DISQUS

Film School Rejects: 7 Days of 007: Ten Actors Who Should Never Play Bond

  • Mister Hand · 2 years ago
    Well, I must say I was initially disappointed with the choice of Daniel Craig as the new Bond, seeing as how I had been engaged in a twelve month letter writing and blogging campaign to win the part for Nathan Fillion. Craig is good, but Fillion would have been better.

    The good news is, I have now redoubled my efforts to have Fillion cast as Thor.
  • Kevin Carr · 2 years ago
    Bah to Blanchette. I'd top the list with Steven Seagal.

    On the other hand, I think Sherman Hensley would make a FABULOUS Bond!
  • J.L. Sosa · 2 years ago
    Sherman Hensley? You mean George Jefferson? I thought he was dead. The world is ready for a Black Bond, but not a zombie George Jefferson Bond.
  • Maggie Van Ostrand · 2 years ago
    Instead of Cate Blanchett, who might possibly by a stretch of one's imagination, play Daniel Craig playing James Bond, why not add Rosie O'Donnell who could lip sync to Sean Connery?

    Just askin'
  • blogcabins · 2 years ago
    Jonathan Lipnicki.
  • Robert Fure · 2 years ago
    Nathan Fillion? No thanks. Craig was pretty perfect. Plus, Fillion is a Canadian who became famous as an American-type hero. Not acceptable in a Bond film. You have to be of the Kingdom Proper!
  • Kevin Carr · 2 years ago
    The reanimated corpse of Sherman Hensley would be the best Bond EVER!
  • Jim · 2 years ago
    Cameron Daddo?
  • Mister Hand · 2 years ago
    I just came up with another person who should NEVER play Bond. My Dad. My Dad would make a TERRIBLE Bond. I mean, unless your idea of a great Bond is a guy who wears white sneakers with black socks and Nike workout shorts.

    Dad. Hand's Dad.
  • Brian Rodden · 1 year ago
    There are a million actors who shouldn't play Bond, but I love that Orlando Bloom is on this list. The guy is absolute pansy. Cae Blanchett could actually kick his ass.
  • Nevernude · 1 year ago
    hahahaha i totally agree with the choice of Orlando Bloom. That guy cant act for sh*t. In fact, he shouldnt be cast in any movie unless he's playing an elf!...

    The day Orlando Bloom plays James Bond im gonna be cutting my testicles off and steamrolling them into a bowl of french fries!
  • DizzyK · 1 year ago
    Oh My God. The idea of Hugo Weaving playing a Bond villain sounds like a role made in movie heaven. I can see it now. No more pussy poker players for Craig, he'd get down and dirty just like the Bond we saw in Casino Royale.

    That sounds amazing. Somebody needs to get on this.
  • TL · 1 year ago
    I wouldn't put P Diddy in a movie about P Diddy.
  • big K · 1 year ago
    The thought of non-Caucasian actors playing Bond were interesting, and I'd like to offer the ONLY two actors worthy of the role, and have the sex appeal, charisma, and action chops to pull it off:

    Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor (sp?)

    Elba played Stringer Bell in "The Wire", so you know he can handle the heavy stuff, and the chicks dig the brother.

    Ejiofor pretty much owned "Serenity" and he is quite a talented actor.

    Plus that, both brothers are as British as fish and chips.

    Sidenote: I don't see that happening anymore than Brad Pitt being cast as John Shaft, but it's kind of cool to imagine actors of different ethnic backgrounds playing in roles that are supposedly race specific like Olivier and Welles playing Othello, Viggo Mortensen playing Latino in Carlito's Way, and Michael Clarke Duncan playing the Kingpin.
  • Wes · 1 year ago
    Snot flavored jellybeans!?! They'll be handing those out at the Karate Kid remake.
  • Daniel Jefferson · 1 year ago
    Give me , ooh say 18 months , and I'll be fit and ready

    Actor Daniel Jefferson
  • Bob the Buider · 9 months ago
    I am a girl (despite the name!), and couldn't agree more with you puttin Orlando Bloom on the list, he's a right knob.