Timothy Dalton on his James Bond being a hardened, cold-blooded killer like Ian Fleming intended: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
X2Magneto can you imagine if EON didn’t have the lawsuits exchanges from 1990-1993? Dalton could’ve made a third and fourth Bond film and then passed it to Piers Brosnan. Just think how high Dalton could’ve taken Bond if he had done more films.
waqas46652 Agreed. Had there been no lawsuits or legal issues, Dalton would of done Property of Lady/Whisper of Terror, signed off with GoldenEye and then Brosnan would of taken over in Tomorrow Never Dies. That would of worked better.
Listen to the passion in his voice even after all the years that have passed. I’ve never heard another actor to play the part so passionate in the part & vision of its direction. Greatest shame of the franchise is a Dalton not doing more than two movies.
Absolutely. I really admired his dedication to the role. Taking the time to read the books before and during filming. He's the consummate professional. Plus, he did most his own stunts.
The older I've got, the more I realise they really are meant for schoolboys though. The whole James Bond thing just becomes lame and ridiculous nonsense when you grow up. I used to be obsessed with Bond as a kid, but I even went back to Fleming's novels a few years ago and found this quote in Goldfinger: "Those terms included putting Odd-Job or ANY OTHER KOREAN firmly in place, which in Bond's estimation was lower than apes in the mammalian hierarchy."
Just watched TLD and LTK again recently and Tim was without doubt underrated. Its ironic that he's regarded as the "darker" or "colder" Bond, yet those films also show great humanity in the character as well - in particular his relationships with Kara and Pam, and friendship with Felix.
Absolutely, he characterised the sharp ruthless Bond as first described in the novels, even down to sketches capturing how Fleming imagined Bond to look. I loved Moonraker but felt the films had become like a comedy carnival, as they later did with comedy invisible cars. Just a pity it took 20 years for culture to catch up with Bond, under Daniel Craig.
I think he's often seen as a transitional, or place holder, Bond (it was originally intended for Brosnan to take over once Moore left, but his commitments to Remington Steele got in the way), which is why I think he gets overlooked and/or downplayed. His two movies were my first experience with Bond, so for me, he is Bond.
@matthewboone5251 not necessarily. While they did say Brosnan would make a future bond in the early 80s, According the making of, Cubby originally wanted Dalton first. But Dalton turned it down because he had already committed himself to another film. They then turned to Brosnan afterwards. And then his TV deal with Remington Steele got messy (I think he was all good to sign up until the TV producers decided to go on with the show) and he was forced to pull out. That's when they approached Dalton again and he agreed.
The actors who played Bond are not in the same season. I'm not looking for the best, but for the right person for the role and the time. Connery, not only play, but was Bond for the 60s and early 70s viewers . Love and respect is not enough for Lazenby. After Connery in O.H.M.S.S. I believe in Stanley Baker. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). After him, Dalton - must play in ''A View to a Kill''- was the right man in the role and the time. But he was unlucky, because he came to the end of the Cold War (a basic theme in Bond's script) and in the years 1990-1994 without a Bond movie. Also Brosnan was the right man after Dalton and the actor who reborn Bond. Now Graig is very successful and his hard style without humor fits into the time, especially in the Eastern European and Asian viewers.
Bond was coming dangerously close to becoming a cartoonish superhero, I have always loved Dalton for steering away from that and re-establishing Bond as a gritty Byronic hero.
I like when he said it was never meant for 6 or 7 yr olds. Crazy that u have to tell people that. Looking back, it is now clear that Dalton was the best bond because he was Ian Fleming's bond.
Dalton was a very underrated Bond. Singlehandedly brought the character back down to Earth after the Moore era and it’s camp excesses became played out and clichéd. He had the right blend of ruthlessness and charm to him as well. And to top it off, he read the Fleming novels for inspiration. It’s just a shame the legal issues after LTK prevented him from doing at least two more.
His contract was for 3 movies and that's exactly how many he wanted to do. He was willing to do Goldeneye but Cubby Broccoli tried to pin him down for 3 more from that point on and he then backed out. It's a damn shame. Goldeneye with Dalton would have been amazing.
@@AaronStark1993 Agreed. The Michael France version, while heavy on action, is an interesting early take. Imagine Dalton’s Bond facing either Anthony Hopkins or Alan Rickman as Augustus Trevelyan.
The Living Daylights was the first Bond film I can recall growing up - around ‘92. For me Dalton is the best and it was a crying shame he didn’t do Goldeneye, a superb film thankfully. Was way ahead of his time. Licence to Kill was so dark, but had the best villain, and the finale - most thrilling and extended action sequence of the whole series.
Really surprised that we dont see Dalton more in popular films. He always brought intensity to the screen and u never want to miss a moment. Definitely seriously underrated.
'What makes these movies work? What is it that got them going? You've got to go back to the beginning' A theme that was often used whenever the Bond films were in a limbo
You can really tell he was passionate about the character even so much so to turn the role down when he felt he wasn't ready for it. He was offered the role in his twenties and he said he was too young. To admit he's not ready for the role when it's offered to him on a platter shows the utmost respect to the character and is probably why they asked him again years later.
I mean, they could have just written around that and made him a younger version of Bond. Maybe even started off with him being recruited from the navy into MI6
Dalton saved Bond. His portrayal reminded us what the character is actually about, taking Bond away from the campiness of the 70s and early 80s and into the modern area of down to earth, gritty action with heart. It can't be overstated how important his two movies are to the franchise.
I think Dalton's performance as Bond is the most underrated performance in cinema history. He was exceptional. One of the great disappointments is that we didn't get to see him play Bond at least one more time. Of course I would have loved to have seen him play 007 for even more times than three. But we're fortunate that we were just able to see him in the role at all- he was that special. He was probably the closest cinematic Bond to the original literary Bond and arguably the best and most talented actor/dramatic actor to have played the role. Dalton did toughness and grittiness with Bond better than Craig has.
@@tcaudiobooks737 I'd rather see a high quality Bond game create it's own unique character based on the descriptions from the original books. With an original story. Something that would actually work as a video game, with a semi-open world, gameplay choices, alternative endings, etc.
Even though Brosnan is my favourite one, I have to take my hat off to Dalton. He was a great Bond, closer to Fleming's books, and certainly anticipated Craig's more serious take on the character, which ultimately proved to be untimely. When Craig did the same almost 20 years later, everybody clapped. Go figure...
