Nicholas Hoult IS James Bond!

He has beautiful features, as well.

He also does the scruffy look quite well.

He’s got a weak chin.

And then there's this...

What's happening here?

Why is Colin Firth checking out Nick's ass?

He looks kind of scrawny

My name is Bond. Fey Bond.

Close-to-perfect human beings like Nick really make me appreciate my decision to not procreate.

Not any more, R7.

And he doesn't have a weak chin.

Softer than bubble wrap.

I love that Nicholas doesn't have a problem baring his nakedness at all!

R8, fey is exactly what came to my mind as well.

He's pretty but not very masculine. Even his body looks too soft. I guess his strength will be in his mind and intellect. And his pinkie finger uplifted as he drinks tea.

Oh I am so going to hell for my beastly stereotyping.

Twink James Bond...looks like a girly man

"Girly man."

There may be plenty of gay men at Data Lounge who like this sort of man, but probably very few women.

Oh waaaay toooo gay. I don't see him being licensed to kill. Perhaps THRILL but not kill.

"I'll have an Appletini, please. Stirred with your best swizzle stick!"

^^^^^ I may have fallen for you.

Nicholas Hoult comes across as a boy. James Bond is a man.

His nude body double.

Yeah I don’t see James Bond in his future. He seems too young and I don’t buy him as particularly bright or savvy. He’s pretty though, for sure. They could make him bonds lover. That could be good.

[quote] There may be plenty of gay men at Data Lounge who like this sort of man, but probably very few women.

Not true.

He would totally appeal to Millennial women and GenZ'ers, as well.

That's what the studios are looking for, in trying to sell Bond to a new generation. Nick fits the bill.

OMG, who's that at r20??

Hoult is the same age Sean Connery was when he [Connery] first played Bond.

He's not "too young" at all.

No thanks. He’s a bit too arch, too pretty. He doesn’t project gravitas of any kind.

"Bring me a pencil, Ms. Moneypenny! I need to make a call!"

Nick is 100x better looking than Connery.

Isn't he (Nicholas) just one of many contenders for the role? I really don't see him having the air of effortless sophistication and swagger that James Bond needs to have.

Whoever plays Bond in the 2020s need to plausible as a tech nerd - since that's how so much terrorism is carried out these days.

Hoult can do it all, R29.

One of the few of his generation who can, actually.

Just look at his body of work so far.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I do not believe that the next Bond will be all Caucasian. I don't think they go that far to make Bond female. But I wouldn't be surprised if the next Bond is half-black, half-Indian or something to that effect as long as the actor is born in the UK and has some British accent.

Slightly off topic: If I was the producer of the Bond franchise, I would get a new Bond now, film the next movie and sell it as a double feature next year along with the last Craig movie. At this point I am not even interested in the last Craig-Bond anymore. I feel like he is old news already. Connecting his movie as a starting point to the next movie might be a good way to raise interest again. Not sure that can be done; depends on the story of course.

Kind of puny for OO7.

[quote] I do not believe that the next Bond will be all Caucasian. I don't think they go that far to make Bond female. But I wouldn't be surprised if the next Bond is half-black, half-Indian or something to that effect

But Bond IS a white guy.

If they want to use a character of a different ethnicity, then create a different CHARACTER, FFS!!!

I am so over this pc ridiculousness.

Make James Bond bisexual. Have him bed a Bond Boy. Make him bottom too. Fuck it, he's slept with all sorts of women, if he is going to sleep with a guy, make it count.

Nicholas is scrawny!??? Oh, god, you must be 400 lbs.

He was good in About a Boy and is still that dork kid to me. Not a good actor or very sexy.

r16

You get it

Nick is not scrawny.

And I have no idea where you're getting it from, that he's "too feminine."

He's not in the least bit effeminate.

[quote] And I have no idea where you're getting it from, that he's "too feminine." He's not in the least bit effeminate.

Yeah sorry but he is. Pouty lips and naturally arched brows give him a fey look. He’s a good looking man but he doesn’t read as the most masculine of actors out there.

So fucking hot in THE GREAT.

r29, if they go that route for James Bond they might as well get rid of Q

oh was THE GREAT any good? The advertisements made it look cute/quirky.

[quote] He would totally appeal to Millennial women and GenZ'ers, as well. That's what the studios are looking for, in trying to sell Bond to a new generation.

"Oddjob, you have NOT used my correct pronouns while trying to kill me! I am going to report you!"

[quote]oh was THE GREAT any good? The advertisements made it look cute/quirky.

It's excellent. If you've seen THE FAVOURITE and enjoyed it, you'd like THE GREAT. Albeit it's funnier and Hoult's character is more comedic than the role he had in THE FAVOURITE he's just as acerbic.

R33, Sean Connery was quite different from Bond as conceived by Ian Fleming....but I don't see you bitching about that.

These aren't done as period films, they are set in modern times, so I don't know why they can't change with the times

[quote] These aren't done as period films, they are set in modern times, so I don't know why they can't change with the times

So many of these old queens just keep bitching and moaning because we're not living exactly as it was 50 or 60 years ago.

Time to MOVE ON, Grandma!

r33, Bond wasn't blond either. People got over this fundamental re-writing of the Bond character.

Why is it that people who complain about bitching and moaning do not realize they are also bitching and moaning?

Also: r46, you're an idiot.

Didn't Ian Flemming say out of all the Bonds he preferred Roger Moore's portrayal? That'd mean Hoult isn't too far away from what Flemming liked.

Ian Fleming originally wanted David Niven....Bond was intended to be slim, not pumped-up and muscular

Hoult has a certain charm and off kilter wit in interviews, for what it's worth

Corenswet, in a few years, would have been better.

