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[Seannery]

Well however unlikely it is if the rumored Sam Raimi got the directorial job Bruce Campbell would be in as Felix!

[Bond_Bishop]

It is quite unbeliveable that Sam Raimi would get the director job but I think Campbell could be a perfect Felix.

[Seannery]

It is quite unbeliveable that Sam Raimi would get the director job but I think Campbell could be a perfect Felix.

You're dead right on both counts!

[JimmyBond]

Since Casino Royale is being adapted as the next film, it's reasonable to assume Felix will play some part. Well, I've always had this idea in the back of my head for a long while, and I want to run it by you all...

John Cusack! Yes he's young, but I think he'd make a great Felix, plus he'd bring his own fanbase to the movie

What do you think? And who would your pick be?

[GreggAllinson]

Owen Wilson- but only on the provision that he brings some of the dramatic weight and subtlety of his character in The Life Aquatic to Leiter and doesn't play his usual stoner goofball. He's got blonde hair, he's from Texas, he can act his off when he wants to, can do action, and has that sort of light-hearted charm that Leiter does.

Edited by GreggAllinson, 05 February 2005 - 08:14 AM.

[JimmyBond]

Owen Wilson- but only on the provision that he brings some of the dramatic weight of his character in The Life Acquatic to Leiter and doesn't play his usual stoner goofball.  He's got blonde hair, he's from Texas, he can act his off when he wants to, can do action, and has that sort of light-hearted charm that Leiter does.

I never would have thought of him, but after reading your post he does seem like a good choice. I really hope they get someone good to play him

[BondIsMoore]

Owen Wilson pure comedy. There's no way I can take him serious as Leiter. If Felix is going to be in Casino Royale, he should be more like the Jack Lord Feilex. Tough and very american.

[Problem Eliminator]

I could see Liev Schreiber in the role. He was good as an "agent" in The Sum of All Fears and is capable of being distinctly American opposite a new, more British Bond.

[JimmyBond]

You never know, Wilson could pull it off.

Still, I'm going to keep pushing Cusack, he's shown in the past he's more than capable of pulling off a serious role, and he can do action just as good as any moder action hero (if the role were to call for action). Plus he's as american as they come

[BondIsMoore]

John Cusak just doesn't look tough. I want Felix to look he'll kick your . I don't want a pansy Felix like we've had since Goldfinger. Atleast Jack Wade had balls.

[GreggAllinson]

Owen Wilson pure comedy. There's no way I can take him serious as Leiter. If Felix is going to be in Casino Royale, he should be more like the Jack Lord Feilex. Tough and very american.

Jack Lord was great in Dr. No, but he was really nothing like Fleming's Leiter. Fleming's Leiter is a blonde-haired Texan with boyish good looks who doesn't seem to take life very seriously, even after the Robber feeds him to a shark (if you disagree, I have one word for you: Studillac). Wilson does tend to squander his talent, but it's there: he was charming and sweet in Bottle Rocket, a decent light-hearted straightforward action hero in Shanghai Noon (I didn't bother with the sequel, so I don't know how he fared in that), and a tragic figure in The Life Aquatic. The Owen Wilson of the Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson team responsible for such cinematic crimes as Zoolander and Starsky and Hutch is all wrong for Felix Leiter, but the Owen Wilson of the Owen Wilson/Wes Anderson team could work out pretty darn well as Felix Leiter.

[Bond_Bishop]

I've said it before. Felix Leiter should be played by Bruce Campbell

[Lionheart]

My friends!

I think Mr. Bruce Greenwood would be the obvious choice for the part of Felix Leiter.

What do you think?

[WC]

I personally think Owen Wilson would be awful as Leiter. He tends to only play those buffoon types in nearly all his films, even when the role calls for a serious interpretation. He also seems like he came out of a western. I'd prefer someone more similar to Jack Lord, even if it isn't the way he appeared in the novels. After all, we're talking about the Bond movies here, and having a blond Felix would be way too much of a departure.

[Prav_007]

Owen Wilson pure comedy. There's no way I can take him serious as Leiter. If Felix is going to be in Casino Royale, he should be more like the Jack Lord Feilex. Tough and very american.

