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Exactly......it's great and really funny! 'Nail on head', as you say!
What's politics got to do with it, why is it and issue?
Any excuse to take a pot shot at this era.
With these long gaps, I'd say he'd be closer to Roger's AVTAK age when he left the role.
Common sense , dear @Shardlake
Would y'all call Connery grandpa?
Commending Alba is politics by definition. Action reaction. However let's not derail it, indeed.
Elba would get tremendous negativity if he became Bond. It's just a harsh fact of life. There's a reason Anthony Horowitz said he was too street for Bond. It's the negative connotation due to the awful level of knife crime. Any anyway, Ian Fleming would have detested the idea of a black Bond. He'd hate any suggestion Bond was from the street. We have to accept something things should not be changed for politically correct reasons.
Fun fact: there will never be a black Bond, as Bond himself isn't black. Otherwise it'd be a different character, created by producers, not by Fleming.
Fact: Bond himself isn't black. Otherwise it'd be a different character, created by producers, not by Fleming.
We should indeed leave it at that, I know all I needed to know now.
Eitherway, 'The Dame' is talking utter bollocks! Bond himself isn't black. Otherwise it'd be a different character, created by producers, not by Fleming.
If Bond is to be black I reckon it will be a younger actor. It's not as if Idris Elba is the only black actor in the British film industry. Hold on... let me just check the acting industry website Spotlight:
(one minute later)
Hey, whaddya know... he is the only black actor in the British film industry!
:P
Regarding his hat, shouldn't he have blue skin colour or at least identify as blue?
If Bond was Black it wouldn’t be Bond.....because he’s a white character.
Am I the only one here matching the message and the date?
Notice it's posted on the 1st of april?
You mean Judi Dench was pranking the interviewer?
Kudos to Ralph as he went there but Judi clearly wasn't going to say anything controversial.
Later seen in the 1967 CR spoof.
Mini rant on insults: They're unpleasant in general (though like most people, I've resorted to them), but I especially don't like them when they attack something unrelated to whatever fault was committed by the recipient of the insult. In my country, fat people are often insulted with phrases in the form of "fat (curse word)". But their being fat has nothing to do with their (presumed) improper behavior. Just like being a grandma has nothing to do with Dench's PC comments.
As in the whole story was made up? Or does Dame Judy really play in Cats with Idris, and did they for no reason whatsoever also invite George Cloony to comment?
What people need to remember when celebrities are asked questions like this is that they're not as invested in Bond as we are so obviously they're not going to think about it in the same way we do. It was like when people were calling Ian Mckellen an idiot on here for "championing" (i.e. giving an autopilot response to an interview question) a gay Bond, or insertfemaleactorhere for saying there should be a woman one. Why are we bothered about these meaningless comments in fluff pieces from people who don't really care either way (and whose opinion will have no bearing on the actual casting)? They're just answering a question. It means nothing. Yet it always seems to end up being posted here prompting people to get worked up over it.
Bang on, thank you!
I think some just see it as another stick to beat this era with.
When we get to the next Bond and it all turns out he delivers all the wet dream scenarios some here have dreamed up in their head we can then look back on how awful this Daniel Craig debacle has been.
Not sure Terence Cooper would've been right for the part. He seems a little lightweight in his line delivery. He also looks kind of like an archetypal Fifties Bond rather than a Sixties Bond, if that makes sense? Here's a compilation of Cooper's appearance as 007 in the "Casino Royale"(1967) spoof just before Connery quit. Judge for yourself...
He's certainly no Sean Connery.....but I think he's ok. Certainly better than some other 'nearly Bonds' (for example John Gavin or the 'wooden and very American' James Brolin screen test.
Zzzzzzzzz..... ;)
Yes, I know this is click bait and more of an advertisement for The Avengers:EG, but I think Hemsworth would be perfect for a more traditional Bond.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6898389/Chris-Hemsworth-reveals-hed-love-play-James-Bond-Daniel-Craig-leaves-role-007.html
He’s a wooden actor I’m afraid. His attempt to launch a franchise as a lead actor with King Arthur bombed badly...... a major box office flop. He has presence....but he’s an awful actor.
Again, Hemsworth has presence but he’s an average actor. It’s an automatic rejection for being Australian too. George Lazenbys main weak point was an inability to master an English accent. There’s plenty of British actors out there.