Daniel Day-Lewis
Yes, he’ll be pushing 60 before ever even auditioning for the part, and becoming the face of a multi-billion dollar blockbuster series is the last thing an actor as reclusive as Day-Lewis would do, but this would be more groundbreaking for society than cinema. Think about it: in addition to being pretty much the greatest actor of his generation, Daniel Day-Lewis has a frightening commitment to his craft, spending most of the filming of The Last of the Mohicans living in the woods, and only eating food he acquired himself by hunting it.
So imagine this scenario: getting into character, Daniel Day-Lewis decides to try out being a spy for real. Now, taking into account that the man is a human chameleon with two Oscars, and espionage is basically dependent on how good a pretender you are, in all likelihood, he’d have his hands on every covert blacklist and nuclear launch code the world over, in about a week. Think of what he could do with all the world’s secrets at his fingertips? Come to think of it, that actually makes him sound more like a Bond villain, so we’d have to wait and see what he does with unlimited power before getting him into casting.
What do you think? Who should play James Bond after Daniel Craig is done?