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[Martini]

I would like Gerard Depardieu.

[Paco]

Off the wall casts for me would be Jim Carrey (might be good after the serious acting in the Majestic), Robert Dinerio, Heath Ledger, Kathy Bates. Thats my off the wall actors/actresses

[00Twelve]

I hate to burst several bubbles, but I remember reading somewhere that Alan Rickman auditioned as Bond for GoldenEye, but instead was offered the role of 006 and turned it down because he didn't want to be typecast as an action villain after Die Hard and Robin Hood. ?

[univex]

I know someone who knows someone who knows who the next villain posssible will be. But as the person who knows the person who knows won

[JBond007]

I don't care who the villian is played by as long as it's not another British actor.

On the contrary, we need to shift away from foreigners playing villains all the time.
It's the same old Russian/Asian villains all the time.

Or at least some British/Irish actor trying to be foreign.

[Mr. Kidd]

On the contrary, I would agree they should choose a non-British
actor as the main villian. The main villians of the '60's,'70's & '80's
were quite a varied international group. But all the Brosnan Bond
villians have all been British. It's time for a change. I would personally
love to see an American actor. But any non-British actor(or actress) would be refreshing. My choices would be
either Kevin Spacey or Samuel J. Jackson.

[Loomis]

Slightly off-topic, but has anyone heard the rumour that Sylvester Stallone will play the bad guy in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III? That's the kind of so-bizarre-it-might-actually-work-brilliantly casting the Bond series sorely needs.

With that in mind, my wish list of Bond villains would include:

- Antonio Banderas

- Jeff Bridges

- James Caan

- Robert De Niro

- Michael Douglas

- James Gandolfini

- Harvey Keitel

- Quentin Tarantino (maybe as a secondary villain rather than the main one)

- Bruce Willis

- James Woods (nothing particularly bizarre about Woods playing a villain, admittedly, but I thought I'd throw his name into the hat just the same)

[crashdrive]

Originally posted by Loomis
Has anyone heard the rumour that Sylvester Stallone will play the bad guy in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III?

Don't you mean 'Spy Kids 3'?

[Mr. Kidd]

I have seen Udo Kier (from early 70's Andy Warhol's
Frankenstein & Dracula) recently in Blade and think he
would make a perfectly sinister villian(main or secondary).
A real departure from the British villians of late.

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by crashdrive

Don't you mean 'Spy Kids 3'?

There will be a "Mission :Impossible 3" why ? I thought that Sylvester Stallone retired.

[kevrichardson]

Let 's try Klaus Maria Brandauer as the major Villian for Bond 21. I know he was in NSNA And he was relly quite good , the equal to Connery . And better in many way to the original "Largo" Adolfo Celi .

[Luis007]

robert de niro....playing an italian villain...

did bond ever go against the italian mafia?

[Loomis]

Originally posted by crashdrive

Don't you mean 'Spy Kids 3'?

No, I mean MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III. I read the SPY KIDS 3 rumour on AICN the other day, but a while before that there was a separate rumour that Sly would play the bad guy in M:I-3. It's a rumour that seems to have gone away, and I obviously can't vouch for whether there was any truth in it in the first place, but, nonetheless, it was a rumour that did surface (not that that necessarily means a darn thing, of course).

Wait, I've found the story: http://www.aintitcoo...ay.cgi?id=12070

Now, if Sly DOES play the villain in SPY KIDS 3, it would seem improbable that he'd follow that up with another bad guy role in another second sequel. Then again, SPY KIDS 3 has a release date of 25 July this year, so unless mucho secret filming has already taken place, maybe his part in that film (if indeed he has one) will only be a cameo, along the lines of George Clooney's appearance in the first one.

Oddly enough, Sly's IMDB filmography - while mentioning neither M:I-3 nor SPY KIDS 3 - claims that he's in the Luc Besson-produced TAXI 3, which has already been released in France and a couple of other countries. What the heck is going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

And now for kevrichardson's question: "There will be a "Mission :Impossible 3" why ? I thought that Sylvester Stallone retired."

There will be a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III because the first two films were colossal smashes, that's why. According to reliable reports, David Fincher has signed to direct, and British babe Kelly Brook will play Tom Cruise's love interest. And Sylvester Stallone (although it may turn out that he has nothing to do with M:I-3) has not retired, although, to be fair, you'd be forgiven for imagining otherwise.

[sausagebrigade]

On the villain for Bond 21, I know we've had a British actor as villain since GoldenEye, but I would love to see either Ian McDiarmid (Emperor in Star Wars) or Ian Richardson (The House of Cards Trilogy) play a more sort of Blofeld style character.

[RITZ]

Jean Reno (the French dude in "Leon", "Mission Impossible" and "Ronin")

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by RITZ
Jean Reno (the French dude in "Leon", "Mission Impossible" and "Ronin")

Yeah as "LeChiffre" in Casino Royale.

[Dr Noah]

I think that I should return....

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by Dr Noah
I think that I should return....

You were in "Casino Royale (1967) already. Let's have a real mean Bond villian this time.

[Dr Noah]

"You were in "Casino Royale (1967) already. Let's have a real mean Bond villian this time."

I had the best plan of any Bond villian, so there

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by Dr Noah
"You were in "Casino Royale (1967) already. Let's have a real mean Bond villian this time."
I had the best plan of any Bond villian, so there

I agree better than Charles Gray's Blofeld in "DAF" . Rid the world of men over 6' . With you as the tallest one . In a world filled with beautiful women ( i.e. Denise Richards types) . That works for me . Who said Bond villian are Criminal masterminds . Their Brilliant!!!!!!!

