Our dear Jacob Elordi the next James Bond?

He's too tall and not British.

Pierce Brosnan isn't British either.

He’s too much h of a sissy.

Just google Jacob and Tommy Dorfman.

He has no charisma whatsoever.

He was very charming in Saltburn.

Enough, hun.

Are you paid by the post on JE?

A gurl gonna start blockin yo ass.

I want James Purefoy

Maybe, but I'd prefer whatever odd wackness Barry Keoghan could concoct

Too young. I think Hugh Jackman would have been great but he turned it down.

Two ugly Bonds in a row? No thank you!

He would be the gayest Bond ever.

An American Bond would be dope. He could be from Boston

Elordi isn’t American

R13 I’m saying the Bond character because Elordi has an American accent.

OP is desperate for him to happen.

R14 no. He doesn’t.

R16 Oh I had never heard him speak in interview lol.

As it so happens, I have a friend who works with Barbara Broccoli (daughter of Cubby Broccoli, the Bond series' original producer, and EP of every Bond movie since his death). He's explicitly said that 99% of the Bond casting rumours are total bullshit, and are almost wholly fabricated – and mentioned after the SAG strike ended that they haven't even settled on a *concept* for the next Bond yet. Without that, they clearly can't hire anyone.

He's also pointed out that this is a bigger conundrum than most realise. The Daniel Craig films are the only serialised ones in the entire franchise, and given that he actually died at the end, the studio is in what he described as a 'tabula rasa' stage. I know many have forgotten it, but the Craig films were intended to serve as a pseudo 'origin story', which was problematic since Craig was already pushing 40 when he was cast. It started at the ostensible beginning of his career as a 00 agent, but what fucked it up was MGM's bankruptcy delaying 'Skyfall' by nearly five years. (That's what led to this 'origin story' tale turning into a comeback - and exit for Dame Judi - in which Bond is initially 'washed up'.)

Finally, Amazon now owns all things Bond, and if you haven't watched much in the way of streaming television in the past decade, I'll point out (much like my friend did) that Prime Video's formal policy is to NOT release anything with a cis het white male lead.

Who will be the next Bond? Per my friend: 'Unless Barbara talks Bezos out of it, Bond won't be white. If Idris (Elba) was a decade younger, he'd be a shoo-in.' Under this scenario, Regé-Jean Page is the unofficial leading contender. Or they may go for a *much* earlier origin story: possibly branded 'The Road to 00 Status' (though I sure as fuck hope not), and featuring an actor of colour in his 20s. It will DEFINITELY be either a Brit or, like Pierce Brosnan, an Irishman who's spent most of his life – and all of his acting life – in the UK.

Jacob is too white and too Australian for the gig. Sorry, bitches.

Oh, and my friend also specifically said 'Jack Ryan' will be Amazon's last major series with a white male lead, and it's now over.

R18 Thanks for posting meaty info.

Too young, too tall, too pretty, not butch enough.

I'm thinking Bezos will be the next Bond.

Fassbender is probably too old now but I think he would have been good earlier.

R23 he’s awful

Do we even need more Bond movies? Haven't we had sufficient?

George Lazenby is Australian.

Ooo, yes! Cast Lazenby!

If Aaron Tyler Johnson could find a way to deepen his voice, he could have been a great bond. British, easy on the eyes, looks fantastic in a suit, and only in his 30s.

I think we’ve all been holding our breath for a Pakistani Bond.

Palestinian Bond!!!

When I see him I think of the following condition.

It reminds me all of him.

JAMES BOND DEAD???!!!

Betty Broderick

The creators like to pretend that Bond is a single person and that “007” is not a designation and James Bond not a pseudonym given to multiple men over the years. They could get rid of their conundrum by indicating that 007 is a designation and Bond a pseudonym.

[quote] Too young, too tall, too pretty, not butch enough.

Plus he has that hideous black abdominal mole to which we vigorously object.

OP, make up your mind! DL barely has an appetite for one mediocre foreign actor.

James Bond? How archaic.

Enough with the “our dear” bullshit. You sound like a fat, sad, fem projecting your little life on these actors who will never know of your existence.

Have some self respect.

CHRIST. Can everybody calm the ENTIRE fuck down about this funny-looking guy?

He’s striking but way too young. He’s only 26. Way too young to be Bond.

His eyes are too close together.

He has gay mouth when he smiles

"Most Iconic Bond Ever" is not a position that is or ever will be open, you daft weirdo OP.

[quote] Pierce Brosnan isn't British either.

And neither was the original and GOAT James Bond Sean Connery. He was Scottish. This is such a silly discussion. The Australian Jack Skellington can never be Bond he's too awkward

Awkward and female. He would the gun like a purse.

R45 Scottish doesn’t mean British? What the hell does British mean? An American very much confused.

R47 it’s not that hard… a German is German, not British. British is those born within Britain. All of Europe isn’t Britain.

Isn’t Scotland a part of the British Isles? Your example wasn’t helpful.

The United Kingdom, OKAY??

Jeez Louise.

Scotland here. Many people in Scotland do not identify as British for political reasons.

Are’t people from England called English and people from Great Britain called British? Isn’t Great Britain more than England? What about the UK?

English, Scottish and Welsh people are all British. Some nationalists may not like that, but it doesn't change it as a fact. So someone from England is both English and British, etc.

Northern Ireland is excluded, as it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

R53 no.

Exactly R48 R51 Scotland and England have separate laws and judicial systems, not to mention accents. Anyone who ever heard Sean Connery speak in a n interview would never mix him up.worh Daniel Craig. R47 AND R49 are anti American counts trying to look their coke filled noses down on others. Fucktards.

Ugh ^ typos at the end. Oh dear!

[quote]Scotland and England have separate laws and judicial systems

Some separate, some shared

[quote]not to mention accents

Because each country can only have one accent, right?

Some of the hills people choose to die on are so bizarre

[quote] Some of the hills people choose to die on are so bizarre

I agree R57 go to the top of yours and just die. Seriously fuck off already pernickety bastard.

R57 is a low life with no job or education. It’s actually interesting how he thinks so highly of himself when he doesn’t even have a college degree or career.

r59 Since you know so much about me, what's my name?

R60 lmao oh honey. More proof you’re a fucking uneducated REJECT.

Only if the movie was a James Bond/Spy Kids mashup would he get the gig.

R50 so because you don’t understand the different applications of nation, kingdom,Britain and Great Britain you get to kick the can and spit out “jeez Louise”. Why not just educate yourself instead of expecting people to make allowances for you?

How very American!

R63 are you still cunting you cunt? Scotland is a Country and Britain is an island. Scotland is part of that island so Scottish people are yes technically from the island Britain, but then also technically the country you’re from is specifically where you’re from, not the island/land mass. A Scotsman can identify as both. Some do and some dont. Sean Connery was born in Scotland, British geographically but he obviously identified with his country/region first. Every biography on the man mentions he is SCOTTISH including his Wikipedia page. Take it up with them. Also get some therapy to address your very obvious inferiority complex towards Americans because you sound pathetically jealous. I don't care where you're from you're a cunt no matter the region.

Someone's desperate to avoid admitting they were wrong

There is no right or wrong you tedious cunt R65 most people consider their nationality their birth place of origin

"Most people in Scotland think of themselves as Scottish rather than British, or more Scottish than British (54% in the West of Scotland and 51% for the rest of Scotland).  Just under a third of people in the west of Scotland and rest of Scotland considered themselves to be equally Scottish and British."

Get off my nuts you bottom bitch.

Notice that the survey is about how they feel, not what they are. Because they are both British and Scottish. Of course, they can feel or identify with one more than the other, but it does not change the fact that they are both. They are citizens of both Scotland and the United Kingdom, they don't have Scottish passports they have UK passports, and in areas which are not devolved they are ruled by the UK Parliament. It's time to stop digging.

R52, Great Britain is the island made up of England, Wales and Scotland. It is not a political entity, merely geographical. The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are many internal strains regarding individual national identity within it.

Please stop spouting the shit about this not-attractive, too-tall, twisty faced person you seem to have the biggest hard-on for.

I'm not even checking, but you're now along the lines of the rat-faced, ugly-assed Chalamet twink.

Stop clogging up the boards with these threads about him. it's ridiculous.

R69 click ignore. It’s that simple. Like I keep telling you, you’re a grown man. One on the verge of receiving a lawsuit, as well as a cease and desist and restraining order. I would think someone who lives on the internet because he has no job or money would know you can just ignore a poster instead of throwing tantrums like you’re some heavyweight around here. Newsflash, you aren’t. Muriel doesn’t want you here either and has been cooperative.

And before you act like you don’t know what’s being spoken of, yes, I know it’s you at r69.

I'm the American r50, but I am not r64.

And my comment was only to call for a truce. I know all about the history of the British Isles, the various tribes, invaders, immigrations, conquests, monarchs, uprisings, schisms, revolutions, executions, victories, governmental changes, and the sundry senses of pride attendant to the aforementioned.

I taught it all.

Nobody cares nerds. Continue the discussion about this extremely tall extraterrestrial.

He looks like Justin Trudeau with his sissy bags

R72, That's the crux: Jacob is 6'5".

To continue: Clint Eastwood is 6'4", as was John Wayne. So Jacob is testing the upper limit for movie stardom.

r70 is determined to continue humiliating herself

What does elordi mean?

Hugh Grant lite.

R75, I know it's a common misconception that actors are always shorter in real life, but we really *do* have some tall ones, and certainly ones far better known than the Aussie dude whose surname is inevitable butchered when spoken. The Rock is 6'4" and Ben Affleck is either 6'2" or 6'3" (slightly taller than I am - yes, we met once - and I'm 6'1").

R69, can you please make up your mind, sweetie? Do you hate scrawny twinks like Timmy, or tall hunks of solid Aussie beefcake like Jacob? Or are you an incel who's jealous of all reasonably attractive men, given your decades of virginity? (I'm guessing the latter.)

I did not expect this thread to devolve into a bitchfest over ancestry within the British Commonwealth, but yes, if we're being technical, more non-English actors have played Bond than not, and one was Lazenby, an Australian. That said, he was such a fucking entitled diva bitch that he quit in a huff after the producers and crew didn't treat him "on Connery's level," and the studio CLEARLY learned their lesson in terms of taking care in hiring Bond actors. (OTOH Roger Moore's films have held up the least well, and we also know what happened to poor Timothy Dalton.)

Without delving into anything specific to the UK or Great Britain, I will merely say that there is effectively zero chance TODAY that they'd hire anyone EXCEPT a Brit to play Bond. Brosnan merited an exception, despite being technically Irish, given that his family moved to the UK when he was 12 and he attended Central St Martins as well as the Drama Centre in London. (Nowadays the center of drama is usually right here on DL, but still.) Representation isn't just for queer people (or people of color), and while Americans gave zero fucks seeing Israeli Gal Gadot playing Wonder Woman – she'd probably get a different reaction today, but let's not segue there – the same can't be said for Britain's most iconic cinema legend.

Finally, one MAJOR FUCKING CAVEAT you cunts have somehow missed: did you forget that Bond HIMSELF is Scottish?? That was established as canon in "Skyfall": Bond's ancestral titular estate is in the Scottish Highlands. Also, Connery didn't exactly try to hide his brogue in his Bond movies, so you could argue Bond's always supposed to have been Scottish, even if Daniel Craig's version developed a posh accent at Eton or Oxford (as established in "Casino Royale").

Jacob Elordi would demand all of his tuxedos be bedazzled if he were cast as Bond. Terrible choice. But then again so is Idris. Great actor but not Bond. Let’s hope to hell it’s not the potato faced John Boyega or the equally hideous Daniel whatsit from Get Out .

He's getting too much attention for his good looks. Emma Stone is getting too much attention because of her strange looks. I'm cancelling both right now. So there.

R81 acting like Emma Stone is new or something.