Lieutenant
Posted 27 November 2013 - 09:01 PM
If he weren't doing so many Hollywood productions already, I would half suspect that Sharlto Copley of "District 9" fame would find himself on the shortlist.
For the longest time since seeing "Inglourious Basterds", I thought EON would book Michael Fassbender to play the villain, but then his star actually rose and he became an A-lister in his own right. Plus he just played Magneto. Still, with Oscar-winner Bardem having played the last one, I suppose anything's possible.
Dave
Commander
Posted 28 November 2013 - 01:11 AM
I imagine casting the villain is one of the hardest things about making these films, Bardem certainly set the bar last time around.
Lt. Commander
Posted 28 November 2013 - 04:45 AM
^ Exactly. I mean if they miscast the Bond girl, that usually isn't too bad because other components can make up for that. If you miscast the villain though or the villain isn't very good, the quality of the film goes down by a lot.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 28 November 2013 - 08:15 AM
One could say that a Bond film is as good as its villain and villains caper, the exception being The Living Daylights.
Commander
Posted 28 November 2013 - 09:00 AM
If he weren't doing so many Hollywood productions already, I would half suspect that Sharlto Copley of "District 9" fame would find himself on the shortlist.
For the longest time since seeing "Inglourious Basterds", I thought EON would book Michael Fassbender to play the villain, but then his star actually rose and he became an A-lister in his own right. Plus he just played Magneto. Still, with Oscar-winner Bardem having played the last one, I suppose anything's possible.
Dave
I'd like to see Sharlto Copley play a villain as I loved him as Wikus in District 9 and as the villain Kruger in Elysium. Only problem, he's playing the villain in the upcoming Spike Lee remake Oldboy, and he also stated that he's done with playing a villain for a while. Can't blame him as you don't want to be typecast, but you never know.
Lieutenant
Posted 17 January 2014 - 07:14 AM
Kenneth Branagh would be an interesting selection. He is going to be the villain in the new Chris Pine/Tom Clancy movie.
Which I caught tonight, and might I say, he was fantastic (as expected). The character he plays in the new Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit film was really interesting and tense (also a Russian non-the-less). The idea of him playing a sinister Bond villain would make so much sense, especially after seeing such a solid performance!
I highly recommend that film, by the way. Not just because of Branagh either, it was a rather smart action film.
Edited by Trevelyan 006, 17 January 2014 - 07:19 AM.
Lt. Commander
Posted 23 January 2014 - 12:37 AM
Ben Kingsley could make a good Bond villain. Or John Hurt.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 11 March 2014 - 01:27 PM
Niels Arestrup is a franco-danish actor very talentuous.
I wish the next vilain be like Stromberg, Goldfinger or in Fleming novels : very charismatic, and older than Bond.
Arestrup recently acted in a franco-german movie called "Diplomatie" and he played the role of Dietrich von Choltitz.
Gert Froebe also played Choltitz in the movie "Is Paris burning ?"
Arestrup seems to be multilingual but I don't think if he speaks currently English...
Midshipman
Posted 31 March 2014 - 11:56 PM
Of the list Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins stand out the most to me. Robert De Niro I don't think would make a good villain. I don't like his acting as much these days.
Lt. Commander
Posted 01 April 2014 - 01:50 AM
Kenneth Branagh would be an interesting selection. He is going to be the villain in the new Chris Pine/Tom Clancy movie.
Which I caught tonight, and might I say, he was fantastic (as expected). The character he plays in the new Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit film was really interesting and tense (also a Russian non-the-less). The idea of him playing a sinister Bond villain would make so much sense, especially after seeing such a solid performance!
I highly recommend that film, by the way. Not just because of Branagh either, it was a rather smart action film.
Yeah I liked Jack Ryan a lot! I think Kenneth Branagh would be a great choice. He could definitely do sadistic/intelligent bad guy pretty well.
