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[RedKelly]

Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice? I've only watched a couple episodes but he seems to be a very good actor. He also seems to be able to play a spy, and he's got the looks and sophisitcation going for him.

[Frankie]

Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice? I've only watched a couple episodes but he seems to be a very good actor. He also seems to be able to play a spy, and he's got the looks and sophisitcation going for him.

I love Burn Notice, but Donovan is already portraying a spy. Also he is American and there's no evidence he can do the English accent and mannerism.

[Bond_Assassin90]

Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice? I've only watched a couple episodes but he seems to be a very good actor. He also seems to be able to play a spy, and he's got the looks and sophisitcation going for him.

Burn Notice is one of my favorite shows. That said, Donovan should stick to being Michael Westen, period.

[Alessandra]

Love Burn Notice as well, but I agree the actor should stick with that character. I also don't think he looks like Bond at all.

I think that, thankfully, there will be a return to a much more traditional Bond after Craig, which means I will finally be able to go to the movies and enjoy Bond again

And I want just and ONLY Henry Cavill for it.

http://postimage.org/image/364xe7txg/



I've seen basically all of his work from very young years to now. He has a solid Shakespeare background as an actor, started acting when he was 12, and he can definitely act. And he's got the looks, the style, the edge and the masculinity to do it. Perfect age too, since if Craig does another one, he'll film not before 2013. (and he's 27 now, so will be 30). I'd personally take him right now instead of Craig, but I think it's fair that Craig ends his "trilogy". So, one more for Craig (I doubt he'll do another one after this) and then Cavill. I pretend to see James Bond again at the movies, not some bloke who looks nothing like Bond and everything like a Bond villain instead. Cavill is just perfect as far as I'm concerned. Good actor, tall, dark, handsome, edgy, good at fighting scenes, former rugby player and he would have joined the forces, hadn't he been an actor. Perfect. And his role in the Tudors was basically Bond at the time of Henry VIII, and some scenes were very Bond-like even when he was in a costume!

He has just finished shooting his own action movie, with Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver (but the lead role is Cavill's). Released next year. Perfect final token before being Bond, IMO. And if he gets it, I'll be one very happy Bond girl again, after three movies of absolute despair.

Edited by Alessandra, 03 December 2010 - 11:52 PM.

[pgram]

Alessandra cara, hadh't seen you a post of yours for ages!

I 'm not actually saying I want him for the part, but shouldn't we keep Adam Croasdell in mind as a potential Bond?

http://www.play-mag....tivisions-bond/

Apart from the obvious connection (see link above), he played an MI6 (I think) agent in Poirrot's 'Cat among the pidgeons', and I remember that when I saw it, I googled him immediately (which probably means he gave me a good impression). I haven't (obviously) seen him in Eastenders or anything else. Does anyone here have an opinion?

[Doctor Whom]

Love Burn Notice as well, but I agree the actor should stick with that character. I also don't think he looks like Bond at all.

I think that, thankfully, there will be a return to a much more traditional Bond after Craig, which means I will finally be able to go to the movies and enjoy Bond again

And I want just and ONLY Henry Cavill for it.

http://postimage.org/image/364xe7txg/



I've seen basically all of his work from very young years to now. He has a solid Shakespeare background as an actor, started acting when he was 12, and he can definitely act. And he's got the looks, the style, the edge and the masculinity to do it. Perfect age too, since if Craig does another one, he'll film not before 2013. (and he's 27 now, so will be 30). I'd personally take him right now instead of Craig, but I think it's fair that Craig ends his "trilogy". So, one more for Craig (I doubt he'll do another one after this) and then Cavill. I pretend to see James Bond again at the movies, not some bloke who looks nothing like Bond and everything like a Bond villain instead. Cavill is just perfect as far as I'm concerned. Good actor, tall, dark, handsome, edgy, good at fighting scenes, former rugby player and he would have joined the forces, hadn't he been an actor. Perfect. And his role in the Tudors was basically Bond at the time of Henry VIII, and some scenes were very Bond-like even when he was in a costume!

He has just finished shooting his own action movie, with Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver (but the lead role is Cavill's). Released next year. Perfect final token before being Bond, IMO. And if he gets it, I'll be one very happy Bond girl again, after three movies of absolute despair.

Cavill looks good on paper, and as I recall, was Martin Campbell's preference for Casino Royale. I can't say I've ever seen him in anything.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I think the only person I can see being Bond after Craig is Henry Cavill.

