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@Thunderfinger - David Niven, Vivien Leigh, Julie Christie, etc, come from a period when Britain had an Empire and had many personnel stationed abroad, hence the reason why so many English actors were born there. Notice the difference in their surnames. None have a German one.
Obama signed a law preventing 'that term' and 'oriental' from being used in federal documents, but it's not illegal.
https://www.snopes.com/president-obama-bans-the-words-negro-and-oriental/
Ironically 'blacks' (plural) is acceptable and used quite regularly on US news networks etc. In my opinion, that sounds more offensive.
At the rate we're going everything could be considered offensive soon anyway.
Purdue writing guide: Words with 'MAN' 'should be avoided
Yes but the character of Bond is half Swiss is he not....so Fassbender is fine. Plus his British accent is perfect. Ozzie and American actors etc can't do the accent properly. I accept that the British are a bastard race given the empire....but I see no reason to cast a none white, none male, none brit in the role. Let's just stick with Fleming and actors who have the natural ability to pull off all the required credentials including the accent. Going back to day Hemsworth....he is clearly 'putting on' a fake English accent in Rush and Thor.
And it's not like such casting has worked very well in the past.
There is no example in cinematic history. Lithgow is generally a great actor but his accent as Churchill was unconvincing and flawed (pantomime at best IMO). Any Brit can see through the fake accents right away.
The most idiotic thing about it is, it means the same. And I can see the horrendous Spanish word in your Snopes link.
I know nothing about him but from that photo he seems a bit pretty boy average (read modelesque or 'Taylor Lautner'ish) looking. I would have thought Bond should be a bit more distinctive, even if not conventional.
I see that. Not a clone but there is something similar.
Having said that, I haven't a clue who Taylor Lautner is. Is he an actor?
Also, I think there's a slight George Lazenby look to the square-jawed Jack Turner.
I agree with the continued issue of casting too old. In my view Craig was too old to be cast as a rookie. He was already showing unfortunate signs of aging by SF, and recent photos seem to suggest that the process is accelerating uncomfortably. He's a smoker too as far as I'm aware (or at least he was when SP was released), which doesn't help.
Having said that EON don't have to clutch onto these old timers like leeches either. They could be dispatched sooner so someone else can get a shot at what is a coveted role. This isn't the 80s anymore and Roger Moore was an exception. Retrospectively Brosnan should consider himself lucky that he left while he was still presentable.
He likes to think so. It's rather debateable. Plank imho. Former underwear model I think. Strictly teenage fare.
I can't disagree. Having been around during Roger Moore's entire tenure, I can state that a lot of us (as well as a large swathe of movie critics) felt that Sir Roger was getting a bit long in the tooth by the time he appeared in MR. Hence the reason why the British media were promoting Lewis Collins for the role of Bond in FYEO. Sadly, the fans were mostly ignored and we instead got Moore going into his Golden Years as 007. Oh, you mean like Mark Wahlberg then?
The mention of Mark Wahlberg makes me think of how the career of Matthew McConaughey has been in recent years. Far from the romantic comedies of the early 00's.
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Looks like Max Irons is going to play in a TV series based on Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_(TV_series)
He showed great potential in A Time to Kill (1996). Recommended if you haven't seen it.
Thanks for the tip! :)
The more I think about this, they may have to go young with the next guy. The world has moved on and Bond seems almost like a metaphorical 'old man' in some ways (particularly on account of the overt themes employed in SF). They may be forced to reimagine it in a more hip way. I'm not sure that's what I want, but it may be what they are forced to do unless they go the 'period' route, when the character can exist more purely, foibles and all.
EDIT: Nevermind, just found this. Doesn't seem like he smokes often to be fair, just every now and again if he's having a drink
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/news/a8782/daniel-craig-interview/
Also "he offers me his lighter – encased in a spent bullet shell from the set of a 007 gunfight", can we take a minute to appreciate what a great souvinier that'd be. Sure the suits watches and Aston Martins are alright too mind but still that's a cool little memento.
EDIT: Here it is. Interesting read.
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/news/a8782/daniel-craig-interview/
EDIT again: You got it before me.