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[Santa]

you have to admit dude has shown range in his acting

He has? Where?

[Skudor]

I was just looking back at some old threads back when he was saying how xXx was going to make people forget the Bond films. Big words for somebody who didn't even make the sequel.

Remember that as well. The first film seemed to just overflow with disappointment in everything it attempted to accomplish.

Did anyone watch the second one? I mean ANYONE?

Still not warming to the Rock.

[Quantumofsolace007]

as a henchmen who dies in PTS i'd say ok to but other than that no no no no no no no.



and as to why i say henchmen in pts well i think we could have a cool fight sequence.

[dodge]

For all you nay-sayers to The Rock--Dwayne's got some Humble Pie for you, having signed for a remake of Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain!

[tbp82]

you have to admit dude has shown range in his acting

He has? Where?

Scorpian King-action warrior type.
The Rundown-typical action hero type
Walking Tall-typical action hero type
Gridiron Gang-real life football coach inspirational type
Be Cool-Gay comedian type
The Gameplan-pretty boy type turned into family man
Doom-typical action hero type

He has shown he can play different types

[HH007]

I'm all for 'Dwayne' as a henchman...come on, you'd get a great fight scene between him and Craig. Its a pity he wasn't around for the Rog era, because then they could have an eyebrow duel

Not only that, he was pretty darn good in The Rundown. He's clearly trying to lose the silly name in stages: we're now at Dwayne The Rock Johnson...soon to be modified to Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson...then Dwayne Johnson. But if Dan would feel more secure acting with a complete unknown...

Daniel Craig worked with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, I think he's secure working with stars as well as unknowns.

As for The Rock... he's already down to Dwayne Johnson... that's how he's billed in Southland Tales (which just came out on DVD yesterday).

[Santa]

you have to admit dude has shown range in his acting

He has? Where?

Scorpian King-action warrior type.
The Rundown-typical action hero type
Walking Tall-typical action hero type
Gridiron Gang-real life football coach inspirational type
Be Cool-Gay comedian type
The Gameplan-pretty boy type turned into family man
Doom-typical action hero type

He has shown he can play different types

Riiiiiiiight. I'd like to see him do some of these things well, though, before I'd be happy to see him in Bond.

[Harry Fawkes]

The Rock. Ernst Stavro Blofeld's personal body guard in Bond 23. Cooool.

[doublenoughtspy]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that The Rock's grandfather, Peter Fanene Maivia, played the car driver in YOLT that eventually has an awesome fight scene with Bond in the Osato building. Supposedly he helped choreograph a few of the YOLT fights as well.

http://en.wikipedia....Only_Live_Twice

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So while I'm not that keen on the Rock being the main villain, throwing him a bone and letting him be a henchman just like his grandad would be pretty cool.

[hilly]

Big names brought in to established movie series do not work, generally. Look at what happened to the Batman films in the mid '90s. The Joel Scumacher films buckled under the weight of the stars shoehorned into them. Batman Forever had Jim Carrey and an under-used Tommy-Lee Jones , but then Batman and Robin threw in Uma Thurman and Arnie,was dreadful and the series nosedived, primarily because the stars became bigger than the film itself.

This type of "stunt-casting" is thankfully rare in Bond films. And when it does happen, it generally doesn't work, examples being AVTAK with Christopher Walken and Grace Jones (then arguably at the peak of her fame) and DAD with Halle Berry. The producers had tried it years before with Sammy Davis Jr in DAF, but thankfully cut it.

The one case where I think it worked, was Christoper Lee in TMWTGG.

The Rock is suffering from delusions of adequacy in the acting department....and thankfully doesn't know where I live....

[Safari Suit]

I wouldn't say Walken was stunt casting. Jones, maybe.

[doubler83]

The Rock: "How dare you, little jabroni, come on the Rock's yacht and not even have the class to introduce yourself. What is your name?"

Bond: "The name's Bond, James..."

The Rock: "It doesn't matter what your name is!"

He's going to lube that Sony Ericsson mobile phone up, turn that some-bitch sideways and stick it right up your candy .

Sorry, I'm having a Rock moment.

[stamper]

The Rock, Amy Winehouse, come on, you're on the road to a classic ! This thread could also get ugly LOL

[Professor Dent]

Saying you want to be the next Bond villain sounds like one of the few things he could have said to get some quick press. Besides, shouldn't he be hard at work negotiating his contract on the sequel for The Game Plan?

