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[sevenil]

Dougray Scott will be Bond

See a better link with photo http://news.scotsman.com/
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[H.M.Servant]

I think the new James Bond will be James Purefoy

[Sair Hilary]

As long as it is not Orlando Bloom, as I read in a Sunday mag yesterday!

I think James Purferoy would be ideal personally, not too well known, British and a good actor to boot.

[Operation Grandslam]

i watched the BMW films recently for the first time. Clive Owen looks the part but i don't think he has the personality for it.
i also watched X men 2 and Swordfish. Both films Hugh Jackman had the Bond swagger. He has the presence to be Bond.
But i've just seen the picture of James Purefoy. He looks like Bond but what's his acting like. What has he been in where he is being Bondian?

[Qwerty]

For an *ahem*...odd read or so:

Bond's Flirting With Politics

[Spoon]

Five auditions? One of them without any lines? Yeah, okay.

Picture:

[H.M.Servant]

what about Colin Firth
does anyone consider him a contender?


Colin Firth

Edited by H.M.Servant, 09 November 2004 - 07:42 AM.

[rdh007]

Jack is James!



Here's a more "cruel mouth"-ed look:

[hoodman22]

colin firth, u gotta be kidding me, he may be a good actor, but has he ever done something even resembling bond in the slightest way.

[hoodman22]

just for my two cents, i think jackman would be utterly horrible for the role and i think owen could match brosnan as bond, too bad it doesnt seem as though he wants too

[Zing!]

I threw my hat in the ring for Jackman - I think he's got the acting chops to make a credible Bond, and the screen presence to please male and female Bond fans alike. I was close to choosing 'none of the above' because part of me wants EON to go with a complete unknown (ala: Lazenby) but knowing EON, they will want to go with an established, bankable name that minimizes the risk. So out of the names available, I chose Jackman.

[Prav_007]

Ioan Grufford all the way!!

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

Ewan McGregor

[theadventurer]

While watching the Highlander TV series when it first aired, I considered Adrian Paul to be the perfect candidate for the next James Bond. Now he's 45 years old. And the production schedule for the next James Bond movie has apparently been delayed by a year. If Adrian looks 'youthful' enough to be cast as James Bond (and he wants the part), then I believe that he should be offered the role. A 4 or 5 movie contract if the producers of the Bond series make the movies on a more timely basis (similarly to the filming schedule of the 1960's).

[royalmile]

I still think Guy Pearce has the most to offer as a Bond. Physically, age-wise, acting ability and presence-wise, he's far superior to the other contenders (especially Clive Owen). GP's the best man for the job, I think. The need for a Bond with a mix of determined toughness and classy style points straight to him, as far as I'm concerned.

After Guy, I'd rate the following as possibly able to do a good job:
Adrian Paul
Gerard Butler
James Purefoy.

That's my take on the matter!!!

[spynovelfan]

I'd like Clive Owen, but he seems to have ruled himself out.

Jackman looks stilted - ever see Kate & Leopold? He's too pretty, and is also too big a star.

McGregor, Firth, Farrell are all wrong (and Farrell's ruled himself out), just as Mel Gibson was wrong. People will always say the biggest male star of the day should play Bond, even if they're totally unsuitable.

Jack Davenport looks like and plays upper class wimps. He's not Bond material in my book.

I'd quite like to see Colin Salmon in the role, but it will never happen.

Adrian Paul did look the spitting image of a young Connery. But now he looks the spitting image of a middle-aged Connery - and he can't act to save himself.

James Purefoy already looks too old - check out this picture of him at the British Fashion Awards last month:



The guy on the left is a young British actor by the name of Hugh Dancy. He played Galahad in King Arthur and is the current face of Burberry. He's young (29), but I'd rather see him than Purefoy who, at 40, has three movies in him tops. Dancy is just starting to get international recognition, with Disney's Ella Enchanted just being released and the upcoming Shooting Dogs opposite John Hurt coming in a few months.

Edited by spynovelfan, 06 December 2004 - 04:54 PM.

[claddagh]

sorry to bust your bubble you bond nuts but i had to come on here to tell you that im a friend of niall buggy`s(pope must die and alien3)and was in the supermarket with him just before he flew to dublin to shoot a movie and bumped into clive owen.Clive is not in any way interested in the role as no-one wants to be responsible for the turkey when it bombs.Thats why feeney,chris feeney is tipped to be in the run.He is a pal of owen and buggy and farrell`s and a few million is a who cares what happens as far as he is concerned as he has shot from zero to hero in the states thru his publicist at langsynefilms in new york whose owner nedstuart is a pal of broccoli and who are currently producing chitty chitty bang bang,Now no more info for you people for today.I will keep you teased on little snippets and may even let you know which tailor on saville row is chosen by his agent at imagemanagement.co.uk to supply his wardrobe for the upcoming second interview and press conference.OOPs said too much already,
nite people
claddagh

[Bond is back]

Hmm, the bit about teasing us with more info definitely puts you in the suspicious category!

Are you Chris Feeney?

Oh boy, I fear this is going to run and run....

