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[JackLordIsFelix]

My only advice: Bond is not a pretty boy. Looking good in a tux is not enough to make a potential 007 actor. Remember the Sean Connery/Terence Young principle: take a rough diamond and cut him into Bond. What made Sean Connery work is the fact that you knew he was a regular guy who could slide easily into Bond trappings (the girls, the pickiness over food and drink, etc.).

The question is whether or not there are men like Connery anymore...

[MarJil]

[quote name='Seannery' date='7 September 2005 - 11:30'][quote name='Alessandra' date='6 September 2005 - 22:33'][quote name='Seannery' date='6 September 2005 - 15:45']Recent reports show Eon/Sony in flux and not sure what exact direction to go in with CR and finding a new Bond.

[Bond Bombshell]

My advice to EON on casting Bond -

1) Concentrate on actors between the age of 30 to 35. The last 3 Bonds have been quadragenarians (good word) when they started and this has worked well, but is beginning to look a little stale. A younger Bond could revitalise the series, adding extra dynamism, as well as contrast to Brosnan.

2) Don't cast anyone who is too internationally famous. They'll probably come with baggage and won't be as exclusively identified with Bond as they should be.

3) Don't cast anyone who is too heavily associated with an existing film franchise for the same reasons as 2).

4) Don't be panicked into making a rash decision, there is still time. Make sure the most intensive search possible is carried out during the next four months in Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth. Tip : Croatia is not part of the Commonwealth.

5) Start by giving screen tests to Richard Armitage, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jack Davenport, James D'Arcy and Matthew Marsden.

[Alessandra]

8.) Also consider as a good Bond--Daniel Craig, Dougray Scott, Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Northam, Hugh Grant, Julian McMahon, Ioan Gruffudd.

9.) If you want to really spend money then pay big time to lure Pierce back OR convince Hugh Jackman to take the role.

I hate #8 but absolutely LOVE #9

I don't HATE 8.. but I certainly DO AGREE in LOVING #9 LOL. it's GOT to be the right man for the return of Bond.. so..either keep Pierce or...
IF IT'S NEW, IT'S GOTTA BE HUGH! (LOL I have found a new motto ...)

[Alessandra]

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Eon just consult Alessandra and Seannery and all will be well in the world of Bond.

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I'll support that, as long as I get the power of veto on Adrian Paul.

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Don't worry MarJil, I'll put the veto on it myself. my new motto as per above, if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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[hrabb04]

Matthew Perry as James Bond
David Schwimmer as LeChiffre
Matt LeBlanc as Felix Leiter
Courtney Cox as Vesper Lynde
Lisa Kudrow as Miss Moneypenny
Jennifer Aniston as rich, snooty casino heiress

OR

David James Elliot as James Bond
Catherine Bell as Vesper Lynde
John M Jackson as M
Scott Lawrence as Felix Leiter

hrabb04...trying to give casts of cancelled series work on a semi-daily basis

[Alessandra]

#1. Bring back Pierce Brosnan for at least one more film, and even two more would be fine!

#2. If you can't convince Pierce Brosnan to come back no-matter-what, then absolutely get Hugh Jackman!

#3. If for some reason you can't get either Brosnan or Jackman, then either get Clive Owen or James Purefoy, but only after you have made every possible attempt to get Brosnan or Jackman!

#4. If you are not able to get Brosnan, Jackman, Owen or Purefoy, then it is time for the James Bond franchise to go into a very long hiatus, because a Bond film with any of the other so-called "contenders" will be a totally inferior movie that will ruin the franchise! 

Except for #4.... BOY, DO I AGREE WITH THIS!

[Seannery]

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Eon just consult Alessandra and Seannery and all will be well in the world of Bond.

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I'll support that, as long as I get the power of veto on Adrian Paul.

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Don't worry MarJil, I'll put the veto on it myself. my new motto as per above, if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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Sorry i'm not giving the veto over Adrian Paul--either he or Hugh Jackman is first choice. If I have to i'll let you veto James Purefoy. That's as far as I will go.

