10 Actors That Should Play James Bond Next After Skyfall

6. Paddy Considine (39)

An expert at playing dark, misunderstood figures with a penchant for brutality, Considine could up the psychopathy of James Bond tenfold. Imagine him as 007 - if anyone got in his way, there€™s great potential Considine's Bond would just snap and kill them. If M berated him for doing so, he€™d probably kill her too. Paddy Considine could play a violently unpredictable Bond, someone totally out to lunch when it comes to following orders. He could take the franchise in a new direction, one where Bond is a nutjob suddenly given a licence to kill, and then using it carte blanche to end people whenever somebody racks him off. In all seriousness, Considine's talent at making monsters sympathetic could make the Bond films more morally interesting, taking a closer look at the line between hero and villain.
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