Just political correctness run amok. After Craig does his last appearance next year, I'm out. The new 007: Female, check, black, check, gay, TBD. No thank you, not interested.
Just political correctness run amok. After Craig does his last appearance next year, I'm out. The new 007: Female, check, black, check, gay, TBD. No thank you, not interested.
She is not Bond. In the story Bond retires and his number is reassigned. She is not the first female nor the first female Black agent, nor the first time a number has been re-issued in the movies.
I fail to see how this offends anyone.
After this they are taking time off and a new Bond will be cast. It’s fairly obvious that after the reaction to this, and the reaction to Idris Elba being considered a few years ago as the next Bond, that James Bond will stay a white male.
Elba would be a great Bond I think.
Daniel Craig is in the film, he is the main character and star of the film. If you read my previous post in this thread I said exactly what happens. She is the new code name 007. Her character name is Nomi. Bond is officially retired and no longer employed by MI6 in this film and therefore cannot be code named 007. He is, of course, still James Bond.
Indeed. An idea that has merit. Bond after all must be about 90 odd so perhaps has earned retirement!
Isn't the production primarily controlled in the UK by the Fleming estate?
It’s not an idea...
As fine and capable an actor as is Idris Elba, at age 46 there's little chance of him getting the role. His name has been floated for years and had Craig not gone to bat one last time (or hung around for one more huge payday depending on who you ask) we might have seen Elba as Bond. As it is, with a 5 year gestation period to produce a Bond film, that puts Elba at age 52 at the wrap of his first film and unlikely to star in additional Bond films. The Broccoli estate likely has little interest in putting resources in a 'one-off' Bond. George Lazenby can attest to that.
I was not saying he was still in the running, just a fairly strong reaction from some people about him I failed to grok.
Tom Hardy is being floated as a name...
Oh I think it's a fine testimony to the caliber of Elba's work that he's almost unanimously considered to be the natural choice to be the next Bond. I'd like to think there's something hopeful about that and that age, a factor we all must face at some point, was the only limiting factor preventing it.
I’d say his age was not what caused many people a few years ago to have in the words of Bart Simpson “Have a cow.” It was unfortunately not remotely unanimous and it had nothing to do with the Dark Tower.
Umm Daniel Craig is already confirmed for this film and has been seen filming for months, most recently in the Highlands of Scotland. The lady above is no doubt some form of assistant/lover/enemy/eye candy. Is this a surprise?
Elba would be a great Bond I think.
