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[Xenobia]

Blue Eyes' thread on the connection between Cary Grant and James Bond got me thinking about an issue that keeps coming up: Eon doing a film version of Casino Royale.

My challenge to all is to cast the main roles from Casino Royale: Bond, Vesper, Mathis, Le Chiffre, and anyone else you want, contemporary to each of the Eon Bonds.

Good luck!

-- Xenobia

[Tarl_Cabot]

Bond:Timothy Dalton
Le Chiffre:Lambert Wilson (Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions)
Vesper:Ornella Mutti

[PaulZ108]

Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Le Chiffre: Lambert Wilson (I knew someone would have beat me to it before I even scrolled down)
Vesper: Angelina Jolie (for some reason I pictured her when I read it)

[Tarl_Cabot]

[Xenobia]

Bond: Roger Moore
Le Chiffre: Patrick MacNee
Vesper: Jill Ireland
Mathis: Topol
Leiter: Burt Reynolds

-- Xenobia

[Number Six]

I didn't realize 'til well into it that the CBN guys had already made their lists, so there's some crossovers (though not exactly within the same timeline). I'm not too happy with all of the choices, but sometimes it came down to, "Do I remember anyone who was acting then?" Surprisingly, despite having lived through them, the hardest part was casting for the 1980s.

James Bond - Sean Connery
Felix Leiter - Jack Lord
Vesper Lynd - Catherine Deneuve
Le Chiffre - Eddie Constantine
Mathis - Louis Jourdan
Title Song: Frank Sinatra

James Bond - George Lazenby
Felix Leiter - James Coburn
Vesper Lynd - Julie Christie
Le Chiffre - Victor Buono
Mathis - Omar Sharif
Title Song: Astrid Gilberto

James Bond - Roger Moore
Felix Leiter - Brian Keith
Vesper Lynd - Jacqueline Bisset
Le Chiffre - Peter Sellers
Mathis - Jean-Paul Belmondo
Title Song: Dionne Warwick

James Bond - Timothy Dalton
Felix Leiter - Richard Chamberlain
Vesper Lynd - Joanne Whalley(Kilmer)
Le Chiffre - David Suchet
Mathis - Alain Delon
Title Song: Susanna Hoffs

James Bond - Pierce Brosnan
Felix Leiter - Bruce Campbell
Vesper Lynd - Catherine Zeta Jones
Le Chiffre - Miguel Ferrer
Mathis - Jean Reno
Title Song: David Bowie

--Eric

[Xenobia]

Eric! That's an awesome list! I am still working my way through the Bonds....Speaking of:

Bond: Sean Connery
Vesper: Julie London
Mathis: Yves Montand
Leiter: Jack Lord
Le Chiffre: Noel Coward (in a fat suit)

-- Xenobia

[Qwerty]

Well, I've always thought Anthony Hopkins would make a good Bond villain, and perhaps Le Chiffre? I'll definitely agree with ya Xen, Jack Lord was made for the role of Leiter, it just his! For Vesper, I'm undecided, Zeta-Jones sounds interesting, but I'm just not sure....

[Bond111]

Originally posted by Number Six
James Bond - George Lazenby
Felix Leiter - James Coburn
Vesper Lynd - Julie Christie
Le Chiffre - Victor Buono
Mathis - Omar Sharif
Title Song: Astrid Gilberto

Now that would make a great movie.

For now I guess I'll start at the beginning...

James Bond - Sean Connery
Felix Leiter - Jack Lord
Vesper Lynd - Brigitte Bardot
Le Chiffre - Peter Lorre (Although he died in 1964)
Ren

[Xenobia]

Hey there!

I was trying to think of Peter Lorre's name! Thanks for reminding me.

-- Xenobia

[Tarl_Cabot]

great list Eric.

[Bond111]

Originally posted by Xenobia
Hey there!

I was trying to think of Peter Lorre's name!  Thanks for reminding me.

-- Xenobia

No problem.

I thought he did a great job in the 1954 TV version of Casino Royale. He is my favorite part of that feature.

[Number Six]

I labored over the list for a few days, but like I said, I'm still not sure on everything. Among my favorite picks were Brian Keith for Leiter and Constantine for Le Chiffre (I'd just watched Alphaville a few days prior). I would have also loved to hear Astrud Gilberto on a Bond theme (heck, she's still alive, so why not?).

I agree with all that Lorre was a great Le Chiffre. I didn't want to trod too much on what had already been done.

