The Sun claims they have a new interview with Tom Hiddleston, and I sort of believe them. Let me say this: I’m pretty sure a handful of these quotes are new, and then The Sun mixed those new quotes in with some quotes from older interviews. I’m not going to go line-by-line with this interview to determine which quotes are new though, so yell away if you’ve already heard some of these. You can read the full Sun piece here. Some highlights:
Whether he would be interested in playing 007: “I’m a huge Bond fan… Daniel Craig is doing a very good job . . . maybe one day.”
He loves playing a hero: “I love to play someone who makes brave decisions for the right reasons. Episode one came to me completely finished. Jonathan Pine is just the most extraordinary prospect. Captivating, courageous, vulnerable — I just wanted to play him. It was a very immediate connection.”
He had his first taste of romance at the age of 10: “Yes, ten years old, tongues and everything. She was a huge crush. We were in the same class, there was a lot of note swapping and eventually it all went down in a cricket pavilion on an autumn night. It was very thrilling.”
His parents’ divorce: “I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing. It’s only now I’ve got a retrospective angle on it. When you are a teenager you harbour secrets in a different way. If you are at a boys’ school, especially, there is a level of bravado you have to keep up otherwise you’ll get picked on. I was really quite upset and probably sad, vulnerable and angry. Acting presented a way of expelling those feelings in a safe place. It made me more compassionate in my understanding of human frailty.”
He doesn’t want to be reminded of his posh labels: “I’m wary of labels. As an actor, the labels that are so easily attachable to me — like Old Etonian or Cambridge graduate or Rada alumnus — are, in a way, the least interesting things about me. I’ve had to do a lot of work taking off those jackets. The last thing I ever want is to be pigeon-holed.”
It’s honestly cracking me up to see Tom’s fans so insistent that he should be shortlisted to play James Bond. I’ve seen like five major media outlets running stories about Tom = James Bond, and all I have to say is… really? I get that Tom is good in The Night Manager. But there is no way the Bond franchise is going to rest on Tom’s shoulders. Just… no way. As for Tom continually shrugging off his poshness… he’s so eye-rolly. Another reason why he’s not going to be Bond.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
#thirsty
These are recycled quotes from old interviews. #lazyjournos
Not going to scream at you, Kaiser.
Those are all old quotes from various interviews, including the last Elle interview from two years ago. Nothing new here. The Sun didn’t even bother to fact check.
Uh, no. Just. No.
make him a bond villain. that voice… yum-my.
Yes, he would be a great Bond villain!
Great idea!! I loved Christoph Waltz in Spectre. He could be as good IMO.
“….a lot of note swapping and eventually it all went down in a cricket pavilion on an autumn night. It was very thrilling.”
I can’t quite figure out why, but everything about this sentence makes me giggle.
I reckon had Tom been born 30 or 40 years earlier, he would’ve made an excellent Bond, maybe around Connery’s era.
It’s probably a bit patronising, but I think he’s just a bit too . . . for lack of a better word, ‘nice’ to play Bond. Fleming’s original character was a mysoginistic d*ck and Daniel Craig’s contemporary portrayal is very nitty-gritty, brutal blokeish which I can’t really imagine Hiddles pulling off.
Having said that, he did narrate a series of Fleming’s novels (you can find it on iTunes) and he sounds right at home in the character so maybe I’m talking out of my arse XD
I agree, he would have been a great ‘Connery era’ Bond. If Tom was Bond I would expect him to order a cup of tea…not a martini(or a beer).He is a good actor, but I can’t really see him as Bond. (he does have a great voice though 🙂 )
He’s more than capable of playing mysogynistic, not-nice-at-all characters. Loki isn’t nice, Cloten in Cymbeline wasn’t nice (and Posthumous wasn’t really much better, though he’s the ‘hero’ – that’s why Tom doubling the two roles was interesting), Coriolanus wasn’t nice either.
There’s no actual reason why he couldn’t play Bond, apart from the popular outcry for an actor of colour to be cast in the role and the likelihood that the producers would prefer someone younger who will commit to 5 films.
I don’t want to see him in as Bond, though – not interesting enough, not unless they write him a nice ambiguous character to play.
Craig’s Bond and its current tone is why i stopped watching Bond-I much preferred the sophistication of the early years.
Having said that I hope he turns it down if asked -i would rather see more stage work and interesting indie films than wasting his time with Bond.
