# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/21 "2016-07-04T02:01:44Z")
John Cena ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/22 "2016-07-04T04:32:01Z")
All this Fassb_e_nder talk…Werner Fassb_i_nder outdid any Bond in his maverick turn in “Kamikaze 89”, maybe one of the top five greatest films ever made. If you’re doing whippets. also: Patton Oswalt. William H. Macy ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/23 "2016-07-04T04:57:58Z")
What’s the age cut-off going to be? Daniel Craig was 38 when first cast as Bond in _Casino Royale_. That seems a touch old for me, but it certainly worked. Pierce Brosnan was 42 in _GoldenEye_, and Timothy Dalton was either 41 or 43 for _The Living Daylights_. Well, that kills my idea of casting someone 24-30. Let’s look at 35-42 U.K. actors then. My off the cuff idea of Jamie Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is both too old, at 46, and Danish to boot. Idris Elba turns 44 this year. (Cue sad trombone.) But 35-42-ish UK actors is where we should start, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/24 "2016-07-04T05:14:29Z")
I second the vote for Jude Law. ---
**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 4, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/25 "2016-07-04T05:22:57Z")
Age, schmage. Let’s go for Blockbuster: Bruce Willis or Harrison Ford. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/26 "2016-07-04T05:37:25Z")
Nobody. James Bond was [del]reduced[/del] expanded to a cloud of ionized particles at the end of_Casino Royale_ in 1967. It’s high time we stopped pretending that didn’t happen, put an end to the glorification of infantile and deadly Cold War dick-waving, and produced a twenty-six film series of the adventures of Caractacus Potts, his family, and their decidedly NON-Aston Martin magical motorcar. Lin-Manuel Miranda could manage the song-writing chores quite handily, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/27 "2016-07-04T05:40:28Z")
If my suggestion is voted down, then the next Bond should be Michael Cera. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023/28 "2016-07-04T07:35:54Z")
If you’re going for a Roger Moore type, I’d say Tom Hiddleston. If you’re looking for a Timothy Dalton type, try Aidan Turner. I have no problem at all with the popular choice of Idris Elba. I also like Chiwetel Ejiofor, though he’d be a good villain instead, I think. As would other commonly listed name, Damian Lewis. Michael Fassbender and other common choices like Tom Hardy or Henry Cavill are a bit “too much” in my mind, whatever that means. Something just doesn’t feel right for those choices. It will probably be none of them. Seems the likely choice is going to be the guy from _Divergent_, Theo James. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-new-james-bond/759023.md?page=1)