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Well, presumably they have publicists. It's not just the intern or an assistant trawling through the internet.
Honestly though, probably both those jobs don't involve such a task, at least not directly. I'm not really sure what Wilson or Broccoli would gain by being told some of the comments people are making online. It most likely wouldn't help them in any way whatsoever. Like I said they may well even avoid engaging with a lot of this stuff.
We know they observe the reactions, just as they did last time when Craig was cast, sure. But I also agree that it won't dictate who they select: if anything the initial backlash and subsequent popularity of Craig would be more evidence to prove to them that they're right to not let it affect their, more informed, choice.
Twitter started in 2006 after Craig was cast and Facebook was two years old in 2006. Front forward to 2024 and social media is part of many people's lives. It's impossible to know if Eon do leak names to the press. It sounds a little cloak and dagger but it's possible. It would be a way for the producers to get a snapshot of current opinion.
The Sunday Mirror in 2004 (as posted on Mi6):
Very similar style of reporting to the Sun. They said "will be" and "The Scot won his role." Their source was wrong or it was lazy journalism. It may be the same with the Sun in 2024.
Or they were flat out lying.
Like the ATJ hoax, this is pretty detailed.
I don’t think that was lazy journalism. That was creative writing 101.
There was nothing innocent about the Scott article, as there is nothing innocent to the ATJ “announcement”.
These guys know what they’re doing, and they will keep doing this (whether Bond, or something else), because there are no repercussions for their bad behaviour….
Do you have any Kmart or Circut City shares?
Perhaps next week it'll be Idris Elba or Sope Dirisu's turn to be signed on for Bond. I'm sure the GB News segment about it will be level headed and thought provoking...
Yes, social media existed but was in its infancy; it , and its influence, for good or bad, has grown exponentially.
Entertainment tonight talked about it …. Is John Tesh still their host?
Similar format to the Elimination Game. Upvotes and down votes from the public.
This is a random point, but it's stuff like that segment which sort of makes me get why EON won't comment on this rumour/would want to control things like official announcements of the next Bond etc. Ideally you want a situation where the next Bond actor is front and centre, with EON announcing them and organising the official press conference, not one where random entertainment news outlets are playing numerous clips from the previous Bond actor as well as other hypothetical 'candidates'.
People have very short memories. The only reason Theo James is coming up now is because The Guardian dropped. I'd take Leo Woodall from The White Lotus over James.
I still think Eon is going to look for a serious actor. The "light touch" comedic Moore/Brosnan days are behind us. I'd go banco on that.
Sources close to Taylor-Johnson downplayed the report and said he has not been cast as Bond, but technically anything is possible in the future.
And unlike ATJ now, Craig had not been rumoured to be a contender for well over a year at that point.
Sources close to Taylor-Johnson downplayed the report and said he has not been cast as Bond, but technically anything is possible in the future.
That’s a blast from today.
And as for The Sun: glad they guessed right while Craig was still likely auditioning, but here’s a more recent record of The Sun, and James Bond:
June 12, 2022: The Sun claims Idris Elba “is now being considered” to play James Bond “after ranking highly in market research tests.” Oh, really?
Nov. 27, 2022: The tabloid claims Aaron Taylor-Johnson “is a surprise frontrunner to become the next James Bond after he took part in a top-secret screen test.” This story kicked off Aaron Taylor-Johnson fever for a time.
Dec. 10, 2022: The Sun now claims that Taylor-Johnson has filmed a gunbarrel sequence and Eon Productions “looks to reveal the franchise’s new star in March (2023).” Such an announcement never materializes.
Dec. 9, 2023: You can’t keep a good tabloid down. The Sun now says Eon is seeking two actors to play Bond at two stages of life, one younger and one older, with Paul Mescal as a possibility as a younger Bond.
The story has this line: “Rumours about 007’s potential replacement have been swirling for years.” Yeah. And The Sun has been stirring the pot for those rumors.