[Sanchez]

Gary Oldman has recently been cast as the prisoner of Azkaban in the next Harry Potter film(also titled "The Prisoner of Azkaban", due for release in 2004), he would make an excellent villain as would Jeremy Irons.

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by Sanchez
Gary Oldman has recently been cast as the prisoner of Azkaban  in the next Harry Potter film(also titled "The Prisoner of Azkaban", due for release in 2004), he would make an excellent villain as would Jeremy Irons.

I would like too see Klaus Maria Brandauer in Bond 21 . He was the only good thing about "NSNA". This would atone for that waste of a film. He would make a great LeChifre or a Blofeld . Or anything for that matter.

[White Tuxedo]

I didn't like Brandauer at all. He reminds of the "He beat your time" guy in DAD, who was more menacing to me.

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by Mansfield 005
I didn't like Brandauer at all. He reminds of the "He beat your time" guy in DAD, who was more menacing to me.

Your talk about the dude named "Vlad" . right ? Klaus Maria Brundauer was the only thing in NSNA , out side of the two female leads . That was worth the price of admission. Also a famous actor , who has starred in some great films.

[Von Hammerstein]

The actors I have always considered for a Bond villian role were:
Alan Rickman
Jeremy Irons
Hardy Kruger (sadly deceased)
Avery Brooks (If you ever saw the Star Trek Deep Space Nine ep called Our Man Bashir, you'd know why)
Wesely Snipes
Arnold Schwarzenegger(A return to the old heavily accented villians "Goodbye Mis-ter Bund!)

I've always thought that old Bond actors would make good villians. Sean Connery, Roger Moore (he was sufficently evil in an Alias ep last season0 but I think Timothy Dalton would give a tour-de-force performance as Bond villian.

But my all time favorite fantasy villian would be:

Patrick Stewart playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld (sadly not to be, but a great idea)

[kevrichardson]

Wesley Snipes no way . Too much of a action hero . Schwarzenegger not watch him as Mr.Frezee in the stupid Batman movie. Avery Brooks no stupid ideas also , Alan Rickman overexposed as the main villian from the firat "Die Hard" film. Jeremy Irons , that might be a good one . yet may ham it up to much for my taste . Just look at the Die Hard movie he was in as a East German . No Blofeld for Patrick Stewart , a reutrn to the "charles Gray" school of villiany . To refined , polished for a Bond villian.

[Von Hammerstein]

^kev, that's the point of using Patrick Stewart, the great Bond villians always had class and distinction, Blofeld, Dr. No ,Goldfinger yes they still indulged in quite nefarious undertakings but they did them with style and panache. As Jerry Seinfeld once remarked about the Bond films, "They take the coolest guy in the world and pit him against the evilest guy in the world and you come out generally liking them both."
Of late the modern Bonds have been lacking that, Carver was close, Renard and Trevelayan - eh-, Toby Stephens as Graves was spot on, clever, obsessed and brilliant but refined enough to invite Bond to a weekend at the Ice Palace and gala event. Fleming always wrote his villians large-than-life. In the films Bond is larger that life, if you put him up against a common thug there's no suspense, no challenge for Bond or the audience. Just my 2 cents.

[kevrichardson]

Originally posted by Von Hammerstein
^kev, that's the point of using Patrick Stewart, the great Bond villians always had class and distinction, Blofeld, Dr. No ,Goldfinger yes they still indulged in quite nefarious undertakings but they did them with style and panache. As Jerry Seinfeld once remarked about the Bond films, "They take the coolest guy in the world and pit him against the evilest guy in the world and you come out generally liking them both."  
Of late the modern Bonds have been lacking that, Carver was close, Renard and Trevelayan - eh-, Toby Stephens as Graves was spot on, clever, obsessed and brilliant but refined enough to invite Bond to a weekend at the Ice Palace and gala event. Fleming always wrote his villians large-than-life. In the films Bond is larger that life, if you put him up against a common thug there's no suspense, no challenge for Bond or the audience. Just my 2 cents.

Interesting ideas . Yes the villian in the early Bonds were great . They allway had the best lines. The Brosnan villians had been minor league to sau the least . The idea of Ted Turner starting WW 3 in "TND" was stupid. Just for broadcast right . then again with AOL/TimeLifeWarner stick in the toilet . WW3 might help Turner's net worth. DAD was a move in the right direction . It's the Producer's who don't want a return to the larger than life villians of old.

[SirMiles83]

Toby Stephens as Graves was the best larger than life villain for the Brosnan era. I don't care where the actor comes from as long as they portray HIM larger than life, and not so much the villain's plot. I think the villain should sell his evil plan more than have his plan sell it self. Yes the villain may have nuclear weapons but the audience isn't very scared if he is badly portayed or secondary to the plot. As for possible actors to play villains:
Ian McKellen
Sean Connery
Harvey Keitel
Paul Sorvino
Robert DeNiro
Kevin Spacey
Jason Issacs (if he was younger he could play Bond)

[kevrichardson]

Okay i agree . He was the best one . Since a decision was make to get rid of the small time villians of the earlier Brosnan movies . The Nuclear Weapon thing has been done to death in Bond . "GF","TB" ,"TSWLM" , "OP" , "TWINE" . all had some element of nukes in them.