For some reason, I got so excited by this project that I've been trying to cast a Jeremy-Brett-Holmesesque series with modern actors playing Fleming's roles, not the Broccolli family's. Maybe if I get something good, I'll post that here too.

--Eric

[TheSaint]

Bond: Connery
Leiter: Rik Van Nutter
Lynd: Bardot
Le Chiffre: Theodore Bikel
Mathis: Charles Boyer

Bond: Lazenby
Leiter: Jon Voight
Lynd: Diane Cilento
Le Chiffre: Maximilian Schell
Mathis: Jean Marais

Bond: Moore
Leiter: David Hedison
Lynd: Elke Sommer
Le Chiffre: James Mason
Mathis: Felix Marten

Bond: Dalton
Leiter: John Terry
Lynd: Nastassia Kinski
Le Chiffre: Terence Stamp
Mathis: Christopher Lambert

Bond: Brosnan
Leiter: Denis Leary
Lynd: Naomi Watts
Le Chiffre: Gerard Depardieu
Mathis: Jean Reno

[TheSaint]

I didn't realize that typing : & D makes . Substitute a D for those happy faces.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Originally posted by TheSaint
I didn't realize that typing : & D makes . Substitute a D for those happy faces.

Grammattically speaking there should be a space between the : and the first letter of the following word.

[TheSaint]

Nothing like being made to feel more dumb than I already felt.

[MrDraco]

Pierce Brosnan-Bond
Robbin Williams-Le'Cliffe
Jack Nicholason-Felix litter
M-Babara Bush
Q-Clint Eastwood

[PrinceKamalKhan]

James Bond: Sean Connery
Felix Leiter: Clint Eastwood
Vesper Lynd: Claudia Cardinale
Le Chiffre: Orson Welles
Mathis: Jean-Paul Belmondo

James Bond: George Lazenby
Felix Leiter: Steve McQueen
Vesper Lynd: Jacqueline Bisset
Le Chiffre: Herbert Lom
Mathis: Alain Delon

James Bond: Roger Moore
Felix Leiter: James Garner
Vesper Lynd: Lesley-Anne Downe
Le Chiffre: Michael Lonsdale
Mathis: Jean-Pierre Cassel

James Bond: Timothy Dalton
Felix Leiter: Harrison Ford
Vesper Lynd: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Le Chiffre: Alan Rickman
Mathis: Patrick Bachau

James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Felix Leiter: Lee Horsley
Vesper Lynd: Monica Bellucci
Le Chiffre: Gary Oldman
Mathis: Jean Reno

[Doubleshot]

Originally posted by TheSaint
Bond: Brosnan
Leiter: Denis Leary
Lynd: Naomi Watts
Le Chiffre: Gerard Depardieu
Mathis: Jean Reno

Wow! I had never thought about it, but Denis Leary would make a perfect Felix Leiter for Brosnan's Bond.

[Xenobia]

You know what...I gotta concurr. Put Leary and Brosnan back together and this time have them on the same side. That would be fun.

I wonder if they would let Leary sing the theme song.

-- Xenobia

[TheSaint]

Some very interesting choices being bandied about. I forgot to choose Alan Rickman as Le Chiffre against either Dalton or Brosnan, and I like Khan's choice of Lee(Matt Houston)Horsely for Leiter.

[Xenobia]

Dennis Weaver also would have made a good Leiter in the seventies, against Moore, me thinks...or even Connery.

-- Xenobia

[H.M.Servant]

Bond: Brosnan
Vesper: Uma Thurman
Le Chiffre: John Malkovich
Directed by: Quentin Tarrentino

[RITZ]

Great thread you've started Xen!

I did some concept poster artwork featuring the cast below(dont think im allowed to post the artworkl here:()


Bond: DALTON :D:D:D
Le'Chiffre: JEAN RENO
Vesper Lynd: SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR


Poster tagline: "The Cards Are Out, The Game Is Set"

Release date: July 7th 2007

[H.M.Servant]

tagline: Always Bet On Bond

[Xenobia]

This thread is cooking with gas!

Ritz...put the poster up!

As for you HMS.....great tagline!

Love...Xen

[RITZ]

Ok, you asked for it - here it is!

(NOTE TO FORUM MODERATORS/EDITORS: Please remove this artwork if it infringes any copyright regulations. I dont want to get CBN into trouble.)

[Xenobia]

Classy, simple, and well done!

I love it Ritz!

-- Xen