New James Bond!

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:17 pm

If yer into this sort of thing, from the Empire website:-

"Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced that the new Bond actor will be announced tomorrow at a news conference in London. More tomorrow."

Hope it's William Shatner.

Orbitalhound · Post by **Orbitalhound** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:02 pm

Really!??! Shatner is one of the candidates for Bond? That would be sweet, although he is a bit too old for that kind of thing. I wish Brosnan would do more.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:18 pm

Is Clive Owen still in the running?

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:26 pm

Apparently it's between Clive Owen & Daniel Craig.

jessopjessopjessop · Post by **jessopjessopjessop** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:06 am

By now I imagine you've all seen that the new Bond is Daniel Craig of 'Layer Cake' and 'Archangel' fame. Could be good.

memly · Post by **memly** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:58 am

...apparently Daniels mother spilt the beans yesterday!!

How embarrasing is that

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:25 pm

Hexaphim · Post by **Hexaphim** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:14 pm

Craig was great in Layer Cake.

This is a very good choice, in my opinion.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:33 pm

Well, I didn't know Daniel Craig was up for it, but it's nice to know Clive Owen was in there right up until the end.... So, now we have Blonde, James Blonde

I think he'll be pretty good. I've liked his stuff since 'Our Friends In The North' with Mark Strong and a certain Christopher Eccleston too.

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:36 pm

Bang on Dog - he was great as Geordie Peacock.
Nice to read today that Craig is a diehard Liverpool FC man too....

Dollydagger · Post by **Dollydagger** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:49 pm

poor Clive

trompurple · Post by **trompurple** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:51 pm

shadyboy wrote:

Smoke rings never killed anybody...

Dollydagger · Post by **Dollydagger** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:37 am

*groan* your "jokes" are geting worse Dan!

Willsy · Post by **Willsy** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:43 am

Even though i think Daniel Craig's performance in Layer Cake was superb i feel he lacks the kind of sharp charisma the bond character needs.

I have a copy of the BMW short films DVD called "The Hire" featuring Clive Owen in all 8 films...he is really very good in these predominantly car chase themed stories and in my opinion would have made a better bond than Daniel Craig.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:51 pm

Willsy wrote:Even though i think Daniel Craig's performance in Layer Cake was superb i feel he lacks the kind of sharp charisma the bond character needs.

I have a copy of the BMW short films DVD called "The Hire" featuring Clive Owen in all 8 films...he is really very good in these predominantly car chase themed stories and in my opinion would have made a better bond than Daniel Craig.

Well, having the same DVD and loving it too, thats why I thought Clive Owen would be perfect for the role as Bond. I mentioned this point to Jof the other night who pretty much said the same thing as I did in that the BMW films were pretty much Owen's audition reel for the Bond films. Apparently, he didn't really want to be typecast in the role of James Bond, so that may have swayed the decision to Daniel Craig.