*attaches ball gag to one’s own mouth*
Pictures?
Does the Sun regularly recycle old stuff from elsewhere and package it as its own?
My earlier comment regarding the Sun has disappeared!! Put it this way Lilacflowers, it it not a highly thought of journal in the UK!
Never! My private life is private!
Probably. News all seems to be recycled clickbait these days, doesn’t it? If it’s not recycled interviews, it’s pages of cribbed tweets in NEWSPAPERS.
I STILL haven’t seen TNM, btw. Must get to it.
First episode is just slowly introducing the characters. Hollander is fun.
Yes, and here, we get nothing but clickbait news. John Oliver is probably the most in-depth news on television and he’s a comedy show. What gets me is that people fall for it. This piece from the Sun is just cribbed stuff from old articles cobbled together. some of which isn’t even true, and people are believing it is a real interview. Were we always so gullible? If we fall for this level of incompetent “reporting” about an actor, are we falling for it for important news stories, like Syria and North Korea, and political campaigns, too? And I’m really fed up with people such as reporters and elected officials not doing their jobs but collecting a paycheck any way. To me, it is stealing.
I think print media is failing to adapt to online and journalism is failing because of it
And yes, we are falling for it in real news. I’ve seen the level of analysis in your presidential primaries and I’m seeing the level of analysis in our EU referendum coverage. It’s all a disaster.
Perhaps we should let LEGS out of my ball gags and attach them to all the journos!
The coverage of our presidential race has me screaming at my television. Ask him about his Senste voting record, you blithering fool! But they just want sound bites and entertainment. Your EU vote is barely covered here.
I think he’d make a great Bond, actually. Ignoring everything else, he really is a good actor. He can disappear into the role. Craig has done a good job for Bond, changing it from the more suave rakish guy to a tough, street-wise, enforcer kind of guy… there is nothing to say the future Bond can’t go in a slightly different direction again. A good actor (which I think Tom is) takes the role and makes it his own, depending of course on the director’s vision.
@ vauvert
I totally agree about different actors making the Bond role their own – one of my fave Bonds aside from Connery (and, I admit, Craig) is Roger Moore. His Bond was so tongue-in-cheek and silly, and I love it. He constantly broke the fourth wall with a smile that said, “isn’t this all rather ludicrous?”
Part of me wants to see Tom take on the challenge and make the role “deeper”, but at the same time, James Bond isn’t meant to be a “deep” character, is he?
I like Damian Lewis at times, but the latest rumors that he’s the next 007 have me frowning. Still holding out hope for Idris Elba, futile as that may be.
i don’t care if he’s bond I don’t watch that franchise. I am only interested in it from a social political point of view as in progressive casting and from that point of view he would be a very boring conservative choice.
I actually think he’d be a pretty good Bond. If Hardy says no to the role I wouldn’t mind seeing what Hiddles would do with the part.
I know those betting sites mean nothing but i once saw he was like 12 th or something. Would love for Bond to be a non posh guy. The posh ones have too much.
He would be a PERFECT Bond and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot. Suave, intelligent, physical, funny as f**k – what exactly do you have against him as Bond, I’m curious. Please God, don’t let it be Idris Elba – yup he’s gorgeous and they should have a black Bond but Idris is an AWFUl actor. Just godawful.
In what world is Elba an awful actor ?
Well Idris is a much nominated and awarded actor so objectively I would say the film industry does not consider him awful. 😂
Personally I think Idris is about 10 times sexier than tom, who is suave but comes across as “nice” for want of a better word. And the franchise is not exactly high art so I don’t think we need a Shakespearean actor.
I think both are too high profile to take over the Bond role at this point. Neither are exactly international superstars, although Idris does have a slightly higher profile, but they are both in large franchises already (in fact, they’re both in the Thor franchise) and have followings. The last several Bonds have had lower profiles when chosen for the role. And Idris, as much as I love him, is too old to start as Bond because the Broccoli family now imposes sharp age cutoffs – they don’t want another “old Bond” problem like they had with Roger Moore.
If you look at it one way, LEGS would be the perfect Bond. If you look at it in another, he would be a disaster.
A LEGS 007 would be like a BBC period drama: perfectly lovely and high quality in every way, but also stuck in a stultifying time warp.
The Bond franchise needs to keep renewing itself and a LEGS Bond would be the opposite of renewal. So I vote no.
