out of left field actor for bond

hot crossed bondhot crossed bond at the barPosts: 181MI6 Agent
edited January 2015 in General James Bond Chat
just read this today. then was surprised how many people are behind the idea. thought about it awhile and said why not he is a great actor! Andrew Lincoln...now let me hide while you all start throwing things! I only read about this it's not my idea!
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  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    Not a bad shout but a little too short (IMO)

    Also, he's already 41 so will be mid/late forties by the time DC hangs up his PPK.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • hot crossed bondhot crossed bond at the barPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Not a bad shout but a little too short (IMO)

    Also, he's already 41 so will be mid/late forties by the time DC hangs up his PPK.
    he is the same height as DC
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  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    DC's actual height is always debatable. I would say he's actually a smidgen under 5'11. And yes, I think too short. Bond should be 6'1" . Just my opinion.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    DC is 5'10.

    Please for the benefit of us dinosaurs (me) could you please post a photo of any other suggested actors as I haven't a clue who you are on about! :)

    For example I've never heard of Andrew Lincoln - but I hope he is British! :D
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    Wayyyyyyy left field.


    Damian_Lewis_damian_lewis_35473044_395_594.jpg
    At least the red hair would point to Scottish roots!



    Benedict_Cumberbatch_benedict_cumberbatch_318166.jpg

    Even I've heard of these & IMO they could each play a more urbane Bond.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Some Labour MP's wouldn't like these " Posh" boys playing Bond. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I personally have not heard of Andrew Lincoln :))
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    DC's actual height is always debatable. I would say he's actually a smidgen under 5'11. And yes, I think too short. Bond should be 6'1" . Just my opinion.
    no way he's just smidgen under 5'11, ive seen him multiple times in person and hes like 5'9, even in SF its obvious.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,646MI6 Agent
    Benedict Cumberbatch is certainly a possibility...but perhaps he's too famous now.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Benedict Cumberbatch is certainly a possibility...but perhaps he's too famous now.

    By the time Daniel Craig's contract is up Benedict Cumberbatch will be the wrong side of forty. He has previously been rumoured to play the villain, that is a more realistic possibility, IMO.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'd love to see him as a Villain. -{ , he has a great voice for those " Evil" lines. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    He's not one of my favourites, but I've heard much worse suggestions than Anrew Lincon.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,646MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    Benedict Cumberbatch is certainly a possibility...but perhaps he's too famous now.

    By the time Daniel Craig's contract is up Benedict Cumberbatch will be the wrong side of forty. He has previously been rumoured to play the villain, that is a more realistic possibility, IMO.

    Yes, I'd imagine you're right in that regard. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Cumberbatch played a rather interesting Villain in the recent Star Trek Film, so he could transfer that Performance to a Bond Villain -{
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    just read this today. then was surprised how many people are behind the idea. thought about it awhile and said why not he is a great actor! Andrew Lincoln...now let me hide while you all start throwing things! I only read about this it's not my idea!
    images_V4_G8_JEN8.jpg

    Not a bad suggestion at all. He's great in The Walking Dead, currently my favorite television show.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Ugh, no. Andrew Lincoln is one of a slew of bird-faced actors who've descended upon the movies lately. If you put him, Bradley Cooper, Edward Norton, and Sean Penn in the same room, I'd think I'd been drinking and am seeing four of the same person.

    I like Cumberbatch as Sherlock, but as I now have proudly on my FB page, he looks too much like Butthead from Beavis and Butthead to be taken seriously as Bond. He was, however, my choice for Q.

    Bond has to be less generic and more unique. If they want to go back to dark hair and features, which I believe they will, that's fine, but there are better personalities to be under consideration. If they want to continue the Craig timeline, Dominic West might be a good "out of . . ." choice, though he's not someone I'm necessarily advocating.
  • cheldcheld Posts: 300MI6 Agent
    Out of left field? How about Ted Williams's head?
  • hot crossed bondhot crossed bond at the barPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    how about this guy then?
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  • hot crossed bondhot crossed bond at the barPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    how about this guy then?
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    Dossier: British
    5'11
    173pounds
    boxing/martial arts
    weapons training
    loves a good martini
    sarcastic ass at times
    can nod/point in 7 languages
    can **** an eyebrow with the best of them...bit long in the tooth though...turned 46 yesterday! oh wait, that's me! :)) ;)
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  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    Okay I'll send my CV in! ;)

    Nationality: British

    Age: Classified

    Hair Colour: What hair?

    Height: 6'4"

    Weight: Eighteen & a Bit Stones (you work out the lbs thing)

    Experience: Familiar with weapons, ex boxer, trained in armed/unarmed combat, advanced pursuit qualified driver.

    Drinks: Carlsberg - stirred not shaken.

    Special qualification: Can grumble in esperanto,

    Have own posing pouch will travel.
  • hot crossed bondhot crossed bond at the barPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    stag wrote:
    Okay I'll send my CV in! ;)

    Nationality: British

    Age: Classified

    Hair Colour: What hair?

    Height: 6'4"

    Weight: Eighteen & a Bit Stones (you work out the lbs thing)

    Experience: Familiar with weapons, ex boxer, trained in armed/unarmed combat, advanced pursuit qualified driver.

    Drinks: Carlsberg - stirred not shaken.

    Special qualification: Can grumble in esperanto,

    Have own posing pouch will travel.
    thanks for playing along mate! though, might have to see a photo to verify the weight and pouch! ;)
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    Here is a left field suggestion, mainly because he's Danish. If he was British he would have been an obvious contender:

    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

    nikolaj-coster-waldau.jpg

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182666/
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Here is a left field suggestion, mainly because he's Danish. If he was British he would have been an obvious contender:

    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

    nikolaj-coster-waldau.jpg

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182666/

    Got a bit of Viggo Mortensen about him in that pic (who btw I always thought had certain Bond credentials)
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    This man looks as if he could play a good villain, a contemporary Blofeld perhaps?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Agreed, He's good but he's No Stag ! ;) :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    A contemporary Blofeld could be a good Idea -{
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  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    Agreed, He's good but he's No Stag ! ;) :D

    There is only one Stag!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    And he's more of a Deer :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau actually plays a villan in the Movie the photo is taken from - "Headhunters". Empire Awards awarded the move "Thriller of the year" in 2013. Director Morten Tyldum ("The Intimidation Game") was approached to do SPECTRE before Mendes agreed to do it.

    I have said for years that Viggo Mortensen would make a good villan.
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    A contemporary Blofeld could be a good Idea -{

    What would be the back story for a new Blofeld? Detatched from SPECTRE perhaps?

    Russian oligarch? Made his fortune in the turbulent immediate post communist era, where only the most ruthless survived. He found himself at the head of the most powerful Russian crime syndicate & has since systematically crushed all internal opposition from lesser gangs. After securing his position he has spread his influence westwards until his ambition collides with the national interests of the British Government. MI6 is tasked with bringing him to heel. Bond is dispatched to undertake the mission.

    the photo of the actor sitting in the chair could well be a screen shot from a scene where the new Blofeld is directing operations.
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