I'm pretty sure they only let Brits play Bond.

Pffft. As Teppy points out, men who were indeed Brits but decidedly not English have played Bond (the first Bond was a Scot, dammit!), and AD is half-English, or anyhow spent his formative years actually in England.

Not that I think he has a chance in hell of even being considered (though he would rock so very hard at it).

Pierce is Irish, and would probably be more taken aback than Lazenby by the mis-ID. [edit: though it looks like JZ is saying he is a Brit]

Worst spy ever!

Actually, I meant wassname. The black guy. Whose name on the show escapes me. Not Tom, not Harry. Zoe's flatmate. Why can't I remember his name?

We need more Spooks. A&E should rerun the episodes they already have.

Whose name on the show escapes me.

Danny?

Jessica -- I'd been sure that Great Britain was the island itself, and the United Kingdom was GB and Northern Ireland. And that if you called an Irish person British it's like calling a Scottish person English.

David Oyelowo

He is so much hotter than the other guy.

I want my Bond with more quirk and more shirtless. Less veneer.

Jason Statham.

Daniel Craig.

IJS.

Why do the great character actors get overlooked for these franchises?

eta: a typo that was only funny to me. Hmph.

He is so much hotter than the other guy.

Oh, yeah.

If Clive Owen is considered too workmanlike for Bond, I can't see Statham doing any better -- he's rugged with muscles wedged into his crags.

Maybe you're looking for Xander from XXX?

I can't see Statham doing any better -- he's rugged with muscles wedged into his crags.

Statham would totally be the London thug version of Bond.

I'd watch his Bond movies a LOT.

Gack. Snickle.

Um. No.

I can't believe I actually saw XXX in the theatre.

But, now that you mention it, that Marton Csokas is awfully droolworthy.

eta: and DAMN!

I'm glad I saw XXX in the theatre. Because his shoulders deserved that magnification.

I think Statham's Bond would do more grunting than smooth-talking.