with discussions of Brolin and Eastwood I figured it would be fun to play a game similar to Darth Dimi's awesome games but slightly different
the rules are simple Pick an american actor explain why he would be a good bond in doing so you can show a trailer or part of a movie or t.v. show and if you want describe how his tenure (including years you would want him in the role) describing the title and potential plots.
I'm gonna start with someone a little outside the box Richard Gere and the trailer for my reason
He is more 007 in the jackal then Brosnan in tomorrow never dies and most of Die Another Day and had a more Irish accent if that makes sense lol.
personally I would like him from 92-02 doing 6 films and starting off with everyone's least favorite title
007 in New York (1992) which essentially borrow a lot of elements from the jackal, the short story and the man with the golden gun a Former lover and expert cryptoanalist Solange lover is the best assassin the from soviet union had but when communism fell he feel the west is to blame for soviet union collapsing and betraying him so he is going to kill the president and the British prime minister who is visiting the UN only one man stands in his way Bond James Bond.
Goldeneye (1994) Similar to the original film except Trevelyan is not presumed to be Janus until the second film and the characters of Xenia and Trevelyan are combined making the head of Janus a woman who in Goldeneye bond slept with.
Tomorrow Never Lies (1996) is similar to the film except Carver is working for Janus and trying to destroy the British espionage credibility by essentially instead of causing a war between the British and Chinese making them believe a war is starting through misinformation and a smear campaign Bond has less then 72 hours to prove there is no war!
The World is not Enough (1998) once again Same film but cut out the nuclear sub plot and don't reveal Electra Killed her father till the end the reason she killed him of course is because she needed her inheritance early. Seperate from the Janus trilogy
Beyond the Ice (2000) the janus conclusion not sure about the story.
That is as much as i have thus far but I'll try and come with more
Thoughts? and If you think Richard Gere is wrong ok well name me an American actor you think should of been bond!
Comments
Any other ideas?
If there was a current North American actor who could do it, I'd have to say Nathan Fillion would be the man for the job (he's Canadian, not American).
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He's good-looking, and a good actor.
It's fair to say, maybe one day in the future, we could see a US Bond actor but I sincerely hope not, I can easily look above the Lazenby effort or even having Brosnan in four features as a non-British actor, and I have no issue with Dalton as Welsh, he was my favorite anyway, but somehow, right now and at this moment an American bond?, meh, not for me, it just wouldn't feel right, it's similar to the color issue we saw the other week, Bond should, in an ideal world, be British and Caucasion, we have deviated somewhat down the years away from this in terms of actor nationalities, but let's try to continue with what we have in a British Bond going about his business
It's really not much to ask
Since DAF was such a farce, they may as well have had West as Bond, Burt Ward as Leiter, Cesar Romero as Blofeld and Julie Newmar as Tiffany.
Actually, DAF probably would have been better.
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But mabey you think he is better as:
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Rambo
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The Joker
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Alpacino
There is quite a difference
(mind you Craig did seem to do a bit of all three during Casino Royale)
I would never want the character of Bond to be American, however (a Bond with an American accent). That simply is not Bond.
Also it would most certainly help if the actor wasn't well known, like if the very American Chris Evans (just an example) were to suddenly sprout a British accent, it would be ridiculous, cause everyone knows it's fake.
I never saw the movie, but I *suspect* the new Sherlock Holmes movie suffered from that problem. Is that a fair assumption?
It's just the thought that if it did happen I would be watching and thinking 'oh, this James Bond is American, by that I mean the actor, and it would just follow into the movie itself, I said before I didn't really have a problem with Lazenby being Australian, anybody watching the actor and knew nothing about him probably wouldn't imagine at all he was antipodean, but by the same token, I just couldn't envisage a US Bond actor or otherwise, it just seems unsavory is the best way I can describe it
Personally i dont really like the idea of an american bond (just like i wouldnt want a british bourne), but if the films are still produced by EON and the actor could pull of a decent accent then id give it a chance.
The Brit actors dont have to think about it. They just are. So if an American took over Bond he would have an upward struggle to be covincing.
So I say yes.