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[Simon]

Maybe time to re-ask the question as to who should play Sean Connery, should the film explore as far as '62.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Anyone else think Lazenby would make a good Fleming?

[DamnCoffee]

Maybe they could have each Bond play him at different stages in his life?

[bpetta1]

That could work. I'm Not There, the Bob Dylan biopic, used a dozen or so different actors and came out great.

[MkB]

Why not... He's a great actor. He looks a tad too young IMO...

Too young for what? Fleming wasn’t old his entire life y’know.

That's probably why my complete sentence was : "He looks a tad too young IMO, but if it fits the script, I say: Why not?" I'm not a fan of make up to age / de-age actors. Leo Di Caprio is 33 now (and looks rather younger than that, IMO), and Fleming married Anne at 44, if memory serves. What I mean is that I'd rather see DiCaprio playing the "younger Fleming".

[quantumofsolace]

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[mra]Too young for what? Fleming wasn

[HildebrandRarity]

People aged quicker and died earlier in the 1950s and 60s than they do now so there's no point coparing a 44 year olds looks 50 years ago to today. And there's always make-up as others have said. And, as others have also said, there's nothing there about Leo playing Ian.

The Leo bashing is plain envy. He was awsome in Blood Diamond and not too shaby in The Departed. Good actors can play any role. Ask Daniel Craig.

[Gobi-1]

The Aviator convinced me that DiCaprio is a fantastic actor but I don't think he's right for Fleming. What is good is that his involvement with the project gives it a better chance of being made.

[00Twelve]

Babyfaced actor playing a very non-youthful writer?

[007_Stef]

Anybody see the striking resemblence of fleming and geoffrey rush? That'l be fine if they stay in his later years i guess, dunno if they wanna show him young...

[Syndicate]

What about these actors, Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, Liam Neeson Sam Neill, Hugh Laurie and Goran Visnjic. I think they should be the ones considered first, before going to Leonardo DiCaprio. It only if none of them want to do the role, then Leonardo DiCaprio.

[dinovelvet]

Goran Visnjic.

Just when we'd gotten over the nightmare of him being associated with Bond...!

[Zorin Industries]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36772

[MarcAngeDraco]

Goran Visnjic.

That was a joke... right?....

[Shrublands]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36772

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[Zorin Industries]

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[Shrublands]

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[Jim]

Moved, to save angst.

Haven't we already go this, anyway?

[Skudor]

Yes there's already another thread for this somewhere.

[DamnCoffee]

Yes,
http://debrief.comma...showtopic=46889

Locking time, me thinks.

[Invincible1958]

Anybody see the striking resemblence of fleming and geoffrey rush? That'l be fine if they stay in his later years i guess, dunno if they wanna show him young...

That would be great.
Rush would be my first choice for the Fleming at the end of his life.

By the way: Rush would also be my first choice for 'Q' if he finds his way back into the EON franchise.

[Safari Suit]

I suppose I will watch this if it gets made, but I'm not that bothered if it actually does.

[Syndicate]

Now on the CBn main page...

Ian Fleming Portrayed By Leonardo DiCaprio?

Actor's film company comes on board as producer of 'Fleming' screenplay

It should not be them, it should be Eon, who gets first dips on it, and Michael and Barbara on the producer sit and also picking the director and writers to work with. It is only if Eon don't produce it at all then it a free for all who is to. Because they are the one that makes the offical James Bond movies and I would guess have contact with the Flaming people. It just like if there was to be a bio movie on Walt Disney, of course it would be the Disney comapny that get first dips if they want to produce it, and pick the writers, producers and director.

Edited by Syndicate, 17 May 2008 - 07:32 AM.

[ACE]

It should not be them, it should be Eon, who gets first dips on it, and Michael and Barbara on the producer sit and also picking the director and writers to work with.

Why?

[Jim]

It just like if there was to be a bio movie on Walt Disney, of course it would be the Disney comapny that get first dips if they want to produce it, and pick the writers, producers and director.

Probably why there hasn't been one...

Eon own the rights to Fleming's books, not his life.

[TheREAL008]

Leo would make a great choice., He has an incredible range as a performer and I strongly believe he could pull it off with conviction.

[Jericho_One]

I was browsing through the Internet Movie Database and I came across this: Internet Movie Database

Now, if you click the movie title, the project is categorized as being in development, and it doesn't show up at all at DiCaprio's page. I don't know if any of you knew about this before, but anyway...

1. Is it just an empty rumour?
2. Is it a IMDB data error?
3. Is it just a rumour concerning DiCaprio starring, but there's actually a project to be made?

Well, Ian Fleming's life has already been portrayed on TV, but now that Bond seems to be highly bankable again, with the new movies and the book, is there some big studio executive who thought that a Fleming biopic might do good businness?

Edit: Oh, old topic I see. My mistake. Anyway, deeply interesting if this actually comes to be.

[Cody]

Latino Review has a negative script review.

[quote]simply imagine a mediocre Bond film set during WWII and you

[doublenoughtspy]

That script falls into the same trap the other Fleming bio pics have.

While there were events and people from Fleming's life that appeared in the Bond novels - it wasn't a 100% 1 to 1 correlation.

Implying that is an insult to Fleming's creativity and skill as a writer.

[D. Bond]

Leonardo DiCaprio is already Howard Hughes!! He Can't Be Ian Fleming TOO!!!