[royalmile]

Boy, Jack Davenport does NOT have the "Bond look". Even if you squint in the dark!!!

[Skudor]

My first post here, so Hi y

[Qwerty]

Some further support for James Purefoy from The Manilla Times: Article Here.

[sidspappy]

I think getting into this one is risky, but I can't resist...

My money is on Dougray Scott. Yeah, complain all you want. But look, he's about the right age (39), about the right height (5'-10" to 6" [177.8cm to 182.8cm] depending on who you ask), and is a Scot! He's also not a top-tier star, which will probably sway EON more than a Ewan McGregor or Jude Law (think paychecks). But he is also got the acting chops and filmography that shows he isn't a total unknown. He's rugged enough to play a Flemingesque Bond. Actors like Jude Law and Guy Pearce, IMO are too "soft."

Other than Hugh Jackman (already hands full with Wolverine and too big a star now), I don't think any other actor will fill the bill like Scott can.

Edited by sidspappy, 15 December 2004 - 08:50 PM.

[rdh007]

Boy, Jack Davenport does NOT have the "Bond look".  Even if you squint in the dark!!!

I respectfully disagree.

[Tanger]

It's gotta be Jackman. It just has to be. If EoN don't use him then they're making a big mistake.

[Sam Fisher]

People are too quick to jump on the Hugh Jackman bandwagon. I'd rather have a scotsman land the role because it's long overdue. Even if you have to get a undiscovered actor then so be it.

I'm sorry for the majority of Jackman lovers out there but I doubt hed take the role seriously, and besides he played Wolverine and by now everyone knows he'll be forever typecast as a character from a comic book.

I'd love to see Clive Owen land the role than any of them because he has the Fleming look and feel. I believe he can do a great job as Bond without compromising to the young witless youth of the world.

And for you people who seriously want Adrian Paul as James bond? There's a spot in Purgatory waiting for you....

[Qwerty]

I'm sorry for the majority of Jackman lovers out there but I doubt hed take the role seriously...

Welcome to the CBn forums!

Why do you think that way for Jackman?

[Daltonfan]

Who will be the new 007? Val Kilmer is too blond, Rupert Everett is too gay, Natalie Portman is too pretty. ELIZABETH RENZETTI, JOHANNA SCHNELLER and LIAM LACEY play the latest movie parlour game

Globe and Mail
Clive Owen too much an actor, Hugh Jackman too much a gentle soul...and why does every Bond film have the same plot?

[Loomis]

ELIZABETH RENZETTI, JOHANNA SCHNELLER and LIAM LACEY play the latest movie parlour game

Globe and Mail

An amusing excerpt:

The thing about the Bond franchise that I've never understood is how happy men are to watch the exact same film over and over and over, and never get tired of it. I went to see my first-ever Bond, A View to a Kill, with my now-husband, and thought it was fun. Then I went to see the next one, whatever it was, and after the credit sequence I turned to him and said, "Wait, are they showing the wrong film? Haven't we seen this already?" "Shhh," he replied, intent on the action scene unfurling before us.

The image that sprang to my mind was of a dog, who insists upon a thorough sniffing of the bums of dogs he sees every day. Every day he sees these dogs, every day he sniffs the bums anew, with the same intensity as the day before. Shouldn't he know what those bums smell like by now? And shouldn't sentient people be tired of the endlessly repeated Bond formula?

And yet I fear that if ever a Bond film declined to show a scene with M or Q or Hennypenny -- sorry, Moneypenny -- there'd be rioting in the theatre aisles. No, Bond is to men as chocolate is to women, wonderfully comforting and terribly exciting at the same time.

My advice to Broccoli and Wilson: no matter how hard you try to bend over backwards to please female viewers (Brosnan's "sensitive" Bond in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Judi Dench's M, Samantha Bond's "sassy" Moneypenny), it won't ever be enough. They'll still complain, and they still won't understand. So don't try at all - let's turn the clock back and have more Goodnight-style damsels in distress, more Fleming dialogue like "Now don't hang on my gun arm, there's a good girl".

*Adopts Kamran Shah voice* Women! When they worry their pretty little heads about male matters like James Bond (and driving, voting, etc.) - well, ain't nothin' but trouble! To quote "Casino Royale": "Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men?"

Bond - it's a guy thing.

[Skudor]

Very witty Bond... chocolate... dogs' ...

I totally agree on the political correctness, they shouldn't go too far. Having said that, just because JB is a total chauvinist doesn't mean the movies have to be. Just split the views of the main character from the role of women in the movies. Simple really. That way Bond can make suitably un-PC remarks to Moneypenny and she can take him to a Tribunal. Would make a good sub-plot.

Can't say they convinced me Rupert Everett would make a good JB either.

Sounds like Hugh Jackman has pretty widespread support outside Bond fandom too. Like Pierce Brosnan before The Living Daylights...

[rdh007]

Sounds like Hugh Jackman has pretty widespread support outside Bond fandom too. Like Pierce Brosnan before The Living Daylights...

Good point. So it's Owen for two movies and Jackman for four or five, then?

Oh, and Everett is a great choice, if he can get the physicality down. (Don't know what kind of athlete he is)