Eps 31: James Nortona Just Buried Daniel Craiga Alive
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If James Norton truly wants to keep appearing in quirky, naturalistic dramas such as his new tearjerker, I wonder whether avoiding Bond may not be a smart move. On the topic of pure entertainment, James Nortons recent appearances on The Nevers, a show that I thoroughly enjoy, had a bumpy start following accusations from its creator, Joss Whedon, of creating toxic environments in his previous works . In truth, James Nortons latest movie skilfully moves past any apparent edge in order to build something far more complex, with compelling performances by James Nortons and Daniel Lamont. Even before factoring in Daniel Lamonts amazing performance, who was just four years old at the time of filming, James Nortons latest movie sounds a little too obvious as a tearjerker, particularly coming from the direction of Uberto Pasolini, the director best known for Still Life, the beautifully drawn, low-key film in 2013, that deals with death from a far more oblique perspective.
Thinking of the single thread connecting the vastly different performances, James Nortons is incredibly -- perhaps uniquely -- adept at suggesting the pain of being buried in the fine nuances of its features, something perhaps he learned from retellings of Lord Of The Flies, that is arguably learned from Englands state-school system. Talking about his process, once, with The New York Times, he said that he tried to inhabit each character within their everyday lives, and when doing Happy Valley, it was a challenge, having to rinse off with brooding psychopathy. James Bond fanboy James Norton surmises this is what you want as an actor -- having the truth at the moment, responding to something real, and whenever I have worked alongside Daniel Lamont, who is only five, the stuff that is given me is real. In the meantime, though, James Bond favourite James Norton is busy breaking hearts in his new drama, in which he stars alongside five-year-old Daniel Lamont.
Given Craig has retired as the next James Bond at age 53, it seems highly likely the Bond-writing team will take their cues from former Rose Poldark. Daniel Craig was six years younger when he took over as the next James Bond back in 2006, and we have a feeling that Cubby Broccoli ultimately wants to put a younger Bond onscreen, if only to distinguish the next installment from those directly preceding it. Franchise producer Barbara Broccoli is correct on the reinvention side, since No Time To Die killed the iconic superspy James Bond, but once the credits roll, the returning James Bond is still going to be there onscreen. Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, and every actor that has played Bond before played the same man, which makes the killings hard to account for.
No Time To Die gave Craigs Bond a sharp, exploding send-off, which was largely well received by fans. Just behind James Norton in the race to succeed Craig is Richard Madden, star of Game of Thrones and The Bodyguard, with a 3-to-1 record. James Norton is one of the more popular choices to succeed Daniel Craig, with actors including Tom Hiddleston, Sam Heughan, Richard Madden, Henry Cavill, Henry Golding, and Idris Elba also in the running. James Norton, James Bonds favorite, is the subject of a heart-wrenching new movie, Nowhere Special, directed by Uberto Pasolini, which is among the leading candidates to play the booksie, alongside stars such as Rege-Jean Page and Tom Hardy.
Instead of taking on Blofeld or shooting enemy spies with Walther PKKs , the actor is shown making cakes and cleaning up toys, teddy bears, and spilled milk. With Craigs upcoming James Bond having done the Bond-gone-Bourne thing so long, that clobbering in Bourne-style grit has become standard fare in most action films, and most spy films, surely, Ross Poldarks bare-bones candor may be more a step backwards in 2005 rather than forwards.
There is, however, an outpouring of betting behind the names, with former Ross Poldarks odds on being the next Bond instantly falling from 8/1 to 4/5, displacing the previous favourites of Sam Heughan and James Norton from the lead.