Zoe Saldana as Moneypenny..? Or another black actress...

[Golgo-13]

Love Zoe Saldana. Not sure it she would fit into the Bond universe as a Bond girl.

She does give me an idea though; since Colin Salmon is probably not returning, and the reason they added him to the MI:6 line up in the first place,was to show more diverstity; wouldn't it be cool if Moneypenny was actually a black actress? I could see Saldana as a sassy Moneypenny.

What do you guys think?

Or who else if the studio runs with my idea?

 

[Agentsands77]

A black Moneypenny, huh? I could see it. That said, it might be a little too much blatant diversification, considering Felix Leiter was made into a black man.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I love the idea!

 

[Mr Jide]

I like her too and a black moneypenny isn't a bad idea but this girl is from New Jersey. There are black British actresses out there that could do the job. No need to go stateside.

 

[Mr Jide]

A black Moneypenny, huh? I could see it. That said, it might be a little too much blatant diversification, considering Felix Leiter was made into a black man.

You've never seen, never say never again, I take it.

 

[darknite17]

I think Sienna Miller would suit the MoneyPenny role quite well...

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

actually..i was think thandie newton. fiesty.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

You've never seen, never say never again, I take it.

That was also a case of blatant diversification, IMO.

Enough with the race-switching, I think.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I think Sienna Miller would suit the MoneyPenny role quite well...

She would be a good choice.

 

[Golgo-13]

What about Noemie Lenoir

She was in 'After the Sunset' with Don Cheadle and is currently shooting 'Rush Hour 3'....

 

[GL1]

As much I love black actresses, and black people in general, and generally don't watch movies or TV that "just happen" to have zero minorities in them, and I think Zoe Saldana is awesome... I prefer my Bond all-British... I could understand Leiter, obviously American, but if they want a black Moneypenny, I'd rather they have a convincing british actress, and I don't know any American black actresses who are working on their english accents.

I wouldn't mind any moderately cute brit girl playing Moneypenny, but I agree that stateside isn't the real thing.

And imho, until diversification is automatic, you can't have enough. As long as no black people is the default, then I think we need to keep diversifying until that problem is fixed.

 

[StevieNicks1988]

I need to get this off my chest. I am a black man and truly believe recism needs to die out so that people can live in harmony, no matter what the color of our skin is, by why must we move AWAY from written and drawn text just to appeal to people? I love being black, I love my upbringings, and I respect mine and everybody's race and history and culture. But if the text and/or comics were popular at some point, and were for a long time, no need to make drastic changes such as these as it'll still be popular without screwing with the characters races and/or attributes. Why not keep characters the way they are? One or two in a reboot is fine, like Felix. Great actor and good casting choice. BUT, why must we keep changing characters races? What's the point? Why stop at Moneypenny? How would people react if they saw the following;

Hispanic Spider-Man? Teenage Dr. Doom? White Fat Albert? Asian Jack Bauer? Race and Age changed X-Men (including 50 year old white Storm, 20 year old black Professor X, and a 6 year old South American Iceman!!)

But why stop there? Why not change sex's too as THAT isn't quite fair, either.

- Coming next summer... Bond, Jamie Bond. Fighting terrorists for the female generation!
- Wolverini, a mutant punk with a lot of spunk, just hitting womanhood!

A line has to be drawn people. There are racially diverse movies for a purpose and that purpose is to balance, but changing characters races just to appeal to the public is a disgrace to me and a disgrace to the creators of the text. Sure in this age the characters, if in real life, could be any sex or race, but the majority of the people who see these movies see them because they love the characters and where the characters came from out of respect for them, like comic fans or James Bond fans, alike. The Majority would flip and box office totals would flop if all of this began changing just for the sake of doing it, thinking it will help matters. If anything, I could see it making them worse, as there would be a fight over who is wrong and who is right, and where the line is, even more so than it is now. As I said, there is a line, and this is crossing it.

 

[Fried Gold]

I'm against the idea of a black Moneypenny as I'm a massive racist.

 

[*ANTHONY*]

A black moneypenny? ewww!

 

[gamemiester]

theres no need to have too many black people in the film

 

[Golgo-13]

Wow, the Bond forum brings all the racist bastards out like flies to ****, doesn't it?

Must be Brits

 

[Chaos Bringer]

actually shocked to be reading this here too Gologo

always a few bad apples raised with ignorance...what can you do but seek out their i.p. and send the worse virus possible right?
oops.
jerks.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I'll say it agian, I love the idea.

 

[Everyman]

I like her too and a black moneypenny isn't a bad idea but this girl is from New Jersey. There are black British actresses out there that could do the job. No need to go stateside.

Agreed. And besides, she looks a bit too beautiful for Moneypenny IMO. She would make a great Bond girl though.

And I think that since we already have a black Felix Leiter and a female M, a black Moneypenny would be too blatanttly PC.

 

[Agentsands77]

You've never seen, never say never again, I take it.

Sure I have - but that film isn't part of the EON series.

And I think that since we already have a black Felix Leiter and a female M, a black Moneypenny would be too blatanttly PC.

Precisely.

 

[Speedball]

I like the idea of a black Moneypenny.
Thandie or Zoe would be awesome.
I won't complain if Sienna was Moneypenny. Maybe Moneypenny should be the next Bond girl, and she's one of the few that last through the series.

 

[Fried Gold]

Agreed. And besides, she looks a bit too beautiful for Moneypenny IMO. She would make a great Bond girl though.

And I think that since we already have a black Felix Leiter and a female M, a black Moneypenny would be too blatanttly PC.

They could always have a male Moneypenny. Now that would be PC gone mad.

 

[Golgo-13]

That would be WAY over the line of bringing Bond into the 21st century.

 

[Everyman]

Why don't they find a pretty but a bit plain British woman in her early 30s?

 

[Mr Jide]

And I think that since we already have a black Felix Leiter and a female M, a black Moneypenny would be too blatanttly PC.

Absoloutly!