Author Topic: Who was the best James Bond never to get the gig? (Read 4664 times)

mr.bluesky · « **Reply #100 on:** October 12, 2020, 07:35:06 pm »

Quote from: Clitheroelad on October 12, 2020, 04:22:34 pm

No. Too well known and too one dimensional in my opinion.

Tom Ellis (Lucifer) would be my choice, although hes 41 now so maybe a bit old.

Recent newspaper talk suggests otherwise saying Tom Hardy is very much in the frame to be the next James Bond.

mr.bluesky · « **Reply #101 on:** October 12, 2020, 07:42:40 pm »

Quote from: Clitheroelad on October 12, 2020, 04:22:34 pm

No. Too well known and too one dimensional in my opinion.

I don't think being too well known is a problem. The last unknown actor to play Bond was George Lazenby. It didn't exactly work out well for him. He only lasted 1 film. Moore and Brosnan were quite well known when they took over the role.

sparkus · « **Reply #102 on:** October 12, 2020, 08:50:37 pm »

Quote from: mr.bluesky on October 12, 2020, 07:35:06 pm

Recent newspaper talk suggests otherwise saying Tom Hardy is very much in the frame to be the next James Bond.

He doesn't have much box office behind him in action roles but has brawn and can play varied parts.

But one reason Daniel Craig worked was because he was so unexpected, until Bond he'd largely featured in dramas.

Clitheroelad · « **Reply #103 on:** October 13, 2020, 09:55:38 am »

Quote from: mr.bluesky on October 12, 2020, 07:42:40 pm

I don't think being too well known is a problem. The last unknown actor to play Bond was George Lazenby. It didn't exactly work out well for him. He only lasted 1 film. Moore and Brosnan were quite well known when they took over the role.

Lazenby actually told the producers during filming that he wouldnt be doing any more. His agent talked him out of accepting the extending contract they wanted to offer him. Told ghm there was no future in Bond films. Most Bond afficianados rate On Her Majestys Secret Service as one of the best Bond films despite Lazenbys acting limitations. The story is great and the action sequences amongst the best in the series. His fight scenes were the best alongside Connery in From Russia With Love (train fight with Grant). Lazenby was certainly a more convincing Bond than Moore in my opinion.

Clitheroelad · « **Reply #104 on:** October 13, 2020, 09:59:30 am »

Quote from: sparkus on October 12, 2020, 08:50:37 pm

He doesn't have much box office behind him in action roles but has brawn and can play varied parts.

But one reason Daniel Craig worked was because he was so unexpected, until Bond he'd largely featured in dramas.

Layer Cake got him the role.

MaxHamburg · « **Reply #105 on:** October 13, 2020, 11:44:07 am »

Said to have been screen tested for Bond more than any other actor, I think Michael Billington - perhaps best known as Paul Foster in UFO - would have been great. He did have a small role in The Spy Who Loved Me.

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Chorley · « **Reply #106 on:** October 13, 2020, 01:08:47 pm »

Quote from: Clitheroelad on October 13, 2020, 09:55:38 am

Lazenby actually told the producers during filming that he wouldnt be doing any more. His agent talked him out of accepting the extending contract they wanted to offer him. Told ghm there was no future in Bond films. Most Bond afficianados rate On Her Majestys Secret Service as one of the best Bond films despite Lazenbys acting limitations. The story is great and the action sequences amongst the best in the series. His fight scenes were the best alongside Connery in From Russia With Love (train fight with Grant). Lazenby was certainly a more convincing Bond than Moore in my opinion.

Is agre with all of that. Also the cinematography is superb particularly the opening sequence and the helicopter assault on Piz Gloria.

Waterhouse · « **Reply #107 on:** October 13, 2020, 01:57:11 pm »

Quote from: Chorley on October 13, 2020, 01:08:47 pm

Is agre with all of that. Also the cinematography is superb particularly the opening sequence and the helicopter assault on Piz Gloria.

Great cinematography - apart from the speeded up fight sequences that is

mr.bluesky · « **Reply #108 on:** October 13, 2020, 04:16:56 pm »

Quote from: Clitheroelad on October 13, 2020, 09:55:38 am

Lazenby actually told the producers during filming that he wouldnt be doing any more. His agent talked him out of accepting the extending contract they wanted to offer him. Told ghm there was no future in Bond films. Most Bond afficianados rate On Her Majestys Secret Service as one of the best Bond films despite Lazenbys acting limitations. The story is great and the action sequences amongst the best in the series. His fight scenes were the best alongside Connery in From Russia With Love (train fight with Grant). Lazenby was certainly a more convincing Bond than Moore in my opinion.

I hope he sacked his agent.

hermanmunster · « **Reply #109 on:** October 13, 2020, 04:24:49 pm »

King Tarzan is be the obvious omission as James Bond. Who is better qualified to oversee the "Bond Girls'" auditions?

ulstersubbie · « **Reply #110 on:** October 13, 2020, 08:16:02 pm »

Quote from: hermanmunster on October 13, 2020, 04:24:49 pm

King Tarzan is be the obvious omission as James Bond. Who is better qualified to oversee the "Bond Girls'" auditions?

Clitheroelad · « **Reply #111 on:** October 13, 2020, 08:32:22 pm »

Quote from: Waterhouse on October 13, 2020, 01:57:11 pm

Great cinematography - apart from the speeded up fight sequences that is

Very true. Thee were some serious continuity errors, especially during the beach fight which, ironically, set the tone for his 'physical' take on Bond. Diana Rigg is just the most stunning Bond girl and Telly Savalas a great Blofeld.

Clitheroelad · « **Reply #112 on:** October 13, 2020, 08:33:35 pm »

Quote from: mr.bluesky on October 13, 2020, 04:16:56 pm

I hope he sacked his agent.

I think he later regretted the decision. It would have been interesting to see him going forward with the character. The next few films would have been radically different.

Digby232 · « **Reply #113 on:** October 14, 2020, 09:04:23 am »

Boris Johnson would be brilliant as the next bond. That blond hair and bumbling style is just right for bond to draw a whole new type of fan.

chrishornx · « **Reply #114 on:** October 17, 2020, 11:16:21 pm »

Quote from: mr.bluesky on October 12, 2020, 07:42:40 pm

I don't think being too well known is a problem. The last unknown actor to play Bond was George Lazenby. It didn't exactly work out well for him. He only lasted 1 film. Moore and Brosnan were quite well known when they took over the role.

he was the 'last one' but not the first