Love Brosnan too. I'm just sad he never had scripts on the level of Dalton and Craig movies. the first hour of Die another day let me hope that he could at least have the movie he desserved, before turning into a Diamonds are forever remake (bad idea since DAF is the worst Bond movie) filled with terrible CGI. Dalton, on the other hand, made 2 strong movies.
Fun fact: After Connery"s first departure in 1967, the producers approached Dalton. However, he was only 23 at the time and felt that he couldn"t portray a veteran character like Bond and eventually declined. I believe that Dalton"s portrayal served as a predecessor to Craig"s.
@Wadsy The interesting thing is that Dalton wanted to do it, but only that one film. Cubby Broccolli wanted Dalton to stay for four/five more movies as 6 years had passed since the last movie, and although Dalton agreed with his point of view, he didn't want to commit for that long, so he declined.
@Wadsy Actually Dalton did lose interest during the whole lawsuit thing, even told Broccoli that he felt he wouldn't come back, but he changed his mind when the issue resolved but he only wanted to do one more.
@Wadsy I write this for anyone else who might still think that Dalton quit altogether during the big delay, which is not 100% the case. If only they could have agreed to a lesser number of films or perhaps go with Dalton' s wishes of only one film, who knows how things would have gone from there.
It's fine not liking Dalton and everyone is entitled to their favourite. But, if you want a 007 that is faithful to Fleming's vision, you want Dalton. The others are great, but they are more sugared versions of the books. Again, that's fine but as Dalton said, it was never made for 6 and 7 year olds.
Something I noticed about Timothy in all his work. He is always as faithful as possible to the source material. It's a pleasure to watch a great actor interpreting characters the way the original creator intended.
@@wildthornrose As someone who is writing a book and hoping for a movie adaptation someday, I absolutely fear filmmakers who rape a story with "creative license". Someone like Tim is an absolute godsend for creators of the source material.
I remember when i was 10 years old renting all the bond films on VHS, and when I got to the timothy dalton era I was shocked with the level of intensity. I didn't consider him to be good back then, however as I got older my appreciation for him just grew. He was definitely the most ruthless yet most believable bond ever, and it's a shame that he never got to make goldeneye.
GoldenEye was written with him in mind - but he politely declined a 4/5 movie deal. Which is a shame because then Brosnan would of had the worst set of Bond films ever made 🤣
Timothy Dalton was a very good Bond,he could have returned for the abandoned third film 1991’s The Property Of A Lady..that would have been an awesome movie!
It would've been even better than you can imagine.... it was supposed to have an early version of Alec Trevelyan in it named Augustus Trevelyan, played by Anthony Hopkins. It would've been similar to GoldenEye's plot, but set right at the end of the Cold War.
Best Bond to date and I am glad he is still passionate about his work in the series, especially after the way he was, rumour has it, treated by MGM/UA.
Truly exemplary words from an exceptional actor. You can hear he still has the passion for the character. Dalton’s Bond IS the Bond from the novels. He was so underrated. I always consider him the Dark Horse ahead of his time.
Best bond and such a likeable and down to earth guy. Timothy is one of Britain’s most underused and underrated actors of all time. It’ll be a sad day when he goes like Roger and Sean have.
Curiously, Dalton was Broccoli's first choice to do the Living Daylights, but Dalton was working on Brenda Starr, and that's why Broccoli turned to Brosnan. When Brosnan couldn't take the role, Dalton had become free during the delay. But I wonder if Brosnan had been able to do the Living Daylights, whether he would also done the same hard-edged depiction as Dalton did.
Timothy Dalton is the most balanced Bond. Daniel Craig is too serious and too many personal problems to make a efficient killer. Timothy balanced the books, the serious and the charm of James Bond.
@@lukasnummer1 Yeah, but Craig co-produces as well, doesn't that give him some say in what's in the script? From what I've understood he had more say in more than one aspect of the last few movies.
Dalton was trying to bring more to the role than what was in the scripts. His Bond was seriously under appreciated. But back then, someone leaked the story that Brosnan was the first choice and when NBC caught wind of it they decided that attention could generate new interest in Remington Steele and renewed it. Then Dalton was hired but all of that created a feeling to many that they were getting a 2nd rate choice as Bond and that Brosnan needed to replace Dalton.
The best bond licence to kill is as close to the dark sullen character described in the books daltons face had a look of violence and you could believe he could kill you
Yeah. You can also see him as a man who drinks heavily to drown out the faces of all the people he had to kill, and takes amphetamines to get himself psyched up for a difficult stage of the mission. Something you really understand in the books, but don't really see in the movies
I really liked Goldeneye with Brosnan as he was seemingly born for that film, but... Dalton finishing out a trilogy with Goldeneye, now that's some serious potential. It's already a top-3 bond film for most people, but I think Dalton's take on Goldeneye would've gave Goldfinger reason to worry at the top spot.
I really liked Dalton as Bond and still do. I’d discovered his two films quite a while ago and have loved them. While I admire Roger Moore, Dalton really brought the character back down to earth and tried to attempt what Connery had done and then some. As he says in the interview here, he wanted to bring his reality to it and he certainly did with many people criticising him for it unfairly.
Being James bond was a privilege and it still is Great to see actors caring for a role and putting the effort into making it better. Thank you Mr Dalton you did your part in the portrayal of the iconic 007 and made us once again fall in love with the character.
I agree. Audiences got way too comfortable with the excesses of the Moore Era. All the slapstick, eyebrow raising, megalomaniacal villains, and quips were played out and cliched by the time Moore turned 50. His contract was originally meant to run for 3 movies, but he kept getting hired back on a film by film basis. Dalton singlehandedly brought Bond back to reality, and it’s shame that he only did 2 underrated gems while Moore got 7 outings.
It’s also a case of adapting to the decade of cinema too. What’s made the bond franchise work is how the films do represent the feel of cinematic decades. Like Sean’s films had that swinging 60s vibe to them as that was what was the feel of those films. Rogers was very psychedelic 70s and being straight up comedies. With daltons films, they were out in the same period as terminator, robocop, die hard, and lethal weapon which are very violent films with morally flexible protagonists who will do anything to beat the villains and that’s what daltons films reflected.
