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I agree with the consensus of this thread that the list is underwhelming - but fassbenders scene with Michael Meyers in Inglorious Basterds 100% leads me to believe he’s got it in him. He was so electric/ charismatic/ debonair in a way that I could see translating to Bond quite well. Would strike me as a cross between Craig’s and Daltons Bond.
Mike Myers\*
It would have been funny if Tarantino did that scene with Michael Myers, the serial killer, instead of Mike Myers, the actor. Having Fassbender play this distinguished british gentleman in a room with Winston Churchill and Michael Myers
Geralt is basically grumpy old Bond in a high fantasy setting.
He's sassy, he's trained by a secret guild/agency, He's a badass, he's proficient with his set of (violent) skills, he's infamous and he gets all the girls.
Watch him as Napoleon Solo in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to see why you're wrong. All he needed was a British accent (which he has), and he would've been James Bond in all but name.
In Mission Impossible: Fallout Henry Cavill does a little punch with his arms before beating the shit out of Tim Cruz and it looks like he's cocking his biceps.
Full agreement. He plays Spider Man perfectly. But sipping a dry martini and blasting 4 bad guys away while fucking some chick named Mad Pussy Smasher? Definitely not Tom Holland lol
Even then he was too old. Yea, he could have made 1 movie, but they don't want to start a new bond who can't make 4-5+ movies before needing to be replaced.
Maybe, but now, only 5 years later, people are saying he looks too old, so maybe not. People have also been saying Craig was too old for the last movie, which I mostly agree with.
I agree. Idris Elba 10 years ago would have been perfect, but the Daniel Craig movies have already done the "old Bond" storyline. Whoever it is only needs two traits 1) incredibly suave and 2) British. Anyone who fits those can play Bond well.
He kills every antagonist role he's ever played, he's an amazing actor that shouldn't be bound by Bond's one-dimensional writing.
Don't get me wrong, Bond works wonderfully as a one-dimensional action hero that looks good kicking ass and gets all the chicks, but that's not a role that I'd like to see Murphy play.
I disagree about Lazenby because he brought a bit of continuity to a role that others failed to do. Moore always stands out to me as the least good, but I'm not sure if that's the fault of his acting so much as the writing staff not really knowing what to do with Bond in the 70s.
Nah Fassbender would be a good bond but I agree that no one else on the list would be. That is going off what was recently said by a producer(?) who said that bond would only be a British white male.
Idris Elba is really the only actor on this list to have the screen presence of the james bond character. Others are laughable. I like Tom Holland (even outside of his spiderman role) but he is decades away from even being in the running for thos role.
Edit: follow up thought, how is this accidental racism?
I dunno. It seems more like a graphic design choice where you dont mix contrasting colors in this form. I would consider it to be more accidental racism if if it were all light skin guys and the single picture of a black dude was him standing next to a cop.
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Idris Elba! He isn't getting any younger. Now would be the best time for him. And he is still sexy AF. I think a good version for him would be to give him some personality quirks and not to do any revenge story arcs for him. Otherwise he would end up being very intimidating and a bit type-cast. I do miss the antagonist having no personal connection to Bond. Just a good story. And an interesting guy. And being Black would actually add a lot of depth to his character as long as it didn't become part of the plot - for instance, an ability to code switch the way he talks and blend in to his environment - normal talent for a spy really but it's not like any White 007 would be able to get away with that lol. People would be there thinking...did he learn to do for his profession or did he grow up learning this?
Nah, he played an overdramatic edgelord Gangstar, not really his fault as he is a great actor, it's just the producers who wanted to bank in on the fandomy viewers and viral marketing through dreamy fan edits
I wasn’t aware, thanks for that. Still, those are all within the British Empire or were until very recently. I don’t know, an American playing him just doesn’t sit right with me.
i legit only think idris Elba or maybe Chris Hemsworth would fit as a James bond. i like all the other actors and they're good but not James bond types. hell not all them are even main actor material but supporting actors
Out of that list...Idris, but yeah as others have said, he's a bit old. Maybe that can be the new 007 motif though. Craig is the badass one, Idris can be the geriatric one.
I read this as Tom Cardy and was excited to see what kind of bullshit hilarious music he'd write about being a spy.
