@@sneezefishreturns8955 I disagree. However, he would make a great Quarrel if they ever remade Dr. No or Live and Let Die. He would also make a great 008 or something like that if they ever made a spinoff.

I love Cavill but he's way too good looking for the book Bond. But for a Connery style larger-than-life Bond oozing gravitas and power, holy smokes he would be amazing.

Yes, but external appearance and beauty are not enough He needs both the right and required performance for this role of spy James Bond After watching enough James Bond Fan Films. From there he should form an opinion on who is the next most suitable actor to play the role of Agent 007. I'm torn between Serge Rotelli and David Wood and I think Serge Rotelli is the best for this role.

Craig was 37 when cast

IN my view - Daniel Craig was the best bond by far. He had the look of an MI6 agent, a spy, a trained cold blooded killer, and that takes a toll on a person's mind - so the suttle looks, the aura around him in that role - he was the perfect Bond. Now that being said I can fully agree with your list regarding Henry Cavill, perfect superman, had the same character experiences and torment - case and point, the scene he had to kill Zod in - then watch him in The Witcher (loved that show, again he was brilliant in that) SO yeah - I agree with you, I think Henry would/could be a damn good bond. However, Daniel Craig played it so well, I honestly feel sorry for anyone who plays Bond after him - as Daniel set the standard for Bond. The early ones, Bond was more of a ladies man, boarder lining cheesy, Daniel Craig, took the role in a much much more serious and darker path (which you would expect for an MI6 agent).

Cavill is too big for the role.

The worst thing about this search for the next Bond is, the woke BLM stupidity that always wants to take over the lead role in all the best movies that are written by white people. So disgusting.

If Cavill is cast, I won't go see it. He's a villain not a hero type. He was god-awful in Man from UNCLE. He's not suave; he's offensive.

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He looks like a buff Brosnan, did Man from UNCLE and Mission Impossible and was snubbed for Craig. Give him the role already.

Yes, I think he showed his chops when he played Magneto first in Xmen First Class. It had the potential of "License to Kill" the way he went after the Nazi War Criminals.

He would have been an awesome choice!

Agreed

Nah... he's too good of an actor to be wasted on Bond. James Bond is a sociopathic alpha male with limited emotional depth. That's why Daniel Craig hates doing him. I'm not saying that to trash Bond. I absolutely love Bond movies. But you never see once Connery or Moore being vulnerable. And when Lazenby was vulnerable, he wasn't hired again. Fassbender is much more suited to roles with emotional depth.

He still could be

I will say none of them. Be the first one we've seen looks a little better to me than the others But . I personally liked Serge Rotelli who played in two James Bond Fan Films as James Bond. He is like a mix between Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan and his acting reminds me of Pierce Brosnan he has similar talent and charm . Thank you very much Happy and wonderful weekend ❤️ Good afternoon from Greece ❤😊😘 Yes, but external appearance and beauty are not enough He needs both the right and required performance for this role of spy James Bond After watching enough James Bond Fan Films. From there he should form an opinion on who is the next most suitable actor to play the role of Agent 007. I'm torn between Serge Rotelli and David Wood and I think Serge Rotelli is the best for this role.

Cavill is a clothes peg

I think they could just say its a money thing or wait until he's committed to another project if that were true.

But that is a huge fuck up - Bond is meant to be late 30s early 40s. Look at every Bond since it started - the point of Bond was experience and knowledge - hence he got the mission where brute strength from youth wouldn't be enough.

If they go with a younger actor to portray Bond I think it’ll be a huge mistake. The age range of the actor to play this character should always remain 40-55 give or take. Considerably younger or older would make Bond less faithful

@@garyv2498 In Cavill's case, he's never seems to be short of work and is always busy.

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I remember Clive Owen back in the day said he wasn't too keen on the hype around Bond and it wasn't for him [even though I still see comments saying he should be Bond]. Sam Neil said something similar last year [stating the 'screen test' he took part in was his agents idea]. Maybe the role just isn't for Turner and there's no shame in that as it's going to define your life going forward. I would presume 40+ is probably 'out of the running' given about the only think which has been said is wanting a Bond for '10 years'.

Henry Cavill is the only real contender, at least right now he is the only one who can really do the character justice... He now almost has the age that those two you mentioned did when they started filming their first Bond movie. I think it's time - cast him NOW

Of course if Brosnan was able to do Living Daylights he'd have been in his mid-30's when starting.

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Might as well just use him as Felix Leiter then.

That could be a good idea - Cavill as 007, with Idiris as 008. Now that could be a very interesting film with those two.

That's something I would love, great idea!

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He's a lightweight

@@thejamesbondshow9754 compared to what?

Night manager was 8 years ago though. I think he's aged a bit since then.

God no. He's awful

No, he looks too creepy.

Maybe that will change my mind!

I mean, he did look Bondesque in Night Manager but that was 8 years ago. I think he's aged since then. I agree with DBF, he doesn't quite have the Bond look and less so nowadays.

You know what, I have to agree there, as much as I would love to see Cavill as Bond, you make a damn good point with Hardy.

I agree!

I do wonder if Cavill was attracted to MI: Fallout because people couldn't see him as a 'dark' Bond and Walker gave him the opportunity to play something like it.