Lieutenant
Posted 03 May 2014 - 09:18 PM
I suspect this topic may be soon moving to the "Bond 25 & Beyond" section, but I think it would be cool if Benicio Del Toro returned to play a main villain, some 30 years after playing a young henchman and meanwhile having won an Oscar. He's close in age to Daniel Craig, too, but that makes me think they might deem him too "old" to play the villain in Bond 25 (since he'll be 50+ and Craig will likely be turning 50 during filming).
If he can manage an Oscar nomination before too long (the way villains are being cast now, or at least appear to be), I would imagine we'll see Daniel Bruhl pop up as a main villain, post-Craig.
Dave
Edited by rubixcub, 03 May 2014 - 09:18 PM.
Commander
Posted 07 July 2014 - 11:17 AM
After watching 'Rush' at weekend, I would LOVE to see Daniel Brühl as a villain against Craig. He should have been the Dominic Greene we never got. His intensity and presence would have been amazing opposite Craig.
Commander
Posted 07 July 2014 - 12:35 PM
Firstly, agree about Daniel Bruhl. Secondly, why is it that actors playing Bond villains these days have to be (1) the same age or younger than Bond and (2) preferably Oscar or similar winning.
Surely the character should be created and then the right actor found for that role? Back in the 1960s Bonds that seemed to be the way, although I daresay cost considerations played a part too - cheaper to cast a perfectly good actor who isn't a "star name" or an award winner yet.
As for age, I see no reason why Bond shouldn't take on an older, possibly much older adversary, if such a character was appropriate to the storyline.
Lt. Commander
Posted 24 July 2014 - 02:09 PM
If he weren't doing so many Hollywood productions already, I would half suspect that Sharlto Copley of "District 9" fame would find himself on the shortlist.
For the longest time since seeing "Inglourious Basterds", I thought EON would book Michael Fassbender to play the villain, but then his star actually rose and he became an A-lister in his own right. Plus he just played Magneto. Still, with Oscar-winner Bardem having played the last one, I suppose anything's possible.
Dave
I am pretty sure that won't happen due to the fact that Sharlto Copley said he didn't want to do any more villains. I think he was a villain in both Elysium and Maleficient?
Recruit
Posted 24 July 2014 - 07:52 PM
Commander
Posted 25 July 2014 - 04:39 AM
EON can, and should, put Bond up against an intelligent villain. I don't think that villain should be Blofeld, though. He's been featured enough as one of the franchise's villains. EON needs to continue creating new villains for Bond to face rather than going back to the well and bringing back one they last used in the 70s.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 25 July 2014 - 03:01 PM
A couple of names not mentionned so far :
Viggo Mortensen (check him Two faces of January)
Vincent Cassel (check him in Trance)
Both in my view could be interesting Blofeld
Also :
Ciaran Hinds
For the fun
Mel Gibson (as he is now a regular baddie for any franchise)
Timothy Dalton (to see at last a former Bond coming back)
Commander
Posted 25 July 2014 - 04:04 PM
Ciaran Hinds would be a good choice. He's the only actor that I'd be willing to watch play Blofeld.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Gibson as a villain. It's rare that Gibson doesn't turn in an entertaining performance, so I wouldn't mind him as a Bond villain.
Dalton, on the other hand, I don't want to see as a Bond villain. If he were to return to the franchise, it could only be to play an older Bond in a one-off film in the vein of Never Say Never Again.
Lieutenant
Posted 26 July 2014 - 08:23 PM
Like the suggestions of Hinds and Cassel.
Dave
Commander
Posted 27 July 2014 - 09:56 PM
It's been suggested that the Kincade character in SF was originally written for Sean Connery to play, but it didn't happen. There were hints in the dialogue - "I've been ready for this since before you were born". It would have been interesting to see Connery return to Bond but not as Bond. Whether it should have happened is another thing altogether.
Similarly, it might be interesting to see Timothy Dalton return to Bond as a villain. Maybe as the head of Quantum. Of all the previous Bonds, I think he'd be the one most likely to get away with this. A very good actor, a former Bond but not as tied to the role as say a Connery or a Moore.
It would be interesting, in view of the way the Craig films have taken up the baton left by Dalton. A sort of tribute - the only head of Quantum Craig's Bond could take on is played by the actor his Bond is closest to. But I doubt it will happen. Once Bond, only Bond.
