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u/Apart-Goal-5550 13h ago
All three of them are awful choices. They are good enough actors but they have baby faces and don't have that bond swagger.
Jack Lowden, Callum Turner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson are my pick. All have a youthful new appearance but don't look like they are in there early 20s
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u/redhafzke 13h ago
Your picks but Jack O’Connell instead of Callum Turner.
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u/Bongressman 13h ago
I'm down with this lineup. I don't detest Callum, he's just doesn't have "it" in this regard. The other three are fine.
Please no more Holland. Please.
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u/Apart-Goal-5550 3h ago
I think Callum has been thrown into too many rom com roles. His acting in "masters of the air" is really good tho.
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u/furcifer89 6h ago
Jack Lowden is my #1 pick and to the poster who suggested Jack O’Connell I would love to see him play the villain in a new bond movie. I need more of that Sinners and Bone Temple energy from him
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u/Low-Dog-8027 13h ago
oh please just not more tom holland and zendaya
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u/4675636b2e 13h ago
Zendaya as Bond, and Tom Holland as a bond girl makes more sense than vice versa, and it's weird.
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u/Animewaifylord 12h ago edited 10h ago
Maybe split the two, Tom as James the field agent who does the action and the dirty work and Zendaya as Bond the charismatic reconnisance spy and they work as a duo
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u/Far_Balance_3117 13h ago
Tom Holland looks like he would order a juice box, not a dry martini.
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u/CipherWeaver 13h ago
Bond and Bond girl in the next
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u/Phenomenomix 12h ago
Tom as Bond and Zendy as the main villain would be better casting
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u/PowerfulNature3352 10h ago
Yeah, main villian who will just pout and look clueless when she corners Bond instead of disclosing all her evil plan.
Dont know which ones is worst tbh.
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u/skydragon1981 12h ago
I don't know why the commenter just wrote "a bond woman", it would be Zendaya 1000%, commenter might have put that name inside parentheses
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u/BigMetalGuy 14h ago
Tom Holland would be a terrible Bond. He is not on the list.
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u/dinglecrook 13h ago
He's not a good actor. Can you watch any scene with him and not think, "That's Tom Holland."
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u/Other-Grapefruit-880 13h ago
Listen to a clip of Sean Connery playing a Spaniard in Highlander.
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u/MusicLikeOxygen 12h ago
I don't know if it makes it better or worse, but he's actually playing an Egyptian pretending to be a Spaniard.
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u/nonoanddefinitelyno 13h ago
And a French guy who literally couldn't speak English playing a Scotsman.
God, I love that movie.
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u/GopherChomper64 3h ago
Yeah but that was so bad it was good. Tom Holland is just always Tom Holland is the guys point. Him being Bond would be a horrible choice, and I think Tom Holland would agree with that statement based on every interview I've seen of him. I think he has enough self awareness to know being Bond isn't for him
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u/RhubarbLiqueur 13h ago
Yes, I can. I've seen The Devil All the Time.
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u/linesofleaves 11h ago
Beat me to it. Its basically just opportunity and direction that let people imagine that Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland weren't excellent and talented performers.
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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope 13h ago
He was really good in the devil all the time. Not the best film ever but his performance was solid.
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u/zeelbeno 13h ago
Yeah I decide how good an actor is based on the makeup department.
If i can name the actor or actress without looking it up then it's immediately a crap performance.
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u/Gates_wupatki_zion 13h ago
Thank you! People were loving his role in the Odyssey and I was like — why? Everyone knows that’s tom holland. He’s done nothing to make the character his own except play dress up.
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u/AnswerGrand1878 11h ago
Everytime I read comments that make these factual statements about famous people I wonder what the actual qualification to make that statement is. Since the statement isn't "I don't like him" but "he is not a good actor" surely there must be some experience and reasoning behind it?
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u/cromulent_weasel 9h ago
It was very jarring at the movies watching the spider man ads, and then Spiderman was in the Oddyssey....
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u/KathyJaneway 13h ago
I'd take Taron Egerton as Bond. He has proven he could play a spy type character with the Kingsman franchise. And he'd be the first Welsh born actor to play a Bond since Timothy Dalton.
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u/DrJongyBrogan 13h ago
People would just think he's Eggsy though.
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u/KathyJaneway 12h ago
Would they? They're differently written. Eggsy was braggadocious and edgy and cursing. Bond is calm, soft spoken. Basically what Collin Firth played in Kingsmen.
