Aaron Taylor-Johnson emerges as reported frontrunner for James Bond
Aaron Taylor-Johnson reportedly had a promising meeting with James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli
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British, male, thirty-something: these are the bare minimum requirements for the next James Bond, which has been described as a “reinvention” by producer Barbara Broccoli. This doesn’t quite narrow down the numerous possibilities for a new 007, but it hasn’t stopped those meticulous bookies from laying odds on the casting process. If we turn our attention to that arena, one Aaron Taylor-Johnson has emerged as a favorite in recent months (per NME).
In November, The Sun reported that the Bullet Train star had impressed producers in a “secret audition” for the role. Now, Puck News’ Matthew Belloni writes that Taylor-Johnson did indeed sit with Broccoli “and the meeting went well.” He reportedly checks all the boxes—beyond those listed above, he’s also a “great actor” and “accomplished but not particularly famous.” However, as Puck News notes, he’s about to re-enter the Marvel Universe (on the Sony side) as the lead in Kraven The Hunter and star alongside Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy film. So it’s possible that in short order he might become “too famous to take on Bond.”
This news comes just days after The Mail On Sunday claimed that Lucien Laviscount, one of Emily In Paris’ erstwhile lovers, has caught Broccoli’s eye. Laciscount, too, “ticks all the boxes”: “He is a super talented actor, is extremely handsome and in the past 18 months has won lots of new fans since he joined Emily In Paris,” a source says. “Bond bosses are already saying how you can see him in the 007 tuxedo, how dapper and fitting to the role he will look.”
Despite the, er, high profile of Emily, no one could yet accuse Laviscount of being too famous. However, he does have being a cast member of Big Brother back in 2011 working against him. “Lucien appeared on the show at a time when his acting career was not as high-profile as it is now, but he was very popular then and has a fan base now which stretches generations,” the Daily Mail source says. Put that way, it may not be such a black mark on his record after all: “That is a dream for Barbara who is very taken with him.” May the best Bond win.
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The S*n and The Mail on Sunday?Do better, AV Club.
So Bond will just blanky stare at stuff with his jaw slacked?
I didn’t know Kit Harrington was in the running as well.
Finn Wolfhard in The Lil’ Jimmy Bond Chronicles
But that doesn’t really describe ATJ.
He was one of the only good parts of Bullet Train. I don’t know man.
Based solely on his performance in Bullet Train, I am on board.
He & Brian Tyree Henry made Bullet Train a lot more fun than it would have been otherwise. Made me wonder what his Quicksilver would have been in future movies, had Whedon not given him the Wash-out.
I appreciate that they did kill Pietro, though – he’s got the same “how do we write anything else?” problem that The Flash does over on the other side. There is virtually no scenario in which they’re not massively, hilariously overpowered. Although that’s at least a lot less pronounced with Pietro than with The Flash.
Yet, a guy who’s just really good at throwing sticks consistently gives the Flash a hard time.
If you’re talking about the TV series it’s just hilariously badly written after the second or third season, mostly because Flash’s powers are almost always an auto win button. I’m almost done with season 8 and believe me it has taken a lot of willpower to stay with it.
That’s why they had to write Wally off of LoT.
Nah, I was talking about classic, blue-pajama wearing Captain Boomerang from the comics.I dropped out of the series sometime during the mirror-Iris saga.
Ah ok fair point…gotta love the blue PJs! Anyhow I think you’re underestimating the sheer coolness of boomerang…bah who am I kidding that silver age shit was silly as hell right?
Good choice, there are a few bright spots after that(Damien Darhk helping Barry to reset the timeline is good, but only because it’s always good to see McDonough playing the character) but generally it’s very bad.
Man, I loved the old silver age Flash when it just constantly rotated through the rogue’s gallery, even if it is silly as hell that a bunch of his villains are just “guy with a handgun/hand weapon” (Capt. Cold, Capt. Boomerang, Heatwave, Rainbow Raider) that the Flash should be able to have in prison before they finish a sentence.
Yeah I had a hard time watching that show when they were making “regular guy with freeze gun” an actual problem for the guy with super speed. It’s like, seriously, just run around behind him and punch him in the back of the head and it’s over, but they drag it out for an hour long show. No thanks, I’m done.
Between speedsters and Firestorm you gotta suspend disbelief a bit because Flash/Zoom level super speed and transmutation of any element into any other are both basically ‘I win’ buttons.
