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He’s also a little short apparently, 5’9” according to reports.
https://www.gbnews.com/celebrity/next-james-bond-latest-industry-executive-barbara-broccoli
I keep wondering that too mate. I remember @Pierce2Daniel mentioned a few names while NTTD was delayed and they've all been suggested in the media since. Time will tell
"One TV executive told GB News: “I think the days of a white Bond are over. You could look to the recent casting of Doctor Who as a bellwether in that respect."
This article is a waste of time and has nothing of note. Why should we care what some random TV exec thinks. This suggest no insider knowledge, no personal connection to Bond, just some rando spouting their opinion.
It wouldn't surprise me either if Bond wasn't white next time around, but that doesn't mean I think that's what the producers will necessarily do.
Don't believe any of it
Useless GB News clickbait article, designed to do exactly what they hope it will do - provoke!
I had a tour of their studios last week, and met Nigel Farage while I was there. He was actually a decent guy to chat to, if you can get past his political views.
There's probably more chance of it this time around than there was back in 2005 when Daniel Craig was announced as the new Bond, with the advent of social media and the vast increase in online speculation since that time. However, I suppose Eon might yet surprise us. They usually do.
Yeah, GB News is so reliable.
I stick with the BBC which is at least publicly owned and meant to be impartial. It's also the one we pay our licence fee for so it makes sense to watch and listen to it. The less said about ITV the better...
Obviously Sope Dirisu has been mentioned a lot and I'd be happy if they go with him. Really not sold on someone like Papa Esseidu though who's also been mentioned. So it depends.
With all their flaws I stick to BBC News myself.
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1777205/next-james-bond-rupert-friend-turned-down
He's always looked like a strong breeze could knock him over.
It doesn't help that Hollywood looks at the Hitman IP, and thinks "EXPLOSIONS!!!!". Hitman would work better as a low budget cat n' mouse thriller.
It's funny because I don't know how anyone looks at the Hitman IP and thinks it'll be some $500 million success story at the box office. Thus, you clearly need to make it for the fans of the series, which neither of the two films have been able to accomplish (though I have a soft spot and admiration for Timothy Olyphant and his installment was way closer to the heart of 47 and the atmosphere of the games than whatever that garbage shoot-em-up that Friend was a part of managed).
Hell, they couldn't even get a bald cap for Friend's 47, just...shave it down, let all the facial stubble remain, despite him being a clone that has no hair past his eyebrows. Bizarre. It's the little things like that that mean virtually nothing to most audiences, but for the fans of the games that are turning up to see it, instantly notice and take issue with.
Of course, the project itself was horrible across the board and wasn't solely because Friend couldn't handle the role, but I've still never seen anything he's done, even the pretty enjoyable Homeland, that ever made me think he'd make a great 007.
I can't say I was keen on either film. Though I did like the little references to the games in the first one (how the camera is placed behind 47 as he walks down the corridor in the hotel, and the other is when 47 crashes through a window, 2 kids in the room are playing Blood Money).
As for Rupert Friend, Hitman is the only thing I have seen him in, so to be fair to him, I don't think that it was the best showcase for his Bond potential.
That bedroom scene with Olga was worth the admission price alone. Heavenly.
Anyway, I would watch Hitman for Olga, and to see if I can spot my man Christian Erickson --eccentric overactor who starred in the MegaRace video games, and has played supporting roles in a bunch of French movies-- who has a small part as a general.