Danny boys out..

[OskarTennisChampion]

IIRC the Bond franchise is remarkable absence of Oscar awards

...... and those they have achieved are for technical or soundtrack

'Tiz true

 

[swee'pea99]

It's not as if you're casting a black guy as Queen Victoria is it?

"Idris, love? Yes, it's Benny, your agent. Now listen, I've had a proposal in that I thought might interest you. Might sound a bit strange, but hear me out..."

[QUOTE 4157582, member: 45"]If we're going to have a black Bond then there is only one choice - Ainsley Harriot.[/QUOTE]

Lenny Henry?

 

[User482]

Not at all... That is the cinema interpretation, NOT the original Bond

You're referring to the books? It's a long while since I read them (having been an adult for some time now) but I seem to recall that the character portrayed was even less pleasant than the cinematic version.

 

[Markymark]

The state's semi house trained thug.

You rang?

 

[ufkacbln]

You're referring to the books? It's a long while since I read them (having been an adult for some time now) but I seem to recall that the character portrayed was even less pleasant than the cinematic version.

As were the rest- think of Callan, Harry Palmer and other "spies" of the era in books or film
The best way to describe them is anti-heroes

 

[claudbutler]

How about Eric Cantona ?

 

[ufkacbln]

But the likes of Callan and Harry Palmer now seem cringe-inducingly old-fashioned and ridiculous. Bond really should have gone the same way by now.

So long as they don't "reboot/ reimagine " Harry Palmer with Danny Dyer

However introducing Harry Palmer into
Eastenders......

 

[Dec66]

David Morrissey.

For no other reason than I'd love to see a scouse Bond.

"Der name's Bond... James Bond... Stitch dat yer f**ken meff..."

 

[captain nemo1701]

I used to have a thing for his mother.......excuse me while I sit down, my zimmer frame is creaking.

Ah yes, Colonel Lake

 

[Speicher]

After last night's performance in "The Night Manager", Tom Hiddlestone would seem to have the correct attributes to be the next Bond.

 

[ufkacbln]

After last night's performance in "The Night Manager", Tom Hiddlestone would seem to have the correct attributes to be the next Bond.

.. apart from being white?

 

[AndyRM]

I think it should be the ghost of Laurence Olivier.

 

[Maverick Goose]

There is only one man for the job, Jason Statham

English, suave and sophisticated, with a great body of acting behind him.


Just me then?

His GF's got a great body of acting too...... Verily, the Stath is a ledge!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Jonny Lee Miller (whose granddad was Bernard Lee, interestingly) or Tom Hardy would get my vote, if I cared one jot for Bond movies. Which, I admit, I don't. Tom Hiddleston just seems a bit effete.

 

[slowwww]

After Saturday's performance, Maro Itoje. I can't see that anybody would intimidate him!