The New James Bond
 

Over the years a slew of actors tried to interpret this character.
For me, Sean Connery appeared the best.
Now that Daniel Craig will not re-appear, who do you think the best possible choice would be to resume the James Bond persona and why?
I could see Jason Sthratam possibly pulling it off as he comes off good in action flics and can also carry a serious demeanor with a touch of sarcasm.
Do you see anyone stepping into Sean Connery's shoes?

I'm confused. Where did you get this info about Daniel Craig not reprising his role?

From some people in the industry. Word is out that they are looking for someone new. Don't put me on Twitter!

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Well, considering Daniel Craig has been offered a contract to appear as 007 in five more films, not counting the upcoming Skyfall, I'd say there's no real rush on speculating on the next actor who may possibly carry that famous cinematic license to kill or be killed. That would give Craig eight turns as Jimmy Bond, one more than Roger Moore.

I don't know who these mysterious "people in the industry" are, but unless they have some bombshell that the rest of the world doesn't know about, Danny Craig is going to be Bond for a while.

" was offered" a 5 movie deal which ,by the way, was never signed because he opted to be able to star in other movies concurently.
Let's just wait and see what happens next and then you can always tell me how wrong I am.

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What evidence is there that they're "looking for someone new"?

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It's a secret.

Not so secret they don't want to start a thread using it as a topic for this board, but secret enough that they can't possibly tell us.

Is this jrs back at MoFo, using an alias?

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Actually, Sky Fall is his last, and the actor Seth Rogen will be taking over the role of Bond and I know this officially because my brother who is in the theatre/television business knows someone who is working on Sky Fall, so... :yup:;)

I'm glad you don't work in casting. As much as I like him in action films, he wouldn't make a good Bond at all.

As for Bonds over time, Timothy Dalton has always been my favourite, and Daniel Craig coming in second.

But as Daniel Craig is contracted for a while longer, I'm not thinking about who can take his place.

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Under the assumption that there will be a new Bond, I always figured that Clive Owen has the look and the "cool" needed to play the role.

Other than him, I don't have a clue. Maybe they should find a no name to take the part...unless John Hamm can do a really good English accent!

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Given the overreaction about Bond being blonde, I'm pretty sure people would lose their friggin' minds if they cast an American to play him.

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Clive Owen was a popular choice among many in the years the franchise was dormant between Brosnan's last and Craig's first, and I'm sure he'd be good, but I think his window of opportunity has probably closed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdOaIiz60I


The awesome and suddenly omnipresent Michael Fassbender would probably be on the top of many lists these days, I would think.

http://www.google.com/url?source=img...WAZu7U3wco8eEg

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Some one like Ian Fleming...;)...or...Craig is outstanding as bond.If they are looking for new bond,then i can suggest George Clooney...What you think?

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Nope...

Well, if Nausicaa is to be believed, check out her post, or contact someone from MGM that actually knows the scoop or ask John Morrisey
( Producer - American History X etc.... ).

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What, did I miss your sarcasm? Is my comment really worth all that attention?

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Could definitely see him in the role. Wouldn't be disappointed if he was cast.

I wasn't asking who I could hypothetically ask, I was asking you what evidence there was. I asked you because you claimed there was some: you said "Daniel Craig will not re-appear." When filmgilinterrupted asked how you knew this, you were vague and said you heard it from "some people in the industry." Now I'm asking you to produce some, and you're telling me to call the studio.

This is all very thoroughly silly. If you've got evidence, let's see it. Otherwise, I see no reason to take the idea seriously.

Jonh Morrisey would be offended if you considered him hypothetical.

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The act of asking is what would be hypothetical. But anyway, that's three direct requests for evidence, and none produced, so...I'm gonna assume this is just conjecture gussied up as insider info and leave you to it. Have fun and all that.

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I know somebody who can verify this story. She's my girlfriend, and she's a model. You wouldn't know her, because she lives and works in Canada. We made out a lot at summer camp. I don't have any pictures of her because she's not, like, into that sort of thing - she does it all day professionally. Her name? Linda. Linda Blondiestaberger.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

No biggie. You asked me to give you a source and I gave you a producer's name or do you think I made it up?
What is necessary now, for him to give an affidavit?
No more insider info from me. I'm spouting off way too much on this forum.
Time to put the brakes on.

