Elordi as Bond preview ?

I assume he’s the leader right now followed by Turner.

I saw a name yesterday mentioned as a in the running of a guy I’d never heard of and don’t even remember his name now. He was on Vikings Valhalla I think

At least Pierre is British. And was pretty damn good in Rebel Ridge.

Rebel Ridge was quite badass for a movie about civil asset forfeiture. Pierre is also playing a green lantern in the new HBO series with Kyle Chandler.

My dark horse candidate for Bond is still Pattinson. He is Batman, but he only makes one of those every 10 years, so he isn’t that busy.

Connery was 6-2 which was pretty tall back then and Elordi moved pretty well in Frankenstein so he might be able to pull it off. He’s the best candidate they’ve put forward so far.

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Elordi is a good enough actor and has the looks, but two hang ups for me with him being Bond, if that's the case -

1. He's freaking tall. Now, I'm sure they can use visual tricks to not make him seem like a gangly tall guy, but a super tall spy seems counter-intuitive.

2. He comes off like an unathletic, pussy to me. We'll see how they try to hide that. Watching him in fight scenes will be something I'll have to just get used to I guess.

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I'll say it again: if people haven't seen The Narrow Road to the Deep North, I will invite them to. If that Jacob Elordi plays Bond, then it will be an excellent Bond.

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Connery was 6-2 which was pretty tall back then and Elordi moved pretty well in Frankenstein so he might be able to pull it off. He’s the best candidate they’ve put forward so far.

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Connery was also a built athlete. Elordi's 6'6" comes off looking like 6'9" because he's a gangly fashion model type looking person.

I'd prefer Callum Turner. He's not as classically good looking as Elordi in the face (ears, lol), but he can pull off smooth, tough, and confident. My wife thinks he's hot because of that.

I won't just not watch it if it's Elordi and I think he's a good actor, just some message board thoughts

He’s almost too oafish and tall for it


Maybe I’m wrong .

I’ll still go see it in theaters

Oof, that guy is not James Bond.

It doesn't matter. They have to reboot it with someone else other than a white guy. The Bond films are played out. It's the same story over/over - save the universe from some type of annhilation with the same British humor and grit. For people who read the books, the movies are so far gone, and have been, it's nothing but caricature. There's no reason to stay within some preconceived notion of Bond or anything else. It has to be British, but that's literally about it at this point. Unless you want the story to be set in the 50s, along the lines of the original stories (or similar in vein). Which would be great, but boring for today's audience.

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It doesn't matter. They have to reboot it with someone else other than a white guy. The Bond films are played out. It's the same story over/over - save the universe from some type of annhilation with the same British humor and grit. For people who read the books, the movies are so far gone, and have been, it's nothing but caricature. There's no reason to stay within some preconceived notion of Bond or anything else. It has to be British, but that's literally about it at this point. Unless you want the story to be set in the 50s, along the lines of the original stories (or similar in vein). Which would be great, but boring for today's audience.

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Do you really believe that Denis Villeneuve of all people is going to "tell the same story" again?