March 7, 2024: The Sun comes out with a new story that Cillian Murphy, 47, the star of Oppenheimer, is a new favorite to play Bond. If this comes to pass, he’d be the oldest actor for a Bond debut in an Eon film. Roger Moore was in his mid-40s when he filmed Live And Let Die.
(From The Spy Command).
Not a good track record.
I know you want this to happen, and it may still, but yesterday was a hoax.
ATJ will win the role by only one route….
It's worth saying that Craig himself said (and by the way this is what I've found through wiki from a brief search of CR, so it could well be wrong) that he was told by producers - seemingly on a very unofficial basis - he had the role in May 2005, not as early as April. No mention of contracts being signed at this point, and three picture deals are very common. He obviously was officially announced in October. If that's to be believed/interpreted, that Sun article wasn't in fact correct at the time.
It's like what was discussed on the previous page: Craig was genuinely touted as a potential Bond in the tabloids at this point, and it's worth saying EON were upfront about where they were at in terms of pre-production/when to expect CR. There was obviously a lot of nonsense being thrown around in the press at the time such as Clive Owen being in contention. This was likely not a prophetic piece of journalism or an insider scoop more than it was another headline based on guesswork/sensationalism/fibs which happened to be correct in the long run (even if the specifics were very much not). I wouldn't use it a way of saying these sorts of articles are worth believing. Their track record is so damn awful it's not worth defending.
Not quite the same but years ago I made a fun fan poster for CR before it came out and put some credits on it to fill it out, and I put Goldfrapp on as doing the title song (I wasn't trying to hoax anyone, it was just a fan poster). The poster got seen somewhere else and that seemed to start news stories about Goldfrapp doing the song, which wasn't my intention at all. Eventually David Arnold went on the radio and said they weren't involved and said how it had all come from a fan poster.
Although the story gets a bit mixed up because I think Goldfrapp actually did turn out to have been vaguely involved with one of the films.
Not saying that is happening here but yeah
Such a rejection would – potentially - be very public and make EON look bad (depending on his reasoning). In addition, any actor that then signs up as Bond #7 down the road, will be labeled “their 2nd choice” by fans and the media. Again, the look for EON would not be the best.
Given how buttoned up Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson normally are, I can’t see them opening themselves for such public rejection and/or second guessing when they can avoid it. All the more reason, that I have my doubts about the SUN report.
Whatever happened to Baz?
On a different note, have you guys seen Bond fan Mark O’Connell talking about his thoughts on ATJ on the BBC? I don't know if Mark is a regular here, but I love him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqwjFstGt7I
Note Kassovitz with Craig vibes as a loner [if more realistic] Bondian French agent, who's despondent about his lost love while in an ambivalent relationship to the French external intelligence service, all of which is superbly underscored by the use of the song at the very end.
"For me, James Bond needs to go back to his roots.
All this political correctness is rubbish and it is time the filmmakers realised this character is supposed to be escapist entertainment.
Bond has never reflected the real world, he has always been a fantasy.
They should set the next movie back in the 1960s, when he was at his best.
You can get away with anything in the 1960s, including bringing back names for female characters such as Pussy Galore, played by Honor Blackman.
No one could complain about that, because that’s the way it was. It is all innocent fun.
I was born in 1951, when no one was terribly offended by anything.
The Connery movies were the closest to Ian Fleming’s novels and managed to remain within the realms of possibility."
Graham Rye
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/26797949/fan-opinions-aaron-taylor-johnson-james-bond/amp/
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1170289-aaron-taylor-johnsons-james-bond-casting-gets-disappointing-update
That's old news too, which has been circulated several times now.
My guts are hungover.
"Speaking of violent masculinity, those Bond rumours are impossible not to ask about, but I’m greeted with a predictable poker face. “I can only really talk about the things I’m going to show and tell,” he says. “So, The Fall Guy, Nosferatu, Kraven the Hunter. I’m here to promote those.” When I say it must be flattering to be associated with 007, he stares at me in silence."
Now based on the timing of this, I'm guessing she was referring to the older rumours, but either way, nothing new. Just thought people might want to hear this or even read the full article.