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[Loomis]

Would a "Young James Bond" film starring Orlando Bloom (who is, let's not forget, only a couple of years younger than Lazenby was when he starred in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE) necessarily be any worse than another cookie-cutter Brosnan outing?

I'm not attacking Brosnan, but the overblown and now tired formula of the Bond films he's starred in, with their long pre-credits sequences packed with massive explosions, "personal" storylines, beefed-up roles for M and Moneypenny, etc.

My feeling is that, done properly, a YJB flick could give the cinematic 007 a much-needed shot in the arm. Wouldn't it be cool to see how James Bond became James Bond 007? Maybe they could include Fleming's account of Bond killing those two people in order to become a Double-O (one of them was a Japanese double agent in New York, if memory serves).

[Kristatos]

Loomis:

The Ideas are not bad, but what about Miramax in this Article?
Is this Bond 21 or a new "Attack of McClory"-like?

[Loomis]

The Ideas are not bad, but what about Miramax in this Article?
Is this Bond 21 or a new "Attack of McClory"-like?

I don't know. It's a "whoever does it" scenario, I guess. Weren't there rumours that Eon wanted to sign Bloom, as well as these new reports that Miramax want him?

[Arrant]

If the rumour on SKY news is correct the film is going to concentrate on Bond's time at Fettes College.
Perhaps he could do assassinations during the summer holidays - as Kingsley Amis once pointed out whilst trying to work out Bond's age.

[Qwerty]

Not a fan of the idea. No need to work on a YJB movie series if they can take the time to develop a strong film for Bond 21. There's no guarentee YJB movies would change the official series.

[Seannery]

From what I gather this rumor is totally bogus--Miramax only has the rights to publish the books. THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER TO FILM ANYTHING BONDIAN.

[Qwerty]

From what I gather this rumor is totally bogus--Miramax only has the rights to publish the books. THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER TO FILM ANYTHING BONDIAN.

Quite so Seannery. I gather this is a What if.. thread. Thankfully.

[Seannery]

Thanks Qwerty--in that case hypothetically Bloom as young Bond is a bad idea. Maybe some unknown perfectly cast young actor doing a series of topflight TV movies would work as a supplement to the big screen Bond. And may become a training ground for the big screen Bond.

[Qwerty]

Thanks Qwerty--in that case hypothetically Bloom as young Bond is a bad idea. Maybe some unknown perfectly cast young actor doing a series of topflight TV movies would work as a supplement to the big screen Bond. And may become a training ground for the big screen Bond.

The normal Bond shouldn't need training ground. They should and do know how to make classic movies, just put some effort into it.

[hrabb04]

Watch Young Jimmy Bond as he is mentored by Liam Neeson in the ways of being a deadly secret agent.....watch as Neeson takes young Jimmy under his wing to his colleagues in the British Secret Service, asking that he be trained in the ways of a '00'...

[Qwerty]

Watch Young Jimmy Bond as he is mentored by Liam Neeson in the ways of being a deadly secret agent.....watch as Neeson takes young Jimmy under his wing to his colleagues in the British Secret Service, asking that he be trained in the ways of a '00'...

How completely dreadful that would be.

[Seannery]

Thanks Qwerty--in that case hypothetically Bloom as young Bond is a bad idea.  Maybe some unknown perfectly cast young actor doing a series of topflight TV movies would work as a supplement to the big screen Bond.  And may become a training ground for the big screen Bond.

The normal Bond shouldn't need training ground. They should and do know how to make classic movies, just put some effort into it.

No Qwerty I mean may become a training ground to find future James Bond actors--honing their suave, action chops and humor.

[Qwerty]

[quote name='Seannery' date='27 July 2004 - 15:29'] [quote name='Qwerty' date='27 July 2004 - 20:19'] [quote name='Seannery' date='27 July 2004 - 15:17'] Thanks Qwerty--in that case hypothetically Bloom as young Bond is a bad idea.

[Adrian Carlisle]

You have a point about Bloom being only a few years younger than Lazenby, but Lazenby LOOKED substantially older than Bloom does now.

[Tarl_Cabot]

groan.

Bond is and always will be a 6'1 or 6'2 guy. It's an inflexible 007 trait...If a 007 actor is 5'10 or 5'11 he will not look like James Bond. He will look like a miscast actor pretending to be James Bond.So, that means that
Ewan Mcgregor,Collin Ferril and Orlando Bloom are not solid choices(I do like E.M. alot in 'Down with Love' but he's too short for Bond).

[Qwerty]

You have a point about Bloom being only a few years younger than Lazenby, but Lazenby LOOKED substantially older than Bloom does now.

I think because they tried so hard to make Lazenby a Connery clone. Don't think the same could be said for Bloom. He looks very young.