Bloom...Orlando Bloom. [Archive]

Bailey

03-19-2004, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by Crash-Man
The last few Bond films weren't busts. They don't need to start afresh or distance themselves from Brosnan's work.

they don't? it's not all about box office. the bond formula has been tired for years. the producers know this. they don't want to find out AFTER they spend 120 million that audiences just can't get it up for another installment. they have to try and stay ahead of the game. I am not saying this is what they're going to do, but it's a reasonable guess if bloom is cast. the guy is 10 to 15 years younger than the age we associate with bond and looks 20 years younger. I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand given hollywood's penchant for copying other things that are popular or have some success/buzz surrounding them.

Dan Whitehead

03-19-2004, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by Crash-Man
The last few Bond films weren't busts. They don't need to start afresh or distance themselves from Brosnan's work.

Brosnan is about the only thing right about the last three Bond movies. An back-to-basics overhaul is most definitely required - they just need someone who can be convincingly dangerous. The thing EON seem to have forgotten (or chosen to gloss over) is that Bond is a vicious and sometimes sadistic bastard who just happens to exude a suave exterior.

Micah Robinson

03-19-2004, 01:17 PM

Exactly. While his movies had other problems, at least the Timothy Dalton Bond had that gritty realness you speak of, Dan, in SPADES. Brosnan has the smoothness and the capability for the menace, but they never give it to him. It took a turn in The Tailor of Panama for me to see it, which is sad.

Start the films over, give us a Bond with balls, and forget that Orlando Bloom was ever mentioned for the role.

Slater

03-19-2004, 01:20 PM

Finally, my prayers for a live action James Bond Jr. film are being answered.

Dan Whitehead

03-19-2004, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by Micah Robinson
While his movies had other problems, at least the Timothy Dalton Bond had that gritty realness you speak of, Dan, in SPADES.

License to Kill was on TV the other week, and it's true. Connery and Dalton are the only actors to even resemble the Bond from the books.

Yes, he's a smooth operator and chicks dig him, but he's first and foremost a SPY. He's supposed to live in a world of constant suspicion and peril. And when the shit goes down, you have to believe he'll act with swift and decisive violence.

Ironically, I think The Bourne Identity captured that paradigm better than any Bond film in recent memory.

Kevin Matchstick

03-19-2004, 01:57 PM

License to Drive was on tv the other week too.

Sean Bateman

03-19-2004, 01:58 PM

We need another Bond movie about as bad as we need another Trek movie. They had a good run, leave them be. If it were up to me, I wouldn't let the brain trust behind the Bond series tackle a sequel to Lizzy McGuire.

JacknifeJohnny

03-19-2004, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by Kevin Matchstick
License to Drive was on tv the other week too.

Billy Ocean is a Man-God!!!:D

Dan Whitehead

03-19-2004, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by Kevin Matchstick
License to Drive was on tv the other week too.

Either Corey would make an AWESOME Bond.

Kevin Matchstick

03-19-2004, 02:01 PM

The had a bond, but it was broken.

Werbal_Kint

03-19-2004, 02:03 PM

Bloom is an awful choice for Bond. He's too young, too skinny, and talks like he is perpetually out of breath. He is not suave and has no screen presence. Fuck Orlando Bloom. Stupid fucking Legolas. Stupid fucking Blackburn. Stupid fucking Will Turner.

JacknifeJohnny

03-19-2004, 02:06 PM

Orlando Bloom might be okay, I kind of dig the idea of a gay Bond.:D
Seriously, I'd like to see an R-Rated Bond w/ Brosnan or whoever, turning in a seedier performance as 007 (like Brosnan's Andy Osnard from "Tailor of Panama").
If you want to re-invigorate the franchise, don't go young...go dirty!

Kevin Matchstick

03-19-2004, 02:07 PM

Does he have Disney World in him, is what I want to know.

Colt45

03-19-2004, 02:10 PM

When are people gonna figure out that this guy is just okay?

clever hans

03-19-2004, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by Sean Bateman
We need another Bond movie about as bad as we need another Trek movie. They had a good run, leave them be.