If you’re asking me who is the GOAT when it comes to James Bond, it’s Connery. But if you’re asking me who my favorite Bond is, it’s without question Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. They both just brought a serious tone to the franchise that was needed when both of them took over, and if you ask me when you combine their Bond films there is only one bad film between them and that’s Quantum of Solace. I don’t know if this is true, but I read somewhere that Dalton auditioned for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and I’ve always wondered how things would have changed had he got the part. Now I understand that he was in his early to mid-twenties so he probably wouldn’t have been able to bring the same dark tone that he brought to the Bond films he was in, but OHMSS is my favorite Bond film, and a reason for this is because the story is so good that they had an Australian male model with no prior acting experience play Bond and it is still one of the best Bond films of all time. Now if you have a young Dalton play Bond, I don’t think their would be any debate on what is the greatest Bond movie of all time.
Oh my god, I knew he was into the role, but I didn't know he was this passionate about it. He was so good for the series. I loved Roger as Bond and his films, but imagine if they'd built on Timothy Dalton's two films, making every subsequent one a certificate 15, at least, with aggression and realism. What would a 1991 Dalton release have been like?? Goldeneye was good but it relied massively on cliches that, actually, were only cliches in people's minds. How often had 007 delved into cold war Russia before then? Back to the chintzy (with respect) DB5 and gadgets. Maybe the fall of the Soviet Union had to be acknowledged, I don't know. But Dalton battling with Latin American drug barons to a Michael Kamen soundtrack held its own against Die Hard and Lethal Weapon in that era and was a highlight of the series for me. Anyway, we know who'd win in a fight between Dalton and Mel Gibson ...
Flemings description of Bond is he looks like Hoagy Carmichael, the nearest bond to Hoagy is Tim. Ironically ,Pierce allegedly lost the role when after 9/11 they wanted a darker Bond!
I hate to say it since Goldeneye is my favorite bond film, but Dalton would’ve made Brosnan’s performance look like One of Roger Moore’s earlier movies. Dalton was the perfect Bond and Goldeneye was tailored to him, it’s sad he never got to show his full potential.
@@Heretic_Wolf originally GoldenEye was supposed to be The Property of a Lady, with Alec Trevelyan being Augustus Trevelyan, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins.
@eating sugar no papa what an immature, uneducated and utterly ignorant opinion. The films that followed Goldeneye show that Brosnan alone doesn't equal a great Bond movie. Goldeneye would work regardless if it was Dalton or Brosnan. Because the script was great, the rest of the cast were great, the stuntwork was great, the filming locations and set design were great. There's far more that goes into making a great movie than just the leading actor. There are hundreds of people that work on a single film. The actors actually have one of the more easier tasks. I'm sure the stuntmen and the guys designing the props and minature set designs had a bit more on their plate than the script readers.
@eating sugar no papa wrong assumption. It was written with Dalton's Bond in mind. Brosnan was good in it, but Dalton would've been tremendous. Brosnan embodies the colder, vengeance-filled side of Fleming's Bond, while Dalton embodies the more burned-out side of Fleming's Bond.
Yes it would've been better, and Dalton would've grimaced at the insults and asides Trevelyan aimed his way, rather than Brosnan's shrugging his shoulders.
You know what is funny?People in the 1980 s accepting hard edge characters like Rambo,The Terminator,John McClane and Martin Riggs and not accepting an hard edge Bond.
Milton Tavares it’s exactly what Dalton is talking about at the beginning of this clip. He doesn’t say it directly but Roger Moore turned Bond into a family friendly clownish character. People were so used to seeing Bond like this since the early 70s, it was a turning point for a big franchise at the time. The other films you’re talking about either hadn’t become franchises yet or were early in, so no one had any expectations about what those heroes were ”supposed to” be like if that makes sense.
@@miltontavares9506 Yep, sadly they got only more campy and Moore basically made Bond a cartoon. Hate how he was milked for so long but Dalton only got two movies..wtf
That’s exactly why it had to go back to Fleming’s vision. At EON, they have a philosophy where these films are concerned: when you’re stuck, go back to Fleming and his books - go back to the source material for inspiration. It was the right move, but the world needed one more film, since it usually takes three for most moviegoing audiences to accept Dalton as Bond. Unfortunately, legal woes and time would deny this between studio owners for six years, which was a shame.
@@4345ghee A View to a Kill is a weird transition between the corny Moore bits (Paris car chase, Moore bedding May Day, Stacey Sutton) and Dalton's/Fleming's Bond (Max Zorin's random outbursts of violence and the overall plot).
@@4345ghee I don't think AVTAK sucked as much as DAF, for exemple. It has some very interesting parts. Zorin, the plot of the bad guy...) but most of it was killed by the fact that poor Roger Moore was way too old for the role. In fact, he was already out of shape since Octopussy that I consider worst than AVTAK. Had Dalton was Bond in AVTAK instead of Moore, it would have been a kickass movie.
After Craig, I wish EON/MGM would revamp the character once more and make the franchise for adults. R rated Bond films. Like Dalton says here, it was never meant for children. I know John Wick isn’t raking in a billion a movie but they’re still successful in their own right.
For me, I just want them to push the franchise to the edge of PG-13 and maybe to the point of receiving a 15 in the UK. No way they'd ever go for R-rated. It would mean giving up too much cash.
Absolutely love what Dalton brought to the role. Love the mentality, his respect for the source material, and just the pure grittiness and brooding nature he brought back to the Bond character,
Delos dalton’s version was totally different from his predecessors, and his immediate successor. With more and Brosnan, Bond was a movie character that enjoyed wearing luxurious items and clothing, even though he was an international spy. Where Dalton is concerned, he always wore his wardrobe and carried himself with an edge. There is an innate meanness to him. The clothes and other items were just trappings. To Dalton’s Bond, and dare I say also to Craig’s, those things: the clothes, the technology, the gadgets, the cars, and everything else, or a means to an end. Even Vesper stated that he wears his clothes with a slight bit of disdain. To Dalton (and Craig) focusing on the target in particular and the mission in general was first and foremost.
He's always been my favorite Bond. I love Connery and Brosnan's portrayals and respective films, but Dalton had something about his portrayal that stuck with me. Some kind of edge and Dalton's charisma was off the charts so combine it all and he's amazing. Btw Daniel Craig has been a good bond too but he's not my favorite.
Timothy Dalton was absolutely brilliant, BRILLIANT as Bond! Only having 2 films with him was such a tragedy. The living daylights for me in some ways is still the gold standard for bond movies.
