Q. If you had to put all six Eon Bond actors in a different Bond film, but only one film from any actor’s tenure was allowed, which actor what you portray and in what Bond film?
This was a question that we answered on our Patreon show, There Will Be MORE Bond.
Switching Bonds – Thoughts:
A part of me wants to see a Bond actor go against type. For example, the general consensus is that typically Daniel Craig can’t ‘do’ humour, and Roger Moore can’t do serious thespian stuff. For that reason I might just want to throw Craig into Die another Day just for shits and giggles.
There are just some Bond films you don’t want to touch, or tamper with. Like Dr No or Goldfinger. You don’t want to see anyone else but Sean Connery say those lines in those films. Possibly the same could be said for Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.
That said let’s have fun and switch them up. Here are my ideas for Switching Bonds.
CONNERY in SKYFALL
REASONS: Scottish heritage. I like the idea of Sean running full pelt down Whitehall. I don’t think Sean ever sprints in his films, but I’d want to see that. Also imagine Sean saying that line Bond gives to Silva at the end; Lasssht rat ssshtanding. Connery would be back in Istanbul also which will harken back to From Russia With Love, so that will look good.
BROSNAN in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
I’d like to see Pierce in OHMSS because he never got to play with any Ian Fleming material. I think he deserves a shot. Wouldn’t you love to see Pierce sliding on his belly as he attacks Piz Gloria? My only caveat would be whether he could pull off the ending. I think Craig or Dalton could, but then I couldn’t see either of them smashing their way way through Blofeld’s Angels with such aplomb. With that in mind we will have to switch Brosnan for Connery in Diamonds Are Forever. Mainly because of the humour element.
I was out walking my rat and I seem to have gotten lost.
I don’t want to see Craig do silly humour like that. Wrong pussy. All those things. Brosnan has done Die Another Day, (now there’s a name to die for) so he’s used to daft sh*t like that coming out his mouth.
MOORE in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
Roger will have to do this one. And he looks good skiing, we know that. Even though he never actually ski’d for real in any of the Bond films. (Please get in touch and verify if that’s true). People often say Sean would look good in a kilt, but I’d hate to hear him dubbed the way they dubbed Lazenby as Hilary Bray. So just for his virility alone it will have to be Moore.
CRAIG in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Because it’s Moore’s toughest interpretation of Bond, I think Craig could slip seamlessly into this role. And he can do the serious stuff. I think he could kick Locque off the cliff. Craig is very physical so would look good doing all the rock climbing in Meteora. You can watch my video on the location hunting for that scene here. Plus I would love to have seen a more viscreal fight at the end with Kriegler. It’s one moment of the film that is lacking.
DALTON in A VIEW TO A KILL
It’s painful, I don’t want to unseat Roger from any of his films. But if we insert Dalton into A View to a Kill, this way we could have got a Dalton trilogy. I would almost prefer to have The Living Daylights be the start of that Trilogy with Tim, that way we get the reveal of him as Bond in Gibraltar, then AVTAK, then Licence to Kill, that way you have the trilogy.
Thanks to Chris Wright for this suggestion of Switching Bonds.