I vote Bond villain, not Bond.
While he “looks” like a great Bond, he needs something more nuanced. So in that sense, I agree with Sixer. I just want to see him in interesting roles and I don’t find Bond that interesting anymore. It’s a tried and true formula that is so yawn-inducing.
MOAR ADAM!
MOAR LAING!
MOAR SHAKESPEARE!
NO TO BOND.
ETA: Sixer, I saw that Fortitude is now free on Amazon Prime. Is it worth moving up in my watchlist?
Nutballs – it is! Not without fault, but it’s nice and unusual and well-acted.
Disclosure- the only role I have seen him in was del Toro’s recent ghost story ( which in itself was a disappointment compared to Pan’s Labyrinth & the Devil’s Backbone). Not so good. At all. Maybe he has some true acting chops, but he stank to high heaven in that role. The film in general was pretty lackluster.
He came across as unremarkable in his skill, and stared/ didn’t blink enough, didn’t emote much. Flat and stiff and weird.
*ducks and covers*
You need to see him as Prince Hal in The Hollow Crown, Coriolanus on NT Live and Adam in Only Lovers Left Alive. The script and direction was much better in those than CP.
I actually thought he was very boring and flat in OLLA. The comparison to Tilda was not to his benefit. Who was originally planned for OLLA, Fassbender?
I also recently watched “Midnight in Paris” and he was really bad as Fitzgerald. McAdams and Luke Wilson were also bad and had no chemistry, but I loved Marion.
I only liked Hiddleston as Loki.
Thanks for the info; I will check some of those programs out.
Really? Marion was my least favorite in it and I usually like her.
Farhi, Adam was supposed to make Eve shine in that film, so I don’t think that’s a fair assessment. He was dark, she was light. He was morose, she was cheery. Yin and yang, really.
Farhi you are the first person who I have seen has criticised him as Scott Fitzgerald.
“Farhi you are the first person who I have seen has criticised him as Scott Fitzgerald”
Maybe it is because no criticism is allowed here? ))
Every time I say something not completely complimentary about the perfect-human-being otherwise known as Tom Hiddleston I get 20 replies back questioning how could that possibly be so.
No, you have just consistently shown you dislike him in every post, so people question why you bother with him at all on here. Like, I just really don’t care about the Kardashians, so I don’t waste my energy in their posts. But hey, if that floats your boat, go for it.
@Fahri, Owen Wilson and Rachel MacAdams were not supposed to have chemistry; they were playing a couple that was all wrong for one another. Professional critics gave Tom good reviews in MIP so, no, those views aren’t limited to here.
You, of course, have every right to speak your mind but others have every right to disagree with you.
Notsosocialbutterfy, another good performance was his first film role, Unrelated. Here in the US, it’s available on Netflix.
This professional contrarian was deeply disappointed in OLLA, it having been a film that should have ticked all her boxes. LEGS did not rescue it at all.
This professional contrarian thought LEGS was great as Fitzgerald.
This professional contrarian hated Unrelated, including LEGS in it.
This professional contrarian thought LEGS was great as Hal.
This professional contrarian has no consistency whatsoever!
> No, you have just consistently shown you dislike him in every post, so people question why you bother with him at all on here
I usually don’t exactly because of the remarks like this.
Just like practically everyone on Swift’s thread had to say “I am not her fan but ..” on Hiddleston threads one can’t say anything critical without preceding it with ” I love him but ..”. Well, I don’t love him. He is just one actor of many.
Fahri, you don’t seem to hold back or preface your comments with such statements so it is a mystery to me why you now claim you feel you have to do so. Are we supposed to pretend we don’t see your comments. If you don’t like him, you don’t like him.
@Sixer, he made Unrelated bearable for me but even then only if I paid no attention to dialogue. Purely visual. Nothing could redeem the tedium of Archipelago. His facial expression when he realized that he was too tall to fit in the elevator in Exhibition was the only watchable moment in that film and I don’t think he was acting.
@Sixer,
Haha I don’t feel consistent in my likes either. I couldn’t stand him in The Deep Blue Sea. Unlike popular consensus, I thought his “acting” was obvious as Hal with some brilliant moments. I quite enjoyed his brattiness in Unrelated and repression in Archipelago. I loved him in OLLA though. Very different, quiet understated, snarky acting. I also liked him a lot in ISTL and High-Rise. I feel meh-ish about him in Crimson Peak. It didn’t push any new territory in terms of acting.
