# Who should be the new James Bond? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023 "2016-07-03T20:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/1 "2016-07-03T20:20:45Z")
Daniel Craig isn’t coming back to to the role. If you were the producer of the next Bond flick, whom would you cast? My choice would be Iwan Rheon. He’s fit, he’s handsome and he certainly knows how to play a sociopath. I bet he looks great in black tie. Plus he’s out of a job. Who is your choice for Bond? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/2 "2016-07-03T20:41:45Z")
Michael Fassbender can do the whole posh-and-charming-on-the-surface bit, as well as the whole coldly-driven-professional-killer bit; I can think of actors who can maybe do _either_ part better, but I think he’s got the highest average. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/3 "2016-07-03T20:47:53Z")
What’s Arnold Stang doing these days? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/4 "2016-07-03T20:48:00Z")
Idris Elba. And my personal choice, Clive Owen. I’ve always thought he would be better than Craig, even. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/5 "2016-07-03T21:35:30Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Daniel Craig isn’t coming back to to the role. If you were the producer of the next Bond flick, whom would you cast? My choice would be Iwan Rheon. He’s fit, he’s handsome and he certainly knows how to play a sociopath. I bet he looks great in black tie. Plus he’s out of a job. Ramsey Bolton? He might make a good psychotic henchman but he’s no Bond, who has to be suavely brutal. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And my personal choice, Clive Owen. I’ve always thought he would be better than Craig, even. Owen has already passed on the role and is too old for the physicality which is expected in the role today. The 58-year-old Roger Moore bedding women in their early twenties just isn’t going to fly. I think we all know the real answer to who should be the next James Bond in the franchise reboot, as well as the replacement for Indiana Jones, Martin Riggs, and Ellen Ripley while we’re at it. It answer, of course, Chris Pratt. We just need three more of him, plus one to sacrifice to all of the women who will follow him around tearing off clothes, hair, and bits of skin and minor appendages. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/6 "2016-07-03T21:43:44Z")
It also depends what tone and atmosphere you’re going for. As we’ve already seen, you don’t HAVE to hew to your predecessor’s vision of Bond. Maybe the next writer wants to strike more of a balance between the tones of, say, Brosnan and Craig. That would make a lot of difference in who you cast. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/7 "2016-07-03T21:54:48Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Michael Fassbender can do the whole posh-and-charming-on-the-surface bit, as well as the whole coldly-driven-professional-killer bit; I can think of actors who can maybe do _either_ part better, but I think he’s got the highest average. He may be a bit too on-the-nose. It would be like taking a step backwards. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Idris Elba. > > And my personal choice, Clive Owen. I’ve always thought he would be better than Craig, even. Clive Owen has aged himself out of contention, but Idris Elba is a contender. As an outside pick, I will go with Byung-hun Lee. He can rock a tuxedo and has already been in a number of action movies. I think he has the presence to carry the role. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/8 "2016-07-03T22:06:57Z")
Elba would be a good pick. I hear Jon Hamm is in the running, but I have to wonder if he can pull off a believable British accent. Another good choice would be Tom Hiddleston (_The Night Manager_) or maybe Andrew Lincoln\* (_The Waling Dead_). \*Real Name: Andrew Clutterbuck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/9 "2016-07-03T22:09:32Z")
I’ve been saying for a few years that the next James Bond should be none other than Robb Stark himself, Richard Madden. He’s 31, so maybe a little young. By the time the next movie comes out he could be in his mid-30s. He can do action, and my wife says ladies love them some Robb Stark. Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/10 "2016-07-03T22:48:58Z")
Carrot Top ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/11 "2016-07-03T23:22:58Z")
Jude Law. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/12 "2016-07-03T23:31:50Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > The 58-year-old Roger Moore bedding women in their early twenties just isn’t going to fly. It won’t? Damn. Call the studio and say never mind. Eh, the ol’ dinner jacket needed new fitting anyway. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/13 "2016-07-03T23:35:18Z")
[James Norton](http://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/images/c_scale,h_360,w_648/t_mp_quality/pjtefx70trvonlzdrvdo/why-happy-valley-will-be-the-tv-highlight-of-the-year-821656.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/14 "2016-07-03T23:46:31Z")
Tom Huddleston? He has the whole thing packaged up in “'The Night Manager” ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/15 "2016-07-03T23:47:08Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Ramsey Bolton? He might make a good psychotic henchman but he’s no Bond, who has to be suavely brutal. \ “Suavely brutal” is a great turn of phrase, **Stranger**. And it’s the perfect description of Iwan’s performance as Ramsay. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/16 "2016-07-04T01:02:18Z")
I’d like to see Tom Hardy in the role. And I’d like to see an origin story for James Bond, showing him back at Eton and then university, after which he’s recruited into the service. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/17 "2016-07-04T01:11:45Z")
“James Bond at Eton: Caned and Buggered.” Sounds like an item for a “specialty audience.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/18 "2016-07-04T01:14:49Z")
I say we need a more introspective, intellectual Bond. Get Vincent D’Onofrio to lose 100 pounds and dye his hair, and you’ve got the perfect candidate. Actually he’d make a pretty good Bond villain. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/19 "2016-07-04T01:24:47Z")
Chiwetel Ejiofor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/20 "2016-07-04T01:38:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Get Vincent D’Onofrio to lose 100 pounds and dye his hair, and you’ve got the perfect candidate. I’m sorry, but we’ve already got a Thor. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023.md?page=2)