Daniel Craig confirmed as new James Bond

[The Phantom]

i agree Brosnan did look a bit old in DAD

So did Roger Moore in a plenty of his movies.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

So did Roger Moore in a plenty of his movies.

Moore could get away with it, because most of the time he played the role tongue in cheek. The only exceptions are in For Your Eyes Only, in which it is acknoledged he's getting older and he's a bit more serious, and in A View to a Kill.

 

[Steelsheen]

Daniel Craig as James Bond.[/size]

Finally, Contact Music spoke with actor Colin Salmon, who played MI6 staff member Charles Robinson in the Pierce Brosnan films. Salmon doesn't hold out hope for returning for Casino Royale (neither Q nor Miss Moneypenny will appear in the film, although M will). "I imagine they will be assembling a new cast," Salmon said. "I'm also not sure how well my character would translate. He's very straight and I think they need to change the whole format."

Casino Royale begins filming in January.

hmm, i wonder which M? the character played by Judi Dench or her predecessor whatsisname?

 

[regwec]

We better get a male 'M', or I will urinate in a public mail box.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

We better get a male 'M', or I will urinate in a public mail box.

get pissing.


Dame judi dench is coming back.

 

[Sawyer]

No one can beat Connery, he was the best. Although I do have confidence in Craig.

 

[Steelsheen]

get pissing.


Dame judi dench is coming back.

alright now i'm confused.

i thought Casino Royale was like a "prequel"-- hence younger Bond, no Q, no Money Penny, the whole ball of wax? hence M should be a man right? even in the Bond movies Dame Judi' character acknowledged that she's new and that she'll try her best to do as good a job as her (male) predecessor.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

alright now i'm confused.

i thought Casino Royale was like a "prequel"-- hence younger Bond, no Q, no Money Penny, the whole ball of wax? hence M should be a man right? even in the Bond movies Dame Judi' character acknowledged that she's new and that she'll try her best to do as good a job as her (male) predecessor.

I doubt Judi Dench will come back, her, Pierce Brosnan and Samantha Bond (Moneypenny) were sort of team and we know the other two won't be back. Dench was very keen for Brosnan to return so now Craig has been cast, I think we'll have a new M.

Unless it's been confirmed that Dench is coming back, but I haven't read that anywhere and as you say, it would just be nonsensical.

 

[Everyman]

Moore could get away with it, because most of the time he played the role tongue in cheek. The only exceptions are in For Your Eyes Only, in which it is acknoledged he's getting older and he's a bit more serious, and in A View to a Kill.

In FYEO, his age worked fine, but in A View to Kill, it simply looked ridiculous, especially the way he was getting on with the ladies.

 

[The Joker]

In FYEO, his age worked fine, but in A View to Kill, it simply looked ridiculous, especially the way he was getting on with the ladies.

Exactly.

Bond and Moneypenny were ancient in A View to a Kill.It was ridiculous.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Exactly.

Bond and Moneypenny were ancient in A View to a Kill.It was ridiculous.

They shouldv'e given the dodge a machine gun equiped zimmer frame in that one

 

[블라스]

THE James Bond approves.
Nothing else matters now

Sean Connery OKs New James Bond 34 minutes ago

LONDON - Sean Connery thinks a blond Bond is just fine.

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The former 007 says Daniel Craig is a "terrific choice" as the new British superspy.

Some eyebrows were raised in October when producers cast the sandy-haired, relatively unknown Craig in the next James Bond film, "Casino Royale."

But Connery, 75, told British Broadcasting Corp. television that he approved.

"Craig's a great choice, really interesting — different," Connery said in comments released Friday by the broadcaster. The full interview is due to air Monday.

"He's a good actor. It's a completely new departure," he added.

The respect is mutual. Craig told a news conference in October that Connery was his favorite 007.

Connery was the first actor to play Bond, appearing in six films beginning with "Dr. No" in 1962 and ending in 1971 with "Diamonds Are Forever."

Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan have also starred as the womanizing, gadget-loving spy.

Connery said he'd left the role in part "because I got really fed up with the space stuff and special effects. I just found it getting more and more influential in the movies."

"Casino Royale" is due in theaters next November.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_en_mo/people_connery

 

[regwec]

Nice.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

he is right.
Connery is the man.

 

[spider-jide]

Connery is by far the best bond hands down and I have high hopes for craig.

 

[dpm07]

Sean Connery rules in so many ways and on so many levels. He's a real man. He's a man you can respect for the things he's done in life, and the impact he's made with his character portrayals.

 

[spider-jide]

word.

 

[spider-jide]

I just watched layer cake and I have to say, Craig was an awesome choice. I honestly believe he's going to nail the role as 007.

 

[pointman]

So, looking back who supported Craig from the get go and who blasted him like there was no tomorrow?

 

[Substance D]

At first, I really didn't know who he was. He looked kind of gross from the first pictures of him. Then i saw Munich, and he seemed perfect for Bond. Now, from what I've seen of CR, he really was the best choice for this interpretation of Bond.

 

[kit1982]

Meh I'll happily admit I was wrong with my knee jerk reaction to seeing him, I'm just glad he did beef up and cut his hair because he looked a wee bit Gollum with the long hair.

 

[regwec]

The long hair was definately a mistake. A simple haircut transforms Daniel Craig from someone's dad into sex-machine-assassin.

 

[블라스]

LOL I just checked the first page and I always supported Craig, I rule.

 

[regwec]

Craig is the best casting choice since Connery.

Although it is true that he doesn't resemble what people have come to expect from a James Bond, that is in fact what makes him so right. Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan have all been the fruits of MGM's attempts to find someone a bit like Sean Connery. Or at least someone with dark hair. That's about the only thing that they have in common with each other.

Daniel Craig has the potential to be to Bond what Bale has been to Batman. He fits the Bond of literature better. Craig looks like a fighter. He looks like someone who has had a career in the military before joining the secret service- as Bond should. I really hope that the producers are serious about returning Bond to his cold, sadistic roots. I hope they finally give him the 3" scar on his cheek he was always supposed to have.

Sure, I want them to keep the class and sophistication (though I would like to point out that the James Bond of the novels drinks Krug champagne as often as vulgar Vodka Martinis), and maybe I would even prefer them to stick a little die in Craig's hair. But the potential here to rejuvinate the franchise from a campy-sci fi-sex-farce and back into a gritty, character driven spy thriller is huge.

I was so right I almost feel embarassed.

 

[블라스]

I was so right I almost feel embarassed.

Hahaha!