Don Cheadle?
Don frakking Cheadle?
Yes, attractive. Yes, actiony and funny, and - but - JEsus! Don Cheadle? Cast Dick Van Dyke and have done with it!
Look, a black or Asian Bond, why the hell not? But he should be British, damn it! British! Not American! British! Or Commonwealth - I'd cope with Commonwealth. But Not! American!
t /not at home to Mr Logic
Ahem. Adrian Lester or Colin Salmon, okay. Lovely. Don Cheadle? Bah. Humbug.
JRM, although delicious delicious delicious, is too young for Bond. Maybe in 10 or 15 years.
Aamir Khan - well, I've never heard of him. I gather from imdb that he's been in a gazillion things, but he doesn't look particularly British to me. Hmph. Looks suspiciously Indian, in fact. Although Indian is much more nearly British than American is, so he's still much higher up the list than Don Cheadle.
BRITISH, I TELL YOU!!! HE SHOULD BE BRITISH!!!!
is dragged off by men in white coats
Incidentally, should anyone be tempted to address this rationally - I do know that, in all fairness, it could be played by an American who can do a fabulous accent. Alexis Denisof, say, whose American accent always sounds ridiculous and unnatural to my ears. This is Only Fair, because I am always happy when I see Brits paid to play Americans. I know it is fair. Yes. But I seem to have an irrational, visceral 'Bond Must Be British!!!'* response. It appears to be as close as I get to patriotism. Hmm.
*for a given definition of British which includes all of the British Isles, including the Republic of Ireland, and which could be pretty easily stretched to include anywhere in the Commonwealth. But not America.