Cavill looks 35 though. I feel like 30 for Bond is too young. That said I don't think I would have had a problem with Cavill being cast as Bond at 30.

Skyfall won a Best original song Oscar. A view to a kill was number two in the UK charts, Paul Hardcastle with the song "19" held number 1. Adele and Skyfall had a similar faith, since "Don't you worry child" with the Swedish House Mafia prevented Skyfall from reaching the number one spot. Skyfall also reached number 2 on the Hot 100, only one down from Duran Duran's A view to a kill, but several places above the two other Bond theme Oscar winners, written and performed by Sam Smith and Billie Eilish respectively. Therefore, objectively speaking, Skyfall is the biggest Bond hit of all time.

@@Tvjunkieful12 Well aren't you a bundle of fun...

For me, Nobody Does it Better was the best.

Not only is Heughan actively lobbying for the role of 007, but is also promising to bring back some elements of Sir Roger Moore's Bond to the character, which would be sorta cool......

Honestly I wonder if some of the others people always linked are equally tired of it given they either aren't interested or know it's not happening but are told by there agent to keep quite.

Nope.

Agreed, saw that movie and I warmed to idea of him playing the part.

It shows how time marches on that script is now over 30 years old!

Isn't The Property of a Lady the first portion of Octopussy? Not that they couldn't do it as the main plot.

@@paulthomas3247 I think it is related to Octopussy being the emerald egg as seen in the film but from what I've heard, it's also a title commonly speculated for unmade Bond films. I think it's definitely a cool one they should go with at some point :D

I always felt Dalton was ahead of his time, in that he was much more serious than the other actors. No one else was like that until Daniel Craig.

Dalton was the worst 😅

That would work well.

Agreed, a lot of the people linked for years are simply too old now. I'd love to see a 'under 35' list of different names who could be in the running.

Night Manager was pretty serious and he did well in that show.

@@jamesatkinsonja True. I'm not saying he can't do serious. I just think he would be a good pick if they decided to change direction to something a bit lighter.

I absolutely concur that it's distracting to have Halle Berry or Sophie Marceau in a Bond film, but it goes back a fair ways in the franchise. Honor Blackman, Mary d'Abo, Caroline Bouchet, Tanya Roberts, and Brit Eckland were all pretty well known when they were cast, just to name a few. Okay, Tanya Roberts throws me out of the film as well. Let's not get started on Christmas Jones.

I would like a lessor known person too. I just find it such a lazy choice to go 'that guy was good in a spy movie, let's cut and paste that into Bond' when an 'up and comer' is much more of a 'surprise' and a fresh take.

@@paulthomas3247 Honor Blackman [who you mentioned] and Diana Rigg were both cast in Bond from TV's 'The Avengers'. Jill St. John was also well known before Bond. The 'lessor names' was more because Eon didn't like paying the actresses much money [Catherine Deneuve was told they only paid the lead female $80,000 which was 20% of her usual salary while Roger was getting $1 million], hence why models and unknowns [like Jane Seymore who would become big later] got it.

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Agreed. It seems virtually every casting decision now a days follows the same pattern: 'fan' anger when announced only for the actor [with a script tailored towards there strengths] to 'win everyone over' when they actually get to see the finished film.

I was disappointed when they cast Daniel… how wrong could I have been. Casino Royale was superb.

I didn't pitch a fit when he was cast, figured I'd give him a chance. I went to see the first film and agreed with the fans throwing a fit. He is just not Bond material to me - too unattractive to be the suave, sexy agent. I guess Roger Moore is as unattractive as I'm willing to get and he was decent looking to me. I'll be back when they cast a new guy but I'm not watching anything with Daniel Craig.

Couldn’t agree more, Craig is nothing like Bond, he would make a good baddie. No time to die was on the other night, I watched a part of it as long as I could stomach it before giving up, I don’t know what it is, but it’s no Bond film.

I was disappointed when they cast Craig, and how right I was, Casino Royal was awful.

No plans for that to be honest!

James is good, but Henry has the sense of humour as well as a serious side.

Deam you have missed a lot.

There've been (more or less) authentic adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle SHERLOCK HOLMES stories, Agatha Christie MISS MARPLE and HERCULE POIROT stories, and others... I'd love to see Fleming's JAMES BOND... but more, I'd like to see someone finally go back and adapt Leslie Charteris SAINT stories from the beginning. And realize that Simon Templar is NOT a professional thief (retired or otherwise), he was always a crusader for justice. (That's what set him apart from THE LONE WOLF and BOSTON BLACKIE.)

The radio 4 series has done 'faithful adaptions' which is probably the closest to that idea.

I dont like him, too stoik and wooden in his line delivery, but as Bond?!!! absolutly!thats probably Why he isnt going to be Bond!they killed the franchise with Phoebe Waller Bridges writing!its over with the masculine man!lol but its true!they could actually make two 00 agents, one is James Bond, agent 007, the other a person of colour or even gender!

and he's already shown that he can play James bond just look at him in the man from U.N.C.L.E

Adkins would make a good Batman, not Bond

Madden is a mincer...wimpy....looks gay

No not elba, we Asians are never gonna agree with your mindset, you can be obsessed with this diversity crap but James Bond we all know is a caucasian man and shall remain who he is, would you allow a white man play black panther? It has to remain fair from both sides not one sided. Grow UP!