Er, no, he doesn't have to sign anything. Just actually saying something on the record would do. Otherwise, it isn't evidence.

Here, lemme fix this for ya':

There we go.

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So John Morrisey, the guy who produced American History X, knows what is going on behind closed doors over at Bond - which he has nothing to do with, professionally - and even though this is so well known a rumor around town that you, personally, have been told and you feel you can go on a public movie-themed board and speculate about it, nobody else in town, meaning not any of the trade papers and not any of the media outlets, are talking about it because it's just enough of a secret that you are one of only, like, twenty people who know? But you shared it here anyway.

It seems plausible, but for some reason the others are doubting you. I'm on your side.

I thought Brosnan was good, much better than Dalton. I really like Craig now, though.

Hmm, if he was replaced, who could pull it off?

How about Paul Bettany?

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I thought Brosnan was fine, except for the fact that after Goldeneye the movies were just plain awful and seemed to get worse each time out. Had nothing to do with Pierce's portrayal of the character or anything, they were just dumb scripts and overall turds. That's his unfortunate turn with the Bond legacy, that they saddled him to bad flicks. I think Dalton, too, suffered in that they were pretty weak entries, in general. I rather liked him as the character, but two not very good movies isn't really much of a gauge of how he would have fared as Bond given more of an opportunity.

As for Bettany, I think he'd probably make a good Bond villain, but I don't really see him as Jimmy 007.

Appreciate your confidence.
By the way, the guy we are talking about has an office at MGM as well at Sony ( as he co-produces stuff with diferrent people ) and yeah, there are people in this city here (LA) that do know things that are not yet printed on some forum or some cite that everyone can have access to and that needs to be updated every week or so.
By the way, Skyfall was all set to go and MGM went down so had they recently not been re-financed, there would have been no Skyfall in 2012,
despite all the adds in the trade papers. As things stand now, you'll be able to see it in about 8 months.

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I still say Bettany would make a great Bond, very realistic and gritty.

Maybe they could totally reboot the series, set it as very slightly futuristic with just a little speculative use of fancy tech, but tone down the really outlandish crazy stunts and silly gadgets, instead focusing more on character relations and the inner workings of their profession to make it a more believable espionage thriller.

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I thought that's exactly (sans futurism) what the Craig Bonds have tried to do.

Yeah, I like that about it, but I'm thinking of something more 24-ish.

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I don't, but I loved him in Gangster No.1!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gster_No_1.jpg

Licence To Kill is up there with the best in the series for me. Tough gritty Bond outing with a great cast and some fabulous action sequences. I must say I'm surprised you don't rate it.

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Both his outings as Bond were excellent in my eyes. I'm so tempted to get the whole collection - minus Skyfall obviously, on blu-ray... never bought a set of Bond films in previous releases.

If I was a casting director fo MGM, I would lobby for Christian Bale. Few actors can rival his intensity and when he wants to, he can charm any one. I can see him being much better than Daniel Craig and clean shaven,
that's a 007 profile.

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who says 007 necessarily has to be a guy ?

OK, so I think what we have here is the first vote ever for Tilda Swinton as the next James Bond. Anyone want to second it?

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1328382356



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Not bad man, but she looks too much like Anna Torv in Fringe.

Only the creator of ther whole thing but let me see if I can conjure a Jennifer Bond for you. Of course we would have to assign her a different code. She can be 0069.

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:facepalm:

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I'd definitely go and see that in an alternative universe! Tilda Swinton for the next Bond, must happen now!

Look nothing like each other to me, Anna Torv has a twin in Cate Blanchett though.

Sorry, but this is a terrible idea. There has to come a limit to how many top dollar franchises the man can have his hands in. I think we may be reaching Bale over saturation soon.

I suppose if there was to be a female Bond, Saoirse Ronan would be a good one. She's allready proven her mettle in Hanna.

Well, casting is what casting directors do, so shall we give Collin Ferell a go, since Clive Owen and Sean Bean are too old.

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This thread is amazing.

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He isn't much older than Daniel Craig, and Daniel Craig is doing perfectly fine. In a world where Bruce Willis can come back for Die Hard 4.0, and Harrison Ford for Crystal Skull. I'm sure a 47 year old Clive Owen could do Bond.