Here, here. If anything, they should follow Toho's lead and let Mr. Bond hang loose for 10, maybe 15 years. Unfortunately, we'll be seeing another Brosnan-on-autopilot exercise with no real excitement or life to speak of, most likely involving a satellite and a giant laser, theme song by Sixpence None the Richer.

MadmanNixon

03-19-2004, 02:13 PM

Orlando Jones would make a KICK ASS Bond!

Sean Bateman

03-19-2004, 02:13 PM

When Godleneye hit it was a like a pop culture bomb went off. It was great to see the character back, and different. Then, they fucked up over and over and over and over again. Also, fuck Vic Armstrong.

clever hans

03-19-2004, 02:23 PM

Yeah, looking back, Goldeneye (while disliked by many) really should've been the last outing. Unfortunately, the phrase "fucked up" doesn't quite go far enough to accurately reflect the current state of the franchise.

Like JacknifeJohnny said, go dirty. Even go low-tech (and fly in the face of tradition). So many great possibilities; Bond needs to be a badass once more, but hypothesizing about it is just an exercise in frustration I suppose.

Telemachos

03-19-2004, 02:44 PM

Orli Bloom is an idiot choice for Bond. He's basically the exact opposite of what Bond is.

I hear rumors about Hugh Jackman -- he'd be an interesting choice, IMHO.

And of course, my main choice...

I tire of hearing how perfect Clive Owen is for the role just because he looked good in a tux in Croupier.

That's not the main reason why Clive's a good choice. He's got a great steely edge to him, that great sense of cool unflappability, AND he looks good in a tux. ;)

Seriously, watch any of the BMW shorts to get a sense of him in action -- they're basically mini-Bond flicks to begin with.

Dave Davis

03-19-2004, 03:08 PM

I've seen pretty much everything Clive has been in. I just don't see him as Bond. He's cool and magnetic, but to me he's just not Bond.

Jackman would be interesting. Hell, I thought Rupert Everett would be interesting.

But not Bloom.

Charlie Brigden

03-19-2004, 03:09 PM

I agree 100% Dave.

I'd go with Jackman. But I've always thought Ewan could pull it off.

Dan Whitehead

03-19-2004, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by Sean Bateman
Also, fuck Vic Armstrong.

Why? He's just doing his job as dictated by the producers and the scripts, and doing it damn well. Without him, the current movies would be even more lifeless than they are.

Charlie Brigden

03-19-2004, 03:34 PM

Bateman, you have one seriously sorry attitude at the moment.

Boomstick

03-19-2004, 03:46 PM

Matters fuck-all if they don't get a good script.

Bronson could have been a great Bond. It's a shame his films were written so poorly. It was never Bronson's fault, and no perfect actor will be a good Bond until the people on top let a talented crew put it together.

Dan Whitehead

03-19-2004, 03:50 PM

I wish Bronson had played Bond. That would've been something.

clever hans

03-19-2004, 03:58 PM

"Mother Russia and her street gang killed his family. Now they're going to pay. Charles Bronson is serving up revenge, shaken not stirred."

Werbal_Kint

03-19-2004, 04:01 PM

About the only thing I would have had against Bronson playing Bond is the fact he's American. I think they should always get somebody from one of the Britannia related countries because nationality is one of the core aspects of the Bond character.

I'm aware that any good actor can impersonate other nationalities, but it just wouldn't be as authentic.

Though seeing as he's dead I guess it's all moot.

prala is just for jk

03-19-2004, 04:06 PM

The only thing AGAINST Orlando Bloom playing Bond would be his age, I think. However, the effeminate thing? TELL ME Peirce Brosnon isn't effeminate and I will laugh in your face.

Seriously.

Werbal_Kint

03-19-2004, 04:07 PM

I don't think Pierce Brosnan is that effeminate.

*awaits prala's laughtrack*

Ben Moore

03-19-2004, 04:13 PM

No, he's suave. There's a difference.

He can grow a beard convincingly, Legolas can not.

Legolas would be the actor to choose to play Bond if you wanted to please the women, but last I checked, women weren't exactly the target audience for James Bond movies.

