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[Jay]

From Bond20.com again I read where their main insider, pierce b., confirms that dame maggie smith's son Toby Stephens is indeed going to portray the baddie. For you Brits in the forum is this a good choice or not being from America I've never heard of the guy I went to his sight www.royaltoby.com and he looks like he could play Bond himself in a few more years he is almost 33 now. With him obviously being caucasian I wonder if he is the mutation of Yune's character through the face mutation or if he is thestraight up bad guy with Yune as a henchman I guess we'll find out. But with his and Yune's physiques I'm seeing that there will be some great fight scenes like in GE with 006. these guys look to be bond's equal in the fihting department. What does everybody think about this news?

[White Persian]

I really don't think that Toby Stephens is playing the main baddie. For one thing it doesn't gibe with the whole Korea scenario.
I wonder if he's up for the same role that Nigel Havers' name has been connected with.

[Blue Eyes]

I don't know about this news. There's something that feels really suspicious about it.

[Jay]

With MGM's news confirming Toby Stephens, guess who's laughing now?
By the way if you are selling the drugs, Jim don't bother i'm as pure as the driven snow, yeah right? HA,HA!

[White Persian]

Toby Stephens's father was one of my favourite British actors, Sir Robert Stephens. I've only seen Toby in a quirky little film called "Photographing Fairies". He's a fine actor, with considerable range, though I'd prefer an older actor with more gravitas as the main baddie.
I can't quite see him as a potential Bond though.

[Smitty]

Blue Eyes (10 Jan, 2002 12:08 a.m.):
Well The Sun published it before anyone else did I assure you. That's the reason I didn't publish it. While I've never read the Sun, I'm told it's fully of *ahem* rubbish.

I have to agree, The Sun is full of tabloid rubbish and the guy who writes the entertainment/Hollywood gossip section is, well, to be diplomatic the first thing he writes is " I'm the first to report...." so you can judge for yourselves.
Other than that, I saw Toby Stephens in A Streetcar Named Desire about 5 yrs ago here in London and I have to say he's a pretty good actor, and my girlfriend thinks he's "Damm Fine"
Cow...... ;-)

[Blue Eyes]

Well The Sun published it before anyone else did I assure you. That's the reason I didn't publish it. While I've never read the Sun, I'm told it's fully of *ahem* rubbish.

[Simon]

Jay (09 Jan, 2002 10:37 p.m.):
I don't know how reliable the Sun is but ..............

It is a daily paper that specıalıses in sub standard works of fiction.

It's not even entertaining, like say, the Enquirer.

[RossMan]

Korean assassins mutating into caucasians?

You can't accuse EON of not being original. I don't think that I like all of this facial mutation/DNA stuff too much though. It's just not something that I would come to expect (or want) from a Bond movie. But it does certainly give an element of the bizarre to the movies that has been missing for a while.

[Jay]

I don't know how reliable the Sun is but Toby Stephens is mentioned there as well! my theory if this is true is that Toby will be the mutated version of Zao(Rick Yune). he will pass himself off as Caucasian to infiltrate either MI6 or some other area to try to get to Bond. So, yune and Stephens are both going to be Zao the assassin.

[RossMan]

Blue Eyes (09 Jan, 2002 06:44 a.m.):
I don't know about this news. There's something that feels really suspicious about it.

Very suspicious.

I've been visiting the Bond20.com forums lately too, (Never fear, I'm not converting!) and there is this guy calling himslef pierce b who claims to have inside info. fro EON or associated with EON. I think its rubbish. (Would an EON guy really go around posting important bits of news at some message board, me thinks not). So I don't believe it, there are many people like those who wrote the fake script who like to claim be in the in of what's going on.


Speaking of Bond20.com, I'm always amused that they post the latest news not long after CBN and Mi6.

[Evil Doctor Cheese]

Naybody got a picture of this guy because I have no idea who we're talking about!

[rubixcub]

Could be erroneous. I had only heard it from one source before IMDB picked it up, and don't know the reputation of the source. I kind of doubt he's the main villain- goes against what the actor who auditioned said about a Colonel Moon.

All this new villain casting is beginning to bother me. So far we've got Rick Yune as Zao, one Colonel Moon, Halle Berry as Jinx, Rosamund Pike as Gala Brand (who apparently starts out bad and turns good), Michael Madsen's rogue CIA agent and now Toby Stephens. That's six! What's goin' on?

Dave

[MisterKKBB]

Toby was one of my original suggestions for the part of Bond and I'm glad EON is aware of him. Still, it's a shame he doesn't get the chance to play the part of Bond. If this rumor is true. I hope we'll get some answers how all of this fits together because my head is spinning. Who's the villain, what's the story and what the hell is going on?

[Jay]

I was looking at his site again and checking out his image gallery. It seems from his credentials that,dare I say, he seems to be an actor's actor. He does a lot of Shakepearean roles, like Rosamund Pike. Could EON be trying to get people that can actually act in Bond 20! i think maybe they learned their lesson after Denise Richards in TWINE. This Stephens chap, though, seems by the images from his role to have a great depth of character I can see him playing a gentleman Jim type of character to a psychotic maniac or a combination of both. Like I mentioned earlier I've never heard of him before now but what I'm seeing and reading I'm impressed so far. BTW I'd like to give my opinion on big name actors in Bond movies. I don't particularly care for them. I like Bond movies to be unique to have characters up until the Bond movie that are relatively unknown. Call me crazy but I like to think of the Bond world as separate from Hollywood. I don't like seeing an actor that i've seen in 10-20 movies in a Bond movie I can't disassociate the past characters. When it is some one fresh and unknown(but can still act) I feel they are 'really in the Bond world" does that make since. I feel the charater more, not just a highly paid actor doing a job. If this makes since let me know with your responses if you need clarity on my ramblings I try to clarify better.

[mkkbb]

I've seen this guy on TV before. He certainly looks the part for Bond, so I think it would be best to leave him out of the Bond films till Brosnan leaves...

... I mean, it would be strange to have a Bond who was played by a previous villain (imagine Sean Bean playing Bond now!)

[Evil Doctor Cheese]

I like the Bond films to be full of little known actors so they can fool me. I know that Halle Berry's character isn't going to die in the first five minutes because they've paid so much for her but with alittle known cast the game is in the air! Rosamund Pike could die at any point throughout the film!! That adds a little more suspense I think.

[Jim]

Simon (09 Jan, 2002 11:10 p.m.):

Jay (09 Jan, 2002 10:37 p.m.):
I don't know how reliable the Sun is but ..............

It is a daily paper that specıalıses in sub standard works of fiction.

Oh come on, Striker's not that bad.

Although George and Lynne is, admittedly, rubbish.

[Jim]

Jay (09 Jan, 2002 10:37 p.m.):
I don't know how reliable the Sun is but Toby Stephens is mentioned there as well! my theory if this is true is that Toby will be the mutated version of Zao(Rick Yune). he will pass himself off as Caucasian to infiltrate either MI6 or some other area to try to get to Bond. So, yune and Stephens are both going to be Zao the assassin.

If this is true, it's so stupid it's fantastic.

If it's not true, no more drugs for that man.