# "I expect you to die, Mr. Bond" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784 "2000-05-29T05:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/1 "2000-05-29T05:15:00Z")
Who would you like to see play an arch-villian in a James Bond film? I nominate: Anthony Hopkins Kevin Spacey Liam Neeson ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/2 "2000-05-29T05:25:59Z")
Woods. James Woods. ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/3 "2000-05-29T05:27:59Z")
Christopher Walken Patrick Stewart Charles S. Dutton ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/4 "2000-05-29T05:33:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Christopher Walken > Patrick Stewart > Charles S. Dutton > \*\* Christopher Walken has already played the villian in a Bond film: A View to a Kill - Roger Moore as 007/ Christopher Walken as Max Zorin (1985) ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/5 "2000-05-29T05:37:13Z")
Back in the Sean Connery days of 007, I think Vincent Price would have been a hoot as the villian. I miss VP, he was one of my favorite classic actors. :o( Too bad he can’t come back from the dead like in his films. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/6 "2000-05-29T05:57:39Z")
Just for the novelty factor: Sean Connery. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/7 "2000-05-29T07:37:27Z")
Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/8 "2000-05-29T07:57:57Z")
Quoth the MagicalSilverKey: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > Christopher Walken > > Patrick Stewart > > Charles S. Dutton > > Christopher Walken has already played the villian in a Bond film: A View to a Kill - Roger Moore as 007/ Christopher Walken as Max Zorin (1985) > \*\* Hmm. Did I mention that I’ve never seen a Bond movie? :o ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/9 "2000-05-29T08:54:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman > \*\* I like the two above… It’s funny–Patrick Stewart made a GREAT heavy in “I, Claudius” and he also played a rough and tumble type of character in Excalibur. Some people knew him only as the good Captain Picard (though I know he was a “heavy” in “Conspiracy Theory” and a few other movies), but he made for a good villain, what with his beady eyes and bald head. (Another guy who was like this was John Forsythe, who looked very much like a thug when he was younger, before he became the good guy in Charlie’s Angels and Dynasty.) I’d also put in a word for Brian Blessed of “I, Claudius” and “Flash Gordon”. He’s marvelously over the top – just right for a Bond villain! Patrick McGoohan of “Braveheart” and “The Prisoner” would also be fantastic. Finally, I like Derek Jacobi in everything he does. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/10 "2000-05-29T20:25:53Z")
Serious choices: Samuel Jackson Susan Sarandon Jeff Goldblum Bizarre, but with potential: Dennis Franz John Cleese Paul Hogan ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/11 "2000-05-29T21:28:22Z")
I like the John Cleese idea. Q’s replacement is a traitor. How about any one of those boy bands ? N’synch (or however they spell it) is a group of evil neo-nazis posing as singers. I mean come on, it would explain so much. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/12 "2000-05-29T21:29:29Z")
In my humble opinion, they should close down the entire fucking franchise. They’re not making Bulldog Drummond movies any more, are they? Well, Bond is as much a product of his times (the '50s and '60s) as Drummond was of his. Find a new goddamn hero. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/13 "2000-05-29T21:47:37Z")
Do you think Woody Allen could pull it off ? Nah, shame though. The greatest Bond villian who never was…Dennis Hopper. ---
**Author:** ![HotMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HotMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotMama)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/14 "2000-05-29T22:49:23Z")
**Woody Allen played James Bond in Casino Royale !** I’d like to see Meryl Streep, she was a mean one in that movie where her head swiveled around. Witches of someplace. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/15 "2000-05-30T14:48:59Z")
Lucy Lawless. I’d especially like to see Mr. Bond’s reaction when his usual attempt at seduction results in his getting his ass kicked. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/16 "2000-05-30T15:02:32Z")
LMAO!! Lucy Lawless would be great! seriously though, Sean Connery, Jason Connery, Russel Crowe, Oliver Reed, i think they would make great villians. or better, Woody Allen. The meekest evil has ever known, and Bond will never be the same again… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/17 "2000-05-30T16:43:10Z")
Brian Blessed would be spectacular. I’d like to add: Jeremy Irons Sam Neill Jurgen Prochnow (already has the accent!) Jon Voight (remember when he could act, like in _Runaway Train_?) Frank Langella (who played Dawg Brown in _Cutthroat Island_, one of my all-time favorite movie villains). ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/18 "2000-05-30T19:10:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Just for the novelty factor: > > Sean Connery. > \*\* oooh… weirdly cool and creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/19 "2000-05-30T19:38:48Z")
Diana Riggs ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784/20 "2000-05-30T22:00:41Z")
Sean Connery for sure. Except, when he was a villain in The Avengers it was terrible. Wouldn’t want him to jinx it. (But he IS my favorite actor) -j-u-l-i-e- [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-expect-you-to-die-mr-bond/20784.md?page=2)