@Fahri: “I usually don’t exactly because of the remarks like this.
Just like practically everyone on Swift’s thread had to say “I am not her fan but ..” on Hiddleston threads one can’t say anything critical without preceding it with ” I love him but ..”. Well, I don’t love him. He is just one actor of many.”
No one is stopping you. Asking a question is just to understand the intent. As I said, if that floats your boat, go for it. I don’t like everything he does either. I cringed like hell at the GN appearance as well as the MTV Awards speech. But, I don’t hate the guy. No, you don’t have to like him at all. It’s quite clear since like 6 news posts ago. But, the reason people ask is because one wonders why people waste energy talking about someone they don’t like.
Sixer, if you weren’t pointing me towards awesome British drama and making me laugh with your snark, I might have been offended that you didn’t like Oakley or Adam.
ETA: Farhi, I didn’t care much for his Freddie or Sharpe. Despite my willingness to ride him like Seabiscuit, I’ve not approved of some of his offscreen antics as well. Some of us can think critically of The PuddleTom, as evidenced from our plethora of past and present comments if you care to look.
@Farhi
I also don’t care much for him in OLLA, but I think it’s more because of the character it’s self. Adam is supposed to be depressed and melancholy, and the film tone is somewhat witty cynical as opposed to a heart wrenching drama. It’s possible Fassy may be better in that kind of role, but anyone playing depressed melancholy cynical vampire is limited IMO.
OTOH your opinion of his Fitzgerald leaves me to question your critique abilities altogether at least when it comes to Tom.
He didn’t blink enough?! Really?!
What I will say about Crimson Peak is that his performance reads entirely differently the second time you see it, when you know when he’s lying and when he’s telling the truth. It’s a really layered performance.
Maybe he should hire Kristin Stewart as his acting coach. She’s have him sufficiently blinky in no time.
I’d rather he spend time with Eddie Redmayne and Ben Whishaw: they’re both very blinky too, but they’re actually good actors!
(I’m sure I’m being unfair to Stewart – I’ve heard she’s very good in her indie roles. Fact is a lot of actors get called ‘bad’ when what people mean is that they didn’t like their perfectly-valid character choices.)
No, Fahri, you are perfectly entitled to criticise him, but if the majority of your posts are critical it begs the question of why you come on to the articles about him. You are, of course entitled to do this, but other people are also entitled to wonder at your motivation.
But if it makes you feel better, his appearance, or the aired version, on the Graham Norton Show made me cringe. I also wish he would stop using 6 adjectives when two would do. But that doesn’t lead me to believe that he is a bad actor.
Depends on you outlook – I loved the film and the acting but selling it as a horror film was a huge PR mistake and that is now being acknowledged by some critics,Whether it was as good as some of Del Toro films remains to be seen. It was certainly more accessible than his early films,But I pretty much love them all but his Hell Boy block busters etc.
In terms of Tom’s work I pretty much love all his work but the Avengers.
I was a Joanna Hogg fan before I even new who Tom was and though Unrelated was amazing.He was brilliant in High Rise and pretty much anything I have seen him in and the spread of their subject matter and styles.
He would be wasted in Bond-and I hope it never happens.
I’ve been impressed with all his acting performances I’ve seen. And I think he’s hot as hell and seems like a lovely person. But I think he needs to come up with a better answer to the Eton questions, I don’t think he sings well live (he does fine in the recording studio), and I’ve never been able to watch the whole “Man In the Mirror” clip because oh honey, no…
Also, as far as I’m concerned, the 1883 photo shoot never happened.
WHAT butterfly are you serious?! :o)
I just watched that movie whose script had soooo many flaws! Seriously, some gaping plot holes with that one! Any how, I thought he actually saved that movie. He’s so endearing in it. I thought he did a great job. Actually the three leads all did a great job and it could have been a great movie with some changes as a lot of things didn’t make sense (deliberately not saying so as not to spoil it). Anyway, I actually loved him in the role.
“The film in general was pretty lackluster.” “He came across as unremarkable in his skill, and stared/ didn’t blink enough, didn’t emote much. Flat and stiff and weird.”