My favorite part on any given “Flash” episode is when he meets the Villain of the Week in the block before the first commercial, and gets a little stunned by the Superpower of the Week*villain goes around the next corner**Barry staggers to his feet and scans the room*“……he’s/she’s gone, guys.”(commercial break)
‘I searched the whole city and can’t find him/her!’I picture Barry peering in windows and phasing through all the houses in town.
This-over the years Flash has been written as just really fast to godlike. But I love the Rogues Gallery.
I also think this choice would Kick Ass….
He was great in BT. I’m still trying to figure out why that movie wasn’t more of a hit. It was fucking awesome, and had a great sense of humor, too.
I really like this idea! I think Taylor-Johnson is an ideal choice for the role. The man has talent to spare and is super easy on the eyes.Also, never heard of Laviscount, but I just laid eyes on him and holy schnikes, that’s a good looker too! Although I have no idea if he can act, so for now, Taylor-Johnson has the edge, imo. (And I’m sure ‘imo’ matters when the producers come calling for it…hahaha!)
Based on his performance in Emily in Paris, I would err on the side of saying Laviscount is not super talented as an actor. I think ATJ would do a much better job.
Taylor-Johnson was good in Tenet, making his character feel grounded and three-dimensional, which is no mean feat in Nolan’s ‘look it’s all going backwards now and shit’ film.
I loved how Taylor-Johnson’s character in Tenet was pretty much a young Captain Price from the Modern Warfare/Call of Duty games. They must’ve done that in purpose.
We have entered the millennial fuckboy era of bond
Brofinger
On Her Majesties’ Secret Bromance
Duderaker
Chill Another Day
The Man with the Golden Bun
More stars over here!
also
The Avocado Toast Is Not Enough
I see what you did there, and I like it.
Quantum of SleevetatsMoonVaperThe Living GaslightsOn His Majesty’s Secret Hinge Profile
Instagram to a Kill.
A View to a Chill
genius.
TikToktopussy
James Bond saves Philly in Dr. YO!
I know that one’s a bit off topic, but I couldn’t resist.
Octobussy
Octostussy
Diamonds are Basic
Agent 00[Cool “S”]
Jesus these riffs are painfully unfunny
then it works!…you do understand that is what we are going for, right? I think some of them might not be bad enough, frankly. Skymall
thunderballsdr. No dr. no consentoctapussy wet ass pussyfrom russia with love from ukraine with slava
The Guy Who Loved Me
With all the recent events, I think it’s totally fair to have russia back as a villain.
Quantum of Broface.
A View To A Chill
I have spent several minutes trying to make one of these out of Octopussy, but no success so far. I’ll keep you updated.
Has Bond not always been a fuckboy though?
A fuckboy is a certain kind of stupid and certainly never suave.
Yeah, it’s literally one of his biggest traits.
He’s one big slut. I don’t want to know how many STDs he has gotten over the decades.
Hes been a fuckman
Someone did an analysis of the original books and found that Bond was no more successful with women than the average thirtysomething single man who traveled a lot for work. He does not actually hook up with all that many women and in fact it’s mentioned he had several relationships that continued after the book ended.
The books are certainly ‘products of their time’. Quite a bit of classic British racism and sexism.
Someone did an analysis of the original books and found that Bond was no more successful with women than the average thirtysomething single man who traveled a lot for work. He does not actually hook up with all that many women and in fact it’s mentioned he had several relationships that continued after the book ended.
Yes but over 19 years old. Bond has to be a MAN
Connery was a fuckScot. Moore was a fuckgentleman, Dalton was a mistake.
GoldenBrah
He’s the same age as Connery was in Dr. No.
Dr. Nah
But didn’t OG Connery fans think Craig was a Gen X fuckboy when he was announced? At some point you just get old and the current Bond is younger than you. I didn’t think it would also happen to me 🙁
This the takeaway from most of the comments. A whole lot of Gen X going full “Get off my lawn!” here.
Cool! I get to see Tymoithieeeee Chalalalmuet get to assume the role, get shot by Blofeld, and disintegrate into powder.
I mean, he’s 32, assuming they select him and start filming in the next two years, he’ll be the same age as Craig in Casino Royale.
You can probably tell the thread is running on inertia now and things like that don’t matter.
are we talking about Lucien or Aaron.
Lucien has a baby face that just doesn’t fit the role at all.Aaron looks like the part though.
I mean the only departure from the generational fuckboy era was the last generation of Bond, every other one was a smarmy ladies man.