[Jack Rapace]

who do you think should be the next Bond?

Timothy Olyphant. I know he's american but if Moore wasn't back at the eleventh hour in 1983, James Brolin would have been 007. So...

[Achille Aubergine]

I think the only person I can see being Bond after Craig is Henry Cavill.

I think the future will tell you're right.

[mttvolcano]

Cavill was Campbell's first choice since he was young...as we know almost all the actors who became James bond were approached some time ahead of becoming bond...so cavill will likely become number 7 007.

[volante]

Scott Maslen

[Frankie]

Scott Maslen

Not too bad, but I'm judging off of this one picture. I have not heard his speaking voice and not watched him to judge how manly he comes off the screen. His resume seems to be thin but then the role of Bond does not require Shakespearean thespians.

My top choice is still Noah Huntley.

[Jack Spang]

I have always been keen on Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has a dark, cold look about him. I remember seeing a poster with him on it at Elephant and Castle station and I always thought that he would make a good Bond. He is a good actor and has charisma.

[Frankie]

I have always been keen on Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has a dark, cold look about him. I remember seeing a poster with him on it at Elephant and Castle station and I always thought that he would make a good Bond. He is a good actor and has charisma.

Too tiny.

[x007AceOfSpades]

who do you think should be the next Bond?

Timothy Olyphant. I know he's american but if Moore wasn't back at the eleventh hour in 1983, James Brolin would have been 007. So...

I enjoy his show Justified and the many movies he's been in, however as Bond? No, he would make a good villain though, but I just don't see him as 007.

I think the only person I can see being Bond after Craig is Henry Cavill.

I think the future will tell you're right.

I feel Bond 23 Might be Craig's last, but He might do 24 which I hope for. After Craig is done, Cavill will be the right man to step in and will be the perfect age as well. If and when he becomes Bond I would like to see him in an adaption of the Gardner novel Icebreaker.

[Zorin Industries]

Scott Maslen

Ouch! No. SOOOO wrong in all sorts of ways - one being that that still is ten years old. No. And he is really weak actor. Dancing to a Bond track on a reality dance show is not really up there with being a shoe in.

[Jack Spang]

I have always been keen on Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has a dark, cold look about him. I remember seeing a poster with him on it at Elephant and Castle station and I always thought that he would make a good Bond. He is a good actor and has charisma.

Too tiny.

How tall is he? He needs to be atleast Craig's height 5 foot 9 (or is Craig 5 foot 11?) to get away with playing Bond.

[Santa]

I can't work out why this is so difficult - in theory all we're looking for is a decent actor who can pass as English, non-wimpy, not too young. There should be millions of them! Yet somehow, there aren't... I don't get it.

As far as the popular choices go, I can't seem to get behind any of them:

Sam Worthington - comes across as kind of slow. Like he'd need a lot of help learning the script.

Henry Cavill - hated the idea when he was first mentioned, then I saw him taking some wench roughly in the first series of The Tudors and changed my mind dramatically, but a bit further into The Tudors found I got bored of him quickly.

Richard Armitage / Ben Barnes / Matthew Goode / Noah Huntley - they all look like men my mother would love me to bring home to meet the family. I can't make that work as Bond.

Fassbender - I can see what all the fuss is about, he's classically good-looking, he can act, he ticks all the right boxes. Perfect I suppose but I find him strangely, well, sterile. Kind of like Dexter in the series, er, Dexter.

Tom Hardy is my favourite of the bunch but with reservations. He might not have the traditionally handsome looks as Fassbender does but he's damn sexy. He's got the twinkle for sure, and I'm gradually becoming convinced we do need a bit of twinkle in our next Bond. I've been a big supporter of Daniel Craig from the start but I find him a bit of an actor, daaahhling. If you know what I mean. (I realise you probably don't)

Despite not being worried personally by Daniel Craig being unconventional for Bond looks-wise, I've come to the conclusion I would really like to see the next Bond fit Fleming's description very closely, simply so we don't have to have all the bitching that happened a few years ago. It got really boring.

[Doctor Whom]

Tom Hardy is my favourite of the bunch but with reservations. He might not have the traditionally handsome looks as Fassbender does but he's damn sexy. He's got the twinkle for sure, and I'm gradually becoming convinced we do need a bit of twinkle in our next Bond. I've been a big supporter of Daniel Craig from the start but I find him a bit of an actor, daaahhling. If you know what I mean. (I realise you probably don't)

I remember reading Worthington (around the time "Avatar" came out)saying something about his "Casino Royale" screentest and how thought the role just wasn't right for him.