@NotSoSocialButterfly
I think the thing you don’t seem to grasp is that Crimson Peak is a Gothic Romance done in the style of traditional Gothic Romance literary/film genre. Del Toro is very influence by those old movies and novels behind those novels. CP is set at the end of 19th century, and Thomas Sharpe is supposed to be a proper English Baronet with all the social manners that goes with that (hint: repressed, unexpressive). In fact the main aspect of the plot is that he has a dark secret that he has to mask. So guess what? Sharpe is exactly what you would expect of his character in that cultural period, in that genre.
What a piece of pathetically lazy journalism. There isn’t one single original comment in those “interviews”. They are just cut and paste from other people’s work.
Can you imagine if he had (in the past or now) said “No way do I want to play Bond”? Half the responses would be “arrogant bighead, he hasn’t been asked” and the other would be well he would say that now wouldn’t he”
It’s par for the course, not just for the papers but for the gossip rags too. That’s why seeing a story repeated everywhere doesn’t mean it’s true!!
There was an article he wrote for the Radio Times which is far more interesting if you can find it on line.Very articulate,accessible and knowledgeable.
Much as I like him, Hiddles is no more suited to Bond than he was to Thor – he’s just missing something in the heroic department, and I’m not even sure I can pinpoint what it is. He should be looking for dramatic roles that stretch him AND don’t keep falling down at the box office. And by the time Craig is done with Bond Film Five in his contract, Tom will be pushing 40 and he’s already losing his hair. Bond people are looking for someone young and hunky and who can carry a 4-5 film deal but not be pushing 50 by the last film, like Craig. My bet is on a dark horse like Aidan Turner, who is younger and already a massive heartthrob, albeit who has yet to break through on the big screen.
I think Tom still has yet to find his true level.
Bond needs to be played by a guy with a bit of “a**hole” in him, someone you could imagine getting into a bar brawl. Tom Hiddleston might be a good, even great actor, but there are almost no circumstances in which I see him doing anything but scooting around to the back wall to get out of the way in the event of a fight. He might chivalrously throw an arm out to protect some ladies from the fray, but he’s not jumping into that fight. For better or for worse, he’s far to gentlemanly to play a real badass.
Then again, I’ve seen none of TNM, so perhaps I’ll eat my words once it comes out in the US.
Did you not see Coriolanus? By far the most convincing stage fights I’ve ever seen.
KTE did you read the interview when Tom said how in one of the performances his sword broke (no euphemism:)) and they had to just adapt?/ad lib? Apparently Damien Lewis was in the audience and thought it was scripted.
@Spidey yes I did!
It’s funny, a lot of people just don’t seem to realise how physically imposing he is. I guess it’s because he spends a lot of time standing next to Chris Hemsworth as Loki, and so looks smaller than he is. He might not have bulging muscles, but he’s taller than most people, obviously fit and athletic, has a tremendous presence and a theatre-trained commanding voice.
I think when it comes time to cast a new Bond, Tom (and his follicles) will have aged out of the running. In the meantime, doesn’t hurt his name recognition to be on the list of possibles.
At the end of the day, I don’t really see him as Bond either – for all of the reasons both of you have mentioned. The contemporary Bond does need to be a bada$$ – a ruthless thug in a Savile Row suit.
Selfishly, I want Hiddleston to do a lot of different roles in as many formats (film, tv, theatre) as possible. Bond takes too much time to both film and promote and that would severely limit those possibilities. He’s close to freeing himself from the Marvel machine (although I wonder if the Monkey Movie is a multi-picture deal) and I’m excited to see what comes next for him.
I really don’t want to see him tethered to a contract. The “Loki” years were a drag. We had like two years with no new work. So glad he’s had some window to do other stuff.
me to -can we start a no to Bond campaign.
Also my idea of tough is someone who uses his brain before he jumps into a fight. Connery gave you that feeling in buckets. Give me brains over brawn any day in film and fiction
Jammy – I wonder if Marvel may be the reason he has no new projects announced for the rest of 2016. I don’t know how much, or even if, Loki fits into Thor3 and the two Avengers films, but could Marvel have placed a “hold” on his schedule just in case?
It’s also possible he could be waiting to see if ISTL and High-Rise bring a different kind of offer (either in character or caliber) his way.