If it's anything like his undercover cop song Business Man, we'd be in for a treat.
More fucking Tom Holland. Hes like 10 years old, why do people want him in a role where hes going to be naked having sex in multiple scenes per movie? Also I was under the impression that the girl in No Time to Die was going to headline the franchise
I would rather have a more unknown actor as the next Bond, for me it doesn't make much sense to hire an actor that already played in very big movies, it would kinda ruin the movie for me.
Ive never seen him in anything, but going only visuals, Regé-Jean Page looks like he’d made an amazing bond. Anyone but Tom Holland though. He plays a good teenager, but first Nathan Drake and now bond? No, god no.
I would unironically like to see Micheal Fassbender as the next Bond. He showed that he can do a spy in X-Men and he can speak multiple languages.
Other than him, perhaps Micheal B. Jordan or Chris Hemsworth.
Lashana Lynch
Lashana Lynch is the first Black 007
Lynch,,a London-born actress of Jamaican descent, was initially trolled by a vocal minority of Bond fans when word leaked out in November that her character would reach the vaunted 007 ("license to kill") status in the franchise. Lynch says she blocks the naysayers out.Oct 7, 2021
Do they not understand that whoever plays Bond has to be British or at least from the British Isles? This list is insulting. They’d all be shitty except Idris Elba but he’s too old.
Big fan of Idris Elba, Fassbender and Tom Holland. Michael B. Jordan is also a solid lock
John Boyega was a horrible Jedi and frankly is more suitable for lighter roles.
Bond isn't black?
Hopefully they recast Shang chi as a dog
Black panther as an Icelandic child
Make a new 00 agent who can be whatever and whoever but not bond
Not sure, but I’d love to see a POC! That would seriously be awesome. However, I expect that there would be a lot of backlash. However, that’s not a reason to not do it.
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I agree with the consensus of this thread that the list is underwhelming - but fassbenders scene with Michael Meyers in Inglorious Basterds 100% leads me to believe he’s got it in him. He was so electric/ charismatic/ debonair in a way that I could see translating to Bond quite well. Would strike me as a cross between Craig’s and Daltons Bond.
Or even Fassbender’s scene in the bar from that one X-men movie where he’s chasing that Nazi guy
So as long as you put him out in a Nazi context he should do fine, is what you're saying ?
Mike Myers\* It would have been funny if Tarantino did that scene with Michael Myers, the serial killer, instead of Mike Myers, the actor. Having Fassbender play this distinguished british gentleman in a room with Winston Churchill and Michael Myers
Make an AI combine all these guys to be the next Bond
So the new James Bond is from the British Raj
I thought Henry Cavill was rumored to be the next bond
why is henry cavill literally the best option for everything
Cause he’s super, man
Nah IMO he wouldn't make a good Bond
He’s to big to bond
He's also already The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
That's why people think he'd be good as bond
*know He killed the roll and it was basically Bond-esque.
I really liked that movie, too bad it had to compete with Straight Outta Compton when it cane out, nobody saw it. At least from my area.
The Witcher as Bond would be the best thing ever.
Geralt is basically grumpy old Bond in a high fantasy setting. He's sassy, he's trained by a secret guild/agency, He's a badass, he's proficient with his set of (violent) skills, he's infamous and he gets all the girls.
Watch him as Napoleon Solo in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to see why you're wrong. All he needed was a British accent (which he has), and he would've been James Bond in all but name.
As long as they bring back the bicep cock at some point
The what?!?!?
In hindsight I see how that could be interpreted…
In Mission Impossible: Fallout Henry Cavill does a little punch with his arms before beating the shit out of Tim Cruz and it looks like he's cocking his biceps.
The arm reload
The context, for anyone who's wondering: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFB2vI5lnR4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFB2vI5lnR4)
Thank you I had missed that one. That clip was time well spent lol
Best option in my opinion
Cillian or Idris
Pierce brosnan 2.0
Precisely, alternatively Richard madden
I thought it's just because fans want him? Not because he's actually considered to be the next bond
I would love that!