Bailey

03-19-2004, 04:17 PM

What have you all seen Hugh Jackman in that makes you think he'd be a good Bond? That is not to say he couldn't do a servicable job... but he's bland as all hell. Maybe I am the only guy who thinks his Wolverine has absolutely no true edge or sense of mystery about him, but to me he just seems like he's... playing at it, I guess. Course I've disliked both X-Men movies, and never had much invested in the source material, so that could be part of it. But Hugh just doesn't seem to hold any kind of special talent or magnetism, in my eyes. EwMac could be a fun Bond... but if they were to go with a darker tone, (the only way I'd be remotely interested in another one, incidentally) I'd rather have somebody else.

Crash-Man

03-19-2004, 04:32 PM

Brosnan is not effeminate. Not in the least in my opinion.

I'm going to open myself to a floodgate of flames and posts insulting my intelligence and tastes by saying openly that I enjoyed Die Another Day.

A lot.

It was fun, funny, smooth and action-packed.

That said, I've only watched one of the pre-Bosnan Bonds I enjoyed it. I realise that this new Bond is a whole new ballgame but still...I liked DAD.

I liked Goldeneye too.

Sorry. :D

Bloom as Bond sucks btw. Jackman really would be interesting.

clever hans

03-19-2004, 04:47 PM

Jackman's character from Kate & Leopold as Bond would be... interesting (or something). I think that's the only way I could support his casting. If you're going to go with Bloom, who couldn't help but come across as foppish, or at the very least, delicate, then you might as well cast the time-travelling Jackman in his place.

All kidding aside, I just don't think Bloom fits. It's not a miscast to the extent of putting Jason Statham in the role, but it just doesn't fit. Someone like Jeremy Northam, moovyphreak's suggestion, is dead-on. He's not quite a "white van man" but at the same time not a waif either.

Mr. Freeze

03-19-2004, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by Crash-Man
Brosnan is not effeminate. Not in the least in my opinion.

I'm going to open myself to a floodgate of flames and posts insulting my intelligence and tastes by saying openly that I enjoyed Die Another Day.

A lot.

It was fun, funny, smooth and action-packed.

That said, I've only watched one of the pre-Bosnan Bonds I enjoyed it. I realise that this new Bond is a whole new ballgame but still...I liked DAD.

I liked Goldeneye too.

Sorry. :D

Bloom as Bond sucks btw. Jackman really would be interesting.

Don't be sorry, I agree with everything you said. I'll do you one better and say Tomorrow Never Dies is my fav of Brosnan's run.

Crash-Man

03-19-2004, 05:40 PM

Tomorrow Never Dies was the one with that fat caviar manufacturer, wasn't it?

I liked that one as well. :D

reverse_viagra

03-19-2004, 06:14 PM

Hugh Jackman would be good. Old enough to look experienced and not be laughed off the screen by adults, but fit enough to not be dismissed as an old man by teens. He looks strange when suaved up and without facial hair, though. Girly nose.

On the other hand, Brosnan Bonds have made more & more money with each installment, so clearly no one has a problem with ol' Remington Steele.

NathanW

03-19-2004, 07:20 PM

I came across this little piece from an interview with Brosnan about the state of the bond films or the people behind them, at least.

"That’s a good question, Peter. I don’t know. We’re in a very opaque land at the moment. I’m certainly willing to come back for a fifth and final one. But I think the producers are certain a kind of paralysis has set in. And they don’t know where to go, how to go with this film. So if it happens, great. If it doesn’t, I’ve done my four - the contract was for four...We set a fine bar there with the last picture. And from what I can gather from Barbara and Michael, they don’t know what to do".

So they're at a standstill as far as ideas go, this might be the point where they finally realize they'll have to take the series in a new direction, but I doubt it.
Owen has stated he's not interested in playing Bond, Dave, so you don't have to worry. Unless they're going to have Bloom play Bond at the beginning of his career I can't see him fitting into the role.

Sproing

03-19-2004, 08:21 PM

Originally posted by walter-konkrete
I'd put "being punched by Orlando Bloom" somewhere after "being pummeled with a soggy waffle" on my "Things that Hurt List"

Oh, I dunno. Nimble guy, long reach ... skinny guys fight till they're burger.