@Dara, after Dark Wings Have My Angel and Close Enough fell through, he seems to announce a project only as one is ending so he may have something lined up for the spring or early fall that has not been announced. He also has had to turn down projects because of Marvel in the past (Snowpiercer, because it began shooting the same day as TDW) so, as you suspect that may be an issue too. Thor 3 doesn’t start shooting until July now so he may have something lined up for April/May but if he does, it is probably small and probably in England after this recent six month tour of the South Pacific and Southeast Asia and with a return to Australia set for Thor3. It would be understandable that if he wants to work at home for a while.
I have no idea when it is actually filming but I would love to see him have a part in Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express.
“I don’t know how much, or even if, Loki fits into Thor3 and the two Avengers films, but could Marvel have placed a “hold” on his schedule just in case?”
Dara, I’ve thought the same thing. Depending on how much Loki fits into the IW storyline, I could see them putting a hold on his schedule through early – mid 2017. That would suck, but at least his contract would be up and he’d be a free agent again.
Personally, I’d like to see him land a quality TV role at some point. Preferably, a US-based series so we could get 24 episodes (instead of the 6-13 they give us on the BBC) and the character development that we can’t get with the other mediums.
Sean Connery wore a toupe each time to play Bond. Just saying.
Thanks for clarifying that – shows that hair or lack thereof has nothing to do with whether a man can play Bond or not!!!
@spidey
He did?! I am shocked…. That is funny. Btw I don’t understand her hair comment. He has the same hair as usual… Same hairline. The only difference is the length and color. His hair is not receding as people claim. I see no difference tbh.
Me neither. And absolutely he wore a wig for each Bond film. Apparently his started losing his hair quite early.
Tom’s hairline looks the same, it has for years. It’s just that lately there seems to be a lot less of it, his hair is not as thick as it used to be.
Yes, I don’t think it’s age so much as damage from all that straightening and dying – curly hair tends to damage easily. It may even have been deliberately thinned a bit to make it easier to keep under control.
seesittellsit, you don’t appear to be very knowledgeable about the Bond films. All Bonds have been hitting 40 when they started. I think the youngest to play him was Daniel Craig at 37, but honestly he looked like he was already passed 40. (Daniel went from 30 to 40 in a split second.) Fortunately he looks good as a 40 yr old. He looks distinguished and sexy which is what Bond is supposed to look like, and all have so far. So if casting remains customary then Aidan Turner is too young to play Bond, and he looks it too. Sorry.
Tom’s movies aren’t “failing” at the box office because of his performances. It’s unfortunate that CP didn’t do better, but there’s several reasons why it didn’t, and none of them are because of Tom’s performance. The lead roles of the film, protagonist and villain, were the female characters. Tom is the third lead role. The same goes for ISTL and HR. There’s other reasons those films are not expected to be money makers none of which has to do with any of the actor’s performances.
As for Thor, well that was the movies that put him on the map it’s it?
It’s going to be hard. I suspect that prospective Bonds have to go through the Barb casting couch.
“It’s honestly cracking me up to see Tom’s fans so insistent that he should be shortlisted to play James Bond.”
Good lord. Let’s not get finger pointing happy now.
Fan here who votes a big fat NOPE.
A big nope for me as well. Also a fan.
No to Bond, but yes to a Bond villain. He seems to dig that anyway. I don’t know who should be the next Bond. Idris would be great, but at this point I don’t know if he would do it. Just please not Henry Cavill. After that other piece on him today I have taken him in dislike.
I honestly ask myself why people are laughing or chuckling about the Bond News. James Bond, the real Bond, is not an Action Star. He has no Thor like muscles. He is not even really beautiful . He is not cold hearted or whiny. He is British. Calm. Charming. Funny at times. And yes, he is not as handsome as people think he is. His charm is the reason for women falling for him. He is elegant. Smooth. Walking around like a jaguar and he is smart. Women are turning to him when he walks by because he is full of confidence. Sorry to say this to all Hiddles haters: you can downgrade him because of his puppy behavior, his posh background, for Theo but never for his charm, his brain and his elegance. And yes, he could play Bond. But he shouldn’t. And he won’t.
Agreed!!!
+1000
He could totally play Bond, but I hope he doesn’t. I think he would though if he’s asked.
I agree. He’s described as tall, high cheekbones. Very British and charming and confident. And somewhere between 35-45, at least according to the books. And having seen episode one of TNM, with his character supposedly getting tougher from here on out, yes he could definitely play Bond.
I’d just love for him to be in the running, even offered the role, and then be able to turn it down. Or at least be able to work out a really good deal if he says yes.
