Pierce Brosnan out as Bond? (UPDATE: Daniel Craig confirmed) - Page 3

A three-year wait is fine, provided they spend the time developing a good movie. Unfortunately, they haven't been doing that.

Any reputable actor is likely to demand something similar. The desire to counter being typecast will make them want plenty of time in between Bond films for other projects. Brosnan is probably the only Bond actor to have any other significant roles during his tenure.

I was stunned when I read this online! Thank Goodness that MGM has come out with the denial as this rumor seemed to have some teeth to it!

I've liked Pierce's portrayal of Bond and I must admit that I like all his films though i'd only say 2 of them (GOLDENEYE, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH) are what i'd call "good films" however all have been entertaining.

I actually prefer Dalton over the other portrayals as I liked his darker, edgier side. Having said that there are some things that Pierce brought back to the character that hadn't been there really since Connery and that's the womanizing side and sexuality that had been missing. Also, Pierce's humor is more like Connery's as it kinda comes off flip whereas someone like Moore's was buffoonish whereas someone like Dalton's or Lazenby's was non-existent!

I had really wanted Dalton to continue the series but Pierce has made me a believer and I hope that he does do his 5th movie. Afterwards I do think they'll need to change the role and i'll be fine with that.

As for a replacement i'd have to say my first choice would be for Christian Bale however him taking over the BATMAN franchise would seem to rule him out. Somebody like a Clive Owen or a Hugh Jackman I can accept. Jude Law or Orlando Bloom?? You gotta be kidding!

Will be interesting to see how this plays out!

Phew - Have they denied this. That's a relief.

The three year wait is a pain in the arse though. A Bond movie every two years was the norm (with the exception of the three year gap between "The Man With The Golden Gun" and "The Spy Who Loved Me"). Pierce Brosnan could still do other films between his Bond duties. Didn't he film "The Thomas Crown Affair" between "Tommorow Never Dies" and "The World Is Not Enough"? That was a two year gap.Three years is a bad idea. We want a Bond flick every two years. Make it happen!

I am just fine with a three year wait. Time flies fast enough as it is.

Disappointing. Every time the rumour comes up, I hope it's true, and then, alas, no new life injected into Bond.

So sad.

Though everyone has their own preferences, I found it interesting in the special features of my Bond DVD's that the filmmakers admitted that Lazenby and Moore played Bond much closer to the way he was written in the books.

Oh, and I think my left butt cheek is sexier than Pierce Brosnan. :b Wonder how much the Bond producers had to payoff People to make him "Sexiest Man Alive" to help promote his next Bond outing. Still can't take him seriously in any of the womanizing scenes.

Are you kidding? Woment go nuts over Brosnan. He is the perfect "Gentlemen player".

I for one do not want to see Brosnan leave the role right now, both because I think he is greta in the role, and because I cannot think of a single suitable repleacement, lest they cast an unknown which is not bloody likely.

At least it gives the franchise more time to find a suitable, less wimpy replacement.

Wimpy Batmen, wimpy Bond, wimpy Spider-Man; what a generation we're in!!

Just to clarify, I was very happy with the casting of the NEW Batman, Christian Bale. I did become a little worried recently though, when I read he had lost 60 lbs for a recent role to look like he was starving. Considering the guy didn't have any fat on him I'm really worried about him getting 60lbs of muscle back for Batman now. From what I've seen of SM 2, Toby didn't have any time to get much back after Seabiscuit. (not that he had much in SM1) Alas, we may have another wimp if Bale can't bulk up. Prove me wrong, Christian!!

Grant,
You've seen Christian ripped before, I assume. The Machinist simply proved that Bale knows physical appearance is critical to a role. I'm certain he'll do what is required to gain the physique for Bruce. He's had it before (Equilibrium, American Psycho).

As for Pierce, my wife loves him, and has since Remington Steele. She also loves Sean Bean, so Goldeneye is easily her favorite Bond. Hopefully, they'll put a worthy film (and Bond girl) around Brosnan for his last outing. Based on the BO for DaD, I am not hopeful.

Take care,
Chuck

Grant:
Rest assured that we now understand beyond the shadow of a doubt: You don't like Pierce Brosnan.
Thank you.

And thanks also for this:





For a replacement after the next Bond movie is released, I have a somewhat unusual suggestion: Liev Schreiber. He was the guy who played John Clark in The Sum of All Fears. He'd be in his early 40's by the time they get to him, can do physical parts, and is 6' 2" according to the IMDB bio (see above link). Just a thought...