What happened with that Tolkien movie he did? I saw a trailer for it once and never heard anything more about it.

Thank you, R49 and R50!

I rest my case.

[quote]What happened with that Tolkien movie he did? I saw a trailer for it once and never heard anything more about it.

It was released to little fanfare.

I would love to see a bisexual BOND with Nicholas Hoult.

Bond was supposed to be middle class with hapless misadventures and fuckups on all sides.

If anyone is describing physical features as effeminate I’m going to find them and jump up and punch them in the dick. That is too stupid for any board and it will not be tolerated.

Bond will be black.

[quote]Pouty lips and naturally arched brows give him a fey look

You don't understand the keyword "nature" here, R39. Please immediately go back to your hyper-manufactured instaho wasteland where you belong.

You’re fucking high, 0P.

[quote] Bond was supposed to be middle class with hapless misadventures and fuckups on all sides.

I usually cringe, too, when adaptions change too many features of the original material, often to a point where characters and stories become unrecognizable. But with the Bond franchise I am much more lenient. First, Fleming's books are OK. They are not underappreciated art. Second, no Bond movie has been a one-to-one adaption of the books. In the beginning they tried to stay somewhat true to the material, but even then they made adjustments where they deemed necessary. And as far as I know Fleming made his piece with it very early. And at some point, the movies just took key elements of a story and made up something completely new. So 'a new Bond not as designed by Fleming' is a moot point in my opinion. That ship has sailed a long time ago. And people have been OK with it.

If they can have a black Anne Boleyn, they can have a black Bond.

Nick has a patchy beard. James Bond would never have a patchy beard.

NEXT!

No.

The James Bond of the Fleming books was a batchelor living in a flat on the King's Road fussing about his Queen Anne silver tended by a housekeeper.

Nicholas Hoult sexually harassing Ben Whishaw....could be onto something here.

Bad posture.

[quote] The James Bond of the Fleming books was a batchelor living in a flat on the King's Road fussing about his Queen Anne silver tended by a housekeeper.

Interesting.

Was he ambiguously gay in the books, and not the ladies man he was made out to be in the movies?

He’d fucking bruise like a peach rehearsing that first action sequence.

The James Bond of the Fleming books labors under a mountain of bureaucratic paperwork and boring routine. The Queen Anne silver was something of an escape: the sculpted tea pots, sugar pots etc.

What British actress can we get to play the fussy housekeeper?

Judi can play the housekeeper in The Other Bond the movie.

As long as she explodes, I’m all for Judi Dench playing a wide variety of Bond characters.

didn't that happen with Yaphet Koto?

from 4 or 5 years ago

R71 New DL fave Nicolas Fairford can play the housekeeper.

I like Hoult but he doesn't have a drop of menace in his whole body, and that's a quality I think is very necessary for Bond. They were on to something when they cast him as the romantic lead in that zombie love story movie—even while eating Dave Franco's brain he's sympathetic and unthreatening!

Oh, yeah, he's everything Sean Connery was not.

[quote] Bond will be black.

No thank you.

You are obsessed with this man, OP. How many threads are you going to make about him playing any and every character?

r79, you'd rather have a white guy who is nothing like Fleming intended?

Is this a Smegwin thread?

You nasty hateful beasts would KILL to have Nick fuck you.

Stupid cunts.

I would, r83. I'd do him for sure. Everybody here in this thread probably would wanna fuck him. But I still think other actors are more suitable for the role of James Bond. Has nothing to do with good looks or acting skills. He is just not the right type for the part - in my humble opinion.

Such a beautiful man.

I love that he isn't "menacing" as someone above put it.

That makes me like him more.

You need a Bond with strong features. Someone like Adam Driver.

Even as Nux he looked really get.

Nicholas will be a bankable star whether or not he's Batman.

He has always gone for edgier roles, and that has served him well.

James Bond ain't no sissy.

Nicholas is not a sissy.

I don't know where you people are getting this from.

Nick is too young and gentle looking. Bond is supposed to be rugged and handsome. Its the same issue they are having trying to convince us that Robert Pattinson can be Bruce/Batman.

Sean Connery was the best Bond. Yes, he was young when he took the role but he was rugged. Maybe because he smoked and drank which probably aged him.

In the books Bond is a somewhat fussy bachelor who lives in a 'flat' on King's Road with his Queen Anne silver and housekeeper. IRL Fleming had an apartment on the embankment not far away off Cheyne Walk. Nic Hoult would fit right in.

I like him, but He's a little wooden. Plus, Bond oozes sexual energy, Hoult doesn't. They should've gone with an unknown.

It feels like, by casting Hoult, were getting "Baby Bond". It's probably going to be an origin story.

Hoult is good at playing cold, passive and stoic like he did in Skins and Warm Bodies. I can't picture him playing someone as proactive and energetic as Bond plus he isn't really charming or seductive as the character has been portrayed in film for over half-a-century. An unknown would work better or the much fan-demanded Idris Elba. If they are attempting to do a more faithful book adaptation and make Bond more of a fussy bachelor then it would be very risky and it could alienate fans.

Bryan Singer has had him...No thanks

Bond is not a twink. Hard pass.

LOL

Is this mannequin-looking geek even actually age 19, in reality?

My name is Bond. Jane Bond.

- Nicholas Hoult

He definitely "bonded" with Bryan Singer....

I ran the pic at r56 through the Face App beard and masculine tool. It helps a bit.

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No it fucking didn’t R100.

You don’t think so? Gets rid of some of that round-headedness

I agree, more Jane than James, but I keep an open mind and so does 'M' remarkably.