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[spynovelfan]

How about F

[Q'ute]

i've been reading this thread and there are some great choices i have to say
the best would be;
Felix - Gary Sinise, but Matthew McConaughey wouldn't be bad thinking about his accent makes me picture him as the Felix from the novels

Jean Reno would be great in any role, even as LeChiffre
however he was in Mission impossible as was Emmanuelle Beart who i thought would be a good Vesper

[terminus]

Vesper Lynd: Jaime Murray

An amazing actress - and a relative unknown except in the UK, she has the balls to play the role as it should be played and not overshadow Craig in the process


Valerie Mathis: Audrey Tautou

As a tribute to the tv movie we make Mathis a woman and cast Audrey Tautou in the role - she is in the unique position of being the minor girl but being the one who ends up with Bond ...


Le Chiffre: Oded Fehr

If we're going down the route of terrorism - then we might end up with a guy like Fehr of indiscriminate Arabian appearance. Plus he's a good actor and is capable of playing scary and intense.

[Loomis]

James Bond ... DANIEL CRAIG

Vesper Lynd ... an unknown or near-unknown, ideally British, who'll become famous thanks to this Bond film

Le Chiffre ... RICKY GERVAIS (playing it straight, obviously; I truly believe he could make an extremely menacing villain)

Felix Leiter ... JAMES GANDOLFINI (doesn't quite fit the description in the book, but what the heck)

Rene Mathis ... VINCENT CASSEL

Equivalent of the SMERSH assassin who carves up Bond's hand ... SACHA BARON COHEN

M ... ROSHAN SETH

For future films:

Moneypenny ... CATHERINE TATE

Q ... MACKENZIE CROOK

[Alessandra]

let me understand.. this is like our "dreamcast" right?
because for real, neither (AWESOME) Vartan nor Matthew (AWESOME) McConaughey could seriously be considered...or Craig would just disappear from the screen.
Well I'm up for both of them. Find a role! lol
One plays Felix, the other plays Rene Mathis. I don't care which one is which!!!
THAT would guarantee that I go see the movie IN A FLASH (And dozens of women with me). And then we'll make a Felix Leiter spinoff since all the women will be drooling over HIM and Rene Mathis instead of Bond.
Who else suggested George Clooney??? bring it on!! all in the Bond movie, at once! and I'll just FORGET Craig is in it! lol
Heaps of box office money, that's for sure with such a cast

[hcmv007]

let me understand.. this is like our "dreamcast" right?
because for real, neither (AWESOME) Vartan nor Matthew (AWESOME) McConaughey could seriously be considered...or Craig would just disappear from the screen.
Well I'm up for both of them. Find a role! lol
One plays Felix, the other plays Rene Mathis. I don't care which one is which!!!
THAT would guarantee that I go see the movie IN A FLASH (And dozens of women with me). And then we'll make a Felix Leiter spinoff since all the women will be drooling over HIM and Rene Mathis instead of Bond.
Who else suggested George Clooney??? bring it on!! all in the Bond movie, at once! and I'll just FORGET Craig is in it! lol
Heaps of box office money, that's for sure with such a cast

Yes, babe. This is your shot to do a dreamcast.


BTW, thanks to all for the Olivia Lee and Monica Bellucci pics! Great stuff! And great casts!

[Alessandra]

let me understand.. this is like our "dreamcast" right?
because for real, neither (AWESOME) Vartan nor Matthew (AWESOME) McConaughey could seriously be considered...or Craig would just disappear from the screen.
Well I'm up for both of them. Find a role! lol
One plays Felix, the other plays Rene Mathis. I don't care which one is which!!!
THAT would guarantee that I go see the movie IN A FLASH (And dozens of women with me). And then we'll make a Felix Leiter spinoff since all the women will be drooling over HIM and Rene Mathis instead of Bond.
Who else suggested George Clooney??? bring it on!! all in the Bond movie, at once! and I'll just FORGET Craig is in it! lol
Heaps of box office money, that's for sure with such a cast

Yes, babe. This is your shot to do a dreamcast.


BTW, thanks to all for the Olivia Lee and Monica Bellucci pics! Great stuff! And great casts!

Ah well, in that case...

Felix: Matthew McConaughey
Rene Mathis: Michael Vartan
Le Chiffre: George Clooney
Vesper Lynd: Ashley Judd/Monica Bellucci/Catherine Zeta-Jones

and at that point I'll go see Bond not for Bond, but for the rest!