Pretty funny thread… Had me LMAO but in fairness I have liked him in the movies I have watched. Him as Tangerine was pretty funny in Bullet Train. (I know Bond is quite different.)
Student loan debt never dies
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British, male, thirty-something: these are the bare minimum requirements for the next James Bond.Similar to famous Brits like Pierce Brosnan and George Lazenby?
But everyone assured me we were getting a black, trans, autistic, quadriplegic Bond.
Aubrey Plaza in the role of a lifetime!
You wash your whore-mouth out with bleach. Aubrey “No One Cares” Plaza is too important for the likes of Bond. (At least, that’s what she tells herself)
So brave.
Nope, you’re getting Chris Pratt and you will like it.
Coming This Summer!Chris Pratt is James BondJames Corden is QAnd featuring Tyler Perry as Madea as M!
Needs more shia labeouf. XD
Shhh don’t reveal the secret villain casting!
Exactly! If we have to put up with Brits constantly playing Americans in our films, turn-about is fair play.
The transmisogynistic ablist heteronormative racist cispatriarchy strikes again!
Ugh. Can someone with authority please tell Fake Lizardo to gtfo?
Chuds: They’re going to go WOKE, you watch!Also chuds: They didn’t go WOKE, and I’m still not happy
I was told the new Bond would be a brain in a jar who was inoffensive to literally everyone.Son I am disappoint etc…
My entire family was killed by a brain in a jar you fucker!
Oh god that one time and nobody ever lets him live it down!
This another fake Dr Emilio Lizardo account.
I wanna see two Lizardo imposters get into an argument on here.
Followed by perma-banning, one futilely hopes.
That’s what kept you chuds up at night, yes.
A 62 year old woman who has (hilariously) done nothing in the entirety of her life besides produce a film series that her father used to produce gets to decide.
So not for another 15 years or so.
We should demand that Bond be played by an American, since most American rolls now days seem to be played by Brits or Aussies.
You’re never going to convince me that there’s a real person named “Lucius Laviscount.” That’s clearly a villain from a Gothic horror novel (“Lucius the Viscount”? really??).
Or someone named Pussy Galore, Oddjob, etc. All the bond villains had Pun names.
Lucien* Laviscount. He also has an even more improbably named brother, Louis, and since they’re Bri’ish, they absolutely pronounce that ze French way.
That’s not better!
Lucien Laviscount? Barbara Broccoli? What is this, a knock-off Harry Potter?
Snoke was knock-off Harry Potter.
Interestingly, the vegetable is named after her, not the other way around. Her ancestor bred the first broccoli plants.
I had to scroll to the top to ensure I was reading the last name Broccoli correctly. “Sit with Broccoli” had me all sorts of confused.
On the other hand, I would absolutely believe there was a Bond villain named “Lucius Laviscount.”
Or a girl called Lucy Lavishcunt (unfortunately)
You know my ex?
Are we sure Lucien Laviscount isn’t a vampire?…because that’s the type of name I expect a vampire to have.
I’m not saying he’s a vampire but he is some sort of immortal being. Anyone ever catch him in the parking lot of a wrestling event with a sword?
you do know most people that want to be famous change their name? especially since his father was an immigrant from Antigua that also tried to be famous.
I know the “Lucien” thing has already been corrected, but I need to point out that your error takes it from Gothic horror novel to anime version of Gothic horror.
That’s even worse!
Sure, but would this casting… er… kick ass?
The Fall Guy film? Hey now!
The Fall Guy has more practical stunts in its opening credit sequence than all of Hollywood’s 2022 output put together. They’ll need to make it a period piece.Either that or the main character has to be literal Tom Cruise.
I really, really hope we’re not going back to the dark days of the mid-2000s when every old TV show with an iota of name recognition was made into a truly awful film. As long as we keep Will Ferrell away from this one (after starring in both Bewitched and Land of the Lost), we might be okay.
I am psyched for Fall Guy movie. Do not ruin this for me.
did not realize ATJ had shooters. he’s always seemed pretty generic to me.
He is pretty generic most of the time, but can also be distressingly dirtbag hot with the right haircut/shitty facial hair combo.
Nocturnal Animals?
He also has a massive willy 😏
Finally a Bond that shows full penetration. Dennis Reynolds will be happy despite it not being Dolph Lundgren
The least they could do is have ONE BIG NOSE on Aaron Taylor Johnson’s body! He can SMELL crime!