Liev Schreiber? NO. WAY. He was born in San Francisco, not the UK.

Liev can't do 'debonair' all that well, he's a little more on the rough side.

Avery Schreiber would have made a GREAT Bond, back in the day.

I just realized, MGM has the youth market already in the Cody Banks spy kid franchise.

Glad to know that Brosnan is still in for one more film.

If Avery played the part, there could have been wonderful scenes with Bond eating Doritos instead of Beluga Caviar.
Edited for Wrong Snack Food:b

???

1995 - Goldeneye
1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies
1999 - The World is Not Enough
2002 - Die Another Day

That's only one 3-year wait, between movies 3 and 4. Besides, I'd rather wait 3 years for a good movie than have a mediocre one cranked out every 2.

And then there's Maude!

how about Jason Statham? THe guy from THE TRANSPORTER?

I think he'd be great!!

While fans would hate it, I would love it if they would break form and go with someone like, oh, Avery Brooks

(then again, I think Lazby is easily the best bond)

Sean Connery can still do it. More charisma than the rest put together and he's getting better. Just make the setting realistic -- don't pair him up with jailbait. There are plenty of nice-looking middle aged ladies who could act up a *storm* around him, retain sexiness, and the picture can still have action.

The action picture genre has been trying to one-up itself for so long that the "incredible stunt of the month" is no big deal any longer (IMH0).

Don't know about anyone else but I'm finding that the "quaint" action movies of yesteryear are much more *interesting*.

can you envision a James Bond/Spy movie where instead of outracing fireballs and dodging automatic weapon fire, its a battle of wits?

too bad that kind of material is harder to write than the typical crash/boom/bang.

Shurely not. No way he'd ever be suave enough to carry off Bond. And he's not tall enough.

Plus, although he's Brit, his accent is working class, not public schoolboy as Bond should be -- although this admittedly could be fixed with a good coach.

But I just don't see it.

Isn't he also follically challenged? Seems like he lacks the hairline for Bond, IIRC...

How about Rupert Everett?

Still think Cary Elwes would be good. He's a great under-used actor. Hell, he was reduced to X-Files: The Sucky Years for a while wasn't he? Don't think I ever got to see an entire episode he was in.

The point of being a spy is to come and go and, hopefully, no one ever knew you ever there. A saboteur leaves wreckage. Find some top writers and get Bond back to being a suspense thriller.

I'm kind of tired of the "stunt" casting with the "babe-0-licious hottie of the month". Pair Connery with Kim Cattrall.

The producers ought to take a hard look at "From Russia with Love" and see from where to proceed.

Discussed before in other threads, I believe. Too much "baggage", would Bond fans accept a gay actor as the ultimate playboy? Hence his wish of creating a gay Bond-type character, IIRC he even shot some photos dressed in a tux fighting someone, for Vanity Fair or something similar (possibly same issue as Cindy Crawford in drag?)

Interesting to note, if you realize that Fleming created Bond from the conservative times of the 50's. A guy who is stuffy by 60's and 70's standards, not to mention today. But with the attitude also of the dawning Playboy Magazine lifestyle of 1953. He indulged in a lifestyle of free sex, drinking and smoking and all the other pleasures, as Fleming had. He was supposed to be from a classless background too, not obviously from the upper crust English background, nor the other end of the class scale.

Then all the Saville Row trimings added in the film incarnation by director Terence Young. The elegance created for Sean Connery added to the film mystique of the character.

Ian Fleming wanted to see David Niven play the film Bond. He had the elegance and poise. But Connery had the rough side needed to be tough like an American actor. So he was taught to be refined for the role.

With that kind of background, I think Brosnan does a great job at being a modern Bond. He looks right for the job, can fight and is refined. I don't know all the actors everyone has suggested. I am aware of Hugh Jackman and Jude Law and Ewan McGregor and Clive Owen and I don't think they fit the bill. It will be interesting to see how they go with the character after Brosnan.

But it could be time for Bond to hang up his Walther. The character has become an icon that everyone has copied and made fun of. It's hard for them to be a major film event anymore. I'd hate to see it end, but it is so hard for them to compete now and stay ahead of the competition.

Nelson

Sign I'm a) getting old, and b) not a very observant reader: when I saw this, I thought it was a joke, because I thought it referred to KENNY Everett!

More news on Orlando Bloom possibly being the next Bond:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds13932.html

sigh.

howabout gary coleman?