‘Smooth with a sinister edge’: readers on who the next James Bond should be | James Bond

Bond ought to have a component of hazard about him. So sure Tom Hardy instantly springs to thoughts. I additionally suppose Tom Hiddleston can be good at a extra lighter contact Bond although, the Roger Moore to Hardy’s Connery. All the opposite candidates both sound solution to younger or within the case of Idris Elba, nice actor although he’s, a bit previous for the function. machineheadWhilst Idris and Tom Hardy would undoubtedly have been glorious – Tom Hardy, particularly, has that undercurrent of menace that Connery at all times carried – as, I feel, would Christian Bale, their time has handed. I did suppose Nicholas Hoult is perhaps an affordable choose, although probably too “fairly”. However have been I casting it, my cash would go on Jack O’Connell: proper age, English, dashing and will in all probability do rugged, thuggish violence if SAS Rogue Heroes is any information. EvanByrne2Ten years in the past I’d have stated Tom Hardy was a gimme, I feel he nonetheless has the motion chops for it, however is now over 50 so … Norton as the primary ginger Bond? I reckon he’s shout, Richard Madden and Equipment Harington have additionally received to be in with a shout having each accomplished fairly properly in spy caper motion roles earlier than. DezzyDiscoJack O’Connell. Very impressed together with his Paddy Mayne in SAS Rogue Heroes. The correct mix of appeal and hazard. JudeScorpioI by no means would have believed that I’d ever have typed the names James Bond and Eddie Redmayne in the identical sentence. It might have been a bit like suggesting Kenneth Williams ought to on the shortlist. Nonetheless, Mr Redmayne was chillingly good in The Jackal and he can be a really completely different type of chilly and calculating Bond. NigeleastsussexNoomi Rapace. {Photograph}: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/API suppose the following one must be JANE BOND. Since truth is stranger than fiction, there are many actual life examples of heroic ladies of the chilly conflict intelligence/espionage world, from which a wonderful author can draw upon. An exemplary efficiency was supplied by Noomi Rapace in The Woman with the Dragon Tattoo (2009). Think about the financial success of the Surprise Girl motion pictures – which can be tough for Bezos to know. NotACustomerDefinitely James Norton. He has the seems, the appearing expertise and expertise and can be good as the following 007. christinen101No extra Bonds, for Heaven’s sake! They misplaced the plot, over-hyped the character, killed any humour or appeal and turned Bond into some type of American motion cartoon. Simply watch Dr No or one thing and transfer on. fabcat21Matthew Goode. I’ve nothing so as to add. RiotsnotdietsHugh Laurie, clearly. He can play something, particularly upper-class Englishmen who can morph into convincing Individuals when required. ErbiumBoris Kodjoe! Good-looking, tall, match, wryly humorous, and a fairly first rate actor. KnowitallieTom Ellis. {Photograph}: null/2017 Warner Bros. Ent. All rights reserved. TM & © DC Comics.I fairly like the thought of Tom Ellis. He can be easy after Daniel Craig’s extra gritty efficiency. I assume extra within the Roger Moore vary. However with Denis Villeneuve within the director’s chair undecided it could work. Tom Hiddleston would additionally make a good selection. MillyTantI suppose George MacKay (1917) would make an amazing Bond. He’s received that look that mixes imprecise meanness with woolly competence, so he might match every kind of various situations. Making an attempt to interchange Daniel Craig (RIP) with one other toughie road fighter can be too simple. I feel MacKay additionally provides a spoonful of the eccentric enigmatic, would make him robust to pin down however nonetheless fairly weak. studious1Tom Hiddleston. One other visceral actor would simply look shite in comparison with Craig so I’d go for a extra cerebral Bond however with sufficient gravitas to cease it trying like a parody (in contrast to Brosnan). FeedTheEnemyChris Hemsworth is perhaps possibility. Relies upon in the event that they need to go hardcore like Craig’s On line casino Royale or in the event that they need to ham it up like Roger Moore’s tenure. TheMrGafferJack Lowden. {Photograph}: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex/ShutterstockJack Lowden can be shout. I’d prefer to see the function reclaimed for Scotland. mikebhoyTom Hiddleston, after seeing his work as Jonathan Pine in The Evening Supervisor. Easy with a sinister edge. DewinDwlRobert Pattinson. He performed a suave agent in Tenet. He’s received the seems, the charisma, the magnificence. BTW my answer to the reboot downside is to take a leaf from The Man With the Golden Gun’s e book (actually, from the e book). Bond has misplaced his reminiscence (so no want to incorporate his new household from No Time To Die). He additionally suffered burns within the explosion and has needed to have cosmetic surgery so, cough, he seems utterly completely different. However we get to maintain his discovered household of SIS crew members who I really like – Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris and Ralph Fiennes. catwhowalksbyitselfHow about Matthew Macfadyen? He can do the upper-class British factor, however after seeing him be an actual asshole in Succession I feel he can do absolutely anything. kirkmc1Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù. {Photograph}: Susie Allnutt/Sky UK/Pulse FilmsMy choose can be Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, he has the motion stuff, he has the appearing chops; simply try the primary few episodes of Gangs of London for the audition tape. RichlieuLike the thought of Tom Hardy; Idris – perhaps slightly too previous? Don’t know? Am I being ageist right here? I see somebody has talked about James Norton – he has nice charisma and vary. JojoSumTom Hardy might be too previous now, as he’s pushing 50. Correct reboot territory ought to have Bond mid to late 30s. Theo James is an effective name, he’s already accomplished the “posh hardman” routine in The Gents, like Craig, who principally received the gig after his flip in Layer Cake. OwlyrossRegé-Jean Web page is the apparent contender. He has a stable fanbase however just isn’t but typecast, and has a fluidity that will allow the function to be reimagined with out altering 007 utterly and alienating diehards. Not precisely unknown after all. Estella1960Dan Stevens. {Photograph}: Erin Simkin/HULUDan Stevens can be my alternative. About the proper age, seems the half and might show expertise in each motion and comedy. And he did a wonderful movie a number of years again known as The Visitor the place he performed a steely-eyed murderous bastard to perfection. Sadly he’s a type of “tipped for giant issues a decade in the past” actors who is perhaps considered a little bit of a yesterday’s man for such a high-profile function as of late (though he’s accomplished superb work since). KevcoeI would personally go for Jack O’Connell as an outdoor guess. It gained’t occur after all. And he’s a bit brief, however so was Craig. However he positively has the charisma and the appearing chops to tug it off. LazygunnAs a longtime fan of the Bond franchise, I’m stunned that one actor’s identify hasn’t come up in casting hypothesis, and that’s Tom Weston-Jones, who I first turned conscious of by way of his starring function in Copper. After simply a few episodes, I believed from the depth he projected, particularly together with his eyes, that he would make an amazing James Bond. Creative_Conquest