What….
Yus
He’s a great actor, though. Should have been Oscar nominated for Nocturnal Animals.
IS HE?!I’ve only seen him in a few things and he was godawful in all of them. But I’m not saying you’re wrong, because some actors only shine with certain directors, or can give a good performance under the right circumstances.
i admittedly haven’t seen his entire filmography (and agree he was quite good in nocturnal animals despite that movie kind of being a mess), but i don’t see him as any better or worse than, like, tye sheridan. that being said i’ve never really cared who james bond is so whatever! just never knew this dude had an actual fanbase.
but i don’t see him as any better or worse than, like, tye sheridan.Damn, that hurt my feelings.
tye sheridan can be good! he’s good in the card counter and found him quite likeable in the tender bar. he’s mostly been in shit but so has atj.
Watch Bullet Train. It might just sell you on him as Bond. It did for me. He’s suave, steely and has the athletic chops that Daniel Craig brought to the table. Got decent comedic timing too, which is important for Bond.
He should be disqualified for making “heart hands”. Bond would never do that, and neither should anyone playing Bond. Go run on the beach with some tween girls.
My first thought as well.
Have you tried not acting, my boy?
The Mo Farah sign?
I thought the Mo Farah sign was pretending you didn’t know what that cream that was just rubbed on your leg was.Sorry, I get very few opportunities for training & field jokes.
I seem to be complimenting a lot of usernames lately. (I listened to his version of ‘Somewhere’ off Blue Valentine last week — great song.)
James Bond is well known for getting with women well outside his age bracket, so…
Never Say Jailbait Again
Yes. Tough guys never ever do cutesy things, ever.
He’s not playing Bond. Ain’t happenin’.
Oh, I don’t know. If he cuts off the beard, works on the accent, and holds off on slaying gods for long enough to get through principal photography, I think he’d do a great job!
I am not budging on the heart hands
Would you accept a Wu-Tang “W”
From Bond? Maybe.
He’s not that tough, he is a big daddy
The last Bond couldn’t drive stick and that was enough for a lot of people to discount him before the movie came out but it didn’t end up mattering since they’re just actors playing a part and not actual superspies
The last Bond could knot a cherry stem with his tongue.
Not “heart hands” when there’s a microphone jammed up in there, making it exactly the sort of thing Bond would do.
I can’t think of a single example of Bond’s mic handling technique. He was never a rapper.
Fear Of A British Planet?
So half of this article about Taylor-Johnson being the frontrunner for Bond is about this Laviscount guy also being the frontrunner for Bond?
Let’s see ‘em get in the octagon and fight for it!
Aw man, I let my subscription to ESPN 8: The Ocho+ lapse.
Only if they get Evan Peters to play his CIA contact, Ralph Bohner.Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
This news is pretty kick-ass!Mary, can I get out of the grays? Please and thank you.
Hasn’t it been pretty thoroughly confirmed that despite the Broccoli family always publicly stating that they are looking at black candidates that they will never ever select a non-white for the role? I thought that conversations about that had leaked and been shared by reputable sources. I may be wrong.Did anyone else at first glance think the article said that Anya Taylor-Joy was in consideration for Bond? I would be down.
It’s an interesting idea, so much of Bond is rooted in him being somewhat of an instrument of declining imperialism and his roots are in being orphaned from a wealthy family, so it’s less likely but as generations come and go it wouldn’t seem so non-negotiable. The Broccolis are clearly stuck in a position of catering to their devoted and usually reactionary fans, defending Bond’s place in the world (especially with the Queen now dead), trying new stuff with an old franchise and questioning/addressing the problematic elements of his character, asking if he’s a hero or a tragic figure, etc.
trying new stuff with an old franchise and questioning/addressing the problematic elements of his character, asking if he’s a hero or a tragic figure, etc.Isn’t that exactly what Craig’s Bond was intended to do?
I actually think a Bond of Indian decent could make a lot of sense. Bond needs to be British but he doesn’t need to be white. There was a rumor that Alexander Siddig was considered at one point.
Oooh that would be amazing, They did do a Bashir Bond Holodeck episode and it was great
They missed their chance at Iris Elba, so there goes the leading candidate.
Why do we even need a black Bond? How is the world made better for it?
We don’t need a black Bond but Bond being black shouldn’t be a big deal either
Agreed, i would have no issue with a black bond. I would take issue if the person in charge of casting said “only black actors”. Idris Elba would be good and that has nothing to do with blackness though, just like Pierce Brosnan was bad, but not due to whiteness.