[Seannery]

Another piece of advice:



11.) No Bond who has English as a second language--preferably a Bond from the British Isles or Australia.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Simple.

"Try to not muck it up again."

[Alessandra]

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Eon just consult Alessandra and Seannery and all will be well in the world of Bond.

[/quote]
I'll support that, as long as I get the power of veto on Adrian Paul.

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Don't worry MarJil, I'll put the veto on it myself. my new motto as per above, if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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Sorry i'm not giving the veto over Adrian Paul--either he or Hugh Jackman is first choice. If I have to i'll let you veto James Purefoy. That's as far as I will go.

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LOL OK Seannery, DEAL! MarJil, you'll have to do it yourself.
if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

[Alessandra]

Matthew Perry as James Bond
David Schwimmer as LeChiffre
Matt LeBlanc as Felix Leiter
Courtney Cox as Vesper Lynde
Lisa Kudrow as Miss Moneypenny
Jennifer Aniston as rich, snooty casino heiress

OR

David James Elliot as James Bond
Catherine Bell as Vesper Lynde
John M Jackson as M
Scott Lawrence as Felix Leiter

hrabb04...trying to give casts of cancelled series work on a semi-daily basis

A VERY good one Hrabb04. Friends is my favourite show EVER. if I'm depressed, and watching Friends DVD doesn't make me laugh, the situation is SERIOUSLY DESPERATE

[Seannery]

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Eon just consult Alessandra and Seannery and all will be well in the world of Bond.

[/quote]
I'll support that, as long as I get the power of veto on Adrian Paul.

[/quote]

Don't worry MarJil, I'll put the veto on it myself. my new motto as per above, if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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Sorry i'm not giving the veto over Adrian Paul--either he or Hugh Jackman is first choice. If I have to i'll let you veto James Purefoy. That's as far as I will go.

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LOL OK Seannery, DEAL! MarJil, you'll have to do it yourself.
if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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We'll compromise and let Marjil not only have veto power over "Bond #7" BUT also choose him. But Bond #6 is ours.

[tonymascia1]

I'll be happy to keep my calendar clear and be Bond for Casino Royale --- and they can pay me what they paid Sean Connery for Doctor No.

[Alessandra]

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Eon just consult Alessandra and Seannery and all will be well in the world of Bond.

[/quote]
I'll support that, as long as I get the power of veto on Adrian Paul.

[/quote]

Don't worry MarJil, I'll put the veto on it myself. my new motto as per above, if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

[/quote]




Sorry i'm not giving the veto over Adrian Paul--either he or Hugh Jackman is first choice. If I have to i'll let you veto James Purefoy. That's as far as I will go.

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LOL OK Seannery, DEAL! MarJil, you'll have to do it yourself.
if it's new, it's gotta be HUGH! lol

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We'll compromise and let Marjil not only have veto power over "Bond #7" BUT also choose him. But Bond #6 is ours.

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DEFINITELY. we decided it's ours, and it's ours. Marjil gets the next one. But now, we're in the hot seat. COME ON OVER PIERCE AND HUGH PLEASE! WE GOTTA DO SOME TALKING. lol

[Seannery]

Another piece of advice--if you guys can hurry up a 007 decision that would be nice since the wait is driving us slightly mad.

[Alessandra]

Another piece of advice--if you guys can hurry up a 007 decision that would be nice since the wait is driving us slightly mad.

SLIGHTLY mad? do I have to remind you we have started to say we audition.. and also that I already got the audition application even from a more than recommendable candidate?? lol

[Seannery]

Okay Eon/Sony out of the 4 candidates we know of--JUST DON'T PICK GORAN. He would be a huge mistake. Daniel Craig has definite potential while the others are hard to judge since never seen them act. And do consider OTHER candidates--there are a good number of strong potential Bonds and some of them are mentioned earlier in this thread and elsewhere on Cbn.

[Mr Ashdown]

I'll play...

