New Bond
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Posted 19 May 2002 - 08:57 PM
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Posted 20 May 2002 - 12:58 AM
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Posted 20 May 2002 - 01:43 AM
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Posted 20 May 2002 - 09:16 PM
Hardyboy (19 May, 2002 02:02 a.m.):
Carver, Hugh Jackman is Australian, not American--but he's brilliant at accents. He gave a convincing American (or was it Canadian?) accent in "X-Men," and in "Kate and Leopold" he mastered a perfect uppercrust British accent. That alone convinced me he could handle the role of Bond. Jackman would be a great choice; but I also like Clive Owen.
I agree, I watched X-Men last night and I definitely feel that he could handle any role.
He's now my number one choice.
As a side note, will X2 go back to the origins of Logan, or will it take a different direction?
#35
Posted 21 May 2002 - 01:14 AM
As a side note, will X2 go back to the origins of Logan, or will it take a different direction?
Tanger, you might want to check out Ain't It Cool News (www.aicn.com)--on the main page there's a link to a review by "Moriarty" of the script for X-Men 2. Apparently, this film will go into some detail about Wolverine's origins. Makes you wonder, though. . .if Hugh Jackman becomes thoroughly identified with Wolverine in two or more films, would people be able to accept him as Bond?
#36
Posted 21 May 2002 - 01:55 PM
Hardyboy (21 May, 2002 02:14 a.m.):
You might want to check out Ain't It Cool News (www.aicn.com)--on the main page there's a link to a review by "Moriarty" of the script for X-Men 2. Apparently, this film will go into some detail about Wolverine's origins. Makes you wonder, though. . .if Hugh Jackman becomes thoroughly identified with Wolverine in two or more films, would people be able to accept him as Bond?
Thanks for that. I was using UpcomingMovies.com and they had nothing there about this in the movie.
I hear that he's been offered a part in SW Ep III as a jedi knight so I think these two parts could marr his chances.
Off topic a bit, I also heard that Lucas was going to make Ep III his last one and not do 9 films in total as he originally planned. Shame, I was quite looking forward to see what direction they were going to take the last three in.
#37
Posted 23 May 2002 - 12:46 PM
Hardyboy (21 May, 2002 02:14 a.m.):
Makes you wonder, though. . .if Hugh Jackman becomes thoroughly identified with Wolverine in two or more films, would people be able to accept him as Bond?
I don't see why not. His Wolverine role is under fairly heavy make-up- the hairy sideburns, the wierd hair etc, so he isn't physically instantly recognizable.
Moreover, Roger was strongly typecast as the Saint, and Brossers identified with Remington Steele, yet that recognition factor, if anything, helped the transition to Bond.
Actually I think that residual memory of Wolverine's savagery might enhance Jackman's performance if he was to be cast as Bond, adding an element of menace.
#38
Posted 19 August 2002 - 11:19 AM
Originally posted by Hardyboy
Jackman, though, may build his career on playing a feral, wild and woolly superhero, and this could lead to some people being unable to see him as anything else (and it could also lead Jackman to decide he doesn't want to get stuck in another film franchise)
Not sure this is the point ... Jackman is undoubtedly going to be a huge star, but by the time (and if it occurs) that Eon come knocking on his door, his wage demands are going to be a little beyond what Eon (and MGM) can afford. (Hardyboy will be bored with my next point as we have discussed it before, but IMO Hugh Jackman has a very mushroom-shaped head - I know it's being very picky and nasty of me, but I think it looks a little silly!)
My choices would be:
Christian Bale (a little young now, but by 2007 ...)
James Purefoy
Let's face it, there are loads of possible successors to Pierce Brosnan, the secret is to try and get as many of the following characteristics:
Tall: Gotta be 6'2"
Dark: but hey, hair dye is easy right?
Brooding
Accent: should be able to be passed off as English (yes, I know about Sean, but do you really think that audiences wouldn't be comparing a Scottish actor directly with Sean and Sean alone? They would have to be better than Sean to survive ...)
Athletic: gotta look physical
Interesting
#39
Posted 19 August 2002 - 01:57 PM
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Posted 19 August 2002 - 02:59 PM
#41
Posted 19 August 2002 - 03:03 PM
What's he getting for Xmen 2? And isn't PB making like 10-15mil anyway?
But from the interviews and such I've seen he'd be pretty keen on it, if you sign a contract for 3 films why are you going to try and push for a HUGE sum of money to begin with??? PB only got 1.5mil for GE.
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Posted 19 August 2002 - 05:05 PM
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Posted 19 August 2002 - 07:38 PM
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Posted 20 August 2002 - 06:40 PM
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Posted 20 August 2002 - 08:57 PM
#47
Posted 21 August 2002 - 12:35 AM
And for you Bondpurist, I think Jackman has the kind of intensity that Dalton had.
#48
Posted 21 August 2002 - 09:41 AM
#49
Posted 21 August 2002 - 12:29 PM
brosnan should do bond 21 and then retire on top to make way for jackman
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 02:06 PM
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 02:10 PM
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 02:31 PM
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 02:34 PM
#54
Posted 21 August 2002 - 03:20 PM
Colin Firth is not such a good idea. I really like him as an actor, but he seems a little too curly-haired to be Bond (wow, this is getting obtuse now). He could certainly nail the brooding dark side of Bond (and we can see from BJD that he can throw a punch), but I'm not sure he might again act too much as Bond - all the successful Bond actors were pretty natural in the part (looking almost as if they weren't acting) - that's what you've got to look for.
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 03:46 PM
#56
Posted 21 August 2002 - 06:11 PM
Also, I wouldnt say Wolverine is a cheap gimmicky comic book character. Out of all the X-Men, Wolverine is one of the most deadly, and dangerous characters in the comics. His past his deep, he has several layers to him, and Jackman is able to play this greatly.
And I will bring up Flash Gordon, why? Because you told me not too But really, needed the money or not, he still did it, and went on to be a decent Bond. There is nothing to say Jackman wouldnt make a great Bond either, now go back and watch some of Jackman's other films and stop basing your opinion on one film.
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Posted 21 August 2002 - 07:12 PM
#58
Posted 22 August 2002 - 03:18 PM
I personally would like to see Robbie Williams (albeit not just yet) because he has an uncanny resemblance to Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton (mixed into one, have a look at his Millennium video).
He is too young at the moment though, but I think Hugh Jackman would do us proud. I wouldn't like to see Christian Bale, he seemd too posh, to upper class, a bit like a spoilt brat type of character.
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Posted 22 August 2002 - 06:37 PM
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Posted 22 August 2002 - 06:46 PM