1:26 - the way he says how he always liked a challenge while staring into the camera is epic as hell, the sheer intensity of this man made him the best 007 right after Connery.
I agree with you one hundred percent. If Connery hadn’t done Diamonds Are Forever then stop could add him to this list. This might be a controversial opinion but Craig wasn’t that far off but Quantum of Solace keeps him from being in this group as well. A lot of people would say that Craig made two bad films, but I personally liked Spectre.
@@cooperwolfe5478 I found you only live twice bad as well, even if he hadn't done diamonds he would of still had a bad movie. I wasn't keen on Doctor know either, as it was very basic. But still better than his last two. I think connery would of been good in ohmss
Timothy Dalton was the perfect James Bond but came at the wrong time. The world was used to Roger Moore and the Bond of the books was too much of a change for most people. But I thought he was great.
It was the wrong time because after his second film a lawsuit was going on which left the franchise dormant for 6 years. It was nothing to do with audience reaction to him which was actually positive.
The Living Daylights was originally offered to Brosnan, who accepted, but his contract with Remington Steele prevented him from taking the role at the time. He had already done publicity photos before having to drop out to go back to Remington.
Dalton is the only Bond to pull off a more serious interpretation. Brosnan era was able to pull of a more realistic, cool suave swagger Bond that is probably closer to what a real James Bond would be in reality and his 4 movies are perfect for that hands down. But Dalton was still able to maintain the bon vivant aspect, and the humor of the other Bond films (albeit tailored a little more to his subtleties), the gadgets, the girls and the fantasy silly elements. While also being able to bring an 80s action grit to it. The press and naysayers praised Craigs awful thug Bond, but he lacks any and all the traits that made Bond interesting: the charismatic, likeablity, the frame and the tone. Craig is just a low rent Dark Knight from Batman Begins in Casino Royale, and continues to prove to be uninteresting throughout his entire run.
Dalton is seriously underrated. He was way ahead of his time. Dark, gritty Bond. Just the way Ian Fleming wanted him to be.
Dalton 1000000x better than rubbish ugly craig
@@gentlemanJames777 He was certainly the proto type of the Craig style Bond
@@98Ashb dalton is my guy . never liked craig even after seeing all 4 bond films
@@gentlemanJames777 so you want moores style back 🤣
Timothy Dalton on his James Bond being a hardened, cold-blooded killer like Ian Fleming intended:
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
Just listening to Dalton describe the character is freakin' brilliant. Sit under the learning tree, fellas.
X2Magneto can you imagine if EON didn’t have the lawsuits exchanges from 1990-1993? Dalton could’ve made a third and fourth Bond film and then passed it to Piers Brosnan. Just think how high Dalton could’ve taken Bond if he had done more films.
@@waqas46652 New heights.
Yep..he gets Bond
waqas46652 Agreed. Had there been no lawsuits or legal issues, Dalton would of done Property of Lady/Whisper of Terror, signed off with GoldenEye and then Brosnan would of taken over in Tomorrow Never Dies. That would of worked better.
@@LexingtonDeville984 Or maybe even better we never would've had to deal with Brosnan and go from Dalton right to the excellent Craig.
Listen to the passion in his voice even after all the years that have passed. I’ve never heard another actor to play the part so passionate in the part & vision of its direction. Greatest shame of the franchise is a Dalton not doing more than two movies.
Absolutely. I really admired his dedication to the role. Taking the time to read the books before and during filming. He's the consummate professional. Plus, he did most his own stunts.
He rocks
"They're not meant for school boys" What a perfect quote from Ian
Funny how I loved Bond as a school boy then, even Dalton's grittier Bond.
Quite ironic really when Fleming himself criticised his first novel, Casino Royale, as being nothing more than schoolboy literature
@eating sugar no papa Okay, Greta. Take your homophobia elsewhere.
The older I've got, the more I realise they really are meant for schoolboys though. The whole James Bond thing just becomes lame and ridiculous nonsense when you grow up. I used to be obsessed with Bond as a kid, but I even went back to Fleming's novels a few years ago and found this quote in Goldfinger: "Those terms included putting Odd-Job or ANY OTHER KOREAN firmly in place, which in Bond's estimation was lower than apes in the mammalian hierarchy."
I don't know, I'm 17, in 2021, and Tim Dalton is my favourite 007. Even the Bond Girl, Kara Milovy played by Maryam D'abo is my favourite.
I really liked Dalton as bond
Just watched TLD and LTK again recently and Tim was without doubt underrated. Its ironic that he's regarded as the "darker" or "colder" Bond, yet those films also show great humanity in the character as well - in particular his relationships with Kara and Pam, and friendship with Felix.
Absolutely, he characterised the sharp ruthless Bond as first described in the novels, even down to sketches capturing how Fleming imagined Bond to look. I loved Moonraker but felt the films had become like a comedy carnival, as they later did with comedy invisible cars. Just a pity it took 20 years for culture to catch up with Bond, under Daniel Craig.
Way WAY better than DC IMHO
YES
I think he's often seen as a transitional, or place holder, Bond (it was originally intended for Brosnan to take over once Moore left, but his commitments to Remington Steele got in the way), which is why I think he gets overlooked and/or downplayed. His two movies were my first experience with Bond, so for me, he is Bond.
@matthewboone5251 not necessarily. While they did say Brosnan would make a future bond in the early 80s, According the making of, Cubby originally wanted Dalton first. But Dalton turned it down because he had already committed himself to another film. They then turned to Brosnan afterwards. And then his TV deal with Remington Steele got messy (I think he was all good to sign up until the TV producers decided to go on with the show) and he was forced to pull out. That's when they approached Dalton again and he agreed.
Dalton was the best Bond!!
I’ve always thought the same, Matt
Sean Connery is the Best.!!!
Totally agree, as bond was meant to be.
Dalton’s bond was the most sinister, I think Craig brings the similar feel back to the character!
The actors who played Bond are not in the same season. I'm not looking for the best, but for the right person for the role and the time. Connery, not only play, but was Bond for the 60s and early 70s viewers . Love and respect is not enough for Lazenby. After Connery in O.H.M.S.S. I believe in Stanley Baker. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). After him, Dalton - must play in ''A View to a Kill''- was the right man in the role and the time. But he was unlucky, because he came to the end of the Cold War (a basic theme in Bond's script) and in the years 1990-1994 without a Bond movie. Also Brosnan was the right man after Dalton and the actor who reborn Bond. Now Graig is very successful and his hard style without humor fits into the time, especially in the Eastern European and Asian viewers.