The original Bond in the books is a character who is apparently in his late 30s.

Clive Owen looks like he is in his late 40's. Why would they want him to play a character that's supposed to like he is in his late 30's and what does Bruce Willis got to do with it? Harrison Ford looks like he is 60 and George Forman won the world boxing heavyweight championship in his late 40's, So what?
Ok, I'll still use your logic and cast Liam Nisen, probably better than all your choices and it's not about if they can do the job but if they can fit the mold.
Daniel Craig is just wrong for the part and he is way too short. Elevator shoes just don't cut it.

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Four words: View to a Kill.

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Elevator shoes may not cut it, but apparently camera angles do, because he doesn't look at all short in the new Bond films (and he's only 2-3 inches shorter than the previous Bonds, anyway). And you may say he's "wrong for the part," but almost everyone else seems to agree he's doing a stellar job, myself included.

Really, anything about Bond being too short, or blonde, or being late 40s instead of late 30s (I don't think Clive Owen looks like he's in his late 40s at all, but whatever), really has nothing to do with this. The character has a core, but is malleable around the edges. Any character that both Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton can play clearly has some wiggle room, so acting like these little details are automatic disqualifiers is a mite silly.

Just let Fassy takeover then we're sorted, init. :)

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^ This coming from someone who puts forwards the likes of Colin Farrell and Jason Statham, and says Daniel Craig is wrong for the part... :rolleyes:

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I call troll. Who the hell would say "my friends said Craig is out" and then say cast the joke that is Liam Neeson? I don't know a soul on the planet who has criticized Craig for his height amongst everything else he is criticized for.

And my thing about Craig is not just about height ( even though he is considerably shorter than all the other Bonds ) and I didn't like Pierce Brosnan or Timothy Dalton either and I was being sarcastic with some replacement mentions, trying to get a stir out of this homey group of opinionatos but I was serious about bringing up Liam Neeson and all I got to say about that is anyone that has seen Taken and still doesn't think he was belevable in that role, should just stay away from movies and try not to talk to me about them.
As far as 007 is concerned, no one can really replace Sean Connery but that's just my humble opinion and I know that on this forum is not worth a dime.

Oh come on he was the same character in that role as he was in literally any of his other movies. Taken is probably the laziest name drop I've ever heard for someone who demands cinematic integrity from others.

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Well I think it's fair to say that sarcasm went over everyone's heads, unfortunately.

I wouldn't call a few inches of height a considerable difference, but regardless, when you can turn humans into hobbits shooting the guy in such a way as to make him seem slightly taller is no big deal. Especially when there's nothing about that character that ties them to their height. It's not as if Bond's character is particularly known for being tall, or that his tallness influences any other part of the Bond movies. If the character were 5'10" instead of 6'2", you wouldn't have to change a single thing about any of the others, so I'd say it's a non-problem.

I like Neeson but I can't reconcile that suggestion with your issues about age, seeing as how he's 59 and looks significantly older than Clive Own (though still pretty incredible for his age, no doubt).

Re: Connery being the only Bond. Actually, I think you'd probably get a lot of agreement on that point.

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Patrick Stewart should play James Bond.

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Here's an idea. Craig can do it and they can fire whoever wrote Quantum and hire the post-Flemming Bond authors for the new scripts

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Too bad Billy Barty's dead, but we do have Peter Dinklage, and he's 42.

http://www.aslanscountry.com/photo_m...-Dinklage2.jpg
"Shaken... not stirred."

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KeUMxyAwM

oh, god, get over yourself already.

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Mainly, though, it's just beside the point. Nobody said Neeson wasn't believable in that role, but that's rather a different question than his suitability for playing Bond.

It's not about general cinematic integrity, it's about believability to carry out a demanding action role. Why, do you need me to cite Shindler's list for cinematic integrity? You want to argue something, but you completely miss the point. If you really want to debate, you need to hire an interpreter. Seems to me that you are more in need of name dropping than me but I'll let your friends jump in and help you out with that one.

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Perfection.

There you go, let's hear it from the boys.