I've only seen Hardy in "Star Trek: Nemesis" and I thought he was really awful (although to be charitable, the best acting in the world wouldn't have helped that picture). That doesn't mean he wouldn't be a credible Bond, though. Unless his profile becomes too big over the next few years, I wouldn't be surprised if he got to read for the part.

[mttvolcano]

Now, lets take Henry Cavill for example. He's the youngest mentioned I believe, not even 30 yet, if he stops when craig ends (I think in the at least two movies I would suspect), would Cavill go on for a long time because of his age do you think or be similar to maybe craig if what I hypothesize is correct?
Just throwing it out there

[Tybre]

Now, lets take Henry Cavill for example. He's the youngest mentioned I believe, not even 30 yet, if he stops when craig ends (I think in the at least two movies I would suspect), would Cavill go on for a long time because of his age do you think or be similar to maybe craig if what I hypothesize is correct?
Just throwing it out there

Well, Cavill is is 27 if the DOB on wiki is correct. If B23 is 2012 and B24 is 2014 and Craig leaves after that, we're looking at 31 at the time of Craig's last outing, probably 32 by the time things got in motion. Would he stick around for a long time? Who knows. Connery was 32 when Dr No came out and he had a decent run. Lazenby was 30 when OHMSS was released and he, of course, only did the one. I think bar any new financial crises, changes of staff, etc. whoever comes next will be around for at least four or five films, but who knows?

[Scaramanga'74]

I wonder if Clive Owen would be interested. He did play a 007-like character in the remake of The Pink Panther - and looked every bit like the celluloid James Bond. Such a pity he didn't get to portray Bond No.6.

[dinovelvet]

I wonder if Clive Owen would be interested. He did play a 007-like character in the remake of The Pink Panther - and looked every bit like the celluloid James Bond. Such a pity he didn't get to portray Bond No.6.

Oh my God...STILL?

[jaguar007]

I wonder if Clive Owen would be interested. He did play a 007-like character in the remake of The Pink Panther - and looked every bit like the celluloid James Bond. Such a pity he didn't get to portray Bond No.6.

All that scene did was cement in my mind the reason he should not become James Bond.

[dinovelvet]

Well, Cavill is is 27 if the DOB on wiki is correct. If B23 is 2012 and B24 is 2014 and Craig leaves after that, we're looking at 31 at the time of Craig's last outing, probably 32 by the time things got in motion. Would he stick around for a long time? Who knows. Connery was 32 when Dr No came out and he had a decent run. Lazenby was 30 when OHMSS was released and he, of course, only did the one. I think bar any new financial crises, changes of staff, etc. whoever comes next will be around for at least four or five films, but who knows?

Is this Cavill guy ever going to happen as an actor? Or is he still the next big thing, five years after he "almost became Bond"? For years we heard all about how he was thisclose to being Bond, Batman, and whatever else. That was five years ago. What has he done since then? Some straight to video efforts, a blink and you'll miss it in a Woody Allen film, and a supporting role on a now dead cable show. Meanwhile, a whole crop of up and coming Brit actors has emerged - Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Dominic Cooper etc, and these are the guys getting the plum offers from Hollywood, and Cavill is STILL that guy who was almost Bond five years ago. Either he has the worst world's agent (Sam Worthington wasn't exactly lacking in offers after he failed to get Bond), or he's all looks and is just not that exciting a screen presence. Maybe with all his near misses, he's become, what's the expression - damaged goods?
Hell, if we're talking young 'uns to replace Craig when his time is up, I reckon Jamie Bell has a better shot!

[jaguar007]

Dinovelvet, I am kind of with you about Cavill. I think he was a strong contender to replace Brosnan, and would have fit in the role following him. However I think Craig has upped the ante for Bond acting wise. I think they have moved away from hiring someone for their looks and they are going to go for someone with some acting gravitas. Cavill is fine as an actor, but he certainly will not win any Oscars anytime soon.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I won't say I'm positive, but I will say that Cavill probably will be James Bond after Daniel Craig. He'll be in his early thirties (still young, but can carry the title 007 for several films.) and I'm sure the producers haven't forgotten about him becoming Bond.

