# Orlando Bloom (Legolas) positioned to be next James Bond -- Good idea or bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954 "2004-03-28T19:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/1 "2004-03-28T19:13:17Z")
[007 to Bloom?](http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=3852) Good idea or crime against nature? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/2 "2004-03-28T19:18:11Z")
Initially: Unsure. I’d like to see Ewan Mcgreggor as 007 ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/3 "2004-03-28T19:22:17Z")
I’m wondering the same thing. For the life of me I can’t decide. I’m a little wary of the line > [@](#): > > "They want to move away from the traditional image of James Bond - the older, suave gentleman - and believe a younger, trendier actor will attract friends. I don’t think that it makes any sense to play up his young-ness and that is my main qualm to begin with. I think Bloom would work despite being young, not because of it. I don’t know though, it could be horrendous however they played it. But I’m not really a Bond fan, so I probably shouldn’t talk. I also think that perhaps Orlando Bloom shouldn’t be squandered on Bond flicks. I don’t think he’s that good of an actor, but he’s interesting enough. I’d prefer he not be associated with James Bond for the rest of his life. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/4 "2004-03-28T19:29:59Z")
Good. Grief. NO!!! Suspension of disbelief and all that, maybe in about 10 years or so, but at this point I cannot accept a guy who looks like he’s fresh out of high school to be 007. screech-“bond fan” owl ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/5 "2004-03-28T19:33:04Z")
Only if Q is going to give him specially tipped arrows. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/6 "2004-03-28T19:58:50Z")
I think it’s a horrible idea. I couldn’t buy anyone who wasn’t an older, suave gentleman as James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/7 "2004-03-28T20:03:42Z")
The last I heard Pierce Brosnan was going to be Bond at least one more time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/8 "2004-03-28T20:28:31Z")
Doesn’t matter _who_ they cast if they don’t start getting better scripts first. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/9 "2004-03-28T21:06:05Z")
Worst concept I’ve heard all day; he’s just a kid. Who will play the Bond girl, the Olsen twins? Hillary Duff? But on second thought, the Bond franchise has slid into video-game depravity since Cubby croaked, and they’re making more money from the video games anyway, so why not? Cast Bloom. Help the Bond franchise into its grave and pile dirt on it. End our suffering. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/10 "2004-03-28T21:08:00Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Doesn’t matter _who_ they cast if they don’t start getting better scripts first. You mean you haven’t heard the basic script for the next Bond movie? Well, then, I’ll tell you: This crazy, really old guy wants to rule the world. Like all good villains, he uses a specific object in his plans to take over the world. Some using nuclear weapons, some use nuclear weapons in satellites, some use nuclear weapons in drills, some use newspapers and stealth boats (both of which are probably nuclear-powered), and so on. Well, this guy’s object is a certain ring. A ring of power, one might say. One might even call it the One Ring. Following the opening credits with the music done by a strange combination of Howard Shore and Britney Spears we get a sequence where the villain uses most of his power but can’t fulfill his plan without the One Ring. It is then up to 007 to find the ring before he does and destroy it before it can be used. Along the way, he will have sex several times with hot chicks, some of whom might not speak Westron, ride a horse bareback (complete with Stinger missiles that shoot out the nostrils, a GPS system built into the neck, and a remote control device), show off his extreme sports skills, and be caught at least once and imprisoned in a tall tower with an overly-complicated killing device involving sharks, lasers, a spine-stretching machine, several dozen orcs, and having to listen to Liz Tyler trying to speak Elvish. He will show off his marksmanship with his Walther PPK bow and drinks his martinis shaken, not stirred. The movie will end in a long, elaborate sequence where 007 faces down the villain and destroys the Ring before taking on the villain himself. He will then be airlifted out (with yet another hot chick) thanks to the military and special agent of a closely-allied country and it is implied that he manages to have sex with this hot chick as well before we get to the closing credits. Dude, this movie is going to kick so much ass. I can’t wait until it is released. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/11 "2004-03-28T21:40:35Z")
I dunno, there’s just something that doesn’t seem quite right but you never know, he could surprise me. The one I’m worried about is Mel (the other mentioned in the article). He’s all wrong. The one that always seemed like a logical choice was Jude Law. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/12 "2004-03-28T21:47:02Z")
He looks nothing like Hoagie Carmichael. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/13 "2004-03-28T21:53:14Z")
I think Alexis Denisof (Wesley on AtS) should be the next Bond, therefore, Orlando is a horrible idea. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/14 "2004-03-28T22:12:18Z")
Sounds bad to me, but he might surprise me. It wouldn’t be the first time an actor sounded wrong for the role but ended up doing a good job. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/15 "2004-03-28T22:29:46Z")
Boy, it must be tough competing with Agent Cody Banks. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/16 "2004-03-28T22:45:08Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > Boy, it must be tough competing with Agent Cody Banks. ::::::slams on brakes:::::::: Oh, dear god, no. Don’t tell me that they’re going after _that_ audience (a long with the Spykids franchise). Ian Fleming must be spinning in his grave at just under lightspeed at this point. (The only good news is that the guys writing the current script seem to be having a lot of trouble with it. This could perhaps delay Blooms entrance into the role until such time as his testicles descend.) ---
**Author:** ![O\_Desfibrador](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@O\_Desfibrador](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/O_Desfibrador)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/17 "2004-03-28T23:29:37Z")
Arrrrgh!!! Run away!!! Of course, with the horrible scripts of the last movies it wouldn’t really matter. But Orlando Bloom? I mean, he has the style of a… I don’t know… an androginous elf? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/18 "2004-03-28T23:34:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > He looks nothing like Hoagie Carmichael. ???!!!??? M’kay, I like Hoagie Carmichael’s music, but did I seriously miss a memo here? ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/19 "2004-03-28T23:36:48Z")
I hope Bloom doesn’t take the job. I don’t want to see him typecast as “Bond” and do nothing else for the rest of his life (maybe it wouldn’t happen, who knows). I think he’s a decent actor that needs to find a better project. The Bond movies have been dying a slow death these last 5-10 years anyway. Then again, I’ve always been a Moore fan myself. Yes… I know Connery was the “real” Bond for some but not to me. Legolas, just say, “NO!”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954/20 "2004-03-28T23:39:08Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > M’kay, I like Hoagie Carmichael’s music, but did I seriously miss a memo here? Fleming says Bond looks like him in _Casino Royale_, I believe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-bloom-legolas-positioned-to-be-next-james-bond-good-idea-or-bad/236954.md?page=2)