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  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited June 17 Posts: 15,766
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    delfloria wrote: »
    With MI making less that it's predecessors will Bond be facing an uphill battle?

    Bond has way more fans than MI.

    Like I said before, Bond is a much stronger brand. Doesn't mean they can't get it wrong, but it's a strong brand. MI owes a lot to Tom Cruise.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    Posts: 804
    I still reckon Sope Dirisu should be next, followed by Aaron Pierre.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,683
    Ludovico wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    delfloria wrote: »
    With MI making less that it's predecessors will Bond be facing an uphill battle?

    Bond has way more fans than MI.

    Like I said before, Bond is a much stronger brand. Doesn't mean they can't get it wrong, but it's a strong brand. MI owes a lot to Tom Cruise.

    Exactly.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    edited 7:44am Posts: 2,116
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    We already surpassed the peak of race swapping, to do this now would feel like hopping on yesterday's bandwagon.

    I don't think it will happen. International market is too important for the Bond franchise.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,416
    George_Kaplan wrote: »
    I still reckon Sope Dirisu should be next, followed by Aaron Pierre.

    I'd go for Dirsu over Pierre (I think the latter would make a better villain or henchman). But my gut instinct is the next Bond will be played by a white actor. Never say never though.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited 11:14am Posts: 1,980
    To say casting a Black Bond would be "late to the trend"... of what? Equality? lol. There can be a black Bond if we're all big and brave enough I promise. Black people probably don't like being associated with your perceived worries about outright success. A strong enough creative vision can get past anything.
  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
    Posts: 560
    I think Pierre would be a cool choice for Bond, but I can’t see Trump era Amazon wanting to catch heat for being the ones to race swap Bond. You just know Trump himself would make a stink about it as well, considering he’s apparently a Bond fan himself.

    Safe for them to cast another white man because while I’m sure a section of the audience might grumble about it I don’t think you’re potentially losing anyone over it and it certainly wouldn’t be controversial to maintain the status quo. It’s more likely they’ll maintain a level of diversity in the MI6 support cast much as First Light is doing.
  • AgentM72AgentM72
    Posts: 860
    Agree that Pierre would be a cool choice, but this seems like clickbait nonsense. I'm surprised it has as much traction as it does. Honestly, we do a version of this every time it seems -- I don't think there's any real chance they cast the guy who was just cast as Green Lantern as James Bond.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited 1:26pm Posts: 1,980
    AgentM72 wrote: »
    Agree that Pierre would be a cool choice, but this seems like clickbait nonsense. I'm surprised it has as much traction as it does. Honestly, we do a version of this every time it seems -- I don't think there's any real chance they cast the guy who was just cast as Green Lantern as James Bond.

    But isn't the entire thing about Green Lantern is that it can be multiple guys? There's the Hal Jordan version and the other one and the other one and the other... That's how the Lanterns work. It's a ring anybody can wear. So he may not be all that committed and/or it could just be a partial role, it's not like becoming Superman or Batman or anything close imo.

    The show is called "Lanterns" as in plural, and.. it's a tv show. No movies yet. He can still be Bond, he should probably take Bond over a tv show!!!!!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,260
    SomethingThatAteHim wrote: »
    I think Pierre would be a cool choice for Bond, but I can’t see Trump era Amazon wanting to catch heat for being the ones to race swap Bond. You just know Trump himself would make a stink about it as well, considering he’s apparently a Bond fan himself.

    Yeah I think that's really possible. Not to get political but sometimes these things do affect stuff!

    LucknFate wrote: »
    AgentM72 wrote: »
    Agree that Pierre would be a cool choice, but this seems like clickbait nonsense. I'm surprised it has as much traction as it does. Honestly, we do a version of this every time it seems -- I don't think there's any real chance they cast the guy who was just cast as Green Lantern as James Bond.

    But isn't the entire thing about Green Lantern is that it can be multiple guys? There's the Hal Jordan version and the other one and the other one and the other... That's how the Lanterns work. It's a ring anybody can wear. So he may not be all that committed and/or it could just be a partial role, it's not like becoming Superman or Batman or anything close imo.

    The show is called "Lanterns" as in plural, and.. it's a tv show. No movies yet. He can still be Bond, he should probably take Bond over a tv show!!!!!

    Ah it's a TV show? I literally know nothing about it. It might be possible, but I guess we've lost a 007 to a TV show contract before :D
  • dewiparrydewiparry
    Posts: 168
    Bond's gone complicated, so much fuss. I might as well be Batman.
  • StamperStamper
    edited 2:24pm Posts: 432
    The Aston Martin DB5 drives up to a elegant-looking hotel, with a parking valet.

    Pierre Valet: (French) Good evening Mr. Bond. Nice to see you tonight.

    Bond: (French) Good evening, Pierre. How are things?

    Pierre Valet: (French) Very good, and you?

    Bond steps out of the DB5, looking dashing as usual in a tailored tuxedo, his black hair

    combed back. He spots the red Ferrari, parked. He enters the casino.
  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
    Posts: 404
    LucknFate wrote: »
    To say casting a Black Bond would be "late to the trend"... of what? Equality? lol. There can be a black Bond if we're all big and brave enough I promise. Black people probably don't like being associated with your perceived worries about outright success. A strong enough creative vision can get past anything.

    Is that why you want a black Bond? Equality?
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited 5:54pm Posts: 1,980
    M_Blaise wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    To say casting a Black Bond would be "late to the trend"... of what? Equality? lol. There can be a black Bond if we're all big and brave enough I promise. Black people probably don't like being associated with your perceived worries about outright success. A strong enough creative vision can get past anything.

    Is that why you want a black Bond? Equality?

    I think black actors should have an equal chance at playing Bond, and any filmmaker who writes off non-white actors for this role because of politics is a coward.

    Before you get pissy, I won't be mad if they cast a white guy...
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited 5:59pm Posts: 816
    Amazing how this always gets brought up every couple of months. Theres a reason all of the Bond actors have been White. It's not a coincidence. Why is it always Black? Why are there no cries for a Polynesian Bond or a Micronesian Bond?
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,416
    To be fair there are actors who aren't white or black who have been mentioned for Bond on these forums. The likes of Henry Golding or Dev Patel. Not saying either are realistic picks, but I'm personally of the opinion that if the right actor comes along they should cast who they see as the strongest.

    But anyway, I feel this conversation never ends well ;)
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