Who's going to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond? (1 Viewer)

[buzd]

I think they'll go with a non-white actor this go round. He's aged out of the role by quite a bit, but I allways thought Chiwetel Ejiofor could've killed it as Bond.

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Too obvious.

 

[SystemShock]

If that were to happen, the next movie would have him 007-ing his way to find, rescue, and get an important child to safety...

Hmm.. you got something there... is there a treatment?

 

[Kramer]

. He's aged out of the role by quite a bit

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How so? It's an iconic role. There's some things you just don't tamper with when it comes to respecting history.

 

[Sun Wukong]

How so? It's an iconic role. There's some things you just don't tamper with when it comes to respecting historical purposes.

I'm assuming this is in reference to the race thing and not the age thing.

There's been lots of back channel chatter among Hollywood rumor mongers, leakers, etc. that a non-white actor is very much on the table for the next Bond.

 

[nolastyle]

I think it will either Henry Cavill or Richard Madden. Maybe Dev Patel as an outside contender.

 

[Dago]

I think they'll go with a non-white actor this go round. He's aged out of the role by quite a bit, but I allways thought Chiwetel Ejiofor could've killed it as Bond.

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Already been done

The Idris Elba rumors actually came out years ago and then were debunked, I believe. Would have loved to see him as 007

 

[Yatman]

nobody, i hope

last movie ending was a perfect wrap

 

[Sun Wukong]

I think it will either Henry Cavill or Richard Madden. Maybe Dev Patel as an outside contender.

I would have said I couldn't see Dev Patel, but the trailer for "Monkey Man" made me think he could totally pull it off.

 

[tenordas]

Harry freakin Potter.

Actually, why not have Daniel Radcliffe? He can do it the same way he did Weird Al.

With the lone exception of Craig's "Casino Royale," Bond films have been satirizing themselves ever since Pierce Brosnan took the role, so why not just grab Radcliffe and go full satire? I mean, they just killed Bond in the last film, so why are talking about who will play a man that's dead? How can it be anything but satire at this point?

 

[antipop]

nobody, i hope

last movie ending was a perfect wrap

that's not how James Bond movies work

 

[Yatman]

... they just killed Bond in the last film, so why are talking about who will play a man that's dead?

dead james bond = series reboot

 

[SystemShock]

Actually, why not have Daniel Radcliffe? He can do it the same way he did Weird Al.

With the lone exception of Craig's "Casino Royale," Bond films have been satirizing themselves ever since Pierce Brosnan took the role, so why not just grab Radcliffe and go full satire? I mean, they just killed Bond in the last film, so why are talking about who will play a man that's dead? How can it be anything but satire at this point?

"Bond, Zombie Bond".

 

[SystemShock]

And a drunk falcon/clown emoji collector:

About the rumors of casting a non-white as Bond; James Bond is white, has been white since the beginning, and should remain white. If producers want to make a film about a non-white MI-6 agent, then change the code to 00-something else and call him something else, and they could use the end of the last film (Bond dying) to transition to the new agent.

 

[Sailorsaint]

And a drunk falcon/clown emoji collector:

About the rumors of casting a non-white as Bond; James Bond is white, has been white since the beginning, and should remain white. If producers want to make a film about a non-white MI-6 agent, then change the code to 00-something else and call him something else, and they could use the end of the last film (Bond dying) to transition to the new agent.

I’ve always felt that 007 wasn’t just one person but a designation for the top agent. When one dies, another takes his identity and continues on. Otherwise you couldn’t have an agent in his 30s battling russia in the 80s and another the same age still working in 2020.

 

[tenordas]

I’ve always felt that 007 wasn’t just one person but a designation for the top agent. When one dies, another takes his identity and continues on. Otherwise you couldn’t have an agent in his 30s battling russia in the 80s and another the same age still working in 2020.

Which is one of the reasons the whole film series has become a joke of itself. At some point, they should have just stuck to being in the 60s/70s instead of this non-aging character who became increasingly cardboard, uninteresting, and without any semblance of reality. Sean Connery was iconic, then Roger Moore pretty much destroyed the character entirely. Timothy Dalton returned to the character Connery had played, but the Broccolis were so eager to cash in on Pierce Brosnan's fame, they returned us (and even worse) to the ridiculous Moore version.
Casino Royale was an attempt to return to the original character, but the scripts after it were so bad it didn't matter.

Yatman, I'd take a "series reboot" returned to the Cold War era over some unexplained "resurrection" of Bond with a different face continuing the nonsensical barrage of "blow up things then recomb my hair" that we've gotten for so many years.