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Let's face it, everyone was always going to hate on Aaron Taylor Johnson for picking up the role of Bond
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They're going to hate on anyone picking up the role of Bond. Rumors amount in that Aaron Taylor Johnson is finally going to be announced as the man to step into the role of James Bond
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the Ian Fleming spy created in the books of the 1950s and 60s
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Now we're waiting for Ian Productions to announce, confirm finally that Aaron Taylor Johnson's going to be the guy
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Honestly, my feelings are he was always the frontrunner. He was a really early name suggested years ago now
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there were rumours in 2022 he went in for a secret screen test
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now while alan taylor johnson hasn't confirmed anything just yet it's going to be popular tate on him let's be honest now in 2005
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daniel craig took on the role of james bond there were websites there were loads of websites set up about why daniel craig was going to be a terrible
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terrible bond absolutely terrible there was a website called like daniel craig can't be bond
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It was savage. Now the basis of this argument was that he was blonde and that he was a bit kind of unclassic
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in his looks. Daniel Craig is probably the most critically lauded bonds to have ever taken on the role now
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He's going to be remembered as the guy who made Bond dark, who made Bon real, who broke
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bond down, who made Bond vulnerable. But people thought he would be rubbish
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In the early 70s as well, the same thing happened with Roger Moore. He followed, obviously, George Lazenby for one film and mainly followed Sean Connery, who
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had done seven films. Everyone thought Roger Moore was going to be rubbish and the film reviews came out for live and let die and they slated him largely
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They said he was too comedic They said he was too camp They said he didn take the role seriously enough They said he was too effervescent and bubbly and sort of silly and joking with the role where Connery had been a man There was a lightness
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to his touch that people ended up going, oh yeah, Roger Moore. So while Sean Connery might have been
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the OG, people really hated on Roger, but now there's a real love for Roger. Let's circle
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back around to Aaron Taylor Johnson. There's a huge amount of comments online people say he's not
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Bond, he doesn't look like Bond. And there's going to be a load of people being very protective
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of Daniel Craig and what Daniel Craig brought to the role because he was so popular in the end
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But let's remember Aaron Taylor Johnson, right? Like, you know, he might have a bit of reputation
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as kind of like a sort of middling, sort of action-adventure kind of star
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But actually, he's got more to his name than you might remember. Aaron Taylor Johnson's got this reputation as being a bit bland
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maybe a bit of a bland action sort of guy, a bit anodyne. I think it's kind of unfair
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He did have some boring roles earlier in his career, but let's look at some other of the elements of his career that have gone really, really well, right
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2017, he took home Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes for Nocturnal Animals
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And just last year, he took home the excellent award at the Ilocano Film Festival for Bullet Train with Brad Pitt
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This guy's got serious credentials. He's a really, really, really, really introspective guy
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He's a serious guy, and he takes his role seriously. I mean, what could be more serious than marrying a 42-year-old when you're 18
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Google it, if you don't know what I'm talking about. So that's my take, Aaron Taylor Johnson is really going to channel a lot of the Craig elements of bonds
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But what do you think? Do you think Aaron Taylor Johnson is going to be the next bond
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But most importantly, what type of bond do you think he's going to be? Who's he going to channel? Let us know in the comments below
