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[cvheady007]

I think, like I said before, he looks like any other dark-headed guy for Bond.

In additon, I only give words of encouragement for Ewan McGregor because people like Roger Moore - I think he would be in that vein. PERSONALLY, I say bring back Pierce Brosnan.........OR sign Clive or Hugh....or end the series. That's about it for me, at the moment.

[Qwerty]

[quote name='Mister Asterix' date='4 September 2005 - 00:13'][mra]A short bit of twiddling in Photoshop and I

[cvheady007]

[quote name='Qwerty' date='10 September 2005 - 00:50'][quote name='Mister Asterix' date='4 September 2005 - 00:13'][mra]A short bit of twiddling in Photoshop and I

[Qwerty]

Wow I am impressed. I never thought Craig could do it until I saw that image.

Although, for the topic creator I have a diffrent model I use when I try to find the next Bond.

Please watch out for posting Eon-copyrighted pictures British Chap. Thanks!

[Bond Bug]

Craig's look just doesn't cut the mustard as a Bond.

The movie Bond must be exceptionally good looking. Connery was sex on legs and has been voted sexiest movie star in several polls. Moore may not have exuded raw sex appeal like Connery, but he was very handsome with a facial symmetry that gave him screen presence and Brosnan too a very handsome man, also topping polls in the best looks and sexiest department.

Craig looks like an ordinary bloke. If you went to any given crowded pub, you'd see at least a dozen Craigs.

[rdh007]

I have to say, that pic has convinced me that Craig wouldn't bring ruin to the franchise. Still not my first choice, but I won't whine too bad if he's cast.

[XXX]

I find it striking that most people who complain are straight men ...

Not that I wasn't, but since the looks thing is repeated so often, I have to repeat the other site:
Craig definately has the looks. He is no male underwear model, and that's good.
Being handsome is not alone a measure of feminin facial features, but a lot more.

[trevanian]

I find it striking that most people who complain are straight men ...

Perhaps most straight men posting here are better looking than this guy, and figure if what they see in the mirror is more Bondlike than Craig, why would Eon or Sony considering casting THIS disaster?

I won't see the film with this guy playing Bond, period. If it is a free 2 for 1 dvd with something decent, I might catch it on homevid, but that'd be about it. My wife about vomited when I mentioned Craig being considered (she's a serious Daltonite, who loves Connery and thinks Brosnan is better than the material he has been handed), and we both wonder why when they might be riding a decent script they are having so much trouble finding somebody who looks right AND can act. I know Owen is way too good for this kind of thing, but geezus, at this point, I'd settle for Adrian Paul if they'd just wrap this search up. Course, the idea of this being Bond's first mission hardly works for Paul, but Craig looks like he is in his 40s anyway, even if he's not, so that doesn't make Paul any worse of a choice.

[Bond Bug]

I find it striking that most people who complain are straight men ...

Perhaps most straight men posting here are better looking than this guy, and figure if what they see in the mirror is more Bondlike than Craig, why would Eon or Sony considering casting THIS disaster?

I won't see the film with this guy playing Bond, period. If it is a free 2 for 1 dvd with something decent, I might catch it on homevid, but that'd be about it. My wife about vomited when I mentioned Craig being considered (she's a serious Daltonite, who loves Connery and thinks Brosnan is better than the material he has been handed), and we both wonder why when they might be riding a decent script they are having so much trouble finding somebody who looks right AND can act. I know Owen is way too good for this kind of thing, but geezus, at this point, I'd settle for Adrian Paul if they'd just wrap this search up. Course, the idea of this being Bond's first mission hardly works for Paul, but Craig looks like he is in his 40s anyway, even if he's not, so that doesn't make Paul any worse of a choice.

Quite right. Even I look more like Bond than this Craig muppet guy whoever he is. They may as well just pick some guy's name out of a hat or have a competition in a newspaper! With Mission Impossible 3 out next summer, that will likely be bigger again at the box office than any Bond flick, the Bond producers have to raise their game. Craig could do a better job of killing Bond than Blofeld could ever manage.

[Captain Indigo]

women do find daniel craig attractive even with his craggy face

[XXX]

Quite right. Even I look more like Bond than this Craig muppet guy whoever he is.

Oh gee, ya think so?
Come on, That is friggen ridiculous. You are beginning to sound like these jealous girls that put Anti- and Hate websites gainst the actresses in Harry Potter on the net.