Bond was coming dangerously close to becoming a cartoonish superhero, I have always loved Dalton for steering away from that and re-establishing Bond as a gritty Byronic hero.
Roger moore
And the Craig era redefined that danger dark element.
I like when he said it was never meant for 6 or 7 yr olds. Crazy that u have to tell people that. Looking back, it is now clear that Dalton was the best bond because he was Ian Fleming's bond.
Dalton was a very underrated Bond. Singlehandedly brought the character back down to Earth after the Moore era and it’s camp excesses became played out and clichéd. He had the right blend of ruthlessness and charm to him as well. And to top it off, he read the Fleming novels for inspiration. It’s just a shame the legal issues after LTK prevented him from doing at least two more.
Dalton Best James bond
His contract was for 3 movies and that's exactly how many he wanted to do. He was willing to do Goldeneye but Cubby Broccoli tried to pin him down for 3 more from that point on and he then backed out. It's a damn shame. Goldeneye with Dalton would have been amazing.
@@AaronStark1993 Agreed. The Michael France version, while heavy on action, is an interesting early take. Imagine Dalton’s Bond facing either Anthony Hopkins or Alan Rickman as Augustus Trevelyan.
Millions of people loved the Moore Bond films. They did not love Dalton's.
@@ysthafellgynghori8423more fool them, they didn't appreciate the vast improvement.
Dalton has such a badass voice!
I've always had great respect for Timothy Dalton, not just as Bond, but an actor, period. This video makes me have even more respect for him.
I agree. I know that it’s unlikely but I hope that he ends up winning an Oscar.
Timothy Dalton bring certain danger in his role as James Bond. Look at him in 1923😊
If I could have one wish it would be to meet Timothy Dalton
It would make me so insanely happy. Honestly.
The Living Daylights was the first Bond film I can recall growing up - around ‘92. For me Dalton is the best and it was a crying shame he didn’t do Goldeneye, a superb film thankfully. Was way ahead of his time. Licence to Kill was so dark, but had the best villain, and the finale - most thrilling and extended action sequence of the whole series.
Someone kind of did Dalton's Goldeneye for the fans here!
m.czcams.com/video/BKVI3sFvIiw/video.html
Really surprised that we dont see Dalton more in popular films. He always brought intensity to the screen and u never want to miss a moment. Definitely seriously underrated.
He’s a classical actor he prefers Shakespeare/theatre.
@@tomrixcomedy He is on a DC show called “Doom Patrol”, and he frankly is a shining star among many (with Brendan Fraser).
LTK doesn’t get the credit it deserves Sanchez the most real Bond villain
Leigh Lewis YES!!! The fact he controlled an entire country, the president, the army. It’s very realistic
Philippe Hunt is that sarcasm?
@@philippeh3904 Pablo Escobar...
The most real and the most threatening villain.
'What makes these movies work? What is it that got them going? You've got to go back to the beginning' A theme that was often used whenever the Bond films were in a limbo
2:27 perfect transition of Dalton bringing Fleming's perspective of Bond
You can really tell he was passionate about the character even so much so to turn the role down when he felt he wasn't ready for it. He was offered the role in his twenties and he said he was too young. To admit he's not ready for the role when it's offered to him on a platter shows the utmost respect to the character and is probably why they asked him again years later.
I mean, they could have just written around that and made him a younger version of Bond. Maybe even started off with him being recruited from the navy into MI6
@@booqueefious2230 that was initially the plan had he agreed but he didn’t
You can see the Shakespearean side come out. Just fascinating to hear and to me he is in the upper echelon of Bond actors
Dalton saved Bond. His portrayal reminded us what the character is actually about, taking Bond away from the campiness of the 70s and early 80s and into the modern area of down to earth, gritty action with heart. It can't be overstated how important his two movies are to the franchise.
His Bond films were possibly the best, for me anyway.
I agree.
Same here - I can sit through them and not cringe like I do with the Moore films.
I think Dalton's performance as Bond is the most underrated performance in cinema history. He was exceptional. One of the great disappointments is that we didn't get to see him play Bond at least one more time. Of course I would have loved to have seen him play 007 for even more times than three. But we're fortunate that we were just able to see him in the role at all- he was that special. He was probably the closest cinematic Bond to the original literary Bond and arguably the best and most talented actor/dramatic actor to have played the role. Dalton did toughness and grittiness with Bond better than Craig has.
It would be awesome if we had a third Dalton movie in the form of a game.
@@tcaudiobooks737 I'd rather see a high quality Bond game create it's own unique character based on the descriptions from the original books. With an original story. Something that would actually work as a video game, with a semi-open world, gameplay choices, alternative endings, etc.
License to kill is the best bond movie
The most realistic Bond. I believed that he was a spy that would kill me if I was his target
Love Dalton's passion. Gave me a chill
Even though Brosnan is my favourite one, I have to take my hat off to Dalton. He was a great Bond, closer to Fleming's books, and certainly anticipated Craig's more serious take on the character, which ultimately proved to be untimely. When Craig did the same almost 20 years later, everybody clapped. Go figure...
Love Brosnan too. I'm just sad he never had scripts on the level of Dalton and Craig movies. the first hour of Die another day let me hope that he could at least have the movie he desserved, before turning into a Diamonds are forever remake (bad idea since DAF is the worst Bond movie) filled with terrible CGI. Dalton, on the other hand, made 2 strong movies.
Now there's a dedicated actor, he deserved way more than two films. Although the two he did are both brilliant anyway.
Dalton was the most surest bond of them all.
THIS is how the actor prepares! THIS is what James Bond is about! Let's hope that this character continues for centuries to come!
Nah. Time for woke Bond
@@dogmadogma5398 The true Bond fans will never allow such a thing.
Fun fact: After Connery"s first departure in 1967, the producers approached Dalton. However, he was only 23 at the time and felt that he couldn"t portray a veteran character like Bond and eventually declined. I believe that Dalton"s portrayal served as a predecessor to Craig"s.
Actually he was 22
The best Bond ever. The living daylights and the soundtrack was next level.
