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True. But I was looking at the prep. I remember rehearsals and prep for Betrayal taking quite a while. And the role of Iago, as he has already confessed, is a killer, lines-wise. My guess is that over the summer, he was already prepping Othello.
It seems to happen quite a bit here in the UK, especially with high profile actors in Shakespeare productions.
Maybe even Oyelowo and Dan will consider a new film version if it's a hit on stage, another project for BB to consider.
Yes. The opening is December 15th, so Dan still has a lot of time, but it is a certainty that he's done tons of groundwork to know his lines and everyone elses' too, which he seems to do naturally as part of his process when he receives his lines.
We're due for a mean-and-lean Bond film anyway, after all the Mendes bloat.
Pfft people said the same thing about Connery and justifiably moreso; and decades later...here we are.
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Lucky you. I caught Betrayal, but I won't be able to get to NYC for Othello.
At the time though, the sky might as well have been falling as Sean began walking out. It must have been a crazy anxious time as a 60s Bond fan to realize that the only man you knew to be James Bond was going to actually be replaced with a complete unknown from Australia. With no other actors to compare him to, Sean was instantly the embodiment of the character and the only person who could play him in the public consciousness. Lazenby didn't really have a chance, and thanks to his rubbish agent, the curtain closed on him not long before the show had begun.
He's also a great fan of OHMSS and has written about it here: http://extension765.com/sdr/2-most-irrelevant-no-1
Well, let's not forget, Daniel Craig is now co-producer of the Bond films too. And since he's shooting "Logan Lucky", an action-thriller involving a heist and a lot of GTE racing, I start 'going banco' on Daniel convincing Steven Soderbergh to helm the next Bond film.
I love his films, though my favorite film probably is "Traffic". An epic mosaic story about drug trafficking. Which as of 2016 is quite topical again. He deservedly won an Oscar for his work on that film.
Here's a nice editorial of his films:
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/total-recall-steven-soderberghs-best-movies/
If this were to happen, the anti-Thomas Newman crowd would explode.
Newman is in Soderbergh's small circle of composers he collaborates with! :))
The reason is I was totally sold on Craig from CR through to SF. He had re-invented Bond and given us a fresh, dynamic take. I remember after CR thinking that it was like we had never had a Bond film before. Then he seemed to try and offer a traditional take on Bond - and he wasn't suited to that. I like SP but I'm not totally sold on Craig in the film. And I rate him second behind Connery overall!
But now, looking at the clambering masses hoping to replace him, I'm more and more sure that Craig is the best option for Bond 25. Finish his time line off. He's a great Bond, one more and he will be a sort of Connery/Moore legend. It's what he deserves.
That said if Craig would pick up the offer he'd be set for life and could do about anything he wants to acting-wise and the payment be damned.
With the two most successful Bond movies in 2015/2012 why wouldn't she pay him whatever is needed. And we all know EON has no control over cost expenditure.
With SP Craig finally showed that he could have the potential to come very close to Connery. But another 10 movies with him wouldn't elevate him to the same level or even higher, Connery is unrivalled.
Personally I want Craig to return in 2017/2018. It would be fabulous to have him doing his last Bond movie for this 50th Birthday.
But BB should definitely spend some more money and get Martin Campbell to do Craig's last. That would provide the greatest book-end movies ever in a series.
So if it's Craig and a new director, I believe it is more likely to be a standalone film. If that's improbable to some, then I propose that a new actor and director are more likely.