Favourite James Bond actor who is not Sean Connery.

[Wat_Tyler]

Connery always wins, naturally, but what would happen were he not in the poll?

[Deja Q]

1. Woody Allen? As Little Jimmy Bond?

:D

[Wat_Tyler]

2. Shit, I'd forgotten that.

LOL!

[miss_kitty]

44. I'm with you, HypnoToad!

:)

[WI_DEM]

3. None, there was only one James Bond

Sean Connery!! just like there was only one Darrin--Dick York.

[MercutioATC]

31. Agreed. Connery is the ONLY Bond.

[mac56]

4. Timothy Dalton

Nearly as good a Bond as Connery was.

[NashVegas]

5. Didn't Dalton's Bond Cry?

Not good. Bond as a sensitive 1980s male. Not good.

[mac56]

10. Dalton was most true to the Ian Fleming books.

Dalton said he wanted to recapture the essence and flavor of the books, and play it less flippantly. "Bond’s essential quality is that he’s a man who lives on the edge. He could get killed at any moment, and that stress and danger is reflected in the way he lives.”

Dalton instilled reality into a character which until then most thought of only as a fantasy figure. He took the "franchise", which was in a slump, and widened its appeal. He played Bond more like George Smiley than Flash Gordon.

[Wat_Tyler]

12. I dug him. He brought superior acting skills and a vulnerability

to the role.

[NamVetsWeeLass]

16. funny you should mention Flash Gordon....

It was on the other day. I can remember going to see it when it first hit theaters. My Uncle took me and his two boys to see it.... I loved it then, but looking at it the other day I laughed so hard d/t the cheesy SFX. It was Great! Dalton was ok as Bond, But I grew up with Roger Moore. :shrug: I will say he made an EXCELLENT Prince Baron though!!!

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. I totally agree on that one

:D

[stlchic]

7. For purist fans of the Fleming books...

I've heard that Dalton is the preferred Bond. My husband, one of those purists, says that in the strict interpretation of the book character, that Dalton gets it better than Connery. He really likes Connery though, if for no other reason than his style and how he established the franchise.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. I always thought he had a tendancy to smirk.

Question is, who is the next one going to be?

[Wat_Tyler]

13. If it were my call - Clive Owen.

[miss_kitty]

46. he was excellent in a British series

about a gritty, emotionally tortured cop called DCI Ross Tanner, who was going blind in secret (they all gotta have a hook). I'm glad he's more visible these days-oops a pun.

He'd makea great Bond.

[hyphenate]

17. Colin Firth;

Hugh Grant
Joseph Fiennes
Hugh Jackman
Rupert Everett



I don't know if a gay (rupert Everett) would be accepted as Bond, and someone suggested that Hugh Grant wouldn't be as believable as a Bond, but I'm sure there are some randy young Brits, Scotsmen and Irishmen all willing to follow in Connery's (et al) footsteps.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. "a gay" - come on now!

[arwalden]

20. A Gay?

Surely you meant to say "I don't know if a gay actor ... would be accepted as Bond"

I certainly hope that's what you meant.

[hyphenate]

30. Yes!

I apologize if I offended anyone with that--I was heading out the door just before I posted it, and I didn't get a chance to edit it. Just got in now, and saw my ooopppps.

Actually, I was looking at pics of Rupert Everett earlier, and appearance wise he is really very close to being the ideal Bond. I looked at the others too, and while Colin Firth is good, he appears to be a little too short, and Joseph Fiennes is too narrow-faced. Everett seems to have the smoldering eyes, the intensity in his posture and the overall air of capturing the more moody Bond, ala Timothy Dalton, who I really liked as Bond.

[FuzzySlippers]

23. I can't imagine Mr. Darcy as James Bond.

[Arkana]

28. Didn't Brosnan himself suggest Colin Farrell?

I also heard rumors about Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod). There's even a rumor that ol' Sean will return as M.

[PittPoliSci]

43. Colin Farrell turned it down.

Good for him too! No self-respecting Irishman should ever play James Bond.

[RaleighNCDUer]

19. Colin Firth I'd thought about.

Clive Owen I hadn't considered. But saw 'King Arthur', 'Beyond Borders' and 'Boune Identity' or was it Supremecy, and was impressed.

I'd buy it.

[FuzzySlippers]

24. I really, really liked Timothy Dalton.

I actually preferred him to Connery. I wish his run hadn't been so short.

[PassingFair]

36. Agree, Dalton was the only Bond I could stomach...

and I LIKE Connery.
I found Dalton's Bond to be the sexiest.
Wonder what other women think, maybe we need our own poll....

[FuzzySlippers]

39. I agree. He was the sexiest.

[kick-ass-bob]

9. David Niven?

What movie was that? Who the hell is this?
:shrug:

[WI_DEM]

11. Casino Royale

so was Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.

[nickinSTL]

14. You don't know who David Niven is?

Dude, watch a movie from before 1980. It wouldn't kill you. :eyes:

As has already been said, he was Bond in Casino Royale...which I think sucked, btw. And I do NOT consider it a Bond film. Just my opinion, though.

