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I agree, Bond is white. However ... Dr. No was played by Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman, I believe Miss Taro ws made to look Asian and Laurence Olivier blacked up to play Othello. Even Daniel Craig dyed his hair to play Ted Hughes.
No but you get white men playing Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and gods instead or as tribal leaders in prehistoric subsahara and Arabian peninsula.
Well, they did a close enough job in passion of the Christ.
True, but he's usually blonde/fair haired with blue eyes, which is kind of how I look, and when I was in Spain as a child I had a kid go 'blanco, blanco' because that look was so unusual, and that's still in Europe.
VERY wrong too, of course. But to make it right, we have to change our attitude towards each other in a way, where we are not trying to change, what somebody is, (making Bond black for example isn't the answer) but ACKNOWLEDGE, what he/she is and do fair play with that. In general.
Regarding film casting - I believe, they often cast, who they think puts more butts in the seats then some actor, who would really fit the role colourwise.
On a whole, this whole popularity casting isn't worth a dime. If the film is good, people will go and see it. If not, it doesn't matter, WHO is in it. There are many examples for that. The last being R. Reynolds, who did one dud after the other and now, finally has a hit. He is the same, not more popular then before, but the films seems to entertain the audiences.
So, a good step forward would be to cast actors, who fit the characters description and never mind, how popular he/she is.
Same goes for Hanks as Robert Langdon (I really like his character, but I know the book lovers disagree).
It's been a while since I've seen The Hunt for Red October but I remember correctly the issue of language and accents was somewhat dealt with in the beginning of the film when the characters were shown speaking in Russian and there is a transition that allows the viewer to hear them in English. Is it perfect, no, but it does try to address the issue.
Yes you are quite right.
@AceHole have you seen the film Laura from 1944? It's about a kleptomaniac and it's brilliant. I think Wednesday might have a good chance of getting in the playoffs. I'm a Hull City fan, I said before a ball was kicked that we'd win the league and we're currently top!
Certainly the current fashion trend is facial hair, but why not just throw Chuck Norris, Kenny Loggins, or Leonard Maltin into the mix? Most of these actors shout James Bond to me about as much as Leonard Maltin.
With the Craig era, audiences and fans had embraced the idea of change, but it comes to a point where pushing change too far you might as well not even have the character named James Bond. As much as I like, say, Jason Stratham, he'd be about as James Bond to me as Clint Eastwood. I loved Charles Bronsan, but would never cast him as Superman.
Personally I would rather the series end with SP and Craig then see it go on with a new film ever 3-4 years and eventually see on imdb " Entourage's Jeremy Pivem has been cast as the first American Bond!" or " the 9th James Bond is officially Daniel Ratcliff".
He's smart, sexy, dangerous, resourceful and he only needs feeding twice a day...
;)
Yes!!
I can hardly understand all that he says.
I think Elba would make a great, tough Bond.
In the interest of bringing some actual fresh material to the table, here's a piece about James Norton and "bookies slashing the odds" (lol) on him being Bond. Don't know anything about him and his look is kind of offputting to me, but here it is.
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/139172374146/bookies-slash-odds-on-war-and-peace-star-for-next