Whiteness is intrinsic to Bond, please stop saying Bond can be played by BIPOC.
He’s this generation’s George Lazenby!
A hotter, nicer/kind-er Bond who is only in one movie?
George Lazenby wasn’t kinder, he was a raging arsehole.
The actor might have been, though compared to Sean Connery I very much doubt it, but the character he portrayed was drastically less sleazy and unpleasant than the one portrayed by Sean Connery. The Kill James Bond podcast has episodes on all the Bond movies and it might be worth listening to the On Her Majesty’s Secret Service episode.
He’ll let his agent convince him he’s too big for the role?
As someone that has been a bond fan since the 1970’s and has seen every Bond film in the theater since Moonraker. I am ok if the series just dies quietly. If they have to keep going just do a few faithful versions of the original books, set in the correct time (period dress and cars etc.)
Old man yells at new adaptation
for sure, it is ok to let things just go away instead of trying to squeeze money out of it until it is not any good anymore.
That’s a strange take for a franchise that has close to 30 films. People have been saying that since Connery hung up his martini glass. Skyfall and Casino Royale were two of the most successful films in the franchise. They’ll keep making them and they’ll correct course if things start to go off the rails, like what happened towards the end of the Brosnan era.
Reinvention, reinterpretation and rebooting has been key to Bond’s longevity as a franchise for sixty years, from the Cold War up through the End of History and through the War on Terror. It’ll work just fine for another sixty years, come whatever shifts in global politics.
I do agree with you in general. Like I think the terminator series should be left to die if they’re gonna make it woke nonsense where John Connor gets shot in the face within 10 minutes of the movie beginning.
Satan’s Advocate has certainly gone soft
To be fair, I think Boomers have a bit more ownership over the 007 franchise than we do. My dad made a similar comment. I love the MCU but I might feel differently if it’s still going when I’m 60.
Nobody has “ownership” over a franchise.
I would be strongly in favor of “bottle episodes”. I am done with the story arcs. Bond is endlessly rebootable, and the less baggage every movie has, the better. Honestly they should be going for a Roger Moore at this point. The action sequences haven’t been weird/surreal enough.
both excellent points
Bond seems to go back and forth between fun and serious, so now it’s time for a fun one. It sucks that Craig could only be a miserable bastard as Bond during his run, the five minutes of him having fun with Felix and Ana De Armas was the best part of No Time to Die
My feeling was that we were due for a suave Bond again, having swung hard into grim action for the Craig era.
They definitely need to do the stand alone, bottle-episode thing.I cannot be bothered to deal with another multiple movie saga. I want to watch a Bond film. I’m honestly surprised they’re not doing some fucking multi-verse, deepfaked Bond team up shared universe bullshit…
Exactly. The attempt at a story arc has been awful. And it’s extremely dumb to do “THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL” for 5 straight frickin movies. You can do that once in awhile, but can Bond just go on a mission, please?
We get Casino Royale where he’s apparently JUST joining the 00 program, and then every single other movie is him being too old and washed up?
Seriously. The best recent Star Wars movies have been standalones. Some of the best Bond movies have been standalones. The 007 series is unique in that it’s totally free from continuity. The only things that repeat are the characters and the ambience. Sequels used to be made this way. Jaws, Poltergeist, The French Connection… take the people you love and drop them in a new situation. These days there’s a weird pressure to continue the story. I blame this on Star Wars. Those movies are largely shit. I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but it’s absolutely ludicrous that a prop master’s throwaway contraption becomes a holy icon. Star Wars groans under its own weight, and to a lesser extent so do the MCU and DCU. Bond movies are, at their core, B-movies and travelogues. I love them.
ATJ is fine for the role, just as long as all the Bond girls are 23 years older than him.
Turn Moneypenny into a late 50s cougar and now we’re cooking with gas.
Jennifer Coolidge can probably do an accent!
Yeah, she certainly convinced me she was a Polish woman.
I’d watch it
The Bond dating M story line will be a new one.
Anya Taylor-Joy would make the best bond
Anyone with “taylor” in the middle of their name will work. How about Jonathan Taylor Thomas?
Obviously the movie should only be cast with people with “Taylor” somewhere in their names.Bond: Aaron Taylor-JohnsonM: Anya Taylor-JoyVillain: Taylor SwiftQ: Taylor LautnerTheme song: Taylor Hawkins (…aww, dangit)
Theme song: Taylor Swift, performing music by Taylor Hawkins.
