109 replies to this topic

[Single-O-Seven]

I'd rather they keep selecting little known or unknown actresses as they have a habit of finding some true gems, from Famke Jansssen to Rosamund Pike to Eva Green, etc. Big name actresses aren't necessary, as I don't feel Bond films need celebrity leading ladies to sell (in fact, it's clear they don't).

[Pussfeller]

Whenever they've cast a major "name" actress, the result has been awful. The best Bond girls have been promising newcomers or obscure euro-crumpet.

[seawolfnyy]

Whenever they've cast a major "name" actress, the result has been awful. The best Bond girls have been promising newcomers or obscure euro-crumpet.

Exactly. *cough cough* Halle Berry.

[QOS4EVER]

I'd rather they keep selecting little known or unknown actresses as they have a habit of finding some true gems, from Famke Jansssen to Rosamund Pike to Eva Green, etc. Big name actresses aren't necessary, as I don't feel Bond films need celebrity leading ladies to sell (in fact, it's clear they don't).

Matters not if they are famous or not ,at least She looks the part.

[xboy]

Anne Hathaway even, she could do the action very well, as well as the acting and comfortablely say a few one-liners when needed

[x007AceOfSpades]

For some reason, I've always thought Mary Elizabeth-Winstead would be great in a Bond movie. Not as the leading lady, but perhaps as a CIA agent working with Bond?

I second this, and I find her incredibly beautiful as well.

[AgentBentley]

Thandie Newton and Zoe Saldana are two incredibly beautiful women. Both have action movies on their cv, though I don't know if that's a plus or a minus if you want to join a Bond cast. Anyway, it's the script that matters. Halle Berry is even more beautiful, but I agree she was miscast in DOD. An unknown can be brilliant as well.

[007jamesbond]

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Edited by 007jamesbond, 23 October 2012 - 04:56 AM.

[seawolfnyy]

Thandie Newton and Zoe Saldana are two incredibly beautiful women. Both have action movies on their cv, though I don't know if that's a plus or a minus if you want to join a Bond cast. Anyway, it's the script that matters. Halle Berry is even more beautiful, but I agree she was miscast in DOD. An unknown can be brilliant as well.

Zoe Saldana yes, Thandie Newton no. I don't think action movies on a resume has anything to do with being cast as a Bond girl. It depends how good you look in a skimpy dress and a bathing suit.

[GalaBond]

Yuliya Snigir?

[Pussfeller]

Yuliya Snigir?

Yes, maybe it's the eyebrows, but I can just see her dishing out sexy Slavic scorn as FSB agent Achikta Fapova.

[GalaBond]

How about Antje Traue?

Edited by GalaBond, 28 October 2012 - 08:45 PM.

[Pussfeller]

She has an interesting face. Not really reminiscent of any previous Bond girl.

[GalaBond]

That's why it'd be different, I can imagine her wearing a dress like Mal did in Inception?

[univex]

I say bring back Stana Katic´s Corine. Canadian wasn´t she? Helen Mirren as a villainesse would be sooooooo cool. Or even Meryl Streep for that matter. She can do almost anything.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I wouldn't bring Stana Katic back as Corine, but as an entirely new character overall.

[007jamesbond]

Cobie Smulders? for Bond girl?

[GalaBond]

I agree that Evan Rachel Wood should be a Bond girl, what kind of character would she be?

[Pussfeller]

She's almost twenty years younger than Craig. I don't think Uncle Ari would approve. If she were a few years older, I could see her as a gangster moll or a "Bond broad" in the tradition of Tiffany Case: insolent, worldly, wily, and frankly sexual, with a noir throwback quality. Just as long as she isn't a nuclear physicist or another cardboard she-Bond with a catsuit and a giant gun. American Bond girls have a terrible track record. The best of them have been middling, and the worst of them have been exceptionally annoying.

[DR76]

Exactly. *cough cough* Halle Berry.

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It never ends. It's been ten years since "DIE ANOTHER DAY" and fans are still bashing Berry with a great deal of hostility. This is sad.

[Vauxhall]

Exactly. *cough cough* Halle Berry.

It never ends. It's been ten years since "DIE ANOTHER DAY" and fans are still bashing Berry with a great deal of hostility. This is sad.

Did you enjoy her performance in DIE ANOTHER DAY?

[Pussfeller]

Exactly. *cough cough* Halle Berry.

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It never ends. It's been ten years since "DIE ANOTHER DAY" and fans are still bashing Berry with a great deal of hostility. This is sad.

Never speak ill of the dead career.

[GalaBond]

How about January Jones? She's a good actress, has had experience with big movies (X Men: First Class) and isn't too young (34 years)

[bey-columbo]

Emily Blunt (X-Men First Class)

Sorry for my mistake, in X-Men First Class I thought to ROSE BYRNE. Also she could be an excellent Princess Leia in close Star Wars 7.

[bey-columbo]

Penelope Cruz !


She has somewhat a Vesper vibe

Penelope Cruz is Javier Bardem's wife.

By the way, Ola Rapace's wife Noomi Rapace could be great.

Penelope Cruz acted in several Almodovar movies and Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Noomi Rapace acted as Lisbeth Salander, and in Prometheus and Sherlock Holmes.

Edited by bey-columbo, 03 November 2012 - 06:56 PM.

[Elvenstar]

Noomi Rapace Mikael 2 & Lisbeth 1 reunion ))

& Id love Kate Winslet as the villain with some UST filled scees with Dan

& Norkys Batista!

Edited by Elvenstar, 04 November 2012 - 05:24 PM.

[GalaBond]

How about Romola Garai?

[seawolfnyy]

She's almost twenty years younger than Craig. I don't think Uncle Ari would approve. If she were a few years older, I could see her as a gangster moll or a "Bond broad" in the tradition of Tiffany Case: insolent, worldly, wily, and frankly sexual, with a noir throwback quality. Just as long as she isn't a nuclear physicist or another cardboard she-Bond with a catsuit and a giant gun. American Bond girls have a terrible track record. The best of them have been middling, and the worst of them have been exceptionally annoying.

I don't think age has anything to do with it. Remember Roger Moore was older than Tanya Roberts' mother.

Edited by seawolfnyy, 04 November 2012 - 11:00 PM.

[Joey Bond]

I have always wanted to see Rachel Weisz as Moneypenny but now that she's married to Craig I don't think it will ever happen

I agree with Single-O-Seven that the best Bond girls have been little known or unknown actresses so whoever they pick I doubt I would have heard of them before (Eva Green) or have seen them only in a minor role in a film that I don't even remember (Naomie Harris)

As for characters, Gala Brand is too good of a name not to be used at some point, and I would love to see Mary Goodnight done properly.

[QuantumOfRoyale]

I'd love to see Lara Pulver (Irene Adler in BBC's Sherlock) as a Bond girl. Among the Xenia Onatopp variety, maybe as a female henchmen.