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[Agent 76]

If they stick with the female M, what is your opinion on the actress, Helen Mirren?

She's a great actress, and would be fantastic for it.

[Blonde Bond]

I think they should bring rog back as M

No, seriously. Think about it; Roger Moore as M...*chuckle*

[Spurrier]

I second bringing Rog back as M.

[Pam Bouvier]

Helen Mirren is not a bad choice. She could also be a great villianess.
Who ever they have play the role, perhaps, should play it with a diability ( limp, eye patch, etc.).
It would make sense that the head of MI6 may have been a former field agent, maybe someone with tons of field experience, that is behind a desk after being injured in the line of duty.
What do you think?

Edited by Pam Bouvier, 20 August 2006 - 08:58 PM.

[Blonde Bond]

Oh wait. Wait ! Roger's 79, so let's forget that idea

edit: No. I dont think it should be anyone wearing an eye patch. Fake leg, cripple M could be ok. But I say nay to eye patches or arms replaced with hooks.

Edited by Blonde Bond, 20 August 2006 - 09:04 PM.

[Qwerty]

I'm wondering how many more films Dench plans to do with the series.

[Pam Bouvier]

edit: No. I dont think it should be anyone wearing an eye patch. Fake leg, cripple M could be ok. But I say nay to eye patches or arms replaced with hooks.
[/quote]
Point taken
As for Judi, she appears to be in good health, so maybe she will be around for awhile. I like her, so I hope so

[DaveBond21]

I think go back to a man.

Make it a British actor that almost no-one outside the UK has heard of. Like they do with a lot of the roles they cast.

Always remember - the actors cannot be bigger than the Bond actor, or the movie itself.

[Spurrier]

How about Michael Caine?

[DaveBond21]

How about Michael Caine?

They won't pick anyone famous for the role of M.

You have to look at British films, and British TV drama for the actor.

[DaltonCraig]

Timothy Dalton would be an awsome M for Daniel Craig...

I like the suggestions of Moore and Caine too...

[DaveBond21]

Has no-one got any imagination?

One rule for all posts - no Bond actor will EVER return to play another role. Period!! OK??

I can imagine the news about Tanner being in Goldeneye. Who would you pick? someone would ask. Then we get the suggestions - Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton, Mel Gibson, Hugh Grant....

and who do they cast? Michael Kitchen.



Expect the next M to come from the same background as Michael Kitchen.

[Qwerty]

Timothy Dalton would be an awsome M for Daniel Craig...

I like the suggestions of Moore and Caine too...

Welcome to the CBn forums, DaltonCraig.

[Monsieur B]

I would like to see Geoffrey Palmer (Admiral Roebuck in Tomorrow Never Dies) to become M in the future. He would make a fine M for Craig's Bond.

Heh, but then the dispute might arise whether or not M and Admiral Roebuck are the same man much like Robert Brown as Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me and M in Octopussy thru A View to a Kill.

Edited by Monsieur B, 21 August 2006 - 03:55 AM.

[Publius]

Frankly, I'd rather they go back to a male M. Someone distant and stern who even provokes a bit of fear in Bond. Dench and even Brown seemed too much like grandparents to be like that.

The Bond-M relationship works better and makes far more sense under the likes of Bernard Lee. That's an approach worth returning to.

[Jackanaples]

Frankly, I'd rather they go back to a male M. Someone distant and stern who even provokes a bit of fear in Bond. Dench and even Brown seemed too much like grandparents to be like that.

The Bond-M relationship works better and makes far more sense under the likes of Bernard Lee. That's an approach worth returning to.

I don't know. I think Dench is going to be properly scary as M in CR. When they replace her though, I'd like them to go back to a man in the role.

Edited by Jackanaples, 21 August 2006 - 04:09 AM.

[DaveBond21]

Yes, they may go back to a man in the role, whenever they decide to replace Dame Judi.

How old is she, by the way?

[Double-0-Seven]

Yes, they may go back to a man in the role, whenever they decide to replace Dame Judi.

How old is she, by the way?

I believe she'll be 72 in December.

[Santa]

I think Judi does a good M, but to replace her with another woman as M would seem to be pushing the point a little too far ("Look how we move with the times! We let a woman do it!" ). I also don't like the idea of actors returning as different characters but I have to agree that Tim Dalton could do a great M. Shame that won't be possible. Alan Rickman wouldn't be an entirely bad choice, or Sam Neill.

[Thunderfinger]

Jack Palance as M

And let him be really mean!He can slap Bond a little and twist his arms.
Hehe...

[DaveBond21]

One of the reasons they chose a woman to be M, was because the real head of MI5 was a woman at the time.

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Edited by DaveBond21, 23 August 2006 - 01:11 AM.

[Tiin007]

Is George Lazenby too much to wish for? He's certainly the right age, and might be willing to do it if asked.

[DaveBond21]

Whst is wrong with some people?

An old Bond actor coming back into a new film would be too distracting and weird, and a terrible decision.

Certainly it would overshadow the rest of the movie, not least Daniel Craig's performance.

[DamnCoffee]

Tim Dalton, Robert Lindsey, Michael Gambdon, Maggie Smith, Sir. Richard Attinborough and Jack Ellis all would be Cool as M

[hcmv007]

Terrance Stamp or Patrick Stewart

[Skudor]

Terrance Stamp or Patrick Stewart

Pat Stewart wouldn't be a bad choice. I think the old guy from 'One foot in the grave' would be brilliant.

[Daniel Craig the cool 007]

Dont know because Judi Dench is kind of a mother figure in the role and i like her a lot..She plays it cold and with a motherly emotion in Pierce's Bond movies...Her character isnt the M character fom the Goldeneye to Die Another Day, i heard...Could you tell me if she is the same boss as in Pierce's flicks, plz?Maybe after one or two more bond, they should opt for a male M.. Michael Gambon perhaps..?Or perhaps michael Caine(thou he wouldn't do it)?God, i dont wanna see a bond actor turning up as M coz it would be and sound so odd...

[Santa]

She plays it cold and with a motherly emotion

Both?

[Pussfeller]

Whst is wrong with some people?

An old Bond actor coming back into a new film would be too distracting and weird, and a terrible decision.

Certainly it would overshadow the rest of the movie, not least Daniel Craig's performance.

So Brosnan is out, then?

Seriously, it will be a man. We can basically be sure of that. The novelty of a female M has worn off, and the nostalgia of a male M is too powerful to resist.

As for specific actors, it could be almost anybody. It wouldn't be a famous actor like Anthony Hopkins, though. Probably a television actor. My personal choice would be Brian Cox. He's Scottish, authoritative, and silver-haired. He looks a bit like a cross between Bernard Lee and Marlon Brando. Best of all, he's about sixty years old, which means he could play the role for a long time. Just look at this picture and tell me he couldn't be M:



In fact, if anything, he looks too much like Bernard Lee! He's a very capable actor, but not too much of a star.

[Byron]

Probably a television actor. My personal choice would be Brian Cox. He's Scottish, authoritative, and silver-haired. He looks a bit like a cross between Bernard Lee and Marlon Brando. Best of all, he's about sixty years old, which means he could play the role for a long time. Just look at this picture and tell me he couldn't be M:



In fact, if anything, he looks too much like Bernard Lee! He's a very capable actor, but not too much of a star.
[/quote]

He certainly looks the part. Good pick Pussfeller.

I think Charles Dance would also make a good M. Very austere.