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Daniel Craig's time as James Bond is not over yet


The London Sunday Express reported on Sept 5, 2016 that the bets were on that Craig would return for his 5th and final film. Sony has offered him $150M. He'd be and idiot to turn that down. And besides it took three years to get from Skyfall to Spectre. I can wait another three years to see Craig as Bond one more time.

Okay, he's tired and I'm sure the shooting is grueling at times. But the rewards are far richer for an actor such as Craig.

IMHO he's the best Bond we've seen since Timothy Dalton. Dalton attempted to make Bond a very serious protagonist but the audience was still too immature to accept a serious Bond after Roger Moore's horrible melodramatic portrayal of a very silly minded intelligence agent for the crown of Great Britain.

I have greatly enjoyed seeing Craig's interpretation of James Bond as serious, cool but callous yet still devoted to Monarch and country not to mention the ability to love just one woman. Craig has shown the audience the vulnerable side of Bond and I have thoroughly appreciated how the producers and directors have handled this new 21st century portrayal of Bond.

And I don't know of any English actor at the moment that could truly replace him, especially not Tom Hiddleston. Yes, he's great at playing Loki in the Thor films but I cannot even picture him as James Bond.

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I think Aidan Turner is the only realistic alternative right now.

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I actually arrived at two actors I'd like to see take up the reigns of Bond: Richard Armitage and/or Luke Evans. Either one would be an admirable replacement of Daniel Craig.

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