The Elite Fetus

03-20-2004, 01:02 AM

Oh just bury the franchise. It's a bore and a tired relic of the past. Is there really a strong interest in the character anymore? Can't we get our thrills from something else (and new)?

Showvillain

03-20-2004, 01:18 AM

If they're going to cast an actor from Pirates of the Caribbean as Bond, my vote would go with Jack Davenport.

jackspades22

03-20-2004, 02:22 AM

If they're going to cast an actor from Pirates of the Caribbean as Bond, my vote would go with Jack Davenport.

You may be on to something there.

Bozz

03-20-2004, 02:45 AM

It seems every month there's a new rumour about an actor supposedly being eyed to take over the role of Bond.

Originally posted by Dave Davis
I tire of hearing how perfect Clive Owen is for the role just because he looked good in a tux in Croupier. After his Down With Love role, McGregor would be ace.

I second McGregor.

Rath/Brendan

03-20-2004, 03:41 AM

If they're going to go for a younger Bond, why not Matthew Goode from Chasing Liberty. He's charismatic, suave, and has the same sort of "Bondian" look. I also second Jack Davenport---he's a favorite actor of mine, and he's proven he can do the spy thing with that show Ultraviolet. Also, Clive Owen's King Arthur co-star Ioan Gryffud would be an interesting choice, though he's more rugged and less refined than the current string of Bonds.

NathanW

03-20-2004, 03:47 AM

I was thinking along the same lines with Davenport but again, his age is a factor unless it's going to be a batman begins scenario. I'm not saying he's not good for the role just he might be slightly young for the role.

Apart from Clive Owen, the only one who comes to mind is Robson Green, who played Tony Hill in 'The Wire in the Blood' series, I don't know if that series aired in America.

D. Richard

03-20-2004, 05:17 AM

I want to see a no-namer be the next Bond. A big name like Jackman or Bloom would overshadow what 007 needs to be. Clive Owen would be fun, but his time is running out. but by 2006 when they're ready for #22, Clive won't want to anymore. find me a Ron Livingston-looking english dude.

Subotai

03-20-2004, 08:17 AM

Anyone see a British miniseries called Extremely Dangerous? Hell, Bean would make a pretty cool Bond. Not as pretty as Bloom, but fuck, I'd buy him as someone with a 00-license.

Which is kind of the problem. The violence is so gratuitous in Bond films now, who the fuck cares if you've got a 00-license?

Dave Davis

03-20-2004, 10:21 AM

Besides, Bean already had a 00 license.

moovyphreak

03-20-2004, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by Dave Davis
I've seen pretty much everything Clive has been in. I just don't see him as Bond. He's cool and magnetic, but to me he's just not Bond.

Jackman would be interesting. Hell, I thought Rupert Everett would be interesting.

I agree with Dave here on the Clive Owen. He's just not Bond.

I agree that Jackman might be interesting. Ol' Hugh was in the hotseat on Inside the Actor's Studio two Sundays back and James Lipton asked him about the Bond rumors. He just kind of chuckled and didn't say a whole lot.

Casey Moore

03-21-2004, 12:19 AM

First off, I like Bloom, but I don't see him as Bond. Not that he couldn't be in the future, but I don't see it yet.

My pics would be Colin Firth, Clive Owen, Jeremy Northram (sp?), or Ewan McGregor. And, Owen started to make the Bond lists for me while doing his Mystery series. McGregor convinced me as the poster above with his Down With Love performance as well. Firth just seems a unique choice, and Northram has the steel looks tod o it.

But, the Bond films still won't be good until Wilson and Broccoli are gone and the Franchise is in the hand of people who give a damn and have read the original books and care what happens. There are so many writers and directors who I am sure would love to do a Bond, but won't without creative control. And Wilson and Broccoli are not about to give up their cash cow unless someone offers a helluva lot of money.

I really think it is going to take some top directors or producers convincing a studio to buy the franchise for them to play with. Maybe Spielberg can buy it with Dreamworks or PJ can convince someone to buy it for him. Maybe QT can get Harvey to buy it for him (which would be interesting with the directors the Weinsteins have at their hand).

