Sir Roger got stereotyped as Bond struggling to find a meaningful role in any other major movie. Sean Connery by far had a much more successful career. He also has plenty of other non James Bond major movies playing the main lead.
Didn't Roger already have huge international popularity already playing "Simon Templar" in the Saint.. Unlike Connery who debuted as Bond, Roger Moore was well established.
Ofcourse, he didn't get much good roles after he retired from Bond.. But
the guy LIVED the role. There is a truly heartwarming story circulating online about him now..
I would go for Tom Hardy. He would be a solid choice.
Some of the other names being touted are total nobodies IMO. Aidan Turner, James Norton, Jack Huston? Sorry but I am reasonably well-informed and yet have no idea who these people are.
If they really wanted someone a lot younger, I would accept Jamie Bell.
Michael Fassbender is one of the bookies' favourites, but with respect to the franchise (which I love!) he is a truly world-class actor and should therefore be freed up to make genuinely great films - rather than Bond films!
Tom Hardy will do just another Craig. More intense and more cold bloodlessness. I think we need someone with a more suave personality, as the story-line has already established him as seasoned.
Fassbender is a truly amazing actor, he'd nail it .
My favorite has been Daniel Craig..looks manly and ruthless like an assassin should. Not sissy and metrosexuals like the other bonds.
Sean Connery looked far more menacing in my opinion. Craig was tough and super fit, like a more realistic spy, but Connery could change from suave to killer scene to scene. He even tortured the female characters in some of the films. It's Just that the movies back then weren't as dark as Craig's best films.
RIP.
Pierce Brosnan was my favorite Bond. Daniel Craig is a close second.
With that in mind, Roger Moore had his own allure with the role.
We all grew up with Pierce Brosnan (
I'm assuming you are millennial) . I remember watching
Tomorrow never dies as a Kid ! Though its rated so low among bond films now, it was my proper intro to Bond. The awesome Nokia phone and the cool BMW 7series he controlled from it. !
Brosnan was mentioned as halfway between Moore and Connery, he carried the "film bond" persona with aplomb. The coolness, eyebrow raising and the nonchalant shrugs. !
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