carnivorousplant - Ah. Danke tres mucho. Only ever seen Hoagie Carmichael (sort of) on an episode of The Flintstones back in the 1960s.
SanguineSpider I apologize in advance, I am not picking on you, but… something in your post struck me as hilarious…
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Okay. Back to the OP: Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease, nononononono!!! He’s a very pretty young man, but…Bond? James Bond? No. I’ll just be over here, keeping my fingers crossed for Rupert Everett
They should REALLY buck the trend and cast a golden retriever as Bond.
“What is it, 007? Timmy fell in a well? And the well is a secret entrance to Blofeld’s lair?”
Yeah, I thought it was Ewan McGregor who was rumored to be the next Bond?
Am I the only one who thinks that James Bond would actually be a terrible spy? I mean, he’s flashy, attractive, gets a lot of attention. Wouldn’t it be better to have some plain, nondescript little guy who just fades into the woodwork?
Well, the Bond of the films is different than the Bond of the books, but even he was still a flashy kind of fellow. Ian Fleming modeled much of Bond after himself (including his incredible luck with women), and it’s said that the only Bond Fleming felt was a close match was Roger Moore’s Bond. (Frankly, I find that a bit hard to believe, being a Connory fan.)
I know that Leem Neeson was supposed to play Bond (with Connory set to play the villian) in a remake of Thunderball which was entitled Warhead 2000 (Warhead being the original title of Thunderball), but that got squashed by MGM’s lawyers. I’ve heard that Matt LeBlanc was bandied about as a possible Bond (yech!) in the past.
It is a very hard role to fill, and perhaps it would be best if it were just allowed to lie fallow for awhile.
Well, I can’t see Orlando as being worse than Roger Moore.
But I am glad to see that I’m not the only guy who thinks Ewan McGregor would be a good 007. We should petition MGM, once Pierce retires.
Hey, I liked Roger Moore. His Bond came across as being able to balance both work and pleasure. Or at least my impression was that his philosophy goes something like: “Save the World, and the Hot Chicks Will Come Running”.
And I know that Ian Fleming said there was only one Bond, but come on, it’s been 20 years. Can’t we make “James Bond” some sort of title for the secret agent that saves the world, gets cool gadgets, and scores with hot chicks while somehow remaining STD free?
(And darn it, I say they should make a movie with all the Bond actors together before any more of them croak! ;p)
No.
He works for Her Majesty’s Secret Service, not the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
He frequently uses the “Matt-Helm-Book-Not-Movie” approach, which is to be captured by the bad guy and have the snot beaten out of you so that you can get close enough to kill him.
Well, eye am only a Scottish peasant.
Sorry but I just think the whole Bond thing is over with. I really don’t care who “they” get to play Bond, I just hope Bloom doesn’t do it. I’m not saying he’s a great actor but he’d be killing any shot of getting good roles if he accepted, IMHO. I’d like to see what Bloom can do without resorting to a cliché character.
That’s only my two cents, can I get change?
Bond and Connery are both Scots, aren’t they?
Dunno, but Brosnan’s Irish. He claims that the first movie he ever saw in a theater, and the one that made him want to be an actor, was Thunderball.
Wasn’t that part of the plot of Casino Royale?
I heard a rumour about Clive Owen as the next Bond.
Umm… Why do rumours like these spread so darn fast???
According to a more reliable source, and a later date, Pierce Brosnan has, indeed, been offered the role of James Bond again.
I don’t think you can credibly have a young Bond. he’s not young, he never was young. Part of the central Bond mythos is that Bond knows an incredible amount of different things, far more than you could reasonably expect a single human being to. Having someone very young with all those abilities and all that knowledge gets you into Buckaroo Banzai territory (Banzai was, in addition to being a crime fighter, a rock star, a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist). Next thing you know, Bond will be shooting laser beams from his eyes and teleporting from one location to another.
I think Orlando Bloom would be good in a Bond : Year One sort of way. Young fresh faced Royal Navy Lieutenant (or what ever is the lowest ranking officer is in the Royal Navy) is recuited by MI6, and we watch the transformation from idealist to killer. Charming killer, but killer none the less.
I always thought that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan had the perfect combination of charmer and killer to play Bond. Roger Moore was too much charmer, and Timothy Dalton was too much killer (although I always liked him as Bond). I don’t remember George Lazenby. Am I missing anyone?
Funny you should say that
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GES
Hmmmm? A Wild Card* Bond, Evil Captor? Interesting… very interesting.
- An obscure reference that only “cool” people will understand, heh heh… ok, I’m just kidding. But it IS a reference to a cool series of books. Check them out.
If Orlando Bloom is going to play Bond, I want to be a Bond girl. Ooooh, Orlando…