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[DJ]

I read this on a website I stumbled across:

Madonna will reportedly be making an appearance in the new James Bond film. A spokeswoman for Eon Productions told Ananova she was in talks to film a cameo role in Die Another Day. The latest speculation was prompted by an interview with director Lee Tamahori on American TV. He told Entertainment Tonight Madonna was in talks to spend two days filming a cameo role. The show also revealed Madonna would wear a specially designed outfit for her role.

Does anyone have any views on how they will slot Madonna into this movie, because I for one have no idea whatsoever.

I've just found out this news may be VERY old, but if isn't then, phew! But I think it is...

[Tanger]

level007 (29 Apr, 2002 04:02 p.m.):
YES SHE IS DOING IT.
And i think i find what role Madonna will play.
GRAVE'S WIFE !  
Tamahori said they some (not just one but some) outfit wich means she will be playing on more than one scene. i can really see Madonna playing the wife of this billionnaire man.

What Do you think ?

I'm not entirely sure I like the sound of this. I'm all for a small background/title sequence/TV Screen/Singer in Club cameo but I think this is stretching it too far.
I could see it happening, but just not working. With all the other stuff in this movie, it just seems as though they're packing as much in as they can.
Anymore and it'll pop. And believe me, that ain't gonna be pretty on screen.

[WC]

level007 (29 Apr, 2002 04:02 p.m.):
YES SHE IS DOING IT.

I ve just see the French equivalent of ET today, and the footage was not exactly the same. At one time we saw Lee Tamahori who said there made all they can to have her on a two days shot and they succeed. He also said that They made some crazy outfit for her. And i think i find what role Madonna will play.

GRAVE'S WIFE !  
Tamahori said they some (not just one but some) outfit wich means she will be playing on more than one scene. i can really see Madonna playing the wife of this billionnaire man.

What Do you think ?

What, so Graves has to put up with Madge's hairy chest now instead of Guy Ritchie?

[Blue Eyes]

Couldn't have said it better myself DJ. Thank you

Consider yourself warned solitaire

[Evil Doctor Cheese]

Hello. Just like to clear some stuff up. This Madonna cameo... she couldn't do it due to other commitments in other words she couldn't do it because her new West End play is about to start and she is rehearsing. The news is that due to a technnical hitch with the complex staging of Madonna's West End debut the advanced previews have been put back several weeks thus opening up a window for Madonna. Maybe this isn't the clap trap that some of us think it is.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I'm really confused now.

I thought she pulled out of that West End production altogether.

Is she doing a 2 day shoot or not!?

[level007]

YES SHE IS DOING IT.

I ve just see the French equivalent of ET today, and the footage was not exactly the same. At one time we saw Lee Tamahori who said there made all they can to have her on a two days shot and they succeed. He also said that They made some crazy outfit for her. And i think i find what role Madonna will play.

GRAVE'S WIFE !
Tamahori said they some (not just one but some) outfit wich means she will be playing on more than one scene. i can really see Madonna playing the wife of this billionnaire man.

What Do you think ?

[Blofeld's Cat]

Dr Kaufmann (28 Apr, 2002 11:07 a.m.):
Which character did Easton play again?  My memory is fading.  For You Eyes Only ..... pre-creds ...... St George ....... BANG ....... Melina Havelock ....... plane ....... bang bang bang .... parrott ..... yap yap yap ....... I can't remember when or where she appeared now!  I'll have a look later.

You can see her singing For Your Eyes Only during the actual title credits. She didn't appear in the story itself.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I forgot you're a thespian, Daniel.

If that's the case, ten yes, Madonna would have some free time for filming. Is Pinewood close to The West End though?

Travelling to the set could eat into available time.

[Blue Eyes]

Then why would Lee Tamahori contradict what you've been told James?

[WC]

Dr Kaufmann (28 Apr, 2002 10:27 p.m.):
I only hope that if Madge does appear in the title song sequence, that she is not one of those naked women, only my Science teacher said that it's believed that she has a hairy chest!  I wouldn't like to be Guy Richie if that is true!!

How do you know Guy Richie doesn't like women with hairy chests? After all he does do all these tough movies!

Perhaps it could be Brosnan's fake chest hair which gets stuck to her chest in the title credits!

[mrmoon]

Or she could be appearing actually in the opening credits (a la Sheena Easton), which would take a couple of days to film.

Lets hope not eh Sorry Madge but you aren't a looker.

[Blofeld's Cat]

This from Ananova:

Madonna poses for West End stage debut

Madonna has given a sneak preview of her new stage role as she rehearsed for her West End stage debut.

The star posed for a series of arty black and white shots as she prepared to open in the sell-out run of the play, Up For Grabs.

In one shot many Madonna fans would have been left wondering "Who's That Girl?" as she stood in silhouette with light flooding through a doorway behind her.

She appeared to be enjoying herself as she ran through the biting satire on the art world which first opened in Sydney, Australia, last year breaking box office records.

Director Laurence Boswell said rehearsals were going well: "Everyone is extremely relaxed. It's a wonderful company."

Previews of the show, which also stars Tom Irwin, begin on May 13 at Wyndham's Theatre and the production has its official opening 10 days later.

Technical difficulties have meant the show opens three days later than originally planned.

That would mean that any filming of Madonna for Die Another Day would have to occur before May 13.