Jack Lord was great in Dr. No, but he was really nothing like Fleming's Leiter. Fleming's Leiter is a blonde-haired Texan with boyish good looks who doesn't seem to take life very seriously, even after the Robber feeds him to a shark (if you disagree, I have one word for you: Studillac). Wilson does tend to squander his talent, but it's there: he was charming and sweet in Bottle Rocket, a decent light-hearted straightforward action hero in Shanghai Noon (I didn't bother with the sequel, so I don't know how he fared in that), and a tragic figure in The Life Aquatic. The Owen Wilson of the Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson team responsible for such cinematic crimes as Zoolander and Starsky and Hutch is all wrong for Felix Leiter, but the Owen Wilson of the Owen Wilson/Wes Anderson team could work out pretty darn well as Felix Leiter.

All this news about Owen Wilson inspired me to think of his popular brother, actor Luke Wilson, who was in Old School, Home Fries and most popularly Blue Streak as he assisted Martin Lawrence in this Cop-action film. Luke Wilson is the milder Owen Wilson in terms of humour but can certainley generate laughs. He doesn't stir huge in publicity and isn't well-known as Owen. Luke Wilson would be a smarter decision, beleive check out the below photo.

[Brett Sinclair]

I think it's a shame Michael Madsen was cast in Die another day,he would have been a great Felix.If Clive Owen gets the role they would have been fantastic together.

As Bond_Bishop said Bruce Campbell would also be good

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Owen Wilson- but only on the provision that he brings some of the dramatic weight and subtlety of his character in The Life Aquatic to Leiter and doesn't play his usual stoner goofball.  He's got blonde hair, he's from Texas, he can act his off when he wants to, can do action, and has that sort of light-hearted charm that Leiter does.

That's an extremely good idea, he really fits the Fleming mold.

As for John Cusack, he's one of my favorite actors but he doesn't strike me as Leiter.

[Bond_Bishop]

Bruce Campbell for Felix in 2006

Edited by Bond_Bishop, 05 February 2005 - 02:37 PM.

[hrabb04]

Bob Saget for Felix Leiter.

[DLibrasnow]

I seriously doubt Felix will be in the movie. I am expecting very little from the novel to make it into the film.

[B5Erik]

John Cusack could be fairly effective as Leiter - just look at his performances in Grosse Pointe Blank or City Hall, or especially Identity. He's got great dramatic chops and as he's gotten older and put on weight he looks a lot tougher. It may seem like unusual casting, but it might work really well.

Bruce Campbell would be a great choice as well. I'd love to see that.

Of course, they could just cast me in the part. I've wanted to play Felix Leiter for 20 years, and now I'm finally old enough. Of course, no agent, no experience, no chance. But, oddly, Felix Leiter was always a character I would have loved to play if I got into acting.

But for the real possibilities I think Cusack & Campbell would both work - and if he was 10-15 years younger I'd also say Ray Liotta could be interesting as Leiter. Not the Leiter of the novel, per se, but like Jack Lord he could make it his own. If Brosnan were doing CR I'd say Liotta would be very good casting (the right age to be a friend of Bond's), but since he's not then Liotta's definitely out.

I'll have to think about this some more to come up with some other ideas - but they've GOT to include Leiter in the movie.

[Agent 76]

Matthew McConaughey.

[DLibrasnow]

You're forgetting one important thing. The thinking at EON has always been (except with Licence To Kill) to put a largely unknown actor into the part of Felix Leiter - so he doesn't upstage 007.

Especially with a new 007 actor, expect Felix to be largely unknown.

[B5Erik]

You're forgetting one important thing. The thinking at EON has always been (except with Licence To Kill) to put a largely unknown actor into the part of Felix Leiter - so he doesn't upstage 007.

Especially with a new 007 actor, expect Felix to be largely unknown.

You are probably right - but sometimes it's just fun to consider the possibilities.

[GreggAllinson]

Matthew McConaughey.

Great choice!

[Bindydoo]

I think that Sean Bean would have made an excellent Felix Leiter if he hadnt already been cast as Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye

[Bond_Bishop]

Yeah he actually would if he was American

[Qwerty]

John Cusak just doesn't look tough. I want Felix to look he'll kick your . I don't want a pansy Felix like we've had since Goldfinger. Atleast Jack Wade had balls.

Cusack can be pretty tough though - case in point is his performance in Runaway Jury. He could be an interesting choice.

[bebopfoot]

It should be a previous Felix, David Hedison or Rik Van Nutter. I don't care about age here, I'd just like to see some continuity. And he should definitely have a missing arm and leg.

[DLibrasnow]

I think that Sean Bean would have made an excellent Felix Leiter if he hadnt already been cast as Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye

Since when has that stopped them before?

Shane Rimmer, Joe Don Baker and Maud Adams?