* Don't make the film *about* James Bond. Too many recent Bond films have been Bond-centric in their approach, which has unbalanced the narrative of each of them. Bond has *been* the story too often. It's time Bond *propelled* a story, by moving it forward and instigating the main action. A passive Bond just doesn't work. A troubled Bond gets in the way of the story. Let Bond be the engine for these movies, not the car.

* Tell a good story. In three acts. Protasis / epitasis / catastrophe. Set-up, develop, conclude. A common fault in Bond movies is that the film doesn't *develop* as it goes on; more often than not, an interesting begining will be squandered by a dull mid-section (often involving Bond being doubtful about his mission...yawn!) which will nose-dive into a denoument which gets the basics wrong. Hint: the Main Bad Guy gets killed *last*, in a fitting and satisfactory manner! A good story keeps its focus (what the film is *about*) all the way through, and ratches up the tension incrimentally, until things reach a crisis point that can only be resolved by the hero. "The World is not Enough", for example, would have had a much more satisfiying ending if Bond's cold-blooded killing of Elektra *ended* the crisis -- *she's* the bad guy on the submarine, about to cause a meltdown. Since the film had been about Bond's relationship with this woman, her death by his hands would have made the conclusion of the movie wholly and thematically satisfying. So... have a clear idea of what the gilm is about, develop the narrative, crank up the tension, and reach a point-of-no-return -- which Bond turns into a victory.

* No more twists. Double-agents, traitors, character reversals... We've had enough of those. Stop trying to turn the Bond films into an M Night Shamalyn movie, and concentrate on clever plotting and thrilling escapades.

* Make the Bad Guys *memorable*. There hasn't been a decent, iconic villain since Hugo Drax (though not through the lack of trying, it must be admitted). Give the public some Bad Guys they'll never forget -- for the right reasons. The key to this is grotesque charisma. Bond Villains are *odd*, and bloody good fun to watch.

* Beauty. Bond films, at their best, show off the finest things in the world, from state-of-the-art technology, to gourmet food, and --especially-- beautiful women. Lets see this film populated with dazzling women, who ooze sophisticated sexuality. Not just for the main "Bond girls", but for all the women in the film. Draping a movie in beauty and exotic eroticism only sharpens the grotesquery of the Bad Guys.

* Death. Lots of memorable, sadistic deaths, the more cleverly executed, the better. And for Gods sake, keep Bond away from a machine gun!

More later, possibly!

Mr Ashdown

[Sheena1]

[quote name='MarJil' date='7 September 2005 - 23:36'][quote name='Seannery' date='7 September 2005 - 11:30'][quote name='Alessandra' date='6 September 2005 - 22:33'][quote name='Seannery' date='6 September 2005 - 15:45']Recent reports show Eon/Sony in flux and not sure what exact direction to go in with CR and finding a new Bond.

[Seannery]

Mr. Ashdown--very well done.

[Atticus17F]

Agreed with all that, Mr Ashdown. Good post.

[Marquis]

I'll play...

* Don't make the film *about* James Bond.  Too many recent Bond films have been Bond-centric in their approach, which has unbalanced the narrative of each of them.  Bond has *been* the story too often.  It's time Bond *propelled* a story, by moving it forward and instigating the main action.  A passive Bond just doesn't work.  A troubled Bond gets in the way of the story.  Let Bond be the engine for these movies, not the car.

*  Tell a good story.  In three acts.  Protasis / epitasis / catastrophe.  Set-up, develop, conclude.  A common fault in Bond movies is that the film doesn't *develop* as it goes on; more often than not, an interesting begining will be squandered by a dull mid-section (often involving Bond being doubtful about his mission...yawn!) which will nose-dive into a denoument which gets the basics wrong.  Hint: the Main Bad Guy gets killed *last*, in a fitting and satisfactory manner!  A good story keeps its focus (what the film is *about*) all the way through, and ratches up the tension incrimentally, until things reach a crisis point that can only be resolved by the hero.  "The World is not Enough", for example, would have had a much more satisfiying ending if Bond's cold-blooded killing of Elektra *ended* the crisis -- *she's* the bad guy on the submarine, about to cause a meltdown.  Since the film had been about Bond's relationship with this woman, her death by his hands would have made the conclusion of the movie wholly and thematically satisfying.  So... have a clear idea of what the gilm is about, develop the narrative, crank up the tension, and reach a point-of-no-return -- which Bond turns into a victory.