How about Dandy Warhols ‘ singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor?
Had to google if he was still alive. Sigh.
How about Courtney Taylor-Taylor?
I’ll allow it.
So we’re bringing back Monica Bellucci, yes?
Did Daniel Craig have anything high-profile before Bond, or was it mainly A Kid In King Arthur’s Court?
layer cake and munich were solid audition tapes.
Layer Cake, for sure. He was also terrific in Road to Perdition, but that’s a role that’s not exactly Bond-esque. I have to assume Layer Cake was basically what landed him the role.
Yup, Layer Cake is a big one. There’s that one scene where he’s basically play-acting as Bond holding a very Bond-like gun as the actual hardass Colm Meaney gets annoyed with his fucking around.
Road to Perdition is where I knew him from. Love that movie. But he definitely wasn’t A-list before bond.
He was in the first Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie.
I saw that movie at the cinema and honestly have no recollection of that at all.
It almost worked like a Bond audition piece for him. His character in Tomb Raider even uses a Walther P99, a very signature 007 weapon (most often used by Pierce Brosnan), which he would use again in Casino Royal (2006).But really… The guy had quite a number of well done appearance in a number of successful movies. He had high billed roles in Road To Perdition (2002), The Jacket (2005), Munich (2005), Infamous (2006), and was the sole lead in Layer Cake (2004) which really helped show off his capabilities as a his leading man.
why does he look 200 years old there
It’s a time travel film, so it does take place several centuries in the past…
Because ALL of these actors get on steroids when they get a super hero/action hero film role.
Time travel.
Craig was apparently 26 years old when this movie was made…his face looks about the same today in his 50s.
He played some asshole British lieutenant in Sharpe.
And an evil German in Young Indiana Jones.
In the first episode too! Sporting a black ponytail and raven eyebrows.
I’m a big fan of his first role as a teenager: Benny Blank, Kid Detective.
He had a hilarious role in Logan Lucky, but it was post-Bond, so it doesn´t count.
If it’s anything like his Godzilla film, I expect to wake up again 80% of the way through it. “Hngskx… why does this feel like an 8-hour flight across the Atlantic?”
The guy from Kick-Ass? lol
That sparkling vampire guy made a decent Batman so you never know…
what’s his Good Time? you know the movie where you go that sparkling vampire guy is actually a pretty good actor
Okay I looked up his name, Robert Pattinson. I liked him in Batman. I also enjoyed him in this movie where he and Reese Witherspoon work for a circus, it’s called water for elephants. There is an elephant named Rosie. I mean people were also shocked when Tobey McGuire was made Spiderman but he pulled it off.But those Twilight movies are so funny. I know they weren’t meant to be comedic but damn. That main girl is allergic to showing any emotion. Her lover is a stalker and then his “brother” freaks out over a paper cut but attends school where I’m sure there has been a nosebleed or two at school so not sure why he’s allowed around people!
I admit, I did not.
WTF are these comments? Have they ever seen his movies or are people just trolling with the millenial “insult”?
Sorry, all, it’s time for a chav Bond.
ASBOnd
Dr. NaaThe Fackin’ DaylightsYou Only Skive TwiceDiamond Geezers Are Forever
Sadly Chav Bond has already been done – c.f. Kingsman.
Being as how Kingsmen was pretty fun I’m going to cross out your ‘sadly’ and replace it with ‘happily’.
I only say sadly because I think another run at “Chav James Bond” could be even better. The original Kingsmen movie was not bad at all and extremely funny at times. I was bored senseless by the sequel and prequel though, despite my boy Channing being in the sequel.
We won’t tolerate any Kingsman slander here!
Too bad the sequels were disappointing, though.
There will be a lot of bruv and innit, innit!
Who?
ATJ is my pick!!! Even for me how he did in Kickass 1&2 and Bullet Train!!!
I actually had no idea he is British. I’ve seen him is stuff, but I don’t think I have seen any interviews with him.
No idea who this guy is, but if they wanted to make Bond gay in the next movie then this guy fits the twink visual perfectly. Make Bond a bottom to some russian that turns out to be the villain, the tears of the fans will be delicious!
TheSun and TheMail is your source? The people who keep predicint every single doctor who and getting it wrong every single time?
Well sure, okay!
Maybe he can dodge bullets as 007 better than as Quicksilver.
When will they finally give the people what they want, and make Rupert Grint the new 007??
Listen we will take a persons of color and even maybe a woman but there is no way in hell Bond can be a ginger
After watching Bullet Train, you can say that A T-J certainly has the action chops to take on the Bond role.
He was great in Kick-Ass, he was one of the better parts (and fairly unrecognizable) in Bullet Train. I think he can pull it off.
spicy takes: (1) Bond is, at heart, puerile garbage for mouth-breathing incels…alteration of the source material isn’t just acceptable, it’s necessary; (2) Sean Connery was a dumb fuckboy when he was cast as Bond…Bond is a dumb fuckboy…the whole thing is “dumb fuckboy saves the world and swims in pussy”; (2a) we all remember Connery for being fun in a bunch of stuff and getting the hang of it (ahem ZARDOZ) but he kind of stayed a fuckboy his whole life (ahem entrapment)—and a misogynistic one at that; (3) when Daniel Craig was cast I only knew him from the terrible Road to Perdition where he was one-note and boring as paint so I knew he must be extremely attractive because otherwise there was no reason to be watching him; (4) he’s done some okay work since then (he was better than Bana in Munich) but he’s still often boring as paint (The Invasion, Dream House, etc.) and needs to go full camp to be interesting (Foghorn Leghorn for Soderbergh and Johnson); (5) Aaron Taylor-Johnson is boring as paint, it’s hard to tell if he’s a good actor because he’s so uninteresting to watch (which as with Craig tells me he must be very good looking because otherwise there is no reason to be watching him…his only interesting role he had to be a campy tweaker psychopath (like Craig not able to captivate without being outre), so this looks like a bad idea but it’s not like Bond is any kind of important role and often we feel the people who were Bond were wasting time better spent elsewhere…may as well be this guy.
Do you know any way of conveying boredom other than comparing it to paint? Jesus, you used that simile 3 times. Clearly you were Trying Very Hard with this comment, so I’m surprised you didn’t pay closer attention.
“Dumb fuckboy saves the world and swims in pussy” is the name of my semi fictional memoir.
I agree with most of your take, but please, please use paragraphs. I don’t know if it is just me (probably is just me), but I felt out of breath by the end of reading your entry.
Dumb fuckboy saves the world and swims in pussy…sounds awesome. Should it be a smart gay guy swimming in dicks instead? Go for it, and when it flops you can blame homophobia.Instead of Bond needing to be altered maybe just don’t watch? You don’t hear me whining that sisterhood of the traveling pants didn’t have enough explosions.
Either would be fine. Bond’s all surface – we just need him to be a posh British guy who does action scenes, has gadgets, and has some good one-liners delivered with appropriate British understatement.
I’d say they should try and make him funnier, but the past three Bond films were super-serious and earned the better part of a billion dollars (or more than that with Skyfall), so perhaps they shouldn’t.
They can be fun/funny but should try to avoid Marvel-type humor and especially should avoid reminding people of Austin Powers
It’s law that every new Bond and Batman has to be reacted to with unhinged whining until the actual movie comes out then we all act like he can never be replaced
Well, he’s overall a fine actor, but I don’t think anyone shed a tear when we learned Timothy Dalton wasn’t returning. He’s much better playing villains.
Hot take: Timothy Dalton was the closest thing to the James Bond that Ian Fleming wrote.
That’s not a hot take, that’s an objective truth.
Dalton was a fine Bond, he was just in bad Bond movies. Bronson got lucky with Golden Eye being a return to form but it was pretty down hill with him after that imho.
Oh you mean Quicksilver?
No, the other one.
Slowgold?
When I think James Bond, I think, “Bland and completely free of charisma or any personality whatsoever.”
“British, male, thirty-something” and it’s supposed to be a reinvention? Daniel Craig was a 38 year old male brit that could pass as early 30s when he was cast as James Bond. This doesn’t sound like a reinvention so much as it is casting someone to appeal to zoomers and younger millennials.
All those modern teens frothing at the mouth for Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Bond should be a black transgender lesbian paraplegic with vitiligo. It’s the only way to be sure.
Funny but I thought Craig in 2006 was a 38 year old who could pass for late 40s
Booooorriiiiiiing.
