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But he doesn't want to make a Bond film anymore.
If he did he obviously would have done or started one already don't you think ?
He's more interested in making films that have scripts that are finished. :)
You seem to have an insight that the rest of us lack; none of us knows how he feels at this point. Many of the statements made following the release of SPECTRE could have been due to exhaustion. Time can be very rejuvenating and he may yet resurrect the role.
They've dabbled in this idea before. TLD, GE.
Go back to TSWLM novel. Update it. Viola...: Bond stumbles into a messy situation at a motel. Shoots his way out of there saving the girl. But that's just the beginning, the catalyst to a much bigger story-- who were these baddies? What were they doing at this motel? What's the bigger plan? And now that Bond stepped in it, what trouble does he find himself, Vivienne, and the world in?
Terrible, terrible idea.
Substitute the word waitress for computer programmer and that's literally exactly what we got in GE, complete with Natalya coming to terms with how cold and closed off he is (the beach scene, and then showing her understanding of this by reusing his "kill x, they mean nothing to me" bit).
I do like the idea of a normal Bond girl but I think to differentiate it from GE, they should do what @peter suggests and have it be the girls problems that Bond ends up involved in ala TSWLM, which is sort of the opposite to GE: Natalya got caught up in Bond's world with the Severnaya attack, but in TSWLM it was Bond who got caught up in Vivienne's world (even though she was very new to it herself) with the gangsters in the motel. So the way I'd do it is just as in the book introduce the girl, spend some time with her, she gets caught up in something way over her head that Bond finds himself embroiled in by chance. But there might not be enough there to sustain a whole action film so this would just be the beginning and would lead into something bigger that Bond has to stop, with the girl having some plot related reason for coming along for the ride. Which now that I've typed it is very similar to Natalya.
Basically I really like the idea but in order to make sure it isn't a complete GE retread they should add in dashes of the TSWLM novel in that it isn't Bond's problem either, at least not at first.
Perhaps, a few years ago she was in a car accident. Traumatic event that wiped out her long-term memory. She's hiding out from the past that she can't remember, in the middle of nowhere, running a motel that was left to her by a distant relative.
These men show up. What do they want? Perhaps it's something from her past, something locked inside of her amnesia, that they want?
So, once Bond stumbles upon this danger, and shoots their way out, the danger they (and others) are in, is something from Vivienne's past.
The shocking events at the motel may release this information in bits and pieces, and we then find Bond and Vivienne in a race against time to stop a catastrophic event from taking place, while, meanwhile, the "baddies" behind this event, still need her to execute their mission...
... once again, just spit-balling (before anyone takes offence, I don't take these ideas seriously, just having some fun! So before i get blasted for bastardizing the character, or the entire franchise, just take a deep breath and see that Peter from Toronto's just having a little, harmless fun)
Regarding Craig's reluctance to do another Bond film: after the release of CASINO ROYALE, Daniel Craig made a comment to the press that he planned to stop working out. His expressed concern was that he "didn't want to become known as 'the fit Bond'."
The thought that he doesn't want to do the next Bond film is ridiculous on all sides. He's got some years left in him, BOND 25 is easy whether it's 2018 or 2022.
I like the idea of a Bournesque amnesiac situation for the female lead as well. It could provide some depth to the story.
But then I guess not wanting a gun toting superspy Bond girl (can you even call them that anymore?) just makes me a sexist, misogynist dinosaur in today's world.
1. DC spent most of his life smoking. 2. DC likes beer. A lot.
The problem is each of their faces ages according to their lifestyles. I absolutely believe that DC can have the physique needed for Bond for quite some time, but his face is not aging well. Especially compared to Cruise.
Spot on!
Sir Rog was a freak like Tom Cruise. He was a easy going dude as everyone knows who could handle the bond films long production.
He also had the genius Richard Maibaum who could write a Bond screenplay unlike Purvis and Wade.
He also had a great director in John Glen who never made a bad Bond film.
Although a tad bit older, his features haven't changed that much. Unlike, say Sean between even FRWL and TB.
From when?
As Rog was born in October, you can take a year off each of those ages ie to get the age he was when filming.
eg he would have been 57 when shooting AVTAK
It was a summer release.
All of Rogs films were summer releases but for TMWTGG which was released, winter '74, only a year and a half after LALD
Always thought this dude from The American looked like an older Craig: