#New james bond actor movie#

So I’m hesitant to go for the known quantity, where there’s already kind of baggage of, is it Remington Steele you’re watching, or James Bond? And I’d rather go the Daniel Craig route of complete surprise and then let the person earn and inhabit and really embody that role.īrown: So let’s ask the big question: who was the best James Bond and who was the worst? Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig: who was your favorite and who was not your favorite? If you go back to Pierce Brosnan, where people campaigned for years thinking that he’d be the perfect Bond, he really wasn’t.

And I think that people often want to find someone somewhat recognizable in that active role and then say, this person is Bond-ish or Bond-like. That being said, what I liked the most about Daniel Craig’s choice was how unexpected he was. He really dives into these roles, into the characters that he interprets. Young: Well, Tom Hardy seems to be a favorite among a lot of people.Īnd he’s in Venom currently, and he is a chameleon. So I would love to have seen him in that role… Hugh Jackman would have been great as well at other moments too, but I think that Idris is just too old.īrown: Any other names you’ve heard bandied about lately? So you’re talking about, 15 years from now, I’m not sure if people are envisioning a 60-something-year-old Idris Elba chasing down the bad guys. Gray Sean Connery was 52 years old or 53 years old. And if you think, well, Sean Connery did it for a while, Sean Connery was gray as Bond. So you want be able to have a person who can age into the role. So if you think about Daniel Craig and his first film as Bond, he started that role 15 years ago. But the catch with him is that your new Bond actor needs to be a person you want to see on screen in that active role for about 10 or 15 years. Young: Well, I love Idris Elba, I think he’s fantastic.Īnd from The Wire through the Marvel movies and more, he’s dynamic and amazing. So I would love to see him in that role.īrown: There’s been a lot of talk about having the first non-white Bond, and the name that most often comes up is Idris Elba. I think he is a relative newcomer for most audience members, so a surprise factor, like Daniel Craig.Īnd I also think that he’s a powerhouse of an actor. I think we’re ready for a non-white James Bond. But I think there are quite a few wonderful contenders out there.Īnd everyone has their own favorite, whether it’s Tom Hardy… My personal choice would be Riz Ahmed, who was in the Sound of Metal, and I think that he checks many boxes. We don’t really know just yet it hasn’t been announced. Harvey Young: But that’s a good question. We’d like you to tell us: who will be the new James Bond? Joel Brown: Harvey Young, thanks for talking to us.

#New james bond actor movie#

We’re gonna kill them first.”įerrante: With the movie now in theaters, speculation has turned to who will be the next actor to tackle the role first played by Sean Connery almost 60 years ago.

Daniel Craig vowed to leave the role of iconic super spy 007 after the release of No Time to Die.Ĭlip: “Some men are coming to kill us. In this episode, BU Today staff writer Joel Brown talks to Harvey Young, dean of the College of Fine Arts at BU, an expert on African American theater and a huge movie fan. Today Bond women, such as Judi Dench in the role of M, drive the narrativeĭana Ferrante: This is Question of the Week, from BU Today. Recent Bond films have worked to undo some of the sexism and racism found in earlier films.According to Young, the worst James Bond is Roger Moore, while Daniel Craig is his pick for best Bond.Popular favorite Idris Elba might be too old to carry the role for years Harvey Young’s vote for the next James Bond goes to Riz Ahmed of Sound of Metal and Venom.You can also find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and other podcast platforms. Young also talks about his favorite and least favorite of the actors who’ve played 007 and how the stereotypes of early James Bond movies have changed over time. In this episode, College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young considers possible successors to Daniel Craig and discusses his pick for the next James Bond.