I was a fan of the Idris Elba fan-casting they went around, despite him not being interested in the role or whatever else kiboshed those dreams.But with Elba out of the running, I say get Jonathan Majors. Dude is fantastic and I’d watch him in just about anything, even the ridiculous.Jonathan Majors as Ernest P. Worrell in Ernest Goes to CoachellaTake my money now.
Just to say, knowing a lot about this guy will NEVER be a substitute for moral fibre.
That picture is not doing him any favors. It makes him look like a disgraced ex-NFL player.
I care about this as much as I do the direction of DC films, but I have to say, I’m not hating that possibility. The guy is as solid an actor as any of the previous Bonds. Take that how you will.
I haven’t watched a Bond movie since they stopped having Q make cool gadgets for him to use. I never understood why they did that.
Literally earlier today I was wondering why anyone still puts this guy in movies, and now I find out they’re thinking about sinking the Bond franchise by casting him? He’s been around for well over a decade now, has never displayed even an ounce of talent, charisma, or screen presence, not to mention zero bankability, and still somehow gets choice roles? How is this happening? What is going on?
Aaron Taylor Johnson marrying a woman 23 years older when he was 19 is just too unorthodox, too queer. It doesn’t matter how good an actor he really is, people who are creeped out by his exploiting an older woman will insist he’s a bad actor. Lots of people pride themselves on not making a difference between the actor and the role. The producers know this and money will tell them, pass, no matter how much a decent actor can help sell a tired (literally imperialist) trope.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has the charisma of a potato.
I’m too accustomed to Bond “front runners” not staying in front.
Lucien Laviscount? That guy is barely taller than Lily Collins! No way.
Just going by his name I imagine him twirling his mustache before tying a young woman to a set of train tracks.
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No one fucks with Chest and Brock.
Today I learned that a person who was on Big Brother in 2011 can be said to have a fanbase stretching back for “generations”. So “generations”, plural, can fit into a twelve year period. Are his fans cats and dogs? They breed fast enough for that to work.
Sea-Monkeys
Maybe the author is a mayfly
Stop playing.
So I read most of this article having misread the headline for Anya Taylor Joy. Sorry, I don’t know this Aaron guy, but Anya would be a cooler choice.
Maybe Prince Harry could be Bond. He was in the military. So, he’s got the believable ass kicker going for him. Then you can make Bond a part of the royal family too in the new iteration.
Ugh.
This guy in Godzilla had zero charisma.
Can someone please explain to me why yet again we’re not getting Idris Elba?
Too old
From what I’ve read, they want to go younger. Since it seems to take close to a year or so to shot these movies. And I am guessing they want to him to do several movies.
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NO. NO, no, no, no.
Taylor-Johnson is a good actor. Lucien Laviscount is…..very handsome. But I guess if they’re going for a more fun version of bond, it isn’t like we need a great actor as Bond. Being hot, charming and able to do action is all they really need.
What, you didn’t see that coming?
Yikes. I haven’t seem much of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, but what I have seen impressed me about as much as a room temperature cup of milk.
Dr. Meh
He really looked the part in Bullet Train.
Hopefully the deciding process will value quality over quota.
not that babyfaced feeb.
Who in the fuck?
Him?
With Taylor-Johnson as Bond, a refreshing change of pace, all new bond girls will now be in their 50’s.
I recently caught up on some Bond movies. I watched “Spectre”. And at the end he says to the woman he is in love with her. I was like what the fuck? When the fuck did this happen? When did they have time to fall in love? I knew there was an attraction, but it just came from nowhere.And when did he have time to fall for the Vesper woman too? Have it make sense! Bond: *flirts with woman while drinking a martini*Bond 1 day later, after spending the day running from people trying to kill them: think I’m in love with you because you told me about your father
I actually like ATJ (well, I like looking at ATJ) but this is a stretch. I’m not a huge Bond fan and all of my favorites seem to have aged out but they’d be crazy to take ATJ over Cavill if that were a real option—they don’t look that far apart in age when similarly groomed. ATJ is pretty far down the list of sometimes purported 30-40 year old options like Madden, Kaluuya, Dornan, Holt, Hiddleston, Egerton, Heughan, Norton, Patel, Ahmed, etc. (only a few of which seem like good ones).
I keep confusing him with the guy from Breaking Bad…
Tim Hardy….PERIOD
My fond memories of Bond come from Goldeneye. That game…it was just awesome. I played so much I had all the levels memorized.
[”So it’s possible that in short order he might become “too famous to take on Bond.””]Both Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan were already pretty famous when they started portraying James Bond.