The fact that you think of yourself more bondian then Craig in conjunction with the word "even" (indicating you don't look exceptional) just proves that you obvoisly have no idea what makes an attractive man.


But your mighty internet-logic defeats me, and so I am silent.

Edited by XXX, 10 September 2005 - 07:42 PM.

[trumanlodge89]

Quite right. Even I look more like Bond than this Craig muppet guy whoever he is.

Oh gee, ya think so?
Come on, That is friggen ridiculous. You are beginning to sound like these jealous girls that put Anti- and Hate websites gainst the actresses in Harry Potter on the net.

The fact that you think of yourself more bondian then Craig in conjunction with the word "even" (indicating you don't look exceptional) just proves that you obvoisly have no idea what makes an attractive man.


But your mighty internet-logic defeats me, and so I am silent.

i agree... i dont think anyone knows who will be a great bond untill we see him on the screen. we all can have opinions, but i think its important to hold off on boycotting the films he may or may not star in...

[tdalton]

Quite right. Even I look more like Bond than this Craig muppet guy whoever he is.

Oh gee, ya think so?
Come on, That is friggen ridiculous. You are beginning to sound like these jealous girls that put Anti- and Hate websites gainst the actresses in Harry Potter on the net.

The fact that you think of yourself more bondian then Craig in conjunction with the word "even" (indicating you don't look exceptional) just proves that you obvoisly have no idea what makes an attractive man.


But your mighty internet-logic defeats me, and so I am silent.

I agree as well. I don't think that any of us can say which actors will or will not make good Bonds until we actually get to see them in action. Of course, we'll all have our favorites on who we would like to see in the role, but that's just based on what we've seen of their work outside of the role. There's no guarantee that any of the names mentioned would be any good in the role, and there's no guarantee that any of them would be bad in the role, either. We'll never know until someone is chosen and he gets his chance on screen to prove whether he's a good choice or not.

[hrabb04]

Daniel Craig is Vladamir Putin in From Russia With Love.

[Frankie]

I think, like I said before, he looks like any other dark-headed guy for Bond.

I disagree. Nichol looks like he has almost the exact facial proportions of Connery's, Plus the pronounced eyebrows. In Star Wars III he was just a tad shorter than Jimmy Smits who's pretty tall. All I'm saying he seems to have the looks and the stature necessary for the role. So maybe an inexpensive screen test will discover the next unknown who could be a great Bond. The very first one worked out alright if memory serves me right.

[Bond Bug]

To Indigo, XXX, Truman, tdalton, hrabb.

OK I am no expert at what females find attractive, but Craig lacks that X factor.

The movie Bond is supposed to be a man who every woman wants to go to bed with.

Some females here might feel that about Craig, but I would bet a lot more would prefer Hugh Jackman or Clive Owen for example.

Craig is just Mr Ordinary Bloke. Apart from which he has a face that will age rapidly.

The fact that the one decent photo of him in a Bond pose has had to have some photoshop twiddling says it all, with all respect to Mister Asterix.

Even I look far more Bondian than Craig ever will.

[Frankie]

The fact that the one decent photo of him in a Bond pose has had to have some photoshop twiddling says it all, with all respect to Mister Asterix.

Even I look far more Bondian than Craig ever will.

Connery wore a toupee that looked like real hair. This guy's real hair looks like a toupee.

[Bondesque]

Butler...Gerry Butler!

[Bon-san]

I watched Layer Cake last night, and enjoyed it. I found the performances to be excellent all around, with some sparkling camera work. The script, however, seemed rather derivative and, thus, tired.

Matthew Vaughn's direction was interesting. He and his DP really came up with some cool shots, and I dug their use of color. I didn't note any great action bits, but there wasn't a whole lot of "action" really. He might have been a good choice for Bond.

Daniel Craig's performance was great. I love his voice, and despite his "scruffy dog" look, the camera loves him. If he were cast as Bond, it would be a VERY brave move by the producers, and rather likely to dampen the box office, but it would be an interesting thing to see him try Bond.

He just moved up the rankings a bit

[ACE]

Posted: Sun., Sep. 11, 2005, 6:00am PT
VARIETY

Bond hopeful hits the books
Thesp Craig stirred by Fleming's original tome

By KATJA HOFMAN

Sony and Eon Prods. are still casting about for their next 007, but one much-touted candidate is apparently doing his best to bond with the source material.

Thesp Daniel Craig was spotted Aug. 5 in London's Cecil Court, a well-known enclave of antiquarian books, inquiring about a first edition of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale."

The bookseller obviously knew who he was talking to and quoted him

[K1Bond007]

Daniel Craig's performance was great.  I love his voice, and despite his "scruffy dog" look, the camera loves him.  If he were cast as Bond, it would be a VERY brave move by the producers, and rather likely to dampen the box office, but it would be an interesting thing to see him try Bond.

He just moved up the rankings a bit

Yeah, I gotta agree with this assessment. It'd be bold, and I don't think Craig would perform as well at the box office in comparison to Brosnan as you claim (at least not right away), but after seeing Layer Cake I've actually started to think he'd be a pretty solid choice.

I'd seriously love to see his audition tape if he fails at getting the role. Actually, considering all the hoopla around this search, if the Broccolis and Sony don't add a gargantuan featurette with tons of screentests etc on the Casino Royale DVD, I'll be pretty upset. Hell, I'd buy the disc just for that.

[lorna99]

This was on imdb.com about Daniel Craig:

British actor Daniel Craig has reentered the race to become the next James Bond - after being spotted enquiring about a rare copy of the novel the next 007 movie will be based on. Intrigue about the identity of Pierce Brosnan's successor has kept Bond fans gripped for months - and handed movie makers valuable publicity. Craig is among a short-list of favorites to star in the forthcoming remake for Ian Fleming's first 007 novel Casino Royale, including Clive Owen, Ewan McGregor, Julian McMahon and Hugh Jackman. But a London bookstore owner is convinced he's unearthed the best-kept secret in Hollywood, after Craig asked after a first edition of the novel. Peter Ellis says, "I told him that he should expect to pay about

[Alessandra]

the guy's NOT got the right look. He looks too old, he's too scruffy and he isn't AT ALL goodlooking enough. ESPECIALLY if they're thinking about an early mission, he's definitely not the right one.
If it's not pierce and if it's new.. IT'S GOTTA BE HUGH! (jackman)

[Kingdom Come]

As much as I like surrealism this whole Bond actor thing is getting to be frightening. If this is what Craig looks like and is a strong contender then I'm finished with the new era of Bond films.

[Morrigan]

Hi there, posting from the Bahamas. First post too.

Our film department here has announced that Daniel Craig has been chosen for the 007 part.
They described him as younger, less well-known actor with a special kind of energy.

I immediately looked him up on the Internet, and I must say I'm not too impressed with the choice.
I've seen him in Elizabeth and The Jacket. He's a good actor, but I just don't see him as James Bond.

[luciusgore]

Hi there, posting from the Bahamas.  First post too.

Our film department here has announced that Daniel Craig has been chosen for the 007 part.
They described him as younger, less well-known actor with a special kind of energy.

I immediately looked him up on the Internet, and I must say I'm not too impressed with the choice.
I've seen him in Elizabeth and The Jacket. He's a good actor, but I just don't see him as James Bond.

I'm not sure why they would know before anyone else.

[Morrigan]

From what I gather they've been showing some of the film crew around the islands and were talking to the director Martin Campbell.
Apperently the Bahamas is expecting a great financial windfall from this.

[Spoon]

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

[kevrichardson]

Each person playng Bond had some acceptance problems with either the public or the producers . UA Excutive David Picker thought that Connery was look too much like a "Truck Driver " . Ian Fleming thought that Roger Moore was too "Pretty" . Also Saltzman /Broccoli told Moore too lose weight once he was cast as Bond in 1973 . I would rather take a chance with a 37 yo talented Actor . Than a 50ish Brosnan . I am greatful for what Brosnan has done over the last 10 years as Bond . Yes he revive the series . But it's time to go , and i dont think , EON and Broccoli /Wilson want too work with Brosnan again . But i might be wrong . There is just too much bad blood between them and Brosnan . And it looks like Daniel Craig has emerge as the strongest possible actor to become Bond .

[Pussfeller]

Hi there, posting from the Bahamas.  First post too.

Our film department here has announced that Daniel Craig has been chosen for the 007 part.
They described him as younger, less well-known actor with a special kind of energy.

I immediately looked him up on the Internet, and I must say I'm not too impressed with the choice.
I've seen him in Elizabeth and The Jacket. He's a good actor, but I just don't see him as James Bond.

Hi, I'm Richard Nixon. Pleased to meet you.