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Yep, it is said that Castle's father gifted him with a copy of Casino Royale when he was young
I think EON was riding an all time high after beating NSNA at the box office and didn't want to break up the band, so to speak. Roger must not have made any comments about quitting like he did after the previous films. Cubby was determined to ride the Moore train until it derailed. In hindsight, OP was the perfect time for Moore to ride off into the sunset, but they wanted to have a nightcap. Perhaps it proved to be one drink too many.
Haha, so harsh, but true.
I don’t think Moore ever seriously considered quitting during the 80s films, only that he expected to not come back due to having fulfilled his contract. He probably figured Cubby would hire a newer cheaper actor than pay up on a free agent. It’s only after AVTAK that the big paycheck wasn’t going to sway him back anymore
I remember in the cinema thinking it was most certainly his last outing and I was okay with that. Sometime in '86 one of the tabloids had a blurb on Roger insinuating he was probably going to be back and for a moment I thought it could be a possibility.
What I find interesting is how contenders like Brolin were all but forgotten as Bond potentials by the time TLD was gearing up.
If Brolin was cast, I wonder if it would be played on a loop throughout the film?
That's one of the main reasons I've heard too and it makes sense. Moore ended up doing the most: seven official Bond films whereas Connery's seventh was unofficial. Moore getting to do AVTAK was also no doubt a reward from Cubby for winning the 'Battle of the Bonds' with the previous film, OP.
Either that or the taps tune as it might be DOA with Brolin against Connery. I can't see audiences flocking to see Brolin. Mind you there might have been a curiosity factor to see what he could do as Bond. Based on the screen tests it looks like the plan was to not have him do an accent. How would the UK like an American James Bond?
What would it look like? Would it fit within the series or do you think it would stand out as a one-off? How do you think CR plays with Pierce as Bond? How would Quentin cast the other main roles within the film? Would we see Travolta? Jackson? Russell?
What say you Mi6? What if Quentin Tarantino had directed his version of Casino Royale starring Pierce Brosnan?
Setting: 1950's
Style: Very close to the book, lots of dialogue
Details: At least one Vesper foot scene, lots of smoking, graphic torture scene, the poker scene would have been awesome (a la the bar scene in IG)
Cast
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
Uma Thurman as Vesper Lynd (who actually might not be too bad of a choice!)
Christoph Waltz as LeChiffre
Bruce Dern as M
Samuel L. Jackson as Felix Leiter
Harvey Keitel as Mathis
Michael Madsen as Damian Falco ;)
Honestly, I kinda want to see this movie now. :))
But if I want a Bond film without the traditional bell and whistles I can always pop in NSNA.
It would certainly be a departure for the series and I admit I would be curious to have seen it pulled off!
Damn I would love to see that cast pull it off! I would pay to see that film. The dialogue would be quite good I think. I also would love to see his take on the torture scene between Bond and LeChiffre.
I am very happy Eon aquired the rights to the story and did a proper adaptation. But I am also a bit gutted Tarantino could not do his version of it...
The thing that ultimately put him off was EON letting go of Brosnan. He’d have been willing to make CR under EON, but only with Brosnan and no one else.
That being said, I would be incredibly fascinated to see a CR starring Brosnan. It would have been his chance to truly shine with some really meaty dialogue. And it's Tarantino so the film would have some insane moments.
Ultimately, I'm very happy with the version we got. Craig gives a masterful performance. Had CR started Brosnan instead and stole his thunder, I'm not sure we'd have ever seen Danny boy in the role at all.
The violence would most likely been ratcheted up and quite like anything we had seen before. Mind you the staircase fight in CR was more bloody then most Bond fights anyway.
I'm guessing if you were using Pierce you would lose the "this is first mission". You'd lose "how Bond became Bond". But to be honest I was never a fan of that anyway. Music plays a big part in a Bond film. Any thoughts on the touches that Quentin might make in the way of soundtrack?
I know many thinks Tarantino and Bond are incompatible – and I totally understand that argument, but I think he would have restricted himself somewhat in order to do a film that is very much a Bond film. Even more so if the film would have been an EON production.
We would no doubt have got a film with fantastic dialogue and some really great character portrayals as a result of it. The score could have been something different too – although I don't think Tarantino would have approached this the same way as with many of his films. It would most likely have been an original score. Morricone perhaps?
On a side note: I really hope Tarantino does a spy film before he retires. It's the one genre he hasn't done that I hope he explores.
Spy films today could learn a lot from building tension the way Tarantino did with two scenes: Hans Landa’s introduction at the dairy farm and later the tavern scene. It’s literally just people talking in rooms, but it holds a lot more excitement for me than any action sequence laced with explosions. If Tarantino brought that quality to his version of CR, I wish we had gotten that, and I say that as a fan of the 2006 film.
I love the dairy scene you refer to @MakeshiftPython the tension is amped up considerably. Great to see restraint and old fashioned story telling. Now action films seem to be more about a wild stunt or explosion.
I agree. The idea of a Tarantino spy film makes my mouth water as we speak! =P~
Someone needs to make sure he doesn't retire soon though! In these days of Marvel, big studio productions, remakes and money grabs, he is one of the last classic film makers. We would need him in the decades to come!
Having seen OUTIH I was as before underwhelmed by QT, he has his moments of treasure but manages to drag a movie in way to much viewing time, we had that shit already with Mendes who has no redeeming qualities he brought to the 007 franchise.
Yeah, yeah. I know you get bored without an action scene every five minutes...