The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

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Pattinson is all wrong for Bond. He looks like a wanna-be-weird Goth guy working in a tattoo shop, then visits dingy clubs at night, watching hack cover bands of The Cure.
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Correct, our forum's Q! He is 40 as well so Aidan Turner is only 3 years older so the notion that he is aged out by the director when a 40 year old is now in serious consideration is ludicrous. Let them make the offer to Aidan and let him turn it down, but seeing where this is going forget it.
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John Drake wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 8:09 pm
bjmdds wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 4:13 pm --he is having FUN with choosing 5 clowns?
Apart from Aidan Turner and presumably Henry Cavill, who would be on your shortlist then if you were in charge? Or is it a case of cast Aidan Turner or end the franchise?

Aidan Turner did an interview several years ago in which he said he wasn't much of a Bond fan and wouldn't enjoy a part like that because he likes his privacy and doesn't want to become too famous. I'm not sure he ever wanted the role.
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Bottom line there a SEVERAL better choices for actors in their late 30s-early 40s to choose from other than romper room rejects.
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bjmdds wrote: Let them make the offer to Aidan and let him turn it down.
How do you know they haven't already?

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One advantage of casting Pattinson is that it would make yet another rookie Bond origin story less likely. I'm waiting to hear how they handle the reboot as much as I am the new casting. Villeneuve is said to favour a return to standalone stories, and I'm hoping this is the case. Ideally, I'd like a soft reboot that allows us to believe, if we so wish, that this is a return to the floating timeline that existed before Casino Royale, and that the Craig films exist in their own parallel timeline.
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