Smirk

03-21-2004, 12:23 AM

Cillian Murphy anyone?

Casey Moore

03-21-2004, 12:30 AM

I need to see some more of Murphy. Maybe after Batman Begins. Or if someone can point me to some of his other works so I can see on my own.

D. Richard

03-21-2004, 06:25 AM

thinking of some names.... Campbell Scott, Jeremy Davies if he stopped looking 16. Hell, give Christian Bale the role if Batman doesn't pan out. I somewhat think McGregor would be decent. The idea doesn't thrill me, but I'd be very intrigued. In the end, it's too bad Sean Bean was wasted on 006... he'd be a phenomenal Bond.

Biddle Undercover

03-21-2004, 03:46 PM

If they're going to cast an actor from Pirates of the Caribbean as Bond,

Put Johnny Depp in the role with an adventurous director. Now who wouldn't want to see that?

MovieImp

03-22-2004, 09:46 AM

Sigh, the rumor that will not die. About every two months this thing pops up yet again. Bloom is not going for the Bond role. Somebody somewhere got bored and put his name in the list of possible actors for the role now that Brosnan has done his contracted four and it just won't go away.

Bloom is doing Kingdom of Heaven, then Elizabethtown then he has Pirates 1 and 2 to do and has expressed zero interest in the role of Bond.

Bozz

03-23-2004, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by MovieImp
Bloom is doing Kingdom of Heaven, then Elizabethtown then he has Pirates 1 and 2 to do...

I hear Johnny Depp might be playing a character named Jack Sparrow!

Showvillain

03-23-2004, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by Biddle Undercover
Put Johnny Depp in the role with an adventurous director. Now who wouldn't want to see that? James Bond doesn't seem like the type of role that Depp would take. Besides, if it did happen, I would spend the entire movie waiting to see Bond use a prosthetic third arm or get his eyes gouged out.

Del Griffith

03-23-2004, 09:05 AM

Orlando Bloom as James Bond?

I guess those rumors of a few years ago about making a gay James Bond are coming true.

Biddle Undercover

03-23-2004, 09:38 AM

James Bond doesn't seem like the type of role that Depp would take.

I'm was only half serious... but would you have guessed that Depp would take a role in a film based on a Disney park ride?

smugbug

03-23-2004, 10:25 AM

*sigh* Sean Bean.

An actor that can be sauve and tough. And a rough and tumble handsome guy. In other words, perfect for Bond.

But yeah, too bad.

Until the creative reins are loosened by the "powers that be", what actor on the list of everyone's "Who Could Be Bond?", would be interested?

It seems to me the role of Bond is likened to that of a boring 8-5 office job; while these guys all seem to like roles where they have creative freedom.

genavieve13

03-23-2004, 09:03 PM

Don't think Orlando has what it takes.
Ewan Mcgregor does though.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~mq6s-tgsk/ewan/movie/moulin/126.jpg

Del Griffith

03-23-2004, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by genavieve13
Don't think Orlando has what it takes.
Ewan Mcgregor does though.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~mq6s-tgsk/ewan/movie/moulin/126.jpg

Ewan is too feminine. I don't like my James Bond to wear makeup.

He'd be good as Henchman #4, who get's killed in the opening sequence though.

FarinaMystica

03-23-2004, 10:58 PM

I don't know. Bloom's attractive, granted, but
he just doesn't throw off those *studly, manly*
vibes to be the James Bond.

I think Gerard Butler would be a decent
consideration. If Connery can stifle the
scottish accent, so can Butler.

BlascosGunfight

03-23-2004, 11:06 PM

James Bond is an iconic character, and as such, he should be played by an actor who can carry the role. We're all in agreement on this, so I'll toss out some more ideas on who the character of James Bond really is.

1. Scottish - The movie version of Bond started hitting the fan about the time he was cast as an Englishman. Bond will forever have a deep Scottish accent due to Sean Connery.

