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Tough name to smurf any part in a movie.
Heh, imagine if that's the one cliche they keep. Bond can be blonde, he doesn't have to always win and get the girl, the structure can be turned on its head, but dammit, 40 is just too old for a Bond girl!
Just be glad it's not a Moore or a Brosnan movie (unless they decide to give Craig his Moonraker here).
My number 1 pick has to be Keira Knightley:
There was a time where her acting skills were limited strictly to pouting but she has come in leaps and bounds in recent years and I'd love to see her in a Bond flick. She was amazing in Anna Karenina.
Amy Adams:
She's probably the most versatile actress working today and could play any role a Bond film could offer. I for one hope she would be cast as more of a menace to Bond ala Xenia, Volpe.
Rachel Weisz:
The idea of having Mrs Craig on screen with Bond is very exciting. The chemistry would be great whatever the role was. The pair aren't afraid to mix the personal and the professional as well havign worked together on screen and stage.
Penelope Cruz:
There were rumours earlier this year and I really hope they are true. Cruz is very sexy (just watch Nine - woah) and is a great actress to boot. She's perfect.
Marion Cotillard:
She's a marvellous actress and has something very evocative and beguiling about her. She'd make a good nemesis for Bond.
Rose Byrne:
I still feel the perfect part for her would have been as Eve in SF, but she was rumoured for Vesper. Hopefully Bond could figure in her future.
Olivia Wilde:
She's probably the most blockbuster friendly out of all my picks. She'd be a solid choice but not exactly the most exciting. She of course has worked with Craig before which would help and she was rumoured to be a finalist for Vesper.
Margot Robbie:
She just came off working with Scorsese so she's really on top of things at the moment. It's likely that the next top for a pretty girl like her would be a Hollywood blockbuster - why not then Bond?
Anyway, she has this new romcom coming out with Will Smith. Smith and Craig are the same age so, I doubt there'll be an age issue if she were cast as a Bond girl. We'll see though.
There be better pictures of Margot Robbie, she have bit the looks of Sharon Stone and Margaret Nolan (Dink in Goldfinger). Sharon stone looks on those pictures from November 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2510728/Will-Smith-Margot-Robbie-picture-scandal-start-filming-Buenos-Aires.html
Stone be first choose for Elektra King, but if from the beginning it be clear Margot play the villian or not turn in to a villian or mabey extra woman it can be intresting. I see it work to see her with Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough or/and Felicity Jones. Of course also based on where there going to be. As said before with Dench leaving and disapointed Skyfall i don't mind to have 4 Bond girls in the movie.
What happened to this Daniel Craig...taken from CR's Wikipedia page
In May 2005, Daniel Craig announced that MGM and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli had assured him that he would get the role of Bond, and Matthew Vaughn told reporters that MGM offered him the opportunity to direct, but Eon Productions at that point had not approached either of them.[22] A year beforehand, Craig rejected the offer, as he felt the series had descended into formula: only when he read the script did he become interested. Craig read all of Fleming's novels to prepare for the part, and cited Mossad and British Secret Service agents who served as advisors on the set of Munich as inspiring because, "Bond has just come out of the service and he's a killer. [...] You can see it in their eyes, you know immediately: oh, hello, he's a killer. There's a look. These guys walk into a room and very subtly they check the perimeters for an exit. That's the sort of thing I wanted."[23]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(2006_film)
As I said, the money must have changed his approach to the character, and its all about that $$$$$ now...As for B24, my hopes are low..especially considering the fact we have John Logan screenwriting it...be prepared for a gay Q
Some good suggestions. Amy Adams could be good. Marion Cotillard as well. Although she'd be the third French Bond girl in the Craig era. I agree with the comment above though. I always think it works best when they have a little known actress in the lead female role. Bond is not (or didn't used to be) about big name actors. Some of the best loved characters from the series are played by lesser known character actors and unknown models and the like. I though Berenice was good casting for SF for example and no one heard of her - just a shame she didn't get a bigger part.