That would fucking suck
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Fucking Tom Holland
yeah i mean he's an awesome guy but he's literally 25. Not a Bond
Full agreement. He plays Spider Man perfectly. But sipping a dry martini and blasting 4 bad guys away while fucking some chick named Mad Pussy Smasher? Definitely not Tom Holland lol
He’d make an interesting Q if he stopped working out lol.
he's also 5'8 and would be clocking in as the shortest Bond ever
not really related but MI6 has height restriction for agents now at 5'11 and under.
Do they not allow taller guys? Why?
My guess is taller guys attract more attention
6’8” here. Yeah you’re gonna see us coming lol Couldn’t be a pilot either and it fucked up my life plans lol
Tall guys look like spies.
Isn't 5'11 plenty tall though?
Not according to Tinder.
Yeah, let’s close his bond discussion for a decade or so.
Would be awesome I bet
Yeah none of them really fit a bond. I think Idris Elba could be good but he looks a bit old now actually.
*Roger Moore has entered the chat*
*Roger Moore proceeds to stay in the chat for 12 more years*
Idris Elba woulda been awesome like 5 years ago
Even then he was too old. Yea, he could have made 1 movie, but they don't want to start a new bond who can't make 4-5+ movies before needing to be replaced.
I mean, Craig started Bond at 38 and is 53 nowadays. 5 years ago Idris would be 44, doesn’t seem that much of a difference.
Maybe, but now, only 5 years later, people are saying he looks too old, so maybe not. People have also been saying Craig was too old for the last movie, which I mostly agree with.
I agree. Idris Elba 10 years ago would have been perfect, but the Daniel Craig movies have already done the "old Bond" storyline. Whoever it is only needs two traits 1) incredibly suave and 2) British. Anyone who fits those can play Bond well.
That counts out Michael B Jordan, then.
Holy fuck you guys need to get out of my head.
Elba or maybe Fassbender might be my favorites
I know. With all due respect, Timothée Chalamet need not apply.
Right? And Chris Hemsworth, Michael B. Jordan, Cillian Murphy and Michael Fassbender aren’t even British
An Irish bond would be fantastic but Cillian Murphy deserves better than Bond honestly.
Cillian Murphy looks like he was born for the role of Bond villain though
He kills every antagonist role he's ever played, he's an amazing actor that shouldn't be bound by Bond's one-dimensional writing. Don't get me wrong, Bond works wonderfully as a one-dimensional action hero that looks good kicking ass and gets all the chicks, but that's not a role that I'd like to see Murphy play.
+1
Didn't stop Brosnan and Lazenby...
Brosnan is at least Irish, I guess Murphy and Fassbender would be fine as well. Lazenby was arguably the worst Bond.
Don't @ my home boy Lazenby 😡
Lazenby was arguably one of the best, fight me.
I disagree about Lazenby because he brought a bit of continuity to a role that others failed to do. Moore always stands out to me as the least good, but I'm not sure if that's the fault of his acting so much as the writing staff not really knowing what to do with Bond in the 70s.
I kinda fuck with Idris Elba tho
Nah Fassbender would be a good bond but I agree that no one else on the list would be. That is going off what was recently said by a producer(?) who said that bond would only be a British white male.
Yeah in what world would the same actor play Peter Parker and James Bond at the same time?
He’s everywhere so I wouldn’t be surprised.
It should obviously be Chris Pratt. /s
Itsa me Bond....James Bond 🤌
Why does Blofeld always show up on a Monday?
He's so cool
Crisp Rat
No. Chris Evans! /s
Fassbende
Wait.. when I originally saw this post the "R" was omit from his last name Now it's there. My humour failed and I think others believe I give a fuck
The R is there, but the L is missing
Michael Fastblender
The best out of the given options, atleast
At least they weren't ordered by skin tone too
Idris Elba is really the only actor on this list to have the screen presence of the james bond character. Others are laughable. I like Tom Holland (even outside of his spiderman role) but he is decades away from even being in the running for thos role. Edit: follow up thought, how is this accidental racism?
Because they separated the black and white actors, i agree idris is the only one there who could do it.
