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What if Bond movies had been done at a different time ?

GerardGerard
edited September 2012 in Bond Movies Posts: 5,994
The demise of Michael Clarke Duncan, who I thought would have been a great Mr. Big if TPTB had decided to remade LALD, made me think. What actors would have been perfect to play Bond Villains if each movie had been made in another time period ? The same could be done for Bond Girls, BTW. So, to begin with, I'll start with LALD; If it had been made in the 60s, which actor could have played Mr. Big ?

Well, there's one name that comes to mind : Woody Strode.

Now, any other wants to add names to the list ? Remember, the premake or the remake have to be from another era than the movie itself (but after Ian Fleming wrote the novel).

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Another Casino Royale with Sean in the 60s. One dreams...Though only if we can keep 2006's CR as well.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    edited September 2012 Posts: 16,351
    A proper adaptation of Diamonds are Forever for the Brosnan era.
    Brosnan as Bond.
    Sharon Stone as Tiffany Case.
    Michael Madsen and James Gandolfini as the Sprang Bros.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    Murdock wrote:
    A proper adaptation of Diamonds are Forever for the Brosnan era.
    Brosnan as Bond.
    Sharon Stone as Tiffany Case.
    Michael Madsen and James Gandolfini as the Sprang Bros.

    Actually, YES!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    I would never trade the masterpiece 63 version for this, but how about a 1940s FRWL with Cary Grant as Bond.
    Grace Kelly as Tatiana
    Maybe Joseph Cotten as Red Grant? He was menacing in the film Niagara.
    Though Felix wasn't in it, I would love to see him appear, with Frank Sinatra or Humphrey Bogart in the role. Something just tells me those would be good choices.

    If there was ever a 40s version of CR done, keep Cary with Lauren Bacall as Vesper. That screen would steam up so much you wouldn't even be able to see the film.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I would never trade the masterpiece 63 version for this, but how about a 1940s FRWL with Cary Grant as Bond.
    Grace Kelly as Tatiana
    Maybe Joseph Cotten as Red Grant? He was menacing in the film Niagara.
    Though Felix wasn't in it, I would love to see him appear, with Frank Sinatra or Humphrey Bogart in the role. Something just tells me those would be good choices.

    If there was ever a 40s version of CR done, keep Cary with Lauren Bacall as Vesper. That screen would steam up so much you wouldn't even be able to see the film.

    Drools*
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited September 2012 Posts: 28,694
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I would never trade the masterpiece 63 version for this, but how about a 1940s FRWL with Cary Grant as Bond.
    Grace Kelly as Tatiana
    Maybe Joseph Cotten as Red Grant? He was menacing in the film Niagara.
    Though Felix wasn't in it, I would love to see him appear, with Frank Sinatra or Humphrey Bogart in the role. Something just tells me those would be good choices.

    If there was ever a 40s version of CR done, keep Cary with Lauren Bacall as Vesper. That screen would steam up so much you wouldn't even be able to see the film.

    Drools*

    You think it's a good idea? Or are you talking about Lauren? That's understandable. Her stare makes me weak in the knees.
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    She's absolutely brilliant, and one of the very few Golden Age Hollywood actors still alive. I would give anything to meet this woman who is a remarkable actress in her own right, but also the woman that took Humphrey Bogart's legendary hand in marriage. It would be great to hear stories about him straight from the woman who knew him best. :)
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    1971, For Your Eyes Only, keeping, generally, the same storyline as the '81 film. Replace Roger Moore with George Lazenby, but pretty much keep the same cast. That'd make the opening better, and I just felt that FYEO would have been better with Lazenby.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited September 2012 Posts: 28,694
    The could be a Peter Sellers Bond film in the vain of Roger's if it had to happen. I think many Roger fans would love them.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,584
    These three films (with title changes) if made today:

    On Her Majesty's Service
    Marsraker
    Never Again
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Colonel Sun 1991: (Essentially DAD but using more elements from the Moonraker Novel)
    Timothy Dalton as James Bond
    Pat Morita as Colonel Sun
    Michelle Pfeiffer as Gala Brand
    John Terry as Felix Leiter. (With Prosthetic leg and hook hand.)

    Basically I see the PTS similar too DAD but instead of Hovercrafts it's a Jeep chase in the jungles of China and Colonel Sun's Jeep drives over a landmine and he supposedly dies. Bond is Captured and after Licence to Kill MI6 abandons him because he's too much of a blunt instrument. But Bond gets traded for Xang A Chinese spy. After being Traded, Bond escapes from a British warship and leaves for America to seek help from Felix to clear his name and to find Xang. Bond and Felix, find out that Xang has been smuggling Weapons to a Sir Henry Lee Ching, whom is planning to start a war against England and has a nuclear weapon at his disposal. Bond finds out that Sir Henry is Actually Colonel Sun. And the film ends in an epic battle on Sun's new base.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    Agent007391 wrote:
    1971, For Your Eyes Only, keeping, generally, the same storyline as the '81 film. Replace Roger Moore with George Lazenby, but pretty much keep the same cast. That'd make the opening better, and I just felt that FYEO would have been better with Lazenby.

    Carole Bouquet would've been 14 then. Maybe she could've played Bibi Dahl instead?
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    PrinceKamalKhan wrote:
    Agent007391 wrote:
    1971, For Your Eyes Only, keeping, generally, the same storyline as the '81 film. Replace Roger Moore with George Lazenby, but pretty much keep the same cast. That'd make the opening better, and I just felt that FYEO would have been better with Lazenby.

    Carole Bouquet would've been 14 then. Maybe she could've played Bibi Dahl instead?

    I failed to say "keeping the same ages" as well, sorry. Okay, replace "pretty much keep the same cast" with "use a similar-looking cast".
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    It's all here:

    http://www.listal.com/list/my-ultimate-james-bond-timeline

    :D
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    Murdock wrote:
    A proper adaptation of Diamonds are Forever for the Brosnan era.
    Brosnan as Bond.
    Sharon Stone as Tiffany Case.
    Michael Madsen and James Gandolfini as the Sprang Bros.

    I simply love that idea! Very cool!
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    0013 wrote:
    Murdock wrote:
    A proper adaptation of Diamonds are Forever for the Brosnan era.
    Brosnan as Bond.
    Sharon Stone as Tiffany Case.
    Michael Madsen and James Gandolfini as the Sprang Bros.

    I simply love that idea! Very cool!

    Thank you, I think I may make a poster for it now! :)
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    edited September 2012 Posts: 2,341
    DAF late 40's style
    Robert Taylor as Bond
    Lauren Bacall as Tiffany (she is who Fleming envisioned when he wrote the book BTW)
    Boris Karloff as Blofeld
    Richard Widmark and Joseph Cotton as Kidd and Wint
    Jimmy Stewart as Felix Leiter

    GE
    Made in 1991
    all the same cast except for Dalton as Bond
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited September 2012 Posts: 28,694
    OHMSS69 wrote:
    DAF late 40's style
    Robert Taylor as Bond
    Lauren Bacall as Tiffany (she is who Fleming envisioned when he wrote the book BTW)
    Boris Karloff as Blofeld
    Richard Widmark and Joseph Cotton as Kidd and Wint
    Jimmy Stewart as Felix Leiter

    GE
    Made in 1991
    all the same cast except for Dalton as Bond
    I knew it! :-bd And what a great Vesper she'd be.
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