Yes, Rose Byrne would have been good as Moneypenny. Not a fan of Harris personally as Moneypenny. It's a tough role though. No one has really pulled it off since Lois. I'd probably be happy if she stayed behind her desk in the next film but they seem intent on turning her into 'Bond's equal'. I respect Barbara Brocolli for her well known feminist views, but I really think she does screw things up sometimes when it comes to Bond. There are plenty of ways in which to bring in strong female characters without turning the Bond world on its head.
Seen 7.39 recently? She is a good actress, but not sure if she is Bond material. She is beautiful but she lacks something... mysterious? I could maybe see her as a minor Bond girl. Maybe. But it would be nice to have a blonde Bond girl.
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I remember seeing her for the first time and thinking she looks like a young, slightly more attractive Diana Rigg and interestingly enough she play's Diana Rigg's granddaughter in Game of Thrones.
Great post (to some extents). I agree that the idea of a 'Bond girl' is so outdated and cliched and if anything the films should be trying to move past that type of character.
This is one of the reasons that I loved SF because instead of a leading girl for Bond to bonk we have Judi Dench taking centre-stage. It's a departure but it works because the approach is much more character centric. SF was a very mature Bond film in this regard because I reckon numerous drafts of the screenplay probably tried to include M's death but keep the typical Bond girl role. Once they pushed up the M role to second-lead it clearly came together seamlessly.
I feel DC's been a little constrained by the plots. I'd like to see something more happy go lucky, expansive and self-assured. Sure a strong female lead or female villain can really improve the film, but bringing Bond's MI6 colleagues in as central players - M and Moneypenny, just makes the films a bit too domestic - sort of family dramas set in an increasingly unglamorous world.
Apparently Judi Dench has more screen time in SF alone than Desmond Llewelyn had in his 17 films as Q, making her portrayal of M the most common character in the series after Bond himself.
I agree with your general thesis, although I've never been a fan of Natalia. I'm trying to think of an example and to be honest, the best one I can come up with is Pussy Galore - dodgy sexual politics aside - she's till one of the strongest and most memorable female characters in the series. I actually think the fact Blackman was the same age/a bit older than Connery gave the whole thing a bit more weight and believability.
I agree about the 'Bond's equal' thing in terms of making the girl a match in terms of the action - this has proven a dead end almost everytime they've tried it. But I do think some kind of emotional equality is helpful - it adds plausibility and makes the films much more entertaining IMHO. It's fine for Bond to have a few silly liaisons but the main girl is always better when there's some kind of plausibility.
I'm a big Daniela Bianchi fan as well, although her character is a little bit daft.
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6601/the-bond-girl-as-a-character/p1
Good point. Who do you see as being in that vein? Kara?
As a woman who completes Bond I see Pussy Galore, Natalya, Holly Goodhead (even though I am no fan of MR), Honey Ryder (partially), Tracy (again, partially), Pam Bouvier and Octopussy among others.
As a woman who makes his life more difficult, I see Honey Ryder, Tatiana, Domino, Solitaire, Tracy, Lupe Lamore (much better than the overrated Pam, by the way) and yes Kara. Basically, they can be central to the plot (Tatiana is maybe the archetype of this one) or peripheral, but because of her Bond has one extra worry makes the plot more exciting: he needs not only to kill the badguy and stay alive, but he needs to protect an innocent too. Imagine the last part of DN without Honey Ryder and you don't have the same story, and a much weaker one as well. I think it is this particular kind of Bond girl we need for Bond 24. Not a professional, but a woman who is lost in a dangerous game and toward whom our feelings go to.
I could not have put it any better myself!.
(Q + MP) x BG = constant
which means that the more Q and/or MP we get, the less we see of Bond Girls (BG). SF restores a few of the original elements but effectively tones down the Bond girl thing. With more of MP promised in Bond 24, I wonder if we're not going to see any Bond girl at all. Unless of course there's a big paradox hidden in that... ;-)