[Agent 76]

James Bond: Daniel Craig

Vesper Lynd: Claire Danes


Le Chiffre: Harvey Keitel


Felix Leiter: Neal McDonough


Rene Mathis: Samuel Le Bihan


Chief of Staff, Charles Robinson: Colin Salmon


M: Helen Mirren

[hcmv007]

Wow, Agent 76! Neil McDonough is a good choice for Leiter! Dye his hair blond and he IS Felix! Nice call!

[HellIsHere]

CASINO ROYALE CAST
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JAMES BOND 007: Daniel Craig

LE CHIFFRE: Daniel Auteuil


VESPER LYND: Audrey Tautou


THE CORSICAN: Jean Reno

RENE MATHIS: Vincent Cassel


FELIX LEITER: Ryan Reynolds


M aka MILES MESSERVY: Michael Gambon


BILL TANNER: Michael Kitchen
MONEYPENNY: Elizabeth Hurley
Q aka GEOFFREY BOOTHROYD: John Cleese

Edited by HellIsHere, 27 October 2005 - 04:31 PM.

[tdalton]

Vesper Lynd: Claire Danes

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks she would be a great Vesper. I was beginning to think that maybe it was just me that thought that.

[Lounge Lizard]

Well, I've made up my mind, finally:

James Bond - Daniel Craig
Vesper Lynd - Jennifer Connelly
Le Chiffre - Michael Gambon
Felix Leiter - Kiefer Sutherland
Rene Mathis - Vincent Lindon
M - Anthony Hopkins

No Q, no Moneypenny. I'll stick to that, although I'll miss Moneypenny (no pun intended, just poor language). Oh heck, why torture myself: let's have that Camilla Power.

Someone on the 'villain thread' suggested Belgian actor Jan Decleir as the villain. He's my backup for Le Chiffre. I'd also be happy with Gambon as M. And Aaron Eckhart is my backup for Felix- though maybe we should start looking for a darkhaired Felix, since 007 is now the fairhaired one.

And this is my 'dream cast' I might add- I know it's not realistic to ask for all those big names, I haven't checked these people's schedules, and I know Sutherland is too closely identified with Jack Bauer, it's just that I think these people would work. Then again, a similar thing happened with Batman Begins- that movie had Caine, Oldman, Wilkinson, etc., etc. Granted, BB had Nolan as a director, but if Craig's and Campbell's comments about the 'terrific script' for CR are anything to go by, the project might just attract the acting heavyweights. The name of Haggis has become synonimous with Oscar gold, and the prestige of a succesfully 'reinvented Bond' is worth considering...

Edited by Lounge Lizard, 28 October 2005 - 11:49 PM.

[booyeah_]

James Bond: Daniel Craig, of course.
Vesper Lynd: Monica Bellucci
Le Chiffre: Jean Reno
Basil: Thomas Kretschmann
Le Chiffre's assassin: Oleg Taktarov
The Corsican: Vincent Cassel (Bellucci's real life husband, BTW)
Mathis: Gary Oldman
Felix: Craig T Nelson
Falco: Michael Madsen
M: Judi Dench
Q: John Cleese
Moneypenny: Catherine McQueen

Edited by booyeah_, 29 October 2005 - 02:03 AM.

[booyeah_]

Gary Sinise as Felix Leiter

Never thought of him but Sinise would be a great choice. good idea, dalton.

[Genrewriter]

Bond aside (I go with whomever has it currently so Craig is at the plate), here we go with how it would be if I made the film:

Vesper: Catherine Zeta Jones

Le Chiffre: Liam Neeson

Mathis: Lambert Wilson

Leiter: Matthew McConaughey

M: Michael Caine

[Leon]

Daniel Craig as James Bond 007


Gerard Depardieu as Le Chiffre


Jennifer Connelly as Vesper Lynd


David Suchet as M.


Jean Reno as Rene Mathis

Edited by Leon, 10 November 2005 - 05:22 PM.

[Gabe Vieira]

James Bond - Daniel Craig (Uh, duh.)

Vesper Lynd - I've still not decided, actually.

Le Chiffre- Arnold Vosloo (You know, I'm getting really tired of saying his name at CBn)

Felix Leiter - Casper Van Dien (Going by Fleming's description in the book, Dien is perfect)

Rene Mathis - Jean Reno (Why not? )

[Leon]

Hey, Van Dien is a really good one!