Maybe I am insane, but I think he could pull off the suaveness that is Bond.
Yeah I would have never actually ever thought of him as bond but…he could pull it off I think. He’d obviously be a much different bond than Daniel Craig but he’d actually pull it off I think.
Eww … no.
No. Just NO. He looks like Ratty from Wind in the Willows. Yuck.
Erm, many people said much the same thing about Daniel Craig when he was cast. There was much comment that he wasn’t attractive enough, and a whole group of fanboys were very upset – I believe craignotbond.com is still around, though people mainly point and laugh at it these days.
“Much as I like him, Hiddles is no more suited to Bond than he was to Thor.”
Huh??? Loki is/was the most popular character in Thor!!! Not sure what anyone expected of him as Loki, but he was amazing in that role.
Not Thor the film, Thor the character, which is the role he originally auditioned for.
The first episode of the night manager is AMAZING… Tom is awesome and looks hot, Olivia love her character. Can’t wait for episode two. As far as Bond, Tom’s too good for the role. He has so much more he can do, but its flattering to be thought of as a contender. I doubt he would take the part.
sooo I think with all the flubbub about Idris being bond (to which 99.9% of WHITE MALE hollywood advocated for) and the lackluster Sam Smith (Compared to Adele’s Skyefall smash hit)…. and the creators and estate trying to keep it WHITE STRAIGHT MALE…. they are going to have to do something to stay profitable and may go another route with WHITE STRAIGHT MALE …but (drum rolls) a Ginger
If they go that route it will need to decide if they want to continue
A.) rugged, smoldering, pub-england, but debonair tone (Daniel Craig — ginger = Damien Lewis)
OR
B.) the cheeky, meto-sexual vibezzz, posh, aristocratic-society-old money boy (Pierce Brosnan —–ginger = Tom Hiddleston)
dont argue with me on this…. stratgeically I’m totally right
but I wish they would just scrap all that and place IDRIS ELBA lord they would make a triple killing (even white Europeans want to see this)
Do you think it would be better in the interests of diversity if Idris Elba was to get signed up for a separate action film franchise?
Idris I think is too old and would be bored pretty quickly by it – I can’t see him signing a multi-film contract.
I am 100% with you on this @BlackgirlwhoDoodles.
The biggest obstacle for Idris aside from the anti-PCers is who will bring in the big bucks. Can Idris pull in the profit margin expected of a Bond film? Not sure, it’s untested territory profit wise. A couple months back I would have been more doubtful, but now with the recent controversies, and the great year he’s having maybe it’s the right time to take a real risk. Problem is the film wouldn’t be released for several years, and the issues that are on everybody’s mind now may not rate so high later on at the BO. They’d have to keep the buzz alive until it’s release.
Otherwise it’s the decision to continue with smoldering rugged or go smoldering refined. Both types have worked for the Bond franchise. Problem is which type will resonate with movie goers in a couple years after having Craig set the recent standard for the past 10 yrs.
@KTE
I know the age issue might also be a deciding factor, but Bonds have never looked very young. They’ve always looked like they’ve been around and are experienced, but not haggard. Bond is a full blown Man at his peak of his expertise.
Aside from his gray hair which can be dyed, Idris is aging pretty well I think. Maybe not to pass as a young man, but maybe enough to be a believable Bond. Maybe they can just sign him to a 3 film contract instead of five.
I’d like to see it happen. Put me in the Idris camp.
Just watched a clip of Hollandar and Hiddles from the second episode. I think Hollander is pretty much chewing up every scene he’s been in. His Corcoran is so good. Makes me want to binge on his work now.
Rev, I’m coming for you…
@Cranberry Age-wise I was thinking more about the very physical nature of the role than of looks. You really do need to be extremely fit and resilient for the sort of action a Bond film demands – that is, if you’re not going to rely entirely on stunt doubles and CGI, which action fans tend to disdain.
As people age their bodies tend to get injured far more easily, and to take longer to heal. Even when they look young still. Daniel Craig’s been getting increasingly injured with every film he has done. It’s one of the reasons it seems likely that Spectre will be his last film.
I see. True, that’s quite a dilemma for Idris. Damn. Funny, not long ago when asked what he’d like in his next projects, Tom said he’s not sure, but he knows he doesn’t want to get hurt or injured anymore. I think he was referring to High Rise, but maybe it was TNM.