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Popular British actor 'formally offered role of James Bond' as he takes over from Daniel Craig
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/popular-british-actor-formally-offered-32385973 ^ | 18 Mar 2024 | Susan Knox

Posted on 03/18/2024 6:21:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A popular British actor has reportedly already been offered the role of being the next James Bond - taking over from Daniel Craig.

None other than Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is said to have been the favourite choice for movie bosses after thousands of avid fans of the 007 franchise had put their money on Idris Elba taking over the iconic role from Craig, who last starred as the iconic spy in 2021's No Time To Die.

Elsewhere, Cillian Murphy insisted last week that he's 'too old' to play the role, shooting down feverish excitement surrounding the Oscar-winning star becoming the next 007. The Irish actor, 47, was reportedly top of film bosses lists after his incredible portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's masterpiece, Oppenheimer.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 007; donate; jamesbond; jimknows; tightwad
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To: Olog-hai

LOL!!!


21 posted on 03/18/2024 6:54:33 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

He looks like he prefers men....the women scenes may be difficult for him


22 posted on 03/18/2024 6:55:41 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: chickenlips

That’s the one where Blofeld plots destruction of the world beer industry.


23 posted on 03/18/2024 6:56:44 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: KC_Conspirator

From Alfie Solomons to James Bond.


24 posted on 03/18/2024 6:58:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: nickcarraway

should be Tom hardy...


25 posted on 03/18/2024 7:02:04 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Tell It Right

Yes Cumberbach has played a vast number of roles. He is a veteran theater actor among other things. His list of productions is rather formidable.

He was in Warhorse and 1917 if you want another type of character.

He can certainly do the “brutality” part of Ian Flemings character. And he does look the part, as described by Fleming.


26 posted on 03/18/2024 7:03:00 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: nickcarraway

Never heard of him before this.


27 posted on 03/18/2024 7:03:01 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The one Bond film I loathe. Lazenby was AWFUL. Stiff, awkward, yet somehow smarmy and pretentious. Smooth wasn’t in his repertoire AT ALL.

His voice was also less-than-pleasant.

Yeah, I’ll NOPE RIGHT OUT of Lazenby.


28 posted on 03/18/2024 7:08:48 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: nickcarraway

Use an AI Connery fake.


29 posted on 03/18/2024 7:12:50 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GreyFriar

I had only heard of him because he is married to a woman 23 years older than him, and is a director.


30 posted on 03/18/2024 7:20:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: heylady

I actually hated Bond movies *until* Daniel Craig got the role. They were always way too silly for me. I love all of the Craig movies except the last, but I know he was tired of the role at that point and allowed them to backslide to some of the old silliness. Skyfall is one of my all-time favorite movies.


31 posted on 03/18/2024 7:22:16 PM PDT by AnglePark (My opinion is the most worthless thing I own.)
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To: nickcarraway
Popular British actor 'formally offered role of James Bond' as he takes over from Daniel Craig

IT'S ANOTHER BLOODBATH!

32 posted on 03/18/2024 7:22:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz (We are so screwed. We are so screwed. We are so screwed. We are so screwed. We are so screwed.)
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To: nickcarraway
Jason Mamoa was doing the same thing, but he finally cut it off with Lisa Bonet, who was 12 years older.

It’s certainly a weird fad. Makes me think they’re probably controlled.

33 posted on 03/18/2024 7:28:24 PM PDT by GunRunner
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
he's no Sean Connery

No one is. Nor ever will be. The one and only 007.

34 posted on 03/18/2024 7:39:05 PM PDT by katana
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Benedict Cumberbatch.”

My choice!!!!


35 posted on 03/18/2024 7:48:15 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: nickcarraway

Dwayne ‘the rock’ Johnson would be best.


36 posted on 03/18/2024 7:52:19 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: nickcarraway
The first actor to play James Bond.


37 posted on 03/18/2024 8:06:04 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: katana
James is the reason I'm a 'Martini Girl' today. ;)

How to make the 'Casino Royale' Martini:

https://drinksfeed.com/how-to-make-the-vesper-martini-from-casino-royale/

38 posted on 03/18/2024 8:07:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Moltke
Doesn’t matter one way or another - the Bond franchise has long lost its charm and has run its course.

You're 100% right.

But I can write a script. But it'll never get approved in Hollywood today. James Bond is too much of a womanizer. Way too masculine. Which is unacceptable.

In other words, James Bond does not survive in this world. Our culture that produced James Bond no longer exists today.

39 posted on 03/18/2024 8:09:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

They can replace Sean Connery, kinda, but they’ll never find a successor to Honor Blackman.


40 posted on 03/18/2024 8:09:47 PM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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