While not my first choice, that’s the point of
polls; to see what everyone else thinks. Good old reliable Pierce pipped Craig
and Connery to the post by just one and two votes respectively, with George
Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton bringing up the rear with two, four and
six votes of a total 48.
In all honesty, the results have been pretty predictable.
The overwhelming turnout has obviously been for the more recent incarnations,
as a younger film audience is more likely to have seen their efforts. Then
there’s the vote for the original; the staple classic, Sean Connery.
Perhaps most surprising were the six votes for Timothy
Dalton - having starred in just two films, The
Living Daylights and Licence to Kill,
Dalton’s is perhaps not the face that instantly springs to mind with the
classic line: “Bond. James Bond.” Perhaps it’s a testament to his legacy, then,
that he managed to gain 12% of the vote off the back of two films.
Conversely, George Lazenby, who took up the 007 mantle for
just a singular outing with On Her
Majesty’s Secret Service, drew a measly two votes - 4% of the overall
turnout. So not quite the impact he’d hoped to have. Though he does have some
defenders - Edward Wilkinson, 21, said: “I think it's ridiculous how underappreciated
Dalton and Lazenby are. They were both a class act.”
With new Bond film Skyfall
due for release towards the end of 2012, perhaps Craig can turn around the
disappointment felt after Quantum of
Solace and edge out a win over Brosnan in a future poll. After all, where
Pierce had a good four films to establish himself in the role, Daniel’s only
had two. Plenty of time left to prove himself - though, with 25% of the vote,
he’s clearly gone some way towards that goal already.
Skyfall
is due in cinemas on 26th October 2012. Until then, you’ve got a
whole 22 Bond films to plough through. It’s Britain’s biggest spy film franchise,
and it’s about to turn 50…
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