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I don't think he looks out of place in a casino and I can see him looking across the betting table stirnly at Le Chiffre. After TND aswell, I could see him sitting in his hotel room in his shirt, complete with gun holster, downing a martini.
Action-wise however I can't quite see him jumping off craines in the way Craig could.
Based on his lack of acting skills and pain faces, had CR been made during his tenure, it would have heen a TWINE type disaster ;)
I could see him in a version of Casino Royale set near the end of Bond's career as an agent rather than at the start. Tone down the physical combat and action and rely a bit more on tension than excitement and I think we could have really had something special. Say what you will about Die Another Day but Brosnan's performance wasn't the problem with it, and another performance like that in a film like Craig's Casino Royale that bettered DAD in every other regard (writing, supporting cast, etc.) could have and likely would have been Brosnan's best Bond film.
Not to say I'd want that instead of Craig's Casino Royale (it's my favorite entry in the series) but it always disappointed me that Brosnan films (outside of his debut Goldeneye) were so let down by writing, direction and casting that he never got a serious chance of bettering that first film (another favorite of mine).
Could those scripts be tailored to Brosnan? Probably. The films themselves wouldn't be as good, however, mostly because the baggage of the Brosnan era (excessive gadgets, bad puns, melodramatic acting) would be brought along with him.
equal Roger Moore as the longest Bond with 7 films.
Well Brosnan did always say he would only do 6 at the time of Die Another Day. I don't think a seventh film was something he even considered to be honest.
In terms of story, the redux would have to go. The relationship between Bond and Vesper would have to change completely, and revert to a more Paris Carver-type love. Some of the fight scenes would have to be toned down - and I'm sure there are other things. Bottom line: it could be done.
As for QOS - no. Definitely not. Taking the time/age thing out of the equation, it wouldn't have suited Brosnan at all. It didn't flow very well as it was, so I can't imagine what it would have been like with Brosnan.
Could Brosnan have done Casino Royale? Of course - but it would've been in the Brosnan style, not the Craig style.. chances are, the script would not have lent itself to be taken as seriously as Craig's film - but it would've probably been scaled back from Die Another Day (in the same vein as how For Your Eyes Only was scaled back Moonraker)... but I wouldn't bet the house on that - as Wilson had said, had Pierce stuck around, they probably would've released another effects/action extravaganza - maybe not as gaudy as Die Another Day, but possibly something more like Tomorrow Never Dies or The World Is Not Enough..
I also think when the rights for 'Casino Royale' finally went to EON, it was already too late for Brosnan. In my opinion, the 'Casino Royale' storyline could well be adapted in favour of Brosnan: WITH the emotional complexity that Bond has, but WITHOUT the reboot idea of Bond starting completely anew.
With CR EON started a different 007, and to be honest it is Craigs era now. I just want to see him in a better movie than QoS (which should be VERY easy) and a better movie than CR.
I think 2 would have been better. I really don't think 7 films would work again, for anyone. Moore was a one-off in that department.
On topic though, if the two films in question were more tailored for Brosnan, well really just ditch the whole 'new 00 Agent' angle, he could have done them in 2005 and 2007, as was semi-planned.