[Wat_Tyler]

15. It isn't an official Bond movie, but it is the only film version of CR.

[kick-ass-bob]

21. Thanks for being better than I am.

It serves you well.

[nickinSTL]

49. Dude, it wasn't really meant as a slam

I do think it's odd that you haven't heard of Niven, but lighten up.

[LibLabUK]

22. I prefer the second Bond...

Bob Holness, he played Bond in a 1957 South African Radio dramatisation of Moonraker.



But who could forget Barry Nelson's portrayl of HM's premier assassin in the TV version of Casino Royale in 1954?



As the replacement for Pierce Brosnan, I hear (from AICN) that the producers have already approached the Australian actor Julian McMahon.

[Wat_Tyler]

26. I'll have the tank full of killer sharks, Bob!

[terrya]

25. Timothy Dalton.

He's a terrific actor...I was taken with him in his screen debut as King Phillip in "The Lion in Winter". And I liked his James Bond.

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. Shit, I like Lazenby better than Connery.

[Wat_Tyler]

29. Lazenby got my vote. OHMSS is my favourite Bond movie.

[htuttle]

33. It's the most true to the books

A lot of people don't know it, but the plot in OHMSS was supposed to be the last Bond story, when he's old, tired and just about to lose it (and finally sort of does at the end when Rosa Klebb kills his wife).

[Wat_Tyler]

34. Yeah. It has a real emotional core.

[tjdee]

32. Clive Owen...oh wait....

I wonder if Clive is getting too old though, but he's be my first first first choice.

Of the ones already...Brosnan. I wanted him to be Bond ever since I was a pre-teen watching Remington Steele. I think he was in talks for a minute there, but NBC (or whatever) wouldn't let him out of his contract. SUCKERS!

It's hard to tell though, because the scripts aren't all equal.

[hyphenate]

35. Found this after some googling:

Bond News - 27-10-04
British bookmaker narrows the odds for next James Bond actor hopefuls

British bookmakers William Hill today adjusted their odds on the next actor to play the role of James Bond 007.

"Filling Pierce Brosnan's shoes is not going to be an easy task" said Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams - and neither is choosing a bet as the bookmaker has narrowed the odds on a lot of favourites.

The current odds are:
4/1 Ioan Gruffudd
4/1 Dougray Scott
9/2 Clive Owen
5/1 James Purejoy
5/1 Eric Bana
5/1 Hugh Jackman
5/1 Colin Farrell
6/1 Chris Feeney
8/1 Jude Law
8/1 Orlando Bloom
12/1 Hugh Grant
12/1 Rupert Everett
20/1 Russell Crowe

http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=1797&catid=4

[PassingFair]

38. I vote for Clive!

n/t

[eoberhauser]

37. Pierce of Course

Can anyone say "Remington Steele"?

Erin

[Abelman]

40. I love Bond!

I unfortunately haven't seen all the movies, but most of them.

Sean Connery: The first, and therefore, the one everyone else is compared to. He was gritty, tough, and brought an edge to the character. Very dark at times if you ignore the more campy set designs and plots.

George Lazenby: My favorite overall, and one of the best movies IMO. It's been a long time, but I remember thinking "this movie is so cool" when I watched it. I don't see why some people have a problem with him.

Roger Moore: Good early on, but aged too much as the series went on. He also suffered from the series getting far too out there for it's own good. "The Man with the Golden Gun" was so ridiculous, and the height of Bond Camp for me, more so than Moonraker or Octopussy.

Timothy Dalton: After the Roger Moore Bond he was far too dark. I think he was a great Bond, but I understand why he wasn't beloved by the public. Plus, despite his excellent portrayal, the two movies he was in were just God-Awful.

Pierce Brosnan: Has really helped modernize the character. I can't see Sean Connery "then" playing the Bond we have "now." Brosnan sort of takes the gritty determination of Connery and the humor of Moore and combines them quite well. The first few Brosnan's were the best, IMO. I loved "Die Another Day" simply for the self-homages.

But, I can't lie, I love all the Bond movies, except for Dalton's. Which is odd, as I like Dalton. But his two movies...they just don't do it for me.

[2sheds]

41. Mmmmm... Remington Steele

It's an 80's side-effect or something

[edbermac]

42. Lazenby by far...but Roger Moore?? He was one of the worst!

He was excellent in Spy Who Loved Me, but he was just too flippant for me in the other Bond pictures...too bad Lazenby didn't stick with the series...

[Abelman]

45. Live and Let Die

was pretty good, IMO. I didn't find him too flippant in that, but as the Moore Bonds went on their way, I would certainly agree.

Before they became camp-infested, Moore's Bonds were pretty good.

[Forever Free]

47. ITS ALL ABOUT ROGER MOORE!!!!

Connery stands NO CHANCE against him!

[TroubleMan]

48. Dalton was the best, Brosnan the worst

Just my humble opinion.

[pdx_prog]

50. I'll take anal bum for 100, trebek..

[LSdemocrat]

51. Dalton was better than all of them including Connery