I kind of wish Dalton was in Goldeneye. Although the script would’ve been darker and serious, he should’ve gotten a third film
GoldenEye's script as is was perfect for Dalton. Kinda wish they still has gotten Anthony Hopkins to do a Bond baddie.
Ian Steward Though Sean Bean was brilliant as Trevelyan, I would of loved to have seen Hopkins do a Bond baddie.
@Wadsy The interesting thing is that Dalton wanted to do it, but only that one film. Cubby Broccolli wanted Dalton to stay for four/five more movies as 6 years had passed since the last movie, and although Dalton agreed with his point of view, he didn't want to commit for that long, so he declined.
@Wadsy Actually Dalton did lose interest during the whole lawsuit thing, even told Broccoli that he felt he wouldn't come back, but he changed his mind when the issue resolved but he only wanted to do one more.
@Wadsy I write this for anyone else who might still think that Dalton quit altogether during the big delay, which is not 100% the case. If only they could have agreed to a lesser number of films or perhaps go with Dalton' s wishes of only one film, who knows how things would have gone from there.
I loved how he took the character seriously.
Timothy dalton got fucked over plain and simple, Dalton was very underrated and brought a great new feel to the bond character
It's fine not liking Dalton and everyone is entitled to their favourite. But, if you want a 007 that is faithful to Fleming's vision, you want Dalton. The others are great, but they are more sugared versions of the books. Again, that's fine but as Dalton said, it was never made for 6 and 7 year olds.
Indeed.If you look at the Connery movies,they aren t exactly kid friendly.
Roger moore movies are tho kids frindle
Something I noticed about Timothy in all his work. He is always as faithful as possible to the source material. It's a pleasure to watch a great actor interpreting characters the way the original creator intended.
@eating sugar no papa Licence To Kill though...
@@wildthornrose As someone who is writing a book and hoping for a movie adaptation someday, I absolutely fear filmmakers who rape a story with "creative license". Someone like Tim is an absolute godsend for creators of the source material.
I remember when i was 10 years old renting all the bond films on VHS, and when I got to the timothy dalton era I was shocked with the level of intensity. I didn't consider him to be good back then, however as I got older my appreciation for him just grew. He was definitely the most ruthless yet most believable bond ever, and it's a shame that he never got to make goldeneye.
I think he should have play in ''A View to a Kill''.
GoldenEye was written with him in mind - but he politely declined a 4/5 movie deal. Which is a shame because then Brosnan would of had the worst set of Bond films ever made 🤣
I love Licence to Kill . It was the Lethal Weapon/ Die Hard of the Bond films. The Michael Kamen score makes it even better😎
Dalton was such a fantastic Bond..He brought real integrity..Absolutely love his two pictures.
Timothy Dalton was a very good Bond,he could have returned for the abandoned third film 1991’s The Property Of A Lady..that would have been an awesome movie!
It would've been even better than you can imagine.... it was supposed to have an early version of Alec Trevelyan in it named Augustus Trevelyan, played by Anthony Hopkins. It would've been similar to GoldenEye's plot, but set right at the end of the Cold War.
@@Thicc_Cheese_Dip Now that sounds good
He was a great Bond. A real shame we've got only 2 movies with him.
He could be an amazing literary critic. Absolutely love Tim Dalton.
Best Bond to date and I am glad he is still passionate about his work in the series, especially after the way he was, rumour has it, treated by MGM/UA.
Truly exemplary words from an exceptional actor. You can hear he still has the passion for the character. Dalton’s Bond IS the Bond from the novels. He was so underrated. I always consider him the Dark Horse ahead of his time.
That explains why I loved Dalton as a kid and went on to love the brutal realism of Craig.
Best bond and such a likeable and down to earth guy. Timothy is one of Britain’s most underused and underrated actors of all time. It’ll be a sad day when he goes like Roger and Sean have.
Curiously, Dalton was Broccoli's first choice to do the Living Daylights, but Dalton was working on Brenda Starr, and that's why Broccoli turned to Brosnan. When Brosnan couldn't take the role, Dalton had become free during the delay. But I wonder if Brosnan had been able to do the Living Daylights, whether he would also done the same hard-edged depiction as Dalton did.
What a James Bond Timothy Dalton is!
Licence to kill amazing movie I’m pleased he and the movie gets the recognition it deserves years later !!!!
Timothy Dalton is the most balanced Bond. Daniel Craig is too serious and too many personal problems to make a efficient killer. Timothy balanced the books, the serious and the charm of James Bond.
The "too-many-personal-problems" thing is more a problem of the scripts than of Craig's portrayal, I think. But I agree with you.
@@lukasnummer1 Yeah, but Craig co-produces as well, doesn't that give him some say in what's in the script? From what I've understood he had more say in more than one aspect of the last few movies.
Dalton was trying to bring more to the role than what was in the scripts. His Bond was seriously under appreciated. But back then, someone leaked the story that Brosnan was the first choice and when NBC caught wind of it they decided that attention could generate new interest in Remington Steele and renewed it. Then Dalton was hired but all of that created a feeling to many that they were getting a 2nd rate choice as Bond and that Brosnan needed to replace Dalton.
The best bond licence to kill is as close to the dark sullen character described in the books daltons face had a look of violence and you could believe he could kill you
Yeah. You can also see him as a man who drinks heavily to drown out the faces of all the people he had to kill, and takes amphetamines to get himself psyched up for a difficult stage of the mission. Something you really understand in the books, but don't really see in the movies
Dalton is my favorite Bond. I love what Craig has done with the character, as well.
You can hear the enthusiasm he still has for Bond.
I really liked Goldeneye with Brosnan as he was seemingly born for that film, but... Dalton finishing out a trilogy with Goldeneye, now that's some serious potential. It's already a top-3 bond film for most people, but I think Dalton's take on Goldeneye would've gave Goldfinger reason to worry at the top spot.
I really liked Dalton as Bond and still do. I’d discovered his two films quite a while ago and have loved them. While I admire Roger Moore, Dalton really brought the character back down to earth and tried to attempt what Connery had done and then some. As he says in the interview here, he wanted to bring his reality to it and he certainly did with many people criticising him for it unfairly.
I could listen to his voice all night 🌙:)
great bond
I absolutely LOVE Daltons voice 💛
I could listen to him talking about nutrition values in food and it would still be captivating.
My number 1 Bond.
