The New James Bond

[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

Xantar: you're kidding, right?

All I'm saying is if you had actually heard about Pierce Brosnan before Goldeneye, then you had a right to say whether or not he would be a good Bond. You apparently have, so good for you. But you have to admit that the public at large probably had never heard of him. And more than one person I know said, "Well....ok, he's tall, but I don't know if he'll actually be able to pull off Bond..."

Similarly, unless you've heard of Daniel Craig and seen him somewhere before, you really can't judge whether he'll be a good James Bond. The one person who says he has seen him (The Strangler) thinks he'll be good. Everybody else is just judging him by his looks which, in my opinion, is pretty silly. I personally didn't think Sean Connery was very handsome, but it didn't matter.

Let the man make his Bond movie and then we'll judge whether he's right for the role.

By the way, I'm sure that all the reasons given for discluding Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana are absolute hogwash. But they had to say something, and they couldn't just give the real reason. And I'll bet the reason they chose Daniel Craig was very simple: most people haven't heard of him. Just like the other Bond actors. Hugh Jackman is a great actor, but if you cast him as Bond, a lot of people in the audience would be seeing Wolverine in a tuxedo instead of just James Bond. Stupid but true. It's the same thing with the others.