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[zencat]

Sounds like a great cast. Green is a beauty. I'm excited!

[Righty007]

I thought Eon had seen my low budget detective movie and cast me as Felix Leiter when I saw the headline Green & Wright Join Casino Royale! I don't have a problem with Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter since this is a "reboot." Plus, we share the same last name.

Eva Green looks like she'll make a great Vesper Lynd!

[Publius]

This looks great.

Eva Green is beautiful, with a mystique and exotic flair about her that most of her competitors (save Byrne) lacked, and will certainly make for one of the best-looking and probably most interesting and overall greatest Bond girls ever. Hope we see more of Rose Byrne in the future, though, as I grew to have a small crush on her.

Jeffrey Wright looks like he could make a solid Felix. I have high hopes, and if we're lucky we'll start seeing the character have as much continuity as Bond and M, insofar as the actors involved are concerned.

Mads Mikkelsen seems to be a bold pick, and has a chilling look and presence that could transcend his differences with the traditional interpretation of the literary Le Chiffre.

All in all, very good news. Perhaps they are reserving Mr. Tarrach for the role of the new recurring Blofeld-esque figure?

[Agent 76]

The official website, has updated with the new casting news.

[DLibrasnow]

The official website, has updated with the new casting news.

That's funny that Coming Soon, Mi6 and CBN scooped the official website of its own press release LOL

[TheBritishEnd]

Finally, some good casting news!

Now if they'd just get Dalton back and tell us that the leaked script is a fake...December 15 couldn't get here fast enough!

[Turn]

This will be the best bond film since the living daylights!!!

It looks as though it has the potential to be the best one ever. Or is that a foolish statement?

There's nothing wrong with celebrating and hoping for that. For me, this confirms CR is just another Bond film, which in itself would have been reason enough to get excited. The more I am hearing about this film, the better I feel about its possibilities.

Wright is an inspired choice. The one film he made an impression on me was Basquiat. He's by far the best actor ever to have played the Leiter role. Giannini is a well known name in Italy and will add some old school class. Green looks mysterious enough to make a convincing Vesper just on looks alone. I will have to check out The Dreamers.

What I like about some of this casting is it will give Daniel Craig several strong actors to bounce his acting talent off of, not just people to bounce quips off. I also like the point somebody else made about not using the fan favorites Robbie Coletrane types and such.

Except for Dench, who may also rise to the occasion, as John Lennon put it, it will be just like starting over.

[Harmsway]

Great cast. ::

[Moonraker]

I'm pleased with this. But what's ironic on some entertainment show they said Green wasn't cast and then i got online saw this.

I was caught off gaurd with the Felix casting,but I can see it. I honestly think Casino Royale is gonna be the best bond film in a long time.

[DLibrasnow]

I'm pleased with this. But what's ironic on some entertainment show they said Green wasn't cast and then i got online saw this.

I was caught off gaurd with the Felix casting,but I can see it. I honestly think Casino Royale is gonna be the best bond film in a long time.

Don't worry....there were some fans who said she had not been cast either.

They have been strangely silent since the official announcement that she has been cast as Vesper.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Jeffrey Wright is a bizzare choice for Felix Lieter...take a while for me to get used to that...but I'll live I suppose.

[Bryan Harris]

This will be the best bond film since the living daylights!!!

It looks as though it has the potential to be the best one ever. Or is that a foolish statement?

Not at all, Loomis, since your enthusiasm is a wonderful counterbalance to all the folks on unnamed other forums who cannot be moved from the conviction that CR will be a disaster.

However, I am kind of surprised not to see you trumpeting the casting of a black Felix as a nod to NSNA...

[DLibrasnow]

However, I am kind of surprised not to see you trumpeting the casting of a black Felix as a nod to NSNA...

Don't worry....I am very excited about the fact that Felix Leiter has been cast as a black man. Perhaps Never Say Never Again's biggest fan on CBn I have long been assailed by people who insist that Felix is white....

I now feel a slight sense of vindication that an EON movie will feature a black Felix.

But really it's the Eva Green casting that has me giddy with excitement. Ever since I saw THE DREAMERS she has been on a Bond actress wish-list of mine.