Being James bond was a privilege and it still is
Great to see actors caring for a role and putting the effort into making it better.
Thank you Mr Dalton you did your part in the portrayal of the iconic 007 and made us once again fall in love with the character.
Fleming would be so proud of Dalton...
Ohhh dalton you were truly under appreciated 😟. Best Bond ever !!
Totally underrated!!! Loved him as Bond! Where’s the rest of this interview??
Way ahead of his time..hate how people couldn't let go of Moore's campy shit and accept Dalton
I agree. Audiences got way too comfortable with the excesses of the Moore Era. All the slapstick, eyebrow raising, megalomaniacal villains, and quips were played out and cliched by the time Moore turned 50. His contract was originally meant to run for 3 movies, but he kept getting hired back on a film by film basis. Dalton singlehandedly brought Bond back to reality, and it’s shame that he only did 2 underrated gems while Moore got 7 outings.
It’s also a case of adapting to the decade of cinema too. What’s made the bond franchise work is how the films do represent the feel of cinematic decades. Like Sean’s films had that swinging 60s vibe to them as that was what was the feel of those films. Rogers was very psychedelic 70s and being straight up comedies. With daltons films, they were out in the same period as terminator, robocop, die hard, and lethal weapon which are very violent films with morally flexible protagonists who will do anything to beat the villains and that’s what daltons films reflected.
If you’re asking me who is the GOAT when it comes to James Bond, it’s Connery. But if you’re asking me who my favorite Bond is, it’s without question Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. They both just brought a serious tone to the franchise that was needed when both of them took over, and if you ask me when you combine their Bond films there is only one bad film between them and that’s Quantum of Solace. I don’t know if this is true, but I read somewhere that Dalton auditioned for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and I’ve always wondered how things would have changed had he got the part. Now I understand that he was in his early to mid-twenties so he probably wouldn’t have been able to bring the same dark tone that he brought to the Bond films he was in, but OHMSS is my favorite Bond film, and a reason for this is because the story is so good that they had an Australian male model with no prior acting experience play Bond and it is still one of the best Bond films of all time. Now if you have a young Dalton play Bond, I don’t think their would be any debate on what is the greatest Bond movie of all time.
Oh my god, I knew he was into the role, but I didn't know he was this passionate about it. He was so good for the series. I loved Roger as Bond and his films, but imagine if they'd built on Timothy Dalton's two films, making every subsequent one a certificate 15, at least, with aggression and realism. What would a 1991 Dalton release have been like?? Goldeneye was good but it relied massively on cliches that, actually, were only cliches in people's minds. How often had 007 delved into cold war Russia before then? Back to the chintzy (with respect) DB5 and gadgets. Maybe the fall of the Soviet Union had to be acknowledged, I don't know. But Dalton battling with Latin American drug barons to a Michael Kamen soundtrack held its own against Die Hard and Lethal Weapon in that era and was a highlight of the series for me. Anyway, we know who'd win in a fight between Dalton and Mel Gibson ...
He’s classically trained so no surprise there 😊 plus he’s been a fan of the books for a long time before the films I think
Kara we're in the middle of a Russia air base in Afghanistan
Lol I loved that line. She's also possibly the prettiest Bond girl but it's hard to pick one
@@booqueefious2230 oh she's 🔥
Flemings description of Bond is he looks like Hoagy Carmichael, the nearest bond to Hoagy is Tim. Ironically ,Pierce allegedly lost the role when after 9/11 they wanted a darker Bond!
we must thank daniel craig for reviving daltons portrayal as bond.
My favourite Bond. Tough SOB in a ruthless world. Nuff sed.
i guess iv always liked a challenge.!
Dalton should have returned as bond in goldeneye
I hate to say it since Goldeneye is my favorite bond film, but Dalton would’ve made Brosnan’s performance look like One of Roger Moore’s earlier movies. Dalton was the perfect Bond and Goldeneye was tailored to him, it’s sad he never got to show his full potential.
@@Heretic_Wolf originally GoldenEye was supposed to be The Property of a Lady, with Alec Trevelyan being Augustus Trevelyan, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins.
@eating sugar no papa what an immature, uneducated and utterly ignorant opinion. The films that followed Goldeneye show that Brosnan alone doesn't equal a great Bond movie. Goldeneye would work regardless if it was Dalton or Brosnan. Because the script was great, the rest of the cast were great, the stuntwork was great, the filming locations and set design were great. There's far more that goes into making a great movie than just the leading actor. There are hundreds of people that work on a single film. The actors actually have one of the more easier tasks. I'm sure the stuntmen and the guys designing the props and minature set designs had a bit more on their plate than the script readers.
@eating sugar no papa wrong assumption. It was written with Dalton's Bond in mind. Brosnan was good in it, but Dalton would've been tremendous. Brosnan embodies the colder, vengeance-filled side of Fleming's Bond, while Dalton embodies the more burned-out side of Fleming's Bond.
eating sugar no papa We get it. You’re a Brosnan shill, Greta.
Timothy Dalton was the best bond he smashed it in The living daylights
Dalton is Dangerous. The Only Bond ahead of its time - Timothy Dalton
Best bond!!
Timothy Dalton taught me something to ask the interviewer as an an interviewee when going for a job, "what do you want from me?".
Did it work?😅
Excellent question.
Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto on LTK were so damn hot 🔥
Rockin' Ricky Ricardo Both were gorgeous Bond girls in their own right.
Oh my 😍
i love goldeneye, but i cant stop wondering how it would be with TD in it, probably even better
Yes it would've been better, and Dalton would've grimaced at the insults and asides Trevelyan aimed his way, rather than Brosnan's shrugging his shoulders.
Timothy Dalton will always be MY JAMES BOND
You know what is funny?People in the 1980 s accepting hard edge characters like Rambo,The Terminator,John McClane and Martin Riggs and not accepting an hard edge Bond.
Milton Tavares it’s exactly what Dalton is talking about at the beginning of this clip. He doesn’t say it directly but Roger Moore turned Bond into a family friendly clownish character. People were so used to seeing Bond like this since the early 70s, it was a turning point for a big franchise at the time. The other films you’re talking about either hadn’t become franchises yet or were early in, so no one had any expectations about what those heroes were ”supposed to” be like if that makes sense.
@@4345ghee Moore s Bond was so corny.Dalton was way better as Bond.
