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Also, as South Park pointed out Mel has a thing for getting tortured in his films. To be honest I'm surprised he didn't jump at the chance to star in Casino Royale :))
You mean this :
The Incredible Shrinking Bond
In April 1992, before Pierce Brosnan was chosen as the fifth Bond actor, Mel Gibson was a candidate for the role. As such, The Globe published this humorous image showing how Bond was shrinking over the years.
Yes! I thought it was up to Timothy Dalton as Bond that he was referring to though the interview was some time in the 90s or 00s. Great to finally see it, though. Thanks, @barryt007!
:-))
I think that's what he is thinking when he says "a man with a licence to kill, I'd rather..." and stops talking... laughing!
Martin Riggs, a man of peace, no doubt...
So did Mel Gibson, actually. A man wearing a dress, especially an actor, is hardly controversial (and I wonder if it ever was controversial for an actor, at any time). But Mel Gibson's bursts of antisemitism would not have gone down well, had he had any during his time as Bond.
I like the guy as a director, sometimes as an actor too, but as a person far less. For a while I thought his antisemitism was like his alcoholism: he knew it was wrong, but fell for it sometimes. Now I am not so sure.
Wearing a dress because you are being paid millions to do so in a film is one thing; wearing one gratis in a so-called "public service announcement" is something else entirely.
Regarding Gibson's judeophobia--the proper term--I hardly view that as a disqualifier for any job except working for the Anti-Defamation League or the Southern Poverty Law Center. Personally, I'm a judeophile, but I believe Gibson has the right to hate anybody he wants and without incurring invidious sanction. Relatedly, it is hardly clear that his judeophobia would have damaged Bond's box office one bit. On the other hand, I do believe his shortness and functionally American identity would have been disqualifiers.
I agree with your assesment of Mel Gibsons persona, and would not have him as 007 simply because I might lack the vision of seeing him as James Bond. Even Craig looked more 007 than Gibson ever would.
I do enjoy the Lethal weapon series and some of Gibsons darker thrillers.
Oh he can believe and say whatever he wants, it may still have been deemed risky. Not that he has not been a successful director in spite of his antisemitism/judeophobia, but his successful movies were often controversial movies.
That said I agree with his shortness and functional American identity.
He would have made the role original again, could have stayed with the character for longer. He had good reason to believe the character had lost his serious edge. It was tough for Dalton too although he has become more appreciated over the years.