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When Jeffrey Wright was cast I remember no newspaper headline saying "The first black Felix Leiter".
When Naomie Harris was cast I remember no newspaper headline saying "The first black Moneypenny".
Someday the time will have come for the first black actor to portray James Bond.
But that time only has come when the colour of his skin will not be the topic in the media.
It worked with Leiter and Moneypenny. But I doubt, that it will work with Bond yet.
For sure we will read headlines like "XY becomes the first black James Bond".
And as long as this is NEWS, the times are not ready for it.
The headlines should read like "XY becomes the new James Bond." Nothing more. No mention of the skin colour. But I'm afraid we're not there yet.
Because: poor actor, that will be reduced by the media to his skin colour, when he is cast. Lashana Lynch said in a recent interview when asked about the black 00 agent topic: "It should be no topic, that I play a black 00 agent." But journalists still bring this topic up, when they do interviews with her. And that's a sign, that something has to change, BEFORE a black actor becomes James Bond.
I think Casey was a better Leiter than Wright, too.
He is still the best
Except the two are incomparable.
I think the casting of Billy Magnussen was actually an inspired choice for Ash, whatever role he plays, cause he really reminds of the Jack Lord-type Felix - based on his look in the film alone.
This is exactly right. We’ve had this exact conversation in this thread what feels like a hundred times now. :))
Maybe not the best, but he is good. Good Lord.
They're very comparable. That's why the conversation keeps being had and why it's always used as an example.
And I was mistaken, I thought this was the “who could be a bond actor” thread.
Conversely, it's been also explained why it certainly is an apt comparison numerous times. So I guess there's just an element of agreeing to disagree involved.
This is a fact we can agree on. :P
Would be fun for us, but likely never gonna happen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/06/14/james-bond-new-release-for-daniel-craig-date-costs-no-time-to-die-box-office-record/#6950e31b3394
Given how up in the air everything is at the current moment, who knows if it will even release in November at this point?
I have no doubt, mind you, that plenty of people want to back to the theatres but I'm not sure if it's a very wise idea. Especially since different cities in different countries all seem to be following their own policies.
Japan is one of the most successful countries in handling the Covid-19 pandemic (17,502 cases & 925 deaths).
https://qz.com/1868938/japans-slow-box-office-recovery-may-be-a-harbinger-for-hollywood
Liking the optimism.
Actually I could care less about the opening debate. I was just being nice posting a link.
Although the production phase is over, it's more fun digging up new material like behind-the-scenes stills, footage, sniffing out plot details.. Gotta live up to my rep. as the master of research
What big movies are out tho?
Only major release playing in Japan at the moment: Birds of Prey. Last year on the same weekend: Captain Marvel, Bumblebee Into the Spider-Verse, Green Book.
But remember that it is currently impossible to release more than 1 major film, as limited capacity is in effect. And so far, no big budget film has been released under these rules. Until one comes out, we are debating about the unknown.
Again, the amount of new releases will be extremely limited due to social distancing measures. And so far zero big budget film has attempted to come out under such limitations. We may still be more than 2 months away from the first attempt. If Tenet/Mulan/whatever releases and we see that the box office gross is severely limited, we will see an exodus of nearly every major 2020 films to next year.
But with ferewer choices, multiplexes will be able to offer a big film like W84 and NTTD in even more theaters, simultaneously to make up for 30-50% capacity.
That is true, but we first have to see how Tenet will fair in July/August, assuming it does not get delayed again.
That is why I was saying that having an entire month with absolutely zero competition could be a turning point box-office wise for NTTD. Hopefully the so-called second wave won’t strike in that timeframe...
Well now he enters the shower when the girl is already there which apparently is 10 times worse I learned
Or hitting on a widow just after her husband's funeral ;)