[K1Bond007]

I can support this cast. I'm not really against any of them. I am a little surprised they chose Wright as Felix, but I'm not against it. On one hand, I hate to say that the first thing I thought when I saw him was... "he's black?" - it just came out of left field. I guess if you want to do a reboot and get away from Letier post-LTK then this is a good way to go about it. Giancarlo Giannini was another choice that came out of left field since he's Italian - I suppose it goes with the film though. I'm just glad they didn't pick a cliche French actor like Jean Reno. Overall, I'm pretty happy. I never had a favorite for Vesper or Le Chiffre, or anyone else for that matter. Bottomline really is that I'm glad that a cast has been selected.

[booyeah_]

Cant say I'm too familiar with any of the cast, so my feelings dont go one way or the other. And, was i the only one who confused Jeffery Wright with Jeffery Combs?

[Tarl_Cabot]

This will be the best bond film since the living daylights!!!

It looks as though it has the potential to be the best one ever. Or is that a foolish statement?

Boy if they drop the ball we're gonna be really dissapointed!

How do we muster the joy and enthusiasm for Bond 22 if this one is another dud? *shudder*

Of course I'm an eternal optimist...kinda like every time a new SW prequel showed up I was drooling like a fanboy should...

[Doubl07]

hmm a black felix leiter!? i guess continuity is not something they care much about but anyways sounds interesting.

[Andrew]

i guess continuity is not something they care much about

LOL

1. It's a reboot
2. There have been numerous actors playing the role that look nothing alike, this wouldn't be any different

[DLibrasnow]

Well it's not the first time that Felix Leiter has been played by a black actor.

[Felix Leiter77]

Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter is an inspired choice. He will be fantastic. And the moment I saw Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis it seemed perfect. Although the casting of Craig gave me an initial pause, I'm just feeling better and better about this film.

[triviachamp]

Well it's not the first time that Felix Leiter has been played by a black actor.

I knew you would notice that!

[DLibrasnow]

Well it's not the first time that Felix Leiter has been played by a black actor.

I knew you would notice that!

You know me, passionate about my favorite James Bond movie Never Say Never Again!

[tdalton]

Tobias Menzies looks great for the part of M's assistent Villiers (very reminscent of Gabriel Mann who played a similar part in the Bourne series).

The casting of CASINO ROYALE seems as though it was done by the Bourne folks rather than Eon (this is a great compliment towards Eon, although I'm aware it sounds a backhanded one). Talented character actors and future stars - just look at all the actors and actresses in IDENTITY and SUPREMACY who've since made it big. No "public favourites" like Cleese and Coltrane, no "eternal villains" like Carlyle and Pryce, and no "US-friendly stars" like Berry and Denise Richards this time round. Good. As someone has said on this thread, it's a "cool" cast (but, more importantly, a very high quality one too). Excellent work.

Agreed.

I would find it virtually impossible, at this point, for Casino Royale to become one of the over-the-top action without substance films that I'd feared it might become now that so many top-notch and respected actors and actresses are on board for this film. Like I said earlier in the thread, I think that EON has put together the best cast for a Bond film quite possibly since On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

[trumanlodge89]

about time!!




these are imspired and brave choices (as craig was). really looking forward to this film.

[Kara Milovy]

Well, sounds very good! I have never seen Green, but I am pleased they didn't go with an American, I am soooo tired of that.

And Jeffrey Wright is a coup! Bernie Casey is my favorite Leiter, so he follows in good footsteps. He's a consumate actor, a real actor's actor, incredibly professional and respected. There's nothing about Leiter that has to be any age or race, so it makes sense to cast color-blind. Leiter in the past has been old enough to be Bond's father (Cec Linder), Bond's equal (Jack Lord), and in between (Norm Burton). He's been black, blonde, and gray. So clearly Eon felt no constraints. I hope Wright has signed a multi-picture deal.

Giancarlo Giannini is also a great move. Like Emilio Ecchevaria in DAD, he'll bring great gravitas and flavor to his role.

[Felix_Leiter]

wright is gold!

[triviachamp]

Hmm, Jeffrey Wright was in Angels in America. Let the Brokeback Bond jokes fly!

[Qwerty]

I am thoroughly happy with this main cast for Casino Royale. I really (at this point) do not see any weak links in the overall scheme of things and cannot wait for this movie!

It is times like these when it is great to be a James Bond fan.

[rogermoore007]

Great cast but the most inspired choice by far is Wright. If I had ever thought they'd make felix black, he would've been my choice. Great Choice!!!

[Mamadou]

WOW!

I damn near hit the ceiling with surprise at this new aspect of EON: they finally have balls.

As someone said above, this is very old-school,

Edited by Mamadou, 17 February 2006 - 04:58 AM.