Why is it so popular to turn an argument towards something it wasn't in the first place? You made something up (or are beyond gullible) about a franchise whose problem was rarely the acting and expect to suggest Liam Neeson, who has no place in this franchise based on non-malliability alone, as if you consider something like that inarguable. I've not missed the point of anything other than why you're posting something so useless. You're the one who name-dropped Taken like its the be-all-end-all film worth your attention, I just pointed out how ridiculous that was, which likens no impact on my "need" for name dropping. Fools these days...this isn't a debate either.

Dude, these are your words. Correct me if I'm wrong for misunderstanding.
You called me a "troll " and then you said " cast the joke that is Liam Neeson ". So not only did you make it personal but you also offended Liam Neeson. I then reacted to that. On some forums that have zero tolarance for bashing we would both have been banned. I publicly got admonished by a moderator but no one seems to think you did anything wrong and you are the one that chose to make it personal. You can disagree with me all you want but when you start hurling insults and making it personal, a moderator should do something about it, if for no other reason then to stop subsequent retaliation and escalation. Can't we all just get along and agree to disagree without making it personal?

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Ok I'll ask for pardon. A thousand apologies to Liam I had no idea I offended him, I didn't know he read this board religiously.

Troll isn't an insult when you post random things like this as facts, it's not a personal attack, your family or pets were not mentioned. What I did is called "right to suspicion."

See, now doesn't that sound better? Don't you ever hear something and just accept it without necessarily demanding hard evidence, especially something trivial such as an actor possibly getting a role or not getting it?
Hollywood gossip columns are full of half-truths or blatant lies yet some people still take them seriously. People just shouldn't automaticaly label someone ( troll ) for one unsubstantiated statement, unless their intention is to provoke but the road to hell is paved with good intentions as the messages often gets warped along the way and the ones that recieve them, see them in a whole new light. I would never call someone a troll unless they were a repeat offender and I wanted to provoke them, but that is just how I see things.

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I didn't know Daniel Craig was out as James Bond. I thought they had a good thing going. The only Ian Flemming short story name that has not been used yet is "Property of a Lady", which was ultimately made into "Octopussy". They should still double-back and use that as the name for one of the future movies with an original story. I think it makes for a good title.

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There is nothing official saying he is no longer going to play Bond after Sky Fall.

Any one here know what stage of production Sky Fall is in?

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A few days old, something Craig said:

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Explain?

What's there to explain? Daniel Craig trying to promote Skyfall?
All I can do is conjure that when MGM was going through it's financial troubles, whatever deal they had with Daniel Craig was not paramount in their minds. They were probably wondering if they were going to make it and keep operating period. In the mean time they were scrambling for more money to see if they can survive.
The way things looked then, Skyfall wasn't even going to happen.
When MGM found out that they were going to get refinanced, the Bond Franchise regained it's importance and perhaps they were then re-thinking about getting someone possibly more profitable or a bigger box draw then Craig. Who knows what's in their minds and how much gossip one can take for granted? Prior to their financial troubles, when the 5 more movie deal with Craig as Bond was on the table, exclusivity was the issue, as they wanted to nail Craig down to just Bond and he wanted to be able to appear in other roles, as well, time permitting.
Obviously, Craig has appeared in the Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, since, so apparently exclusivity is not the issue any more. Did he also sign to do the complete Swedish trilogy, which would kind of impinge on the rest of the Bond business, I don't know, I'm not his lawyer.
All that we can assume now is that Skyfall is in production, so let's enjoy it and see what happens afterwords.

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Your post was a waste of time in reply to me, my previous post was in reply to someone else who has had their post deleted. They said something like the last Bond was inappropriate and I asked them to explain. I wasn't replying to my own post...

Not to worry, had I thought it was a waste of time, I would not have written it, although I did think you brought it up, essentially reviving a dead thread.
However, it's nice to know it wasn't meant as a reference to something I might have said:)
To paraphrase the infamous Rodney King: " Can't we all just get along" ?:cool:

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If you want info on Skyfall, just go to Comingsoon.net. Skyfall gets released this November. And yes, he has signed to do more Bond movies.

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I don't think it's that many more. Surely it can't be 5 as has been stated earlier in this thread? Assuming that it takes about 2 years to make a Bond film these days, Craig would be fifty-four in his final film. Do you really want to see that?