[DJ]

I have gone to what I believe to be a quite reliable website for new information, but, on landing there I found some conflicting comments:

Comment One
Cast: Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Halle Berry (Jinx), Rick Yune (Zao), Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny), John Cleese (Q), Dame Judi Dench (M), Will Yun Lee (Colonel Moon), Madonna (cameo), Michael Madsen (Falco), Lawrence Makoare, Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost), Colin Salmon (Charles Robinson), Toby Stephens (Gustav Graves)

Comment Two
Music: (2/7/02) US Weekly reports that Madonna is in talks to provide the title song. (2/8/02) Madonna's publicist has announced it may or may not be the actual title song. (3/18/02) MGM has confirmed that she will indeed write/sing the title song.

I know I started this thread, and this may cause more contrversy and confliction among the CBN users. However, this is what I found. One piece says she will cameo, the other says she will either write or sing the title song. One good thing is that she at least will not be that naked woman in the title sequence, as many of you had feared. Hurrah!

[solitaire]

That's right...she's in it so everyone should relax and accept it.....hey she might even surprise all of you haters and actually add something interesting to the film....

[White Persian]

Dr Kaufmann (28 Apr, 2002 08:28 a.m.):
She must have quite a big part, kind of like The Cigar Girl if she has to film for two days.

Or she could be appearing actually in the opening credits (a la Sheena Easton), which would take a couple of days to film.

[Tedley King]

Which character did Easton play again? My memory is fading. For You Eyes Only ..... pre-creds ...... St George ....... BANG ....... Melina Havelock ....... plane ....... bang bang bang .... parrott ..... yap yap yap ....... I can't remember when or where she appeared now! I'll have a look later.

[DJ]

solitaire (02 May, 2002 05:23 a.m.):
GET A LIFE!

There is absolutely no need to be rude. The people on this thread are simply discussing the pros and cons of giving Madonna a cameo role, there is no need for you to slag them off.

[Tedley King]

I remember hearing that earlier on in the week here on CBN, if I find the post I've notify you people. I think she was going to be a NSA agent of some sort though. She must have quite a big part, kind of like The Cigar Girl if she has to film for two days.

[Roebuck]

This could be a minor spoiler for some people but...


I remember seeing a report that there was another woman with Jinx when she abseils down from the roof of the bio-dome.

If that is correct then maybe Madonna is playing another NSA agent?

[DJ]

I have unearthed more information on the Madonna Cameo issue. It seems that two days before this thread was started, it was connfirmed that she had already filmed in Pinewood for two days. I have posted Older News so that you understand what the latest news is talking about:

Old News
(2/7/02) US Weekly reports that Madonna is in talks to both record the title song, and also take a cameo role. (2/8/02) Madonna certainly does have a fast publicist, who has issued an official statement that Madonna is not going to be doing any acting in this film, and that the song may not actually be the title song.

New News
(4/26/02) Well, it appears Madonna changed her mind about that cameo, because Entertainment Tonight reported yesterday that she is indeed doing an extended one, and actually spent a full two days on set doing it.

So, it seems whether we like it or not, Madonna will appear in DAD, hairy chest an' all.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I'm not a theatre goer myself, but I thought there are usually two performances a day, matinee and evening.

If this is the case with this production, I can't see there being enough time to do any filming during the play's run.

Don't want to sound like agentbond, but the "technical difficulties" could have meant that Madonna had to juggle the filming with the play's run, and that the producers decided to accomodate accordingly.

[solitaire]

finally a voice of reason....

[rebeck]

Solitaire is right on. I'm no fan of Madonna's, believe me...but the whole hairy chest thing is obnoxious (not to mention, a bad visual) and her presence is going to bring some extra hype to the film, raise it's profile, which if I'm not mistaken everyone was worried to death about just a few threads ago.

Trust me. Whatever she does in the film, IT'S A GOOD THING.

...And it will be short.

[White Persian]

Maybe the Material Girl could play the Scorpion Girl ;-)

[WC]

Dr Kaufmann (30 Apr, 2002 06:20 p.m.):
She could be like Minnie Driver in GE, she might be a singer for one of the characters, after all she's a singer!  However the part Driver did only lasted for about 10 seconds screen time, they would not need Madonna for two days for that length of time.

Unless she keeps on fluffing her lines - perhaps that's what they've provided the 2 day extra large window for!

I think she ought to play one of these old fashioned German/Russian chanteuses modelled after someone like Marlene Dietrich. That would be the best type of role to suit her particular personality. Or perhaps a Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb) type character. After all, Lotte Lenya was a singer herself.

[Tedley King]

She could be like Minnie Driver in GE, she might be a singer for one of the characters, after all she's a singer! However the part Driver did only lasted for about 10 seconds screen time, they would not need Madonna for two days for that length of time.

[WC]

mrmoon (28 Apr, 2002 01:18 p.m.):

Or she could be appearing actually in the opening credits (a la Sheena Easton), which would take a couple of days to film.

Lets hope not eh Sorry Madge but you aren't a looker.

Ha! You've got that right. I have no desire to see fortysomething Madge attempting to regain her youth by cavorting around (even in silhouette form) in the nude for the title sequence under the wild delusion that she is some sort of Bond girl - although Sheena Easton didn't quite do that, but we know what Madonna's like!

[James Page]

[quote]DJ (27 Apr, 2002 09:48 p.m.):
I read this on

[Double-Oh-Zero]

I see a lot of people have mentioned her being a club singer, and that's what I speculate. I'd like to see her as a singer like the one in LALD in the Fillet of Soul. Only this time, it would be in the ice palace. Guess her hairy chest would keep her warm.