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[Dr.Mirakle32]

villain! Anyone who's seen or read WATCHMEN would know why. In real life, he's tall, thin, black haired, British and looks like a sinister intellectual, which IMO would make him an excellent contrast with Craig's Bond. I'm not saying he should play a carbon copy of Ozymandias in a Bond film, but I could see something in a similar vein. Maybe even as a henchman, or different double 0 agent.

Would Goode be... good in a Bond movie?

[dinovelvet]

EON would probably disagree. He already auditioned in 2005, and apparently did not make the shortlist. Personally I don't think he has anything particularly interesting to bring to the Bond table.

[juepucta]

He was one of the few things i disliked in Watchmen.

The pencil neck ruined my suspension of disbelief when it came to imagining him as a buttkicking superhero.

80s Bowie wannabe maybe, but not a superhero.

-G.

Edited by juepucta, 23 March 2009 - 04:27 AM.

[Zorin Industries]

He would be a very good Bond and I wouldn't judge anything that happened in the excessive WATCHMEN as evidence of anything.

Check out BRIDESHEAD REVISITED for what he can do....

[OmarB]

Yeah, the skinny neck killed it for me. In the book Adrian had a pretty intense build, he was sorely miscast. Just does not look threatening enough.

Remember, Adrian in the books sells "The Veidt System" which was like a parody of the Charles Atlas workout system, he's huge, the world's greatest athlete.

[Dr.Mirakle32]

I agree he might not be a fantastic Bond, which is why I suggested he would make an excellent villain.

[Vauxhall]

Too fey for me.

[Dr.Mirakle32]

As a villain?

[Vauxhall]

Yep, he just doesn't seem particularly threatening - physically or intellectually. He was suitably creepy as Adrian Veidt, but not particularly credible as an opponent to the other Watchmen. I could see him as some sort of side-kick in the vein of Elvis, I guess.

[Aris007]

Yep, he just doesn't seem particularly threatening - physically or intellectually. He was suitably creepy as Adrian Veidt, but not particularly credible as an opponent to the other Watchmen. I could see him as some sort of side-kick in the vein of Elvis, I guess.

Agreed! He can't be a villain because his doesn't scare you and he looks more like Mathieu Amalric and personaly I don't want a villain like him a second time in the row!

[Zorin Industries]

Yep, he just doesn't seem particularly threatening - physically or intellectually. He was suitably creepy as Adrian Veidt, but not particularly credible as an opponent to the other Watchmen. I could see him as some sort of side-kick in the vein of Elvis, I guess.

Agreed! He can't be a villain because his doesn't scare you and he looks more like Mathieu Amalric and personaly I don't want a villain like him a second time in the row!

Er - okay. I take it you are not a casting director then...?

[OmarB]

Too fey for me.

I think they had him pay it that way though. Remember, Adrian's sexuality was always a question in the book ... and the movie had him showing up to a club with the Village People in the opening credits.

[Zorin Industries]

Too fey for me.

I think they had him pay it that way though. Remember, Adrian's sexuality was always a question in the book ... and the movie had him showing up to a club with the Village People in the opening credits.

Which means what exactly?

[Vauxhall]

Too fey for me.

I think they had him pay it that way though. Remember, Adrian's sexuality was always a question in the book ... and the movie had him showing up to a club with the Village People in the opening credits.

Oh, I'm fairly happy with how he played Veidt in WATCHMEN, but my concern is that Goode couldn't move away from that characterisation in a potential Bond villain role.