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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-12-18
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 08-10-13
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Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?
Posted By mark f
Re: Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?

I've basically stayed out of this because anything I say would just become fodder for somebody to go off again. It's just a hypothetical and everyone can have an opinion about it. There are no right...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 07-25-13
Replies: 339
Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?
Posted By mark f
Re: Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?

Books are books and movies are movies, and movies are notorious for rewriting their sources, even if they're based on real people. I still think you're leaving the actor out of the equation. You...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 07-25-13
Replies: 339
Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?
Posted By mark f
Re: Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?

I think we may have another case of someone saying something about a topic they don't really care about that much, but when he's called on it, he's forced to defend his position any way he can, even...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 07-25-13
Replies: 339
Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?
Posted By mark f
Re: Would you support the idea of a black actor playing James Bond?

It's not exactly the same thing, but if you're concerned with tradition and political correctness, what about Shakespeare and Othello? Undoubtedly conceived as a role to be played by a white actor,...