2. Thick - I like Pierce Brosnan as Bond, but he doesn't really look like Bond as I imagine him to be. Brosnan is a tall man, but he's too thin. Bond should be stocky, built like a brick house. None of this metrosexual crap either. The dude has to be able to get down and dirty, and I can't see a thin guy doing that.

3. P.I.M.P. - Bond isn't suave. He's a whole different beast from suave. His natural sexual charisma is so strong that it takes 'suave' and beats it into primary colors. He transcends suave. If an actor doesn't have that natural sexual magnetism, he isn't James Bond.
One of the things that's so provocative with the early Bond films is the same thing that was provocative about Star Trek: pretty girls who dressed seductively. The women were secure in their sexuality but didn't need to shove it in the guys' faces. They just exuded a natural charm, and that's something these new Bond girls don't have. Denise Richardson? A homeless bag of bricks has more personality. The women need to be pretty AND graceful.

My three cents.

S Nabors

03-23-2004, 11:09 PM

Orlando Bloom, huh? Might as well just give the fucking role to Sean Hayes.
I don't give a shit anymore. Bond is dead.

reverse_viagra

03-23-2004, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by BlascosGunfight

2. Thick - I like Pierce Brosnan as Bond, but he doesn't really look like Bond as I imagine him to be. Brosnan is a tall man, but he's too thin. Bond should be stocky, built like a brick house. None of this metrosexual crap either. The dude has to be able to get down and dirty, and I can't see a thin guy doing that.

3. P.I.M.P. - Bond isn't suave. He's a whole different beast from suave. His natural sexual charisma is so strong that it takes 'suave' and beats it into primary colors. He transcends suave. If an actor doesn't have that natural sexual magnetism, he isn't James Bond.

How many people in the world picture Bond to be a stocky, thick, crude guy? No way in the world would that ever fly. And you can be both suave and have a sexual magnetism. That's pretty much Connery's Bond.

NathanW

03-23-2004, 11:50 PM

So, in your eyes Blascos, you want Bob Hoskins to be Bond.

Bozz

03-24-2004, 12:42 AM

Originally posted by Del Griffith
Ewan is too feminine. I don't like my James Bond to wear makeup.

All actors wear makeup. Ewan would be fine.

Del Griffith

03-24-2004, 09:04 AM

Originally posted by Bozz
All actors wear makeup. Ewan would be fine.

I meant eye shadow and masquera and stuff like that. Saw an interview with him on tv and he looked like a street hooker.

Too feminine.

Dave Davis

03-24-2004, 09:14 AM

As opposed to... Roger Moore?

Alice in Wonderland

03-24-2004, 09:22 AM

Perhaps a crossdressing James Bond is the "new direction" necessary for the caring sharing noughties (God, how I hate that phrase. I don't know why I used it, except that I hate you all).

I mean, it would be a whole new take - not only has he got to get up to top-level shagging and saving the world stuff, he has to conceal from his enemies that he likes wearing make-up and frilly knickers.

Mind you, that sort of thing is probably small potatoes to the British upper classes. If he really wanted to cause uproar, they'd have to find out that he once cheated at cards or passed the port to the right or something.

FarinaMystica

03-24-2004, 10:37 AM

Well, if cross-dressing is the issue then..hell, I
elect Eddie Izzard as the next Bond man.

"Smashing in makeup."

Mentok

03-24-2004, 12:07 PM

I like Ewan, but I think he's too short to play Bond. I'd definitely go see a Bond film with him in it though. I also think there is plenty of life left in this series. The problem isn't their bond, Brosnan is fine, the problem is their writers. These last three movies have been total crap. Not even worth watching once. I think most of the actors mentioned would be quite good as bond, but it won't matter if they don't improve the crews behind the camera. For the record though, Brosnan isn't English, he's Irish.

As for casting though, I think they should cast James Caviezel and have the communists (or whoever) torture him for 90 percent of the movie, that would be gold.

genavieve13

03-24-2004, 12:34 PM

As for casting though, I think they should cast James Caviezel and have the communists (or whoever) torture him for 90 percent of the movie, that would be gold.