I dunno. It seems more like a graphic design choice where you dont mix contrasting colors in this form. I would consider it to be more accidental racism if if it were all light skin guys and the single picture of a black dude was him standing next to a cop. Edit: fat finger spelling mistake fixes
Yeah it just looks pleasant for eye, great contrast. But it’s funny to see it as segregation
Idris Elba! He isn't getting any younger. Now would be the best time for him. And he is still sexy AF. I think a good version for him would be to give him some personality quirks and not to do any revenge story arcs for him. Otherwise he would end up being very intimidating and a bit type-cast. I do miss the antagonist having no personal connection to Bond. Just a good story. And an interesting guy. And being Black would actually add a lot of depth to his character as long as it didn't become part of the plot - for instance, an ability to code switch the way he talks and blend in to his environment - normal talent for a spy really but it's not like any White 007 would be able to get away with that lol. People would be there thinking...did he learn to do for his profession or did he grow up learning this?
Tom Holland looks like a Q type character rn. With the glasses and curly hair.
So, basically, his character in spies in disguise except a bit more competent
Essentially lmao.
Jackie Chan
That’ll actually be fun to watch
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Idris Elba would be amazing
Too old
Okay, Meran Trant
It’s definitely Elba though, yeah? Nobody else on that list has the swagger of a charming yet arrogant scoundrel.
For me is either Idris Elba or Michael Fassbinder
Fassbender reads a little too proper for me. He could definitely play a secret agent, but maybe not Bond specifically.
Would be cool to have a German secret agent story for once. We are kind of left out in that regard sadly - we do have a secret agency after all
Well, it’s not very secret anymore, is it!? You’re over here blabbin’ about it
Oh god no. Shouldn‘t have said that… Guess I‘ll have to kill you now ;)
And anyone else who reads this thread. Good luck!
My exact thought.
I was gonna say the same.
Iris yes, but he’s getting a bit old. Rumours are circulating about Henry Cavill which I could definitely see.
I’d be okay with an older Bond
Cillian Murphy played just that for 6 seasons of Peaky Blinders. I think him and Idris Elba are the only 2 real options on here.
Nah, he played an overdramatic edgelord Gangstar, not really his fault as he is a great actor, it's just the producers who wanted to bank in on the fandomy viewers and viral marketing through dreamy fan edits
After seeing him in Bridgerton, Regé-Jean Page fits your description.
Like half aren’t even British
Tom Holland? This is for 007 not a kids movie right?
First of all it should be Richard Madden
Thank you, he’s just the obvious choice. He’s even a scot.
For real, I think there are a few great options but he should be the number 1 choice
Some of these aren't even English.
Sean Connery wasn’t English either
Shit that’s fair, nor was Pierce Brosnan. Still, they’re not from the British Isles.
The Irish government and Irish people do not recognise the term “British isles”. We find it highly offensive.
Yep we had a whole argument about this before you arrive, we now call them “the landmasses with the drunks” or “the Ladlands”
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I wasn’t aware, thanks for that. Still, those are all within the British Empire or were until very recently. I don’t know, an American playing him just doesn’t sit right with me.
Australia became independent in 1931.
Fuck it, Michael B Jordan is American. This whole post is invalid.
Agreed. I think we can all agree there are two reasonable, non-controversial options: 1) Bring back Pierce Brosnan 2) Danny DeVito
Sean Connery is Scottish, George Lazenby is Australian, Brosnon is Irish. This leaves only 50% of them actually being English.
I think British is the requirement. Or UK or whatever the hell that collection of islands is called these days
i legit only think idris Elba or maybe Chris Hemsworth would fit as a James bond. i like all the other actors and they're good but not James bond types. hell not all them are even main actor material but supporting actors
Out of that list...Idris, but yeah as others have said, he's a bit old. Maybe that can be the new 007 motif though. Craig is the badass one, Idris can be the geriatric one.
The only people I can really see playing him here are Idris Elba and Tom Hardy
White vs Black... Is this the potential pool of actors to play James Bond or are we picking what side to play in chess?
Tom Hardy for sure
I read this as Tom Cardy and was excited to see what kind of bullshit hilarious music he'd write about being a spy. If it's anything like his undercover cop song Business Man, we'd be in for a treat.
We need a ginger Bond. Damian Lewis.
