This James Bond 007 ACTOR is 'This', on Contrary. Trying to shine light on sides of Bond which is shunned by popular opinions.
[So this is Never Say Never Again for me, as I had said in earlier post that, that will be my last post]
I think Roger Moore is the most important James Bond actor, yes he is, he was the one who made it possible that another actor after sean connery could play the character with complete helm, no less or more than original.
His era made and used THE ICONIC TROPES, that anyone associate with 007, yeah sure those tropes were there before and after, but he used it as complete pride.
I also think, as with his movies, Bond is more experienced now and so he is at ease. Thats why he don't take things to seriously/personally until ofcourse he do.
He is funny, and ruthless and cruel when needed, that is he handles Scarmanga's woman as he would handle any other goon, more or less. He kicks the car off the cliff. He runs over crocodiles.
He is also very intelligent, enough to make things look easy. Him driving car cut in half is so cool and its shows his expertise. He is an icon, even in-universe.
Timothy Dalton, is usual chanted to be 'dark' but I don't think so, he is as funny as others, even Daniel Craig is funny too. Ofcourse they were shy on that during his era.
Like for example handcuffs "I do hope so", broadchest "you have to trust me on that".
What are your thoughts on actors which are contrary to popular opinion? I personally think that each actor brought something different, not that they didn't have what the other brought.