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Careful, old boy ; )
Maybe, except in this thread we talk about who should be Bond and people bring objections to it (or not). The other thread would be more ranting and we could have a good laugh at some of the weird suggestions the media brought up over the years (Robbie Williams, anyone?)
Wait, Robbie Williams? That would explain this...
Back in 2005, were there any concrete rumours about Craig's casting, before his mum accidentally leaked it? Or was it all rumours till the announcement?
It was rumoured as far back as April 2005.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4416037.stm
This explains why some people (his fans) said he should be Bond.
I remember him!
Luds still pops in from time to time. He was a big advocate for Clive Owen as Bond.
But that was back on the old KTBEU forum, were you a member back then @talos7 ?
I will say it again, I cannot understand what people saw in Clive Owen that would have made him a potential Bond.
He had dark hair and these pictures from Croupier were posted to message boards constantly:
I remember liking Owen at the time, but I also liked Gerard Butler, Jack Davenport, and James Purefoy as well.
That reminds me, I got on archive.org the other day and looked up an old webpage I made back in 2004 when I was basically a kid that listed the James Bond candidates and had a poll. The page itself is pretty embarrassing, but here are the poll results, which are interesting:
https://web.archive.org/web/20041225001917/http://www.votations.com:80/asp/resultsview.asp?pollid=115969&lang=
A shockingly high 956 people had voted on it (this is just a snapshot from December 2004 though). Adrian Paul was winning with 319 votes, with Hugh Jackman coming in 2nd and Clive Owen coming in 3rd. And I completely forgot about Roger Moore's son Geoffrey, who received 11 votes.
Okay I still don't see it. He can wear a tuxedo, so what? So can I. So can Mark Addy.
Purefoy or Jason Isaacs would have been pretty ideal at the time.
I remember mid-90s Jeremy Northam seemed a good alternative.
I'd have taken any of these guys as Bond over pretty much ALL the actors today touted as Craig replacements.
I honestly never thought he was ever likely to get near it. He wasn't good enough, as you say, which was the main issue, but also he was a Connery lookalike. I never saw them going for someone who actually looked like Connery.
Yes we do seem to live in a time without strong candidates, which is a pain because it's exactly when we need them :)
No, I don’t think so. What does that stand for?
I thought that I remember his posting about Owen on this board.
As far as Owen, I think he gave off a very strong Bond bib in the series of excellent BMW adverts .
It was the forum before we became MI6 Community.
Quite a few of the members are still around.
In a tux and looks wise in 2005 Owen looked ok. But acting wise….Craig is clearly the better actor.
I would’ve picked Jackman at the time, but the end result after five films is quite satisfying.
The next Bond is going to be a hard act to follow, not only amongst fans, but also the press.
Jackman would have been an outstanding Bond; he would have had had the charm and light touch of Moore combined with the physicality, brutality and intensity of Craig.
Okay so he can sit behind a wheel and push buttons. I don't see James Bond, I see a pastiche with Clive Owen driving a BMW.
I messed up my password and got locked out for years. I happened to be watching CR when I signed up again. As the torture scene played I was inspired with a better user name.
I particularly remember the forum during 2005 as everyone voiced their opinions on who could be Bond in CR. I also vividly remember discussions in the "other movies" thread on SUPERMAN RETURNS. There were some pretty funny comments regarding that film.