Maybe if he didn't take the role of Wolverine 7 years ago I might have warmed up to Hugh Jackman as James Bond. But I rather keep up with what Cubby does: Never hire established movie stars. Anything below is fine like Moore and Brosnan being has-been TV stars by the time they took the role, unknowns like Connery and Lazenby, theatre actors like Dalton or character actors like Craig. But never movie stars, esspecially if they have such popular roles like Wolverine.
That is why I wouldn't go with Christian Bale. He would be a good Bond but you wouldn't believe him as Bond as easily you would with a more unknown actor. Once he took the role of Batman he pretty much ruined any chance to become a possible candidate for Bond.
That is why apparently, Hugh Jackman only did an audition for the role, just to make sure he was that good of an actor to make you forget he is Hugh Jackman, but obviously that never passed and the producers looked elsewhere like Cubby did to other established actors in the past.
Note: I must say, the two look very classy here.