Sean Connery was 52 in Never Say Never Again, and Roger Moore hung it up at 57.

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It's two films he is going to do after Skyfall apparently.

Don't know about Connery but I certainly didn't want to see Roger Moore running after girls that could've been his daughters.

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Seems a bit juvenile but I don't think the new bond looks enough like the others to really fit properly. Acting aside, he just looks like an afterthought rather than someone who can properly carry the torch.

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I hope to Zeus that it is Hugh Jackman, he is a sick actor.

Or perhaps...a female bond ;) Could work... :D

He's not tough enough. It should've been Clive Owen from the beginning, but Daniel Craig is doing fine now, so he lost his chance probably, as he's getting too old.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cvo4jwbe8w...n_croupier.jpg

I think Jon Hamm would be perfect for the role (if they make Bond a cigarette smoker again, that is). But they'll probably want a Brittish actor again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YocBfe1N598

Enough said.

I think Fassbender is a shoe-in when Craig calls it a day, but I'll also throw Rufus Sewell (too old perhaps), Jude Law (would need a syrup), and Benedict Cumberpatch (Sherlock obligations) into the proverbial martini glass.

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Circa 2012...



Slated for November of next year, Daniel Craig returns (shocker) as Bond, going against Christoph Waltz's Ernst Stavro Blofeldesque baddie in Spectre.

I love when people come on with inside scoops they can't name sources on. They are ever so reliable.


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It's a Bond film, so I'm always looking forward to that (and Christoph Waltz is going to be great as the villain), but I do hope they'll go with a different actor in Bond 25 (I did read Daniel Craig would do one other Bond film after this one, though). It's time for a change.

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After four whole movies in nine years (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre), it's "time for a change"? Completely disagree. Especially now that they are introducing Spectre, why would they be looking to change Bonds?

Hopefully cinemaafficionado can give us more inside info?

Well, I just don't happen to think that Craig fits the part very well. Don't get me wrong, I think Craig is a more than capable actor and an awesome action star, but I just never truly accepted him as James Bond.

I realize I'm in the minority of course (as I said a year ago in this thread, the audience seems to love him) and the reason I think "it's time for a change" is completely subjective, but I just wish they'd go back a little more to the pure suavity of the first three Connery films, instead of focusing almost entirely on action-based setpieces or sudden plot-twists to gain the audience's attention. I think a new Bond is necessary to bring back that particular quality again to the series.

I understand that changing Bonds wouldn't particularly be a smart move objectively, as Craig's turn as Bond has been hugely succesful thus far both commercially and critically (except of course for the horrible Quantum of Solace), so I guess I'll have to wait for yet another five or ten years before a new kind of Bond surfaces who might bring back the qualities to the part that I think are very important and essential but unfortunately have been largely missing in most modern Bond films.

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Clive Owen would be a great Bond, I never thought of him.

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I could live with Bettany as Bond

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Although I think Craig should be all right for Spectre, he was starting to look old in Skyfall. Although he's far off Roger Moore age, will he look too old for the film after Spectre? It's not so much whether he looks capable of action but seeing him with younger women will start to feel uncomfortable.

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Richard Madden may be the next James Bond. The former Game of Thrones star is now in contention according to sources:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/richard-...ored-for-bond/


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Think he would be really good to be fair.

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I hope, if they go younger, they lean into that and tweak the character. More of a "how Bond became Bond" thing, as opposed to "we're going younger and everything else is the same."

The tricky thing is they kinda did that with Craig, but it was more "how Bond became Bond...emotionally." He was still kinda complete, as a Spy. This would have to be different.

In other words, make Bond Begins.

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I miss Robb.

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Is the rumours of James Bond being a woman next true?,

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No. We discussed it just a bit earlier in the thread. Clickbaity headline.

How the James Bond series like MCU
 

Hey guys, you may find this interesting and insightful. It's about the similarities between the James Bond series' early days and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Phases 1 - 3) concerning the build-up of a villain in the background and how the hero(es) battled him.

Go to YouTube. Search the channel FlikerTheatre and click the link:
'Channel Crossover: How the James Bond series is like MCU'

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ACnFdPbTQpU/h...AcoM7JJVxjTG_w