* No more twists.  Double-agents, traitors, character reversals... We've had enough of those.  Stop trying to turn the Bond films into an M Night Shamalyn movie, and concentrate on clever plotting and thrilling escapades.

* Make the Bad Guys *memorable*.  There hasn't been a decent, iconic villain since Hugo Drax (though not through the lack of trying, it must be admitted).  Give the public some Bad Guys they'll never forget -- for the right reasons.  The key to this is grotesque charisma.  Bond Villains are *odd*, and bloody good fun to watch. 

* Beauty.  Bond films, at their best, show off the finest things in the world, from state-of-the-art technology, to gourmet food, and --especially-- beautiful women.  Lets see this film populated with dazzling women, who ooze sophisticated sexuality.  Not just for the main "Bond girls", but for all the women in the film.  Draping a movie in beauty and exotic eroticism only sharpens the grotesquery of the Bad Guys.

* Death.  Lots of memorable, sadistic deaths, the more cleverly executed, the better.  And for Gods sake, keep Bond away from a machine gun!

More later, possibly!

Mr Ashdown

That's one of the best posts i've read on here! Very well said, Mr Ashdown.

[WC]

Ok, I'll play ball:

1. Get an actor who isn't merely appealing to a passing phase in Hollywood -eg having a really young lead. Go for someone classical. You don't want to look back in 10 years time and wonder why on earth you ever casted him.

2. Bond needs to look tough and not overly prissy and effeminate. Don't cast any metrosexual actors who, God forbid, make women want to be him and men want to sleep with him!

3. Get rid of the schoolboy humour that has seeped in, supposedly passing off as double entendres. The way they are written, they tend to end up as single entendres instead and don't seem to serve any real expository purpose but simply to try to get a laugh.

4. Don't overdo it with the action like in DAD. Audiences need a breather between scenes, not constant fights/chases etc one after another.

5. Don't try to overly copy Bourne. That works because it is appropriate to that franchise. Bond is NOT Bourne. He has not lost his memory, is not wanted by the CIA. Bond should come across as having fewer personal issues than Bourne, even though his wife died.

6. No more of this personal stuff. Give Bond a decent mission to go on that audiences can enjoy. The last few films seem as if Bond was in therapy.

7. Get rid of Dench. Give us a male M again.

8. Stop using American and British Bond girls. Give us some Europeans ones again , for a change. The Bond girls seem terribly dull these days. Stop making them Bond's equal. We need some chauvinism back in the franchise.

Edited by Welshcat, 06 October 2005 - 08:10 PM.

[SeanValen00V]

Bring in Tim Dalton as consultant, add his magic to the film.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Bring in Tim Dalton as consultant, add his magic to the film.

[Bondesque]

Hire an actor to play Bond who ENJOYS BEING A MAN (a chauvenistic hedonist) and doesn't apologize for it!

We don't want to see a movie about Bond loosing his virginity (Bond begins), rather, we want to see Bond enjoying his virility (FRWL, GF, TB).

Bonds world is an exotic place rich with beauty....SHOW IT!

[Alessandra]

[quote name='Sheena1' date='6 October 2005 - 20:55'][quote name='MarJil' date='7 September 2005 - 23:36'][quote name='Seannery' date='7 September 2005 - 11:30'][quote name='Alessandra' date='6 September 2005 - 22:33'][quote name='Seannery' date='6 September 2005 - 15:45']Recent reports show Eon/Sony in flux and not sure what exact direction to go in with CR and finding a new Bond.

[Fixer]

1. Purchase an Ouija board.

2. Summon Cubby's and/or Ian's spirits from the netherworld.

3. Ask them "What the hell should we do?"

A jellyfish that's lain in the sun for three days on a Jamaican beach has more artistic vision than the current "producers."