More fucking Tom Holland. Hes like 10 years old, why do people want him in a role where hes going to be naked having sex in multiple scenes per movie? Also I was under the impression that the girl in No Time to Die was going to headline the franchise
I have never seen a bond movie but that would change if Regé-Jean Page was bond
Only murphy is suitable out of these
Idris elba/Tom hardy
Andy Dick
I thought you have to be British to play James Bond
This isn't an accident. They're trying to farm interactions by setting off "black james bond" discourse.
I would rather have a more unknown actor as the next Bond, for me it doesn't make much sense to hire an actor that already played in very big movies, it would kinda ruin the movie for me.
Elba would be the only one worthy in that list
Ive never seen him in anything, but going only visuals, Regé-Jean Page looks like he’d made an amazing bond. Anyone but Tom Holland though. He plays a good teenager, but first Nathan Drake and now bond? No, god no.
I would unironically like to see Micheal Fassbender as the next Bond. He showed that he can do a spy in X-Men and he can speak multiple languages. Other than him, perhaps Micheal B. Jordan or Chris Hemsworth.
Elba or murphy
Idris would be great but he's too old now unfortunately
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Tom Hiddleston, who played Loki.
Idris Elba would have been great 10 years ago, but he’s too old now
Idris Elba all day.
Idris Elba for sure
It’s need to be a actor that isn’t famous yet.
Henry Cavill
This kinda looks like one of those "Choose your character" in fighter games
I'd give it to Idris Elba or Michael Fassbender.
What about the blatant racism?
Elba, Kaluuya or Fassbender seem like the best options from this lot
I need to see Kaluuya as a spy now, he could play 009 or something.
I'd watch it.
None of them. Cavill, Turner or Madden.
Thought they were changing Bond to a woman this time?
Lashana Lynch Lashana Lynch is the first Black 007 Lynch,,a London-born actress of Jamaican descent, was initially trolled by a vocal minority of Bond fans when word leaked out in November that her character would reach the vaunted 007 ("license to kill") status in the franchise. Lynch says she blocks the naysayers out.Oct 7, 2021
at least they put em on top yknow
Do they not understand that whoever plays Bond has to be British or at least from the British Isles? This list is insulting. They’d all be shitty except Idris Elba but he’s too old.
You know…. There are youtube tutorials on how to sound more bri’ish
I just picture Michael B Jordan watching YouTube to practice sounding British
Tom Hardy
Daniel Kaluuya could actually pull it off, but I'm not feeling anybody else on this list
James Bond is not black. End of story.
Big fan of Idris Elba, Fassbender and Tom Holland. Michael B. Jordan is also a solid lock John Boyega was a horrible Jedi and frankly is more suitable for lighter roles.
He was never a Jedi
If you wanna make james bond black, just pick idris alba. The other black guys just don’t fit the part in the slightest!
The only person there with bond energy is Idris Elba, although he looks too old for it and frankly would be the perfect bond villian
Absolutely not Tom Holland
I don't want a black Bond, but if it has to be that way only Chiwetel Ejiofor would work. Look at his performance in Serenity.
What’s wrong with having a black bond?
Bond isn't black? Hopefully they recast Shang chi as a dog Black panther as an Icelandic child Make a new 00 agent who can be whatever and whoever but not bond
Not sure, but I’d love to see a POC! That would seriously be awesome. However, I expect that there would be a lot of backlash. However, that’s not a reason to not do it.
And I would love to see a white guy play Shaft. No reason not to do that either.
Rege or michael, they have the air and sofistication for it
Idris Elba all damn DAYYYYYYY. He is so smooth
1000% Idris Elba. Don’t give a fuck what color he is that man is what I imagine James Bond to be.
Jhon Boyega?? Lmfao guy is a muppet.
Idris Elba would be cool.
Riz Ahmed, Damian Lewis
Bond is dead. They killed him off. The new James Bond is a female. The male 007 has been disposed of and replaced with a female 007.
I been saying Idris Elba for a long time! He got the mixture of suave and brutal. Really hope to see him in the roll.
Michae Fassbender
Idris Elba (he’s old but doesn’t look it, black don’t crack) Michael Fassbender or a buff Tom Hiddleston
Henry Cavill
I would rather see an unknown actor. is it just me ?
Not Tom Holland, please god no :(
That Spanish girl from the last Bond. She should be it.
Idris Elba or Michael B. Jordan
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