[Frankie]

I think Craig has upped the ante for Bond acting wise. I think they have moved away from hiring someone for their looks and they are going to go for someone with some acting gravitas. Cavill is fine as an actor, but he certainly will not win any Oscars anytime soon.

Cavill is not my first choice, but I disagree with your assertion that because of Craig "acting" has suddenly become the #1 criteria in choosing the next Bond. I don't think any Bond actor is really expected to "win an Oscars anytime soon." He just has to act that particular part well. And by all accounts Cavill auditioned well enough to almost get the role over Craig. In fact I think, since they wanted to start again with a raw Bond, it would have been somewhat more convincing to cast a younger actor than Craig in Casino Royale.

[Zorin Industries]

Well, Cavill is is 27 if the DOB on wiki is correct. If B23 is 2012 and B24 is 2014 and Craig leaves after that, we're looking at 31 at the time of Craig's last outing, probably 32 by the time things got in motion. Would he stick around for a long time? Who knows. Connery was 32 when Dr No came out and he had a decent run. Lazenby was 30 when OHMSS was released and he, of course, only did the one. I think bar any new financial crises, changes of staff, etc. whoever comes next will be around for at least four or five films, but who knows?

Is this Cavill guy ever going to happen as an actor? Or is he still the next big thing, five years after he "almost became Bond"? For years we heard all about how he was thisclose to being Bond, Batman, and whatever else. That was five years ago. What has he done since then? Some straight to video efforts, a blink and you'll miss it in a Woody Allen film, and a supporting role on a now dead cable show. Meanwhile, a whole crop of up and coming Brit actors has emerged - Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Dominic Cooper etc, and these are the guys getting the plum offers from Hollywood, and Cavill is STILL that guy who was almost Bond five years ago. Either he has the worst world's agent (Sam Worthington wasn't exactly lacking in offers after he failed to get Bond), or he's all looks and is just not that exciting a screen presence. Maybe with all his near misses, he's become, what's the expression - damaged goods?
Hell, if we're talking young 'uns to replace Craig when his time is up, I reckon Jamie Bell has a better shot!

Being a big name is not sort of the point with Bond. Connery, Lazenby, Dalton and Craig were hardly box office names when they got the gig. The very fact he is not wholly on the radar puts Cavill in better stead than most and just because he is not known to the man on the street does not mean that industry circles are unaware of him.

[Doctor Whom]

I wonder if Clive Owen would be interested. He did play a 007-like character in the remake of The Pink Panther - and looked every bit like the celluloid James Bond. Such a pity he didn't get to portray Bond No.6.

I've never gotten the Clive Owen love. Stiff as an ironing board. And anyway, he'd be way too 0ld, assuming Craig makes two more.

Well, Cavill is is 27 if the DOB on wiki is correct. If B23 is 2012 and B24 is 2014 and Craig leaves after that, we're looking at 31 at the time of Craig's last outing, probably 32 by the time things got in motion. Would he stick around for a long time? Who knows. Connery was 32 when Dr No came out and he had a decent run. Lazenby was 30 when OHMSS was released and he, of course, only did the one. I think bar any new financial crises, changes of staff, etc. whoever comes next will be around for at least four or five films, but who knows?

Is this Cavill guy ever going to happen as an actor? Or is he still the next big thing, five years after he "almost became Bond"? For years we heard all about how he was thisclose to being Bond, Batman, and whatever else. That was five years ago. What has he done since then? Some straight to video efforts, a blink and you'll miss it in a Woody Allen film, and a supporting role on a now dead cable show. Meanwhile, a whole crop of up and coming Brit actors has emerged - Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Dominic Cooper etc, and these are the guys getting the plum offers from Hollywood, and Cavill is STILL that guy who was almost Bond five years ago. Either he has the worst world's agent (Sam Worthington wasn't exactly lacking in offers after he failed to get Bond), or he's all looks and is just not that exciting a screen presence. Maybe with all his near misses, he's become, what's the expression - damaged goods?
Hell, if we're talking young 'uns to replace Craig when his time is up, I reckon Jamie Bell has a better shot!

Certainly, the clock is ticking on Cavill. I suspect that part of his lack of success (relative to his buzz) is that he simply isn't much of an actor. As has been mentioned on this site, he looks good on paper, so he gets to audition for lots of high-profile parts. The fact that he doesn't land any of them makes me think he's more sizzle than steak.