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Yes, indeed. Cruise is trying to BE Bond, or his version of Bond. If an actor gets injured (let alone killed) on a high budget film like MI or Bond, he can create financial chaos for the studio. The criticism of Craig for not doing what appeared to be a dangerous helicopter stunt is nuts. The helicopter could have malfunctioned, the wires could have broken, etc etc.
Stuntmen are constantly being seriously injured and sometimes killed on these big films. Craig has been injured from stunt work on just about all his Bonds. The most serious injury apparently was on QOS which forced him to have rotator cuff surgery right after filming and a stuntman was badly injuried during the car chase filming on that film. Cruise is a great pro when it comes to turning out product, but after seeing the Scientology documentary on HBO, he also seems totally nuts.
They are always cast for their look. Anything else is bonus. eg for SP, Seydoux IMO brings a lot of bonus. Bach in TSWLM, maybe not so much.
Mayday was good looking. Not everyone's cup of tea maybe, but she could still turn heads.
I would call her maybe exotic, extreme Bond Girl.
Madonna has Bond Girl status too, as much as it pains me to acknowledge. She had looks. Still does.
Here are a couple of recent additions to the Bond Girl family. Note the expansive chest capacity. Always a helpful asset. :-B
IMHO Cruise is the most unfairly criticized actor in Hollywood. He had one moment: an early morning, straight off the junket, bad interview in which he criticized Brooke Shields, and since then, he's been bashed. Much of the junk written about him and his personal life is just that: junk. Tabloids have gone after him for his "weird" beliefs, but nobody has ever gone on the record and confirmed anything. Nicole Kidman has never had a negative word to say about him. In fact, every actor who's ever worked with him has praised him.
And he's a damn fine actor. He should have won a supporting actor Oscar for Magnolia. He was also really good in Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky, Collateral, and (in a moment of hilarity) Tropic Thunder.
Just one moment you say?
I don't think anyone denies Tom Cruise's acting abilities or dedication.
How was the couch jumping a bad thing?
Hired for their acting talent, while stuntmen are hired for their skill at stunts !
So I'd prefer a stuntman, doing the action ( making the " character" look good)
Then let the actor, act ! ( to also make the character look good ) ;)
Then combining the skills of both, we hopefully get a great Bond movie. =D>
They might spare him the running and not allow helicopter stunts, but that doesnt say a thing on how many of his own stunts he does in this one. The general public is indeed an ungratwful audience.
One of Sean's best moments. Refusing to be lectured by wah wahs condescending, arrogant tone.
I completely disagree with what he actually said, as most reasonable people would, but absolutely love the way he threw her sanctimonious tone, right back in her self-satisfied face.
Her preachy tone didn't deserve a dignified response.
I don't know what he's going on about, but he knocked her off her throne.
That response of his, translates to, "you don't talk to me like that. Put this in your pipe and smoke it."
Just another reason to love the man!
=====as for Craig and his stunts, I can't disagree with the good @DrGorner above.
Very sensible, but still I do very much like that he tries to do as many stunts as he can, on his own.
He's in great shape.Babs and MGW can reign him in, if they sense insurance liability issues.
I can't stand the guy, caught the Rogue Nation trailer last night and was left underwhelmed just looked like any other U.S blockbuster with more ridiculous stunts to sate Tom Cruise's ego and thirst to look dangerous and daring.
SPECTRE will own this big time, the MI series hasn't exactly been standing out much for a long time and the only way they can get it publicity is having it's egotistical star doing big money shot type stunts, The poster looks ludicrous, the MI franchise is just one big ego trip for the Cruiser, thankfully Bond has never had it's star hang over any of their films like he does.
"On the set of the latest James Bond movie"
Looks like part of the Morocco set.
Nah, I really find that a bit of an overreaction. Tom Cruise really "owns" the franchise, but I think not in a negative way. You forget one important thing here. Like "Furious 7", also "Mission: Impossible" is way more about a combined team effort. It's actually something that Sam Mendes slightly copy-pasted from the M:I-franchise.
We have been talking about "the new MI6-team" during the presentation of "SPECTRE" back in December 2014 no? On top of that, the new "Q" and Moneypenny are way more part of a team, in which James Bond 007 takes part. Not to mention the earphone scene in the casino in "Skyfall", which was in essene quite similar to the India-party-scene in "Ghost Protocol".
One last thing though, I think that "other combined team effort", "Furious 7", will do better at the box office than "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation".
Looks like a "set" all right. :D
Almost certainly the latter, I think, a la, Perla de las dunas Bolivia hotel
It looks more like an industrial complex of some kind. Perhaps a laboratory, linked to the Clinic in Sölden?
" everywhere I look, something reminds me of her !" .... The Naked Gun.
First thing I thought of: The first Naked Gun movie. It could have been from DN.
Hmm...that MI scene featured a spy in a tuxedo infiltrating a billionaire villain's party. Isn't that a blatant Bond trademark? AVTAK. TND, DAD, QOS etc. Obviously Bond is "influenced" by other movies, but other movies are definitely copying Bond as well.