David Rogers

My votes would be for Ewan McGreggor if he'll take it, Jude Law if the audience will accept it (Jude would have to bulk up some, maybe 10-15 pounds of workout), or Hugh Jackson.

I'd be delighted with any of these choices.

While it could work out, it ultimately just scares me if they pick a nobody. Not the least of which is they'd only pick a nobody to avoid having to pay the lad what he'd be worth if he could carry Bond off.

Ewan, Jude, Hugh. They'd rock in the role (waka waka).

My personal favorite pick would be Colin Farrel, but he's probably a few years too young. He'd be great though.

Gabe D

But, IMO, he doesn't have the most important quality in a Bond: coolness. James Bond should always be the coolest guy in the room. I don't think Jackman can do that. Or Ewan MacGregor. Definitely not Orlando Bloom. (I'd sooner take Orlando Jones.)

Mikel_Cooperman

I never cared for Brosnan and everytime he's interviewed he seems to have a bit of an ego.

Bring on Clive Owen.

Pete-D

After buckling under the strain to sell King Arthur to American audiences, I dunno where Clive Owen's stock is. But I think it would be risky for MGM to put the Bond franchise on his shoulders.

Then again Van Helsing was also a dissapointment, but far from a complete flop. Hugh Jackman would probably be the guy at the top of their lists.

I think MGM should've just trusted the audience a bit more and let Brosnan have his R-rated Bond. I'd be very interested in seeing it. I don't believe Pierce just made this decision out of the blue, he'd been talking for months now about the next Bond and where he wanted to go with it.

I bet they go younger with Jackman and also get Britney Spears to be one of the Bond girls. My thinking is though, this strategy ultimately might bite EON in the ass, because part of Bond's appeal is that he's an older, sophisticated character (even to teenagers).

Mark Oates

Unless Brosnan's indulging in a little Moore-ish brinkmanship with EON, I think he's right to hand in his notice. It'll either get them to sign him up and pull their fingers out on getting Bond 21 rolling, or it'll free him up from turning down acting jobs waiting for EON to get their act together. If they want to have a Bond ready for release in 2005, they'll have to get a script and pre-production in place within the next two months (given their usual track record). I think maybe they're now aiming at a 2007 date for the next movie and doing something bigger and more brainless than Die Another Day - after all, Barbara B wants to top the last one.

My money's on Clive Owen having an agreement on playing Bond, as when reporters ask him about the gig, he doth complain too much.

And Britney as a Bond girl?? Even with Orlando Bloom playing Jimbo they'd have to call her character Jayle Bait.

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Orlando Bloom is the new young James Bond

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Bullpucky. I don't buy it yet.

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Hehehe. Couldn't resist. Bring on Jackman!! You're worried about him being cool? Shit. All he has to do is stand there and look good. That's cool enough.

And with the difference in grooming, I don't think he'll be confused with Wolverine. Unless we get James "Caruso" Bond worked into the next film again.

Getting back to height, I believe in the original books Bond was always 6'2" (what my father told me.) So what if the British secret service doesn't use anybody that big? I'd rather go for the character that was written. Certainly lots of other things in the films aren't out of the MI6 handbook.

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Patrick Sun

How about Colin Salmon (who plays Robinson in the past few Bond films)?

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Malcolm R

The article says he's been cast in "Young James Bond," a Miramax production. Nothing to do with the Brosnan/UA franchise (if the India Times is to be believed).

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Kevin Hewell

Have you seen "Kate and Leopold?" He was definitely suave and cool in that. Jackman is an immensely talented actor and he could absolutely pull off the role of Bond.

Pete-D

I'm calling it now, but I think EON and Barbara and company will be unpleasantly surprised when the next few Bond films aren't as well recieved as the past few.

No doubt they're gonna look at Die Another Day and try to one up that, but it'll only get sillier. I bet they also make the mistake of trying to purposely pander to the MTV crowd and then end up having that same audience getting tired of it (Charlie's Angels 2 anyone?).

If the Orlando Bloom-Britney Spears direction is the one they want to go in, I can't blame Pierce for wanting out.

The thing about Pierce is he just brings a bit of dignity and class to keep the audience in it, even in the most absurd situations. I really feel like he covered up a lot of the holes in the prior Bond films and set the right tone. A new actor could totally throw that off.