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u/Remarkable_Cream9443 12h ago
Pretty much the only good choice from who’s available. Unless they decide to go with an unknown name. He could play the role longer than most others to take the title as well.
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u/bl4zkowicz 13h ago
patrick gibson would be better, his performance in the 007 first light was really good
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u/LoveMind_AI 13h ago
He's got a very interesting look for the part, to be sure. Just unique enough to differentiate the space in a similar way to what Craig did. If they leaned any less sturdy than this (ie. all three guys listed above), they'd really be doing the character a disservice.
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u/LocoLocoLoco45 13h ago
Ah, silly you. Bonds don’t have sex anymore.
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u/koalawhiskey 13h ago
You will watch Tom's Bond being saved by the Bond Girl played by Zendaya and you will like it
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u/MichaelAuBelanger 13h ago
Henry Cavil - but everyone slept on it.
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u/K2O3_Portugal 13h ago
I like Cavillrene but Edris Elba was my pick for Bond
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u/Altruistic-Spend-896 13h ago
Idris not bond material though. Cavil did nice in mission impossible
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u/KosstAmojan 13h ago
Idriss would have made a GREAT Bond like 15 years ago. Dude has gravitas, physical presence, and is smooth as hell. I think he would have made hell of a Bond movie.
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u/FrameJump 13h ago
How was/is Idris not Bond material, exactly?
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u/IrishViking22 13h ago
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u/IrishViking22 12h ago
Idris would have been great as Bond. Too old now though, unfortunately
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u/FrameJump 12h ago
You won't convince me his race didn't play a role in him not being cast, but I do think you're right about his age now, which is a shame.
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u/IrishViking22 3h ago
Probably more a timing thing than anything else. Idris wasn't as big of a star back when Casino Royale got cast.
He himself has said before that he didn't try for it, and was never even in the running for it.
That said, I think he would have been great in the role. If they did a one-off (only one because of his age now) Bond film starring him, I'd 100% buy a ticket to see it.
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u/TheGreatTimothy 8h ago
I get that Amazon wants Tom Holland because he is the highest grossing actor of all time but I feel like it's not because it's Tom Holland. No one goes "Did you see the new Tom Holland movie?"
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u/4Nmzry 7h ago
That's exactly right
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u/Vinr_Odinn 37m ago
I feel that him and Zandaya have been almost forced into every movie. I kinda don't want to watch a movie when I see that either of them is in it.
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u/taway9925881 13h ago
They should cast Tom Holland as a bond girl.
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u/Spobobich 13h ago
I'm guessing Amazon wants another Nathan Drake situation.
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u/asscrackbanditz 12h ago
No please. I like Tom Holland as Spidey but leave Uncharted to another rising star who looks the part.
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u/Gates_wupatki_zion 13h ago
Wow, none of these would be much good. My vote is for Jack Lowden from slow horses. We know he can do action and some comedy.
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u/EhMapleMoose 10h ago
Fuck you’re so right, Jack Lowden looks the part.
Harris Dickinson would make a great Q though. Jacob Elrodi could make a good patsy villain. A fake out or something.
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u/Gates_wupatki_zion 5h ago
I like this. Elordi would make a great villain which in many ways is just as important as a good bond.
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u/SheriffBartholomew 3h ago
Dude, the guy who plays Loki would be a shoe in for Bond. He already did a TV show where he plays a spy of sorts.
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u/auxaperture 2h ago
If you mean Tom Hiddleston then yes, that’s actually a great pick. He was excellent in the night manager.
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u/LoveMind_AI 13h ago
Idris Elba is definitely too old for the role, but after watching Lanterns and several interviews afterwards, I feel like Aaron Pierre would be an incredibly fierce and believable Bond.
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u/poppyfieldinhell 12h ago
Holy shit, you just activated some neurons in my brain. I love him in Lanterns, but I wasn't actively thinking about what other roles he could play.
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u/SeaWolf24 13h ago
None of those have the range atm
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u/AnOldLawNeverDies 10h ago
You dont need range for bond that was more of a Craig era thing. Charisma is more important.
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u/SeaWolf24 10h ago
I would consider charisma to be apart of the range displayed. To be able to be charismatic and detached is a range of emotions. I respectfully disagree
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u/AnOldLawNeverDies 10h ago
Thats fine. I don't think being detached is a requirement for bond again more of a Craig era thing. I miss seeing bond genuinely love being a spy, getting the girls, saving the day all while being the coolest guy in the room and he knows it.
