# Brosnan fired from Bond. Is this news? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369 "2004-10-15T13:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/1 "2004-10-15T13:51:19Z")
[http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/Entertainment/2004/10/14/668264.html](http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/Entertainment/2004/10/14/668264.html) I hadn’t heard this. Has it been out for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/2 "2004-10-15T14:16:08Z")
I knew it at least a month ago. Maybe more. Someone suggested Ewan McGregor for the role. I don’t think so myself. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Sayid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jack\_Sayid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Sayid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/3 "2004-10-15T14:46:54Z")
**Jude Law!!** ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/4 "2004-10-15T14:55:23Z")
Fired? I thought he quit? And since this is going to degenerate into it anyway: Clive Owen. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/5 "2004-10-15T14:59:17Z")
It was made official today. [[Here’s](http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=1757) the new one :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/6 "2004-10-15T15:15:13Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > It was made official today. [[Here’s](http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=1757) the new one :dubious: Robbie Fricking Williams? What a joke. I second Clive Owen. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/7 "2004-10-15T16:23:35Z")
Bond should be Hugh Jackman or Ewan McGregor. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/8 "2004-10-15T16:30:41Z")
You know who’d I like as Bond, although nobody else would accept it? Denzel Washington. Yes, I’m dead serious. I think he’d kick ass. Assuming for the moment, of course, that he can do a British acccent. Bond can be Black, but he MUST be British. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/9 "2004-10-15T17:19:57Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Fired? I thought he quit? No, he was quoted earlier this year as saying that he was “done with that” when a reporter was asking him about Bond. The reporter interpreted that as “I’m done with playing Bond” but Brosnan later said that what he meant was that he was done _talking_ about Bond because the interview was supposed to be about _Laws of Attraction_, his summer, erm, flop with Julianne Moore. (Though, to his credit, it’s hard to promote a film when reporters keep asking questions about other things you’ve done or might do in the future.) He said that he’d continue to play bond so long as Barbara Broccoli (the franchise owner) would have him. Apparently, she won’t have him at all. Daft bint. She’s made some crap choices with the Bond franchise since her husband died. This might be the worst. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/10 "2004-10-15T17:24:20Z")
So they’re going to bring back **Sean Connery**? **Denzel Washington** is an interesting choice. Might breathe some new life into the aging franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/11 "2004-10-15T18:12:19Z")
> [@Ross](#): > > Someone suggested Ewan McGregor for the role. I don’t think so myself. I still say Ewan is being considered only in case the new series of novels, set when Bond was a teenager, makes it to the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/12 "2004-10-15T18:18:24Z")
I think Ewan McGregor can pull it off. He was an excellent Obi Wan despite horrible dialogue and his performance in _Down With Love_, shows he can do Connery style '60s cool. I think his age is an advantage because they might be less likely to want to replace him as soon if he works out as they did with Timothy Dalton. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/13 "2004-10-15T18:18:32Z")
Now, admittedly I’ve never been a big BondHead (or whatever they call themselves). However, haven’t the Bond movies all been pretty damned bad since the Dalton years? I always thought Brosnan was the perfect Bond but that the scripts just blew. Hmm…two flat tires? Better rotate them… -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/14 "2004-10-15T18:19:26Z")
**Christian Bale!!** ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/15 "2004-10-15T18:40:55Z")
Christian’s the new Batman, now, right? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/16 "2004-10-15T18:48:29Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I still say Ewan is being considered only in case the new series of novels, set when Bond was a teenager, makes it to the big screen. That a whooosh? He is 33. Is going to play James Bond’s father? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/17 "2004-10-15T18:48:35Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Christian’s the new Batman, now, right? Yeah, But I think he’d be perfect for Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/18 "2004-10-15T18:51:08Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > You know who’d I like as Bond, although nobody else would accept it? > > Denzel Washington. Yes, I’m dead serious. I think he’d kick ass. > > Assuming for the moment, of course, that he can do a British acccent. Bond can be Black, but he MUST be British. He played a British paratrooper in [For Queen and Country](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097373/) in 1987. I seem to remember him pulling off a pretty good English accent. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/19 "2004-10-15T18:55:06Z")
There’s a young up-and-coming English actor, [Matthew Goode](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0360139/Ss/0360139/4251.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Goode,%20Matthew) (in **Chasing Liberty** , he was the U.S. Secret Service agent) who would be an interesting pick… at least eventually. He’s in the Connery mold (check out those eyebrows!) but is only 28 now, so he might be too old for the “young Bond” role and too young for the regular Bond… but if the Broccolis want to rejuvenate the franchise by appealing more to Gen Y, they should probably consider going with a younger Bond. Goode was wonderfully dashing in **CL** , by the way. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369/20 "2004-10-15T18:55:56Z")
Part of the reason is that MGM is about 2 seconds away from being bought out by Sony. Although the Bond films are MGM’s biggest moneymaker, they have put the next one on “hold” until things have been sorted out. It could be another year or two before production starts, and by then it will be time to get a new actor to play 007 anyway. And good ol’ Pierce wasn’t always so upbeat about playing Bond again…he had actually made quite a few public noises about being finished with it. I think it might have been a negotiation ploy, or his assumption that other studios would be beating down his door. In any case, now he got his wish. A lot of actors don’t like getting into something like Bond as it can type-cast them, as well as ruin chances of getting a better film if they are contractually locked into the next of a series (reasons many actors turned down the new Superman). Granted, it didn’t seem to hurt Sean Connery, but famous characters like Bond are generally best suited to lesser known, or totally unknown, actors. Look for an actor who might have been in a few supporting roles on bigger films, or a foreign actor that is relatively unknown in the US. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brosnan-fired-from-bond-is-this-news/269369.md?page=2)