James Bond Requires Older Actor with ‘Gravitas’

[hewontgo]

James Bond Requires Older Actor with ‘Gravitas’: Young Stars Lack the ‘Mental Capacity,’ Says 007 Casting Director https://t.co/dd5WkCmUeW pic.twitter.com/aar1YSNqL3
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) April 12, 2023

James Bond won’t be younger anytime soon.
Franchise casting director detailed the criteria to play 007.

“When we started, it was a slightly

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[epicdonald]

I can think of an older actor with gravitas whose schedule just opened up pretty significantly

[squirrels_oh_no]

That was my first thought lmao

[sarafina126]

...and this is what I get for waiting until Succession is finished to watch the show 😒

[epicdonald]

I knew there'd be someone who didn't know yet that Logan retires and ghosts his family so he can sell coconuts whittled to look like celebrities at Myrtle Beach 😔 but lbr he'd make a great Bond

[benihime99]

Dev Patel

[luvthatdrtywata]

This would be the first Bond movie I ever watched.

[orangutanis]

I just don't see him going for anything resembling a franchise ever again lol (probably for the best, his career is more interesting for it!)

[benihime99]

Shhhhhh
Let me dream

[angriest_girl]

God, they make it sound like they’re curing cancer, not casting some old white fart in the role of an anachronistic chauvinist arsehole.

[dull_and_wicked]

i remember the drama over daniel craig’s casting bc he’s blonde…the drama is always such a snooze. but i guess they have to grasp straws to critique anything since barbara broccoli straight up was like bond’s going to be a white dude forever so there’s only so much there could be difference between their options then

[ruby479]

So long as he's hot idc