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I do want the actor to be British and yes there is a certain national pride in that. My main gripe with OHMSS is Lazenby’s odd accent and walk. Cubby considered American stars but they never actually came to full fruition thank god! Actors do inhabit roles I agree, BUT the only actors capable of a perfect English accent are those who are themselves from the British Isles. Brits can spot a fake accent a mile off!
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I saw that yesterday and it made me smile to see Eva say that, compare that to Gemma Arterton recent comment about being almost now ashamed to have played fields in QOS now in retrospect.
In Gemma's defence she didn't get the best written character in QOS, it does show that they really did hit it out of the park with Vesper and Eva still feels proud about her participation.
Camille was better but Vesper is undoubtedly for my money the best realised Bond girl since Tracey, Rigg's reading of the other significant woman in Bond's life is still the benchmark that others should aspire to.
Eva Greene's Vesper is definitely the closest and the rest of the DC era has been patchy in this respect.
He would have been great.
I would be fine with it
True. Very.
That's surprisingly close to how I see Bond when reading the books. No particular face, other than sometimes Hoagy Carmichael, Sean Connery or Roger Moore.
PS: Sometimes Dalton for me.
That's never happened to me actually. Have more Fleming content to read though, so I won't be surprised if I'll imagine Dalton in some book chapters!
Truth be told, I've only read the Fleming novels. Some even several times. So that's what I've got in my Bond imaginarium :)
Have some Fleming novels left myself. One of these days I'm going to order those I haven't read, and just do a Bond novel marathon. I'm curious as to how those books will impact my own opinion of the character, and what I feel he should be in the books and on-screen. Right now I see book Bond and movie Bond as different animals.
Yes, one must, or one gets frustrated as hell. I'm a bit of a Fleming purist, so I have to separate waters on those two in order to appreciate cinema Bond, as I truly appreciate the first 4 Connery films and OHMSS. Then, there's a helluva distance between those and the rest, for me anyway. What novels have you got left, @Torgeirtrap? Hope some juicy ones are in that list.
Indeed one has to separate the two. I can at least, as Roger Moore is my favourite Bond – and his films have plenty of stuff you wouldn't necessarily find in the novels.
Of novels and short stories, the books I have left are:
For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights. I've read the comic strip adaptations of some of these though, so I'm familiar with the content.
Probably won't get it though, since he's a plank of wood.
Agree. He is surely the obvious contender. His performances have been patchy from one film to the next, but get a director who can coax something out of him and we are on to a winner.
The next Bond actor will be someone completely unknown or under our radar. It could be Aidan Turner, but then again, it also couldn’t. Back then, everyone was so sure that Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman and Pierce Brosnan were all contenders to star in the 21st film. Out of the blue, Daniel Craig came along.
Say what you will about his acting abilities (I have no big issues really) – he's the most Bondian looking actor from the names mentioned these days, IMO.
I love Roger Moore.
And you are one lucky fella, my friend, just because you have yet to read OHMSS and YOLT. Those are canonical, brilliant entries. Both changed my views on the character, that's for sure. You're in for quite a ride. I envy you.
Who doesn't love Rog! He was fantastic on and off screen.
Those are the two novels I'm looking forward to the most @Univex! OHMSS is a top three film for, and the comic strip adaptation is great, so naturally that one will be a special read. :-)
Wonder if I'll imagine Lazenby in that one, instead of Moore, Connery or Carmichael.