The early Bond films were more adult and more hard edge.From Russia With Love,for example,gets closer to Ian Fleming's version.
@@miltontavares9506 Yep, sadly they got only more campy and Moore basically made Bond a cartoon. Hate how he was milked for so long but Dalton only got two movies..wtf
@@journey95far49 So unfair man.Dalton was such a great Bond.He deserved at least six films but the general audience will always prefer a goofy Bond.
The bond franchise did become a parody of itself by the end of moores run
anthony cheesman agreed. View to a Kill sucked.
That’s exactly why it had to go back to Fleming’s vision. At EON, they have a philosophy where these films are concerned: when you’re stuck, go back to Fleming and his books - go back to the source material for inspiration. It was the right move, but the world needed one more film, since it usually takes three for most moviegoing audiences to accept Dalton as Bond. Unfortunately, legal woes and time would deny this between studio owners for six years, which was a shame.
@@4345ghee A View to a Kill is a weird transition between the corny Moore bits (Paris car chase, Moore bedding May Day, Stacey Sutton) and Dalton's/Fleming's Bond (Max Zorin's random outbursts of violence and the overall plot).
@@4345ghee I don't think AVTAK sucked as much as DAF, for exemple. It has some very interesting parts. Zorin, the plot of the bad guy...) but most of it was killed by the fact that poor Roger Moore was way too old for the role. In fact, he was already out of shape since Octopussy that I consider worst than AVTAK. Had Dalton was Bond in AVTAK instead of Moore, it would have been a kickass movie.
Dalton has probably saved the franchise by doing his two movies. Returning to Fleming's books was the only way after the Moore years
After Craig, I wish EON/MGM would revamp the character once more and make the franchise for adults. R rated Bond films. Like Dalton says here, it was never meant for children. I know John Wick isn’t raking in a billion a movie but they’re still successful in their own right.
For me, I just want them to push the franchise to the edge of PG-13 and maybe to the point of receiving a 15 in the UK. No way they'd ever go for R-rated. It would mean giving up too much cash.
Dalton got it.
The John Barry score for the Living Daylights was simply outstanding a great piece of film music it made the film
Dalton would have been great as Bond going into his 50's. Still looked good & would have grown in statue & gravitas.
Absolutely love what Dalton brought to the role. Love the mentality, his respect for the source material, and just the pure grittiness and brooding nature he brought back to the Bond character,
IMO, Dalton was way better than Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore
Delos dalton’s version was totally different from his predecessors, and his immediate successor. With more and Brosnan, Bond was a movie character that enjoyed wearing luxurious items and clothing, even though he was an international spy. Where Dalton is concerned, he always wore his wardrobe and carried himself with an edge. There is an innate meanness to him. The clothes and other items were just trappings. To Dalton’s Bond, and dare I say also to Craig’s, those things: the clothes, the technology, the gadgets, the cars, and everything else, or a means to an end. Even Vesper stated that he wears his clothes with a slight bit of disdain. To Dalton (and Craig) focusing on the target in particular and the mission in general was first and foremost.
Dalton looks liked Bond, while Brosnan looks like the guy who plays Bond.
For me dalton was always the best bond. Even more than Connery. I do love connery as bond but dalton kicked it up a lot of gears.
Absolutely
He's always been my favorite Bond. I love Connery and Brosnan's portrayals and respective films, but Dalton had something about his portrayal that stuck with me. Some kind of edge and Dalton's charisma was off the charts so combine it all and he's amazing. Btw Daniel Craig has been a good bond too but he's not my favorite.
Dalton was a awesome Bond. Honor him as he deserves.
Timothy Dalton was absolutely brilliant, BRILLIANT as Bond! Only having 2 films with him was such a tragedy. The living daylights for me in some ways is still the gold standard for bond movies.
1:26 - the way he says how he always liked a challenge while staring into the camera is epic as hell, the sheer intensity of this man made him the best 007 right after Connery.
Dalton at least went out on top. The only actor with multiple movies that didn't have a bad one
I agree with you one hundred percent. If Connery hadn’t done Diamonds Are Forever then stop could add him to this list. This might be a controversial opinion but Craig wasn’t that far off but Quantum of Solace keeps him from being in this group as well. A lot of people would say that Craig made two bad films, but I personally liked Spectre.
Omg good point
@@cooperwolfe5478 I found you only live twice bad as well, even if he hadn't done diamonds he would of still had a bad movie. I wasn't keen on Doctor know either, as it was very basic. But still better than his last two. I think connery would of been good in ohmss
Dalton was a awsome bond. Living daylights is one my favorite bond flicks.
LOVE YOU 😊MR DALTON
0 dislikes!!!❤️❤️just loved it
Dalton was ace. Love him.
Daltons bond paved the way for Craig. Shame we didn’t get more Dalton.
Damn. This makes me wish he starred in GoldenEye as well
GoldenEye was written with his characterization in mind.... Trevelyan was also written with Anthony Hopkins in mind too.
No in ''GoldenEye'' but in ''A View to a Kill''.
Same here and you know who would have been a great director? Brian De Palma.
Timothy Dalton was the perfect James Bond but came at the wrong time. The world was used to Roger Moore and the Bond of the books was too much of a change for most people. But I thought he was great.
I would say twenty years ahead of the gritty reboot trend.
Agreed: the right Bond, but at the wrong time.
It was the wrong time because after his second film a lawsuit was going on which left the franchise dormant for 6 years. It was nothing to do with audience reaction to him which was actually positive.
The Living Daylights was originally offered to Brosnan, who accepted, but his contract with Remington Steele prevented him from taking the role at the time.
He had already done publicity photos before having to drop out to go back to Remington.
Dalton is the only Bond to pull off a more serious interpretation. Brosnan era was able to pull of a more realistic, cool suave swagger Bond that is probably closer to what a real James Bond would be in reality and his 4 movies are perfect for that hands down. But Dalton was still able to maintain the bon vivant aspect, and the humor of the other Bond films (albeit tailored a little more to his subtleties), the gadgets, the girls and the fantasy silly elements. While also being able to bring an 80s action grit to it. The press and naysayers praised Craigs awful thug Bond, but he lacks any and all the traits that made Bond interesting: the charismatic, likeablity, the frame and the tone. Craig is just a low rent Dark Knight from Batman Begins in Casino Royale, and continues to prove to be uninteresting throughout his entire run.