Commander
Posted 28 July 2014 - 02:08 AM
It's been suggested that the Kincade character in SF was originally written for Sean Connery to play, but it didn't happen. There were hints in the dialogue - "I've been ready for this since before you were born". It would have been interesting to see Connery return to Bond but not as Bond. Whether it should have happened is another thing altogether.
Regardless of what anyone associated with the film might say, I think it's pretty clear that Connery was, on some level, an inspiration for the part of Kincade. I managed to stay relatively spoiler free going into Skyfall, and knew little of the Kincade character, and found myself during those scenes thinking that Connery must have turned down the role, as it seemed to have been written for him.
Should they have gotten Connery to play the part? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Normally I'd flat out say no, but given all of the on-the-nose references and nonsensical tributes to the previous 22 films that are scattered throughout Skyfall, I'm not sure it would have been the distraction that it otherwise would be in any other film.
Lt. Commander
Posted 28 July 2014 - 12:53 PM
I don't think I would like it if Timothy Dalton came back as a villain. He would have to come back as a mentor for me. Mel Gibson... I don't think that would work with me.
Midshipman
Posted 11 October 2014 - 06:19 PM
I thought I read something about Mark Strong somewhere. If so, that's promising. He's got the ability to play a Blofeld type character. Heck any of those guys from that Jaguar ad (Strong, Kingsley or Hiddleston) could nail it. As they say, it's something about being a Brit
Commander
Posted 12 October 2014 - 06:45 AM
I agree with the above. In particular, I've always thought that Ben Kingsley would make a pretty good Bond villain and I can't understand why he hasn't been cast before.
Commander
Posted 12 October 2014 - 04:04 PM
I like the idea of Mark Strong. Hiddleston is a great actor. However, I wouldn't be able to shake the feeling that Bond was battling Loki and that The Avengers would show up soon. For me, I don't think Hiddleston would work.
Commander
Posted 12 October 2014 - 06:10 PM
I wouldn't use any of the actors from the commercial, to be honest. They're all great, but probably leaning a bit towards being typecast as the villain, which was pretty much the point of their inclusion in the commercial.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 12 October 2014 - 07:15 PM
It's such a shame Luca Calvani has already been picked up for villain in Man from U.N.C.L.E because I would have loved to have seen him play a villain in the Bond series.
Lt. Commander
Posted 12 October 2014 - 09:19 PM
I've long wanted Michael Shannon to play a Bond villain. He's a terrific actor and has a great look.
Edited by Call Billy Bob, 12 October 2014 - 09:20 PM.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 05 November 2014 - 11:26 AM
I agree with Viggo ..... but what about Peter Stormare? That's if they are going for a Scandinavian/Nordic villain.
Lt. Commander
Posted 05 November 2014 - 01:12 PM
It's been suggested that the Kincade character in SF was originally written for Sean Connery to play, but it didn't happen. There were hints in the dialogue - "I've been ready for this since before you were born". It would have been interesting to see Connery return to Bond but not as Bond. Whether it should have happened is another thing altogether.
Regardless of what anyone associated with the film might say, I think it's pretty clear that Connery was, on some level, an inspiration for the part of Kincade. I managed to stay relatively spoiler free going into Skyfall, and knew little of the Kincade character, and found myself during those scenes thinking that Connery must have turned down the role, as it seemed to have been written for him.
Should they have gotten Connery to play the part? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Normally I'd flat out say no, but given all of the on-the-nose references and nonsensical tributes to the previous 22 films that are scattered throughout Skyfall, I'm not sure it would have been the distraction that it otherwise would be in any other film.
Mendes discussed this in an interview with Empire. They (Mendes, MGW, Broccoli, Logan, Purvis and Wade I assume) discussed offering the role of Kincade to Connery, but the idea was disregarded by Mendes because he thought it'd be too distracting to have Connery appear at a point in the film where the focus should be on M, given she was about to die.
In regards to who should be the villain - I really liked the Ejiofor rumour from a few months ago - Brilliant actor who, until 12 years a Slave, was criminally underrated.