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Disagree: he has the pout of Brosnan/Affleck. Presence of a TV actor at best. Acting can get a little stagey, like Dalton's. But it fits better on the small screen.
Agree with your disagree. However he did make out with a hot redheaded fairy so that's got to be some brownie points somewhere.
EDIT: I'm currently watching Ray Donovan (one of my favourite tv series) Season 4. Liev Schreiber definitely has most of these attributes. He's American & too old so there's no way he could ever be Bond, but this guy definitely gives off that cool rugged vibe better than most. I've felt that way since I saw him outshine Affleck in a small part in The Sum Of all Fears.
[...] Sam Mendes, then on board for the Bond film Skyfall, came to see the show. A new Miss Moneypenny was born. “They said, ‘We want to create a Moneypenny who’s a total departure. We want her to be the kind of woman that modern women can look up to. We want her to be strong, powerful and intelligent. And we want her to go toe-to-toe with Bond.’ And I said, ‘That’s what I’m all about!’ Great!”
Of the possibility of a new Bond, a new Bond movie, or a new Bond anything, she can only say: “I would be very upset if I wasn’t in the next one, but we just don’t know. I met Barbara [Broccoli, the Bond producer] in New York a couple of weeks ago and I said, ‘Come on Barbara, what’s happening?’ And even she didn’t know. And I believe her. She’s very special to me. If she knew, believe me, she would’ve told me.”
So, basically, like every single Bond girl since 1995. Those 3 words in bold are used by EON and the respective actresses on a loop for every outing of the last 2 decades.
Yes, at least she was referencing Moneypenny in Skyfall.
What does it mean the BB doesn't know? I guess the studio situation.
The only one who was truly Bond's equal was Wai-Lin, followed closely by Jinx (love her or hate her, she was that, regardless of how you view her). The others were all-talk no action. Camille had potential but her skills were very downplayed.
I assumed BB was referring to the studio situation, but then, is Harris even high enough in the food chain to be told what's going on at this stage in the game?
Moneypenny might not even be in Bond 25, so why tell Harris anything?
I don't understand how the head honcho doesn't even know what's going on. All very discouraging.
Honestly I think you can't really have a permanent Bond girl anymore. Because the feminists will be upset if she's just a damsel in distress. And the fans get upset if she's feminist, so I don't really know how to resolve this issue.
I say get rid of the Bond girl angle. Have Bond shag some girl relevant to the plot, have her die, or make her non-essential to the plot (ie. Goldfinger). Make the plot more serious and story driven instead of emotionally driven. Bond doesn't find women useful, so why does he have to drag one around? Maybe because without a girl, the villains couldn't take anything immediately useful from Bond other than his life.
My issue wasn't with the Bond girls themselves, but how they've been hyped over the past 8 films/20 years. 'Smart', 'intelligent' and 'strong' are basically the only words that come out of every actresses in Bond films since GE. I find it hard to get excited over a new Bond girl until I actually see the film, because they all use the same god damn words in interviews.
This. Also don't forget the quote, "She's Bond's equal."
That was first uttered during production of The Spy Who Loved Me. (I've seen video of Lewis Gilbert saying it). And it was understandable, given how Triple-X was supposed to be the Soviet Union's best agent, etc.
In the 1990s, they'd say it again. I remember reading a 1997 USA Today story about the filming of Tomorrow Never Dies. It talked up Wai-Lin as if Triple-X had never existed.
In 2015, Lea Seydoux was interviewed by Empire. She talked as if Wai-Lin and Triple-X had never existed.
“She’s his equal, independent and strong and smart, and she doesn’t need him or wait for him to save her.”
"[Eve] thinks she's Bond's equal. She's not, but that's how she sees herself."
But who will open the refrigerator?
Some long lost relative seeking revenge ...and a glass of milk.
She knows when it will likely release & Im willing to bet has several outlines/rough drafts,
That wee bey gif never gets old.
If she does then why the hell is she not giving a single indication of when the film is coming? I'm not talking about an exact day, or even an exact month. But SP was release 15 months ago and we still don't know what friggin year EON is aiming to release Bond 25. If it's 2018, that means we're less than 1 year away from filming. Can we at least know if 2018 is a possibility? We are almost at half way point through a 3 years gap, and there is 0 information on a 2018 release.
I don't care about Craig's involvement, or possible directors or whatnot. Just tell us if they are aiming at 2018, or 2019, or 2020.
wow never heard of that, that's so frustrating to read, the Lea seydoux biti mean , she's so clueless and her acting in Spectre was mediocre at best, overacting,way too emotional-driven. she's probably even worse than both the QoS bond girls who were way hotter btw!
Bond's equal? she didn't do shit in her role, she also couldn't even beat physically a grand mother, gimme a break equal to bond lol!
Wai lin and XXX looks like they can handle themselves, but even if i do love those 2 flicks, realistically in no way they could compete with male secret agents.
There is a huge difference between keeping production under wraps and not giving even a simple indication on what YEAR Bond 25 is coming, 15 months after the previous outing.. I don't care if the gap from SP to B25 will be 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, or more. I just want to know if we can expect a Bond film for next year, or 2019, or 2020. Why is it that every god damn franchise these days are mapped out until the early 2020's, but we still don't have a friggin clue as to what year the next Bond film is coming. I'm not asking for Disney-level of planning in advance. EON always have my respect, but here they are treating fans like sh*t. I'm not demanding the world here. I don't need to know exactly where production is at right now, or if Craig is coming back. I just want an indication on if, yes or no, they are aiming for a 2018 release.