BLAH

Del Griffith

03-24-2004, 08:05 PM

Originally posted by Dave Davis
As opposed to... Roger Moore?

I think he's too old for the part now.......;)

theslik1

03-24-2004, 11:07 PM

Not to throw yet another monkeywrench into the works, but does anybody remember the Cuba Gooding Jr. as Bond rumor?

I remember hearing it and not knowing what to think... :eek:

Bozz

03-24-2004, 11:28 PM

Originally posted by Del Griffith
I meant eye shadow and masquera and stuff like that. Saw an interview with him on tv and he looked like a street hooker.

Too feminine.

This is a non-issue. The interview could be taken during the shooting of Velvet Goldmine for all we know. As the theslik1 mentioned, Roger Moore suggested Cuba Gooding Jr. to replace Pierce Brosnan as the next James Bond. The point? Their personal life has nothing to do with how well they would be in the role. Ian McKellan is gay and he's done excellent work as Magneto and Gandalf, neither portrayal came off effeminate, but powerful and commanding.

Del Griffith

03-25-2004, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by theslik1
Not to throw yet another monkeywrench into the works, but does anybody remember the Cuba Gooding Jr. as Bond rumor?

I remember hearing it and not knowing what to think... :eek:

I never heard that rumor, but I remember before Goldeneye came out, that they thought of bring in Sharon Stone Bond.

dogville

03-26-2004, 01:43 AM

JAMES BOND: YOUR VIEWS (Skynews)

Rumours are rife that Pierce Brosnan has starred in his last Bond film.

Already the Irish actor has hinted the makers of the Bond films have not yet decided if he is to carry on in the role that has captured the imagination of the world.

As speculation has grown about Brosnan's future, names of his possible successor have been bandied around.

But who do you want as the next 007?

Thanks for sending us your views. Here is a selection:

Me!! Ill even do it for nothing if Angelina Jolie is my Bond girl.
Ryan, Dudley

I think if the likes of Orlando Bloom and Jude Law were to play such a demanding role at an extremely young age they would struggle immensely. I say stick with Brosnan for a while and wait for the others to age a bit or alternatively don't make anymore Bond films because they are beginning to get tedious now as they are all nearly the same.
Hanna

It's an established fact that James Bond is a Commander in the Royal Navy. You can't have freckle-faced actors taking the role for that very reason. If you want that, go and watch Spy Kids
GrahamH

Pierce has surpassed himself as James Bond - why change him when there is no need? He is fabulous. Let him at least do one more film... please?
Rachel, Essex

I think Pierce has been a great Bond. I wish the films had more thought to them. I've always thought Ewan McGregor with short dark hair would be a good Bond. Who ever he is, he needs to be British. Daniel, Cheshire

Hugh Jackman as Bond? Remember the last Aussie to play Bond? Bond from the Bristish Isles please and another one from Pierce.
Darran Hoare

Pierce has been the only one who is in the position to surpass Sean Connery. He has done exceptionally with the role of James Bond and should be given some latitude as to how the Bond series should continue in the future.
Kim

How about Alfie Moon?
Catherine, Wallasey

I would love to see Pierce stay on to be Bond but in his absence my choice would be Dougray Scott. He has the right looks and charm and a wonderful voice.
Helen, Gloucester

Whoever is behind the decision to bring in a new Bond needs to be shown the ejector seat and given a test flight. Pierce Brosnan is second to none when it comes to playing 007 so leave him be.
Royston Crandley, Berkshire

I would love to see Pierce Brosnan stay on longer as James Bond. He's still very youthful and has a lot to offer. I don't think that the likes of Orlando Bloom or Jude Law could pull off the role yet.
Rachael, Cheshire

Another Pierce Brosnan one please.
Glynis O'Sullivan, Ireland

I think Nigel Harmen (Dennis Jr from Eastenders) would be good.
Susan Longley

The current James Bond is the best ever. You cannot outsource James Bond now we have a good one. They should keep him.
John, Germany

Why mend something that isn't broken? We currently have the most suave, handsome, charming, "tongue-in-cheek" Bond there has ever been. Why on earth would they even dream of giving the job to someone else?
Anita, Long Eaton