Who’s your vote for the next James Bond?

[Paul Farquhar]

Or how about Bond, after hundreds of years in cryonic suspension, is resurrected by Section 31 for a secret mission?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

This is getting as silly as Bond raking on the moon!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Will Poulter, Nicolas Hoult, and Aaron Taylor Johnson would be my top three. Though Nicolas Hoult really has too kind a face, but he's a great actor (the best of the three, IMO) so... he could probably pull it off in spite of that.

 

[Marc Radle]

Not really a big James Bond fan in general, but Nicolas Hoult is a great actor and would seem like a perfect choice

 

[MarkB]

Or, horrors, an American Bond working for the CIA. And, since it's eventually going to happen, this would be a good chance to try out a female James Bond, and see how the audiences react.

With Felicity Leiter as his / her contact in MI6?

 

[delericho]

With Felicity Leiter as his / her contact in MI6?

I hadn't actually meant to combine the "American Bond" and the "female Bond" into a single film. But, yeah, that could be cool.

 

[Kichwas]

So with all that in mind… who is your vote?

I'm for Ncuti Gatwa - though they'd have to drag him away from Dr Who to do it and I'd much prefer to keep him there.

My number two pic isn't on anyone's radar. Kymani Marley. Son of Bob Marley - he's a Jamaican actor and musician. He's on my list because Ian Fleming who was the creator of Bond was a White Jamaican and infamously racist against the black majority of his home country. However his mansion was later bought by Chris Blackwell - another White Jamaican, and became The Place that made Bob Marley's career as Chris has been a lifelong promoter of the music of his island's people. There's a further tie that Ian was sleeping around with Chris' mother - which might be why (in my completely unfounded fact free head canon) Chris not only grabbed up the guy's property, but then proceeded to use it to promote the people Ian hated. So Kymani is my 'karmic justice' pick. He's got the looks, charm, and talent. He just isn't as internationally famous as his brothers Damien and Ziggy.

 

[jian]

So we’ve had a Scot, an Irishman, an Australian, three Englishmen (and an unofficial American, but we don’t count that).

Three weren’t English, two weren’t British (not counting Niven). So those are our precedents.

Some of the usual favourites have aged out now—they need somebody in their 30s so they can get a good 15 years and 5 movies out of them before they age out. That ruels out Idris Elba (52). Henry Cavill is on the outer edge at 41.

So with all that in mind… who is your vote?

Timothy Dalton is Welsh. So we have:

Connery: Scottish
Lazenby: Australian
Moore: English
Dalton: Welsh
Brosnan: Irish
Craig: English

I guess we could consider a Jamaican, Kiwi or Canadian for the next one?

 

[Morrus]

Timothy Dalton is Welsh. So we have:

Connery: Scottish
Lazenby: Australian
Moore: English
Dalton: Welsh
Brosnan: Irish
Craig: English

I guess we could consider a Jamaican, Kiwi or Canadian for the next one?

He. I never knew he was Welsh!

 

[Mercurius]

And, since it's eventually going to happen, this would be a good chance to try out a female James Bond, and see how the audiences react.

Why, though? I'm so tired of this Hollywood vs. rubes culture war game. James Bond is a dude - he's been a dude for over 70 years. What is gained by making him female? Who does it serve except Hollywood execs and those fans who think it is some kind of subversive cultural win?

Why not, instead, start a new franchise or spin-off with a female super-spy? I'd love to see a spin-off film with Ana de Armas kicking butt. It is a best of both worlds, really. Or if you insist on the Bond name, why not introduce his sister?

Not every single film franchise has to be a new battleground for culture wars. If the goal is to represent different types than white males, then churn out something fresh and new - start new franchises. "Colonizing" old ones just stirs a pot that doesn't need to be stirred and ends up working against the goal that it supposedly (but doesn't really) serves.