# The Return of the Saint **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 28, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507 "2021-07-28T06:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/1 "2021-07-28T06:58:32Z")
It looks like Paramount is rebooting Leslie Charteris’ _The Saint_, starring former _Bridgerton_ star Regé-Jean Page. From what I’ve seen of his work, he’s got the chops, but I hope they show Simon Templar’s early career, when he was more of a clever cavalier than a detective. [Regé-Jean Page to Star in Paramount’s Reboot of The Saint: Report | PEOPLE.com](https://people.com/movies/rege-jean-page-to-star-in-paramount-reboot-of-the-saint/) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/2 "2021-07-28T08:00:49Z")
Doggone it, I want Tom Hiddleston to play Simon Templar! It’s my dream casting! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/3 "2021-07-28T08:47:36Z")
He’s a little busy at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/4 "2021-07-28T09:27:13Z")
He’s got time, he can squeeze it in! I even made a fan poster. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0By82PXw1ZVPR1pQNgR6Mq36p7giVrbTgtriAvPIc6V8o1UeJjp_oVBQ3jiimA2RBhwbyuEe_5X_5PkOuVseScbbtPy2W-Jx5Pa0Xy96vT1WG5IaHwYX99iYUXkkfOMEuz0LtoOEGw=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Paul Potiki") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Px23GLkrE7c6YfhW9) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/5 "2021-07-28T09:30:52Z")
I hope it’s good. I’m a fan of The Saint. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/6 "2021-07-28T15:48:27Z")
Roger Moore made a pretty good Saint in the UK TV series. [The Saint (TV Series 1962–1969) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055701/) Incidentally I always thought that Roger was better as a gentleman adventurer than as James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/7 "2021-07-28T18:19:26Z")
No love for Ian Ogilvy? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/8 "2021-07-28T18:45:02Z")
George Sanders? Val Kilmer? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/9 "2021-07-28T21:39:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Val Kilmer? I hope they don’t give the film(s) – being optimistic – that big budget over-the-top treatment. I’d love a series of second-feature type, B pictures with great writing and stories and cracking action done by ordinary characters, and good actors who are not mega celebrities. Maybe one celebrity guest-star for each film for a little box-office appeal. Probably made by some independent film-maker, as a way of funding more adventurous pieces. These sorts of films can be made cheaply so they don’t have to make piles of money to justify their existence. They just have to be realistic and entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507/10 "2021-07-28T21:50:34Z")
Are you suggesting Simon Templar rappelling down the facade of the Hotel Ukraine in Moscow is somehow not realistic? 🤨