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Please bring back the 'husband and wife' from the tube in Bond 24!
Where I saw 'Skyfall' in cinemas, the public turned into laughter after the old man of the couple says: "He seems to be in a hurry!?" I loved it. Let's dedicate this topic to this fantastic British couple and let's hope EON brings the couple back.
For your information:
Actress Jo Cameron Brown played the wife.
Actor Anthony O'Donnell played the husband
For your information:
Actress Jo Cameron Brown played the wife.
Actor Anthony O'Donnell played the husband
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Why not the couple I mentioned above? Roger Moore had the guy with the bottle of wine. Let Craig have the husband and wife :).
Pepper is something different. That's an entire role, not a cameo.
No to both suggestions.
I do not remember the couple to be honest.
Have you seriously gone batshit mental?
Apologies due to hullcityfan because when I saw this thread title I naturally assumed it was another one of his inspired ideas.
Anyone remember Spy Hard when they re-used the couple from True Lies who were in the elevator?
Bugger that lets call the pigeon from MR's agent!
I really cannot believe some of the threads people come up with on here.
I think the most tragic thing about this is the 'please' in the title. Sounds as if Gustav_Graves isn't just throwing it out there but actually imploring EON to make it happen.
A) This couple had, I think, 3 seconds screentime out of 137 minutes movie. How the hell can this look 'forced' and 'unnecessary'.
B) This amount of humour is so not influencing the outcome of the entire film. Actually, it made SF the funniest films out of three Bond films for Craig.
There was nothing wrong with the scene - it was a nice homage to Rog era films and a good moment of lightness in quite a dark film.
But you seem to be advocating signing these actors up on a multi picture deal which is just insane. Did you not think the Peppers in Thailand was bad enough that we need to see this pair popping up all over the globe?
How could you concevably fit them into the action in a believable way? You get into parody territory if you do stuff like this - like the Moore films did in the 70s. As a one off moment of humour on its own it worked brilliantly because they were just random passengers who witnessed something highly unusual. But I just don't see how it could work in another film without it feeling like a deliberate gimicky attempt to make the viewers laugh.
I just don't see the 'damage' in bringing back the 'couple from the Tube'. It's like bringing back other cameo's, like actor Tom So (Fukutu in 'Casino Royale' and 'Skyfall') or Lenny Rabin ('Goldfinger', 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'For Your Eyes Only' & 'Octopussy'....making him appear in Bond movies with 3 different Bond actors):
Also, do not forget that the producers/directors usually add these cameo's for their own fun ánd for the fun of fans. Producers/directors in a way are as nerdy as we Bond fans are. They also add some continuity in the Bond films. And a cameo from the 'husband and wife from the tube' in Bond 24 has no negative impact at all on the entire movie. On the contrary.....they make the public laugh.
Lets face it the Dalton films weren't exactly without this kind of humour, what's the problem with the Craig era dipping it's toe this kind of thing?
If Mendes does come back then expect something along these line but as to recurring characters like JW & the bloke with the wine, no thanks.
These are Bond films when all said and done, some of you need to stop getting so precious about this.
How anyone can compare him to J.W. Pepper is beyond me. Pepper plays a significant (and noisy) role in the two biggest set pieces of the early 70s, dominating the screen to the extent that he's actually featured in the trailers (heavily so in the case of TMWTGG) and racks up more screen-time in those films than M, Q, and Moneypenny combined. The man with the bottle of wine has no dialogue, no name and features for, what, maybe 8 seconds of screen time in total?[/quote]
Sign me up as a supporter for this idea. I saw SF 4 times at the cinema and they got a huge laugh each time. An unobtrusive mute cameo in the next film would do no harm if well-executed (and likely not be noticed by 90% of the audience.)
Hell, I'll throw it out there - bring Tourjanski back for a two-second cameo in Bond 24!
Exactly.
Okay, their line made us laugh in the theatre. But ... moving on now, no need to bring them back; that I would not like. Bond can carry on well without them.
I disagree. The fact that the audience was laughing says enough. It's perhaps not your style to do this, or the way a Bond fan would approach humour. But non-fans actually liked it. I also was surprised to hear the audience laughing about this line.....and especially about the look of the metro machinist (Reminds me of the drunk man in Venice who sees a coffin in the canal, 'Moonraker'). But the audience loved it.
I think that's important no?