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u/SeaWolf24 10h ago
Tbh, I don’t believe we’ll see a bond like that at this point in time.
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u/AnOldLawNeverDies 9h ago
Why in your opinion? Is it the getting the girl part? The obsession of character deconstruction?
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u/nezhp 13h ago
The dude that played superman, Henry Cavill i think
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u/hiberniagermania 11h ago
I own all the Bond films and love them, I just can’t see Elordi or Holland.
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u/Comfortable-Pace3132 8h ago
Tom Holland when asked if he wants it shaken or stirred: do you have Sprite?
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u/PuddingMent 8h ago
Tom Holland is a better choice than the two unknowns, but he’s too short and unsexy to play the part.
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u/NoEnvironment8432 11h ago
The pope is American so it’s time for the first American Bond.
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u/tartan_rigger 13h ago
Tom dicks his burd but is not dicking down gangs of female agents for his majesty secret servic
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u/Mouse-Patrol 12h ago
Just a totally unknown actor would do as long as they have the athletic ability and charisma.
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u/Redditor608 12h ago
There’s a certain standard of actors who can portray bond Tom holland whom contrasts with the mature, weathered gravitas traditionally associated with Commander Bond of the British royal navy do not fit not to mention Tom holland having conflicting studios contracts.
Plus Barbara Broccoli who is the long time franchise producer holds the final veto and authority on the official choice and would probably not allow such and have strict standards as to who can play bond.
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u/Aeon1508 12h ago
love Tom Holland.
James Bond isn't short...
but he isn't blonde either... so we'll see what happens
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u/ThrustBastard 11h ago
Give me Pierce Brosnan and old-man Bond.
Daniel Craig's Bond is dead, someone from the past comes back and retired Bond Brosnan is recalled to service. "James Bond" is established as a pseudonym attacked to 007. Brosnan with Ben Whishaw's Q would be excellent.
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u/HilariousMax 11h ago
Jokes sure but Tom Holland as Bond would sell an absolute shit ton of tickets at the theater. Does he fit a typical view of Bond? No, but they want to sell tickets so ...
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u/ElvishLore 11h ago
Holland isn’t actually on this list.
Supposedly it’s between elordi and jack lowden.
Dickinson is incredibly unlikely.
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u/Aardvark_Warrior 11h ago
"It's interesting that you call them clothes when clothes are from Clothingstan."
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u/just_fucking_PEG_ME 8h ago
I’m willing to revisit the tom holland conversation in about 10-15 years, but as of now, he’ll no.
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u/Casshern_VIII 6h ago
Wouldn't this be like unfair if Tom got it? Bro already Spider-Man, anyway if he does end up being Bond, then every Bond movie going forward with him is going to have black Bond girls, not saying I hate that, just giving people a heads up Tom has a type
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u/WillowRain2020 5h ago
My wishlist is Henry Cavill, Tom Ellis, Daniel Day Lewis, Colin Firth or either Christian Bale or Luke Evans.
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u/Life-Reality-3889 5h ago
No. The franchise is DONE. It ended with - No Time To Die - 25 fecking films (27 if you include the non Eon films).
None of these are even James Bond material at all.
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u/False-Sandwich-2051 33m ago
i would dislike any of these. elordi the most. he is absolutely not bond
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u/bold-One2199 13h ago
Why is everyone hating on tom
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u/Bongressman 12h ago
Because you can overdo a good thing. He's a "fine" actor. But he's not great, by any measure. He's also perpetually cursed with "boy" face. Bond really can't be perceived as a... kid. It's just, no.
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u/bold-One2199 12h ago
I will agree he has a very boyish face.
I think it works for some roles and doesn’t for others
Spidey? Works just fine
James Bond? I’ll agree, no. James Bond is more mature
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u/sp4ng13d 12h ago
If they adapted the young bond series by Charlie Higson he might have a shot in my books lol
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u/asscrackbanditz 12h ago
I like him in Spiderman and Odyssey. But him and Mark Walberg kinda ruined Uncharted for me.
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u/chief_beef_the_third 13h ago
I think people are tired of seeing him everywhere, honestly. It happens. I don't feel strongly about him as an actor but he'd be a terrible choice for James Bond.
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u/bold-One2199 12h ago
I don’t think he’s a bad actor like all these people say, BUT I do agree he isn’t fit for James Bond.
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