[dodge]

I'm all for 'Dwayne' as a henchman...come on, you'd get a great fight scene between him and Craig. Its a pity he wasn't around for the Rog era, because then they could have an eyebrow duel

Not only that, he was pretty darn good in The Rundown. He's clearly trying to lose the silly name in stages: we're now at Dwayne The Rock Johnson...soon to be modified to Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson...then Dwayne Johnson. But if Dan would feel more secure acting with a complete unknown...

Daniel Craig worked with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, I think he's secure working with stars as well as unknowns.

As for The Rock... he's already down to Dwayne Johnson... that's how he's billed in Southland Tales (which just came out on DVD yesterday).

Not to be unkind, he was only starting out...but they both blew him out of the water. Right now I think he's doing fine and my comment--per the Happy Face--was meant as a joke.

[HH007]

I'm all for 'Dwayne' as a henchman...come on, you'd get a great fight scene between him and Craig. Its a pity he wasn't around for the Rog era, because then they could have an eyebrow duel

Not only that, he was pretty darn good in The Rundown. He's clearly trying to lose the silly name in stages: we're now at Dwayne The Rock Johnson...soon to be modified to Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson...then Dwayne Johnson. But if Dan would feel more secure acting with a complete unknown...

Daniel Craig worked with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, I think he's secure working with stars as well as unknowns.

As for The Rock... he's already down to Dwayne Johnson... that's how he's billed in Southland Tales (which just came out on DVD yesterday).

Not to be unkind, he was only starting out...but they both blew him out of the water. Right now I think he's doing fine and my comment--per the Happy Face--was meant as a joke.

I wasn't trying to be unkind, either. But he wasn't just starting out... he'd been acting in films for a decade, and I think he worked quite well with them (Hanks and Newman). He really made me hate his character for the weasel he was, so he did his job.

And yes, I did take your comment as a joke, I just thought I'd point out... oh, never mind.

[TheREAL008]

Give the guy a chance. Perhaps he could pull it off.

[HildebrandRarity]

I was just looking back at some old threads back when he was saying how xXx was going to make people forget the Bond films. Big words for somebody who didn't even make the sequel.

Remember that as well.

Ha ha! Yes...I remember it didnt even do as well as Die Another Day at the global box office. One strike and yer out, Vin! Chronicles Of Riddick w Dame Judy is as close as he got to Our James.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Give the guy a chance. Perhaps he could pull it off.

He doesn't have much of a menacing voice, I'm afraid, so they'd have to dub him; perhaps with Jeremy Irons or Oded Fehr?

[HildebrandRarity]

...But if Dan would feel more secure acting with a complete unknown...

Um, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Dame Judy are not exactly 'unknowns'. LOL. I think if you look beyond the USA, those three are more "known" than the former University Of Miami linebacker.

[Mr.B]

To say it like Bond: "I hope not, but accidents do happen."

[Leon]

I'm sure lots of people want to be in a Bond film, it's not exactly shocking news. Let's hope he is kept well clear of these films.

It'll be Hulk Hogan next...

[Angel of Death]

This rock ape?

No thanks. He can rock around the clock instead.

LOL

[dodge]

Dwayne Johnson, please, is looking pretty decent in the trailer for Get Smart. The guy, by all accounts I've seen, is articulate, funny, smart. And we all know he's athletic as hell. His game plan appears to be working--graduating from the ridiculous ring name and getting the best roles he can. If he lets his hair grow out a bit, trims down a little bit more and gets himself a new agent and some really decent roles...Dwayne baby may rock our worlds. And maybe he'll also rock Bond.

And, wipe those smiles of your feces--I mean, off your faces!--I'm absolutely serious.

[Harry Fawkes]

Kindly tell Mr Rock not to call us. We'll call him.

[Garth007]

I can see him as a second hand henchman for like a drug lord or something along those lines i don't know if i could see him as a main villian tho. that would make it another DAD almost on depending on what the story is about. lol

[dinovelvet]

The Rock vs Craig would be an awesome fight scene, and you all know it! I'd like to see Craig in one of those "How's he gonna beat THIS guy?!" fight scenes like Connery vs Oddjob and Rog vs Jaws (though with less camp). Dwayne could be just the man for that kind of job.