Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
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Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Richard Burton would have given it a good shot, I reckon. Gravelly-voiced, hint of menace but suave with it.
I did hear that Ewan McGregor was once considered. Not sure about that one.
For a complete left-field choice, I'd go Terry Thomas.
I did hear that Ewan McGregor was once considered. Not sure about that one.
For a complete left-field choice, I'd go Terry Thomas.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Derelict BumbleSnatch would make a good Bond but by the time he's done with his Marvel contract he'll probably be too old for the part.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Clive Owen?
Michael Caine?
Sid James?
Michael Caine?
Sid James?
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
I'd say Tom Hardy, but I think he's too obvious.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Good shout. I reckon he would have been half-decent.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Henry Cavill, maybe?
I had no idea he was British, I assumed he was a Septic until I just googled it.
I had no idea he was British, I assumed he was a Septic until I just googled it.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
I'd forgotten we already have an existing alternative Bond...
"The name's Bond, Basildon Bond. I have letters after my name"
"The name's Bond, Basildon Bond. I have letters after my name"
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Colin Firth.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Kingsman is almost a Bond film, just with more anal sex.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Going back a bit but David McCallum had the right pedigree. Scottish and had played a Commander and a spy/agent.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
At the end of the Duran Duran song, he says "The name's Bon, Simon le Bon"
Pretty cool
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Lewis Collins, although Broccoli took an instant dislike to him and that was that.
Gareth Hunt would have been half decent in a slightly comic way.
Gareth Hunt would have been half decent in a slightly comic way.
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
Yeah I could see Henry Cavill in the role.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 1:03 pm Henry Cavill, maybe?
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Re: Continuing on the Bond theme: which actor should have been Bond?
"Scaramanga? More like 'Slagamanga', you fuckin' mug!"
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