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"Online speculators and betting companies throw out names without thinking who Bond is. Knight will be going back to Fleming’s earliest novels – Casino Royale (1953), Live and Let Die (1954), Moonraker (1955), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), From Russia, with Love (1957), Doctor No (1958), and Goldfinger (1959), to help remind us who Fleming’s protagonist is. Might the new Bond be more in the mould of a younger Sean Connery who originated 007 in 1962’s Dr. No?"
This is music to my ears. I can't think of anything better for Steven Knight to do than go back and read Fleming, particulary his early work. This gives me more confidence this will be a faithful adaption.
"Those familiar with the matter tell us that the director and his collaborators are seeking a “fresh face” to take on the 007 mantle in Bond 26.
Also, Bond … James Bond, will be male, as written by creator Ian Fleming, and importantly, will be an actor who hails from the British isles.
Yes, they want a Brit to play Bond."
Also Music to my ears, This rules out trendy suggestions like Jacob Elordi and I think an unknown is probably the best way to go. That way your not just sticking your finger to the wind and seeing which way it blows.
And its also nice to get confirmation Bond will be played by a British Male, we shouldn't need confirmation, but it's nice to have nonetheless.
"There’s a sense from the many conversations I’ve had that Knight’s going back to Bond’s beginnings as a Royal Navy Commander before being recruited by MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence agency, to perhaps chart how Bond attained 007 status. I want to stress that this is what I’m hearing but to caution that none of this is confirmed or fully formed because the script is still being written and the direction of travel is still up for grabs."
If true, this is very exciting. Seeing Bond at his very beginning, even before Casino Royale, gives us something fresh to watch. I can see the first 30-40 minutes or so of the film charting his time with the Royal Navy and seeing what work he was doing there and his eventual recruitment. Then going to the Mi6 training grounds, and getting all sorts of physical and mental tests and then to getting his first two kills.
That said, I suspect a few old Bond hands might well be consulted on the quiet in the snug of a private club in Pall Mall, London.
Could this be a Barbara Broccoli reference? We shall see.
An unprecedented number of applicants have already sent in their pitch to play James Bond to the production. “Every name you’ve heard of, and many you’ve never heard of,” a well placed mole revealed. “We’ve been flooded. But understand that the casting process has not begun and it won’t until Denis finishes the Dune movie,” they continued.
British actors in their mid twenties to early thirties, with stellar acting chops, who fit the Bond mould, are going to be under an intense spotlight for the next twelve months. Bond…James Bond is somewhere out there.
And its nice to know that agencies are already pitching their clients on Bond, its a hot gig in town. Although I'm glad they've found their sweet spot, we haven't had a really young Bond since Connery and Lazenby so it will be fun to see how this shakes out.
That sounds good to me. Although it's worth saying Fleming's character is noticeably different to Connery's Bond in many respects (especially DN), and the last part is pure speculation. There's so much there in those books though they can adapt/play with.
It depends on how it's done, but for me that'd be a pointless film. I don't think we need a 'Bond begins' thing (even CR didn't do that). Unless his navy days are important to a vital plot point in the PTS/opening.
It's Baz though, I have a long memory when it comes to him (although he's got plenty right over the years).
I think it can be interesting. There's no official origin story we have to see played out again either, he doesn't get bitten by a radioactive civil servant, so plenty of ways to deal with it. If they want to do it I'm up for it.
Its sound fresh to me which is important.
Looks like Denis will be able to make the Dune 3 premiere after all.
It's quite fun when they blur the lines a little between Bond and Fleming, like Bond basically having Fleming's Jamaica retirement plan in NTTD, or Bond being part of 30 AU in the CR biography dossier.
Thomas Doherty
I don't know, maybe it's just me but he gives me crazy young Connery vibes.
He'd be perfect. 32 when filming would start and doesn't look it at all.
I hope they go this route
One of my favourite quotes on these forums (I'm sorry as I have no idea who wrote it) is someone who replied to a post that said Thomas Doherty reminded them of Sean Connery. The reply went something like 'yes, but without the masculinity'.
A bit rude, but kind of true. There's something about him as an actor (and incidentally I think he's a good one) which doesn't overlap with Bond.
I think that'd be ideal personally. It's so difficult finding a great, truly unknown actor (I mean to the point they've never done a film before). It's like anything - experience is key.
This is something that I would be 100% for. And it’s something the films never really explored before. Which was Bonds Royal Navy past.
To be fair, it was probably genuinely a bit strange that Fleming's 'English gentleman spy' was played by an actor with a noticeable Scottish accent. There's something about Connery as well which is quite unpolished (in a great way).
Maybe that's the logic in this 'unknown' thing.
A potential Bond actor shouldn't look like they're not attracted to the opposite sex.
I guess he's good enough an actor, but that's not the point. It just depends on if he's right for the part.
@Daltonforyou
Keep such thoughts to yourself, please. No need to drop provocative statements when they are built on quicksand.
Yes, it has to do a similar thing to GoldenEye- reinvigorate the series once again. It's not a small thing, but I'm pretty optimistic given the team they have already.
Folks can be down on Broccoli and Wilson all they like, but they pulled off that essential reinvention twice, and that's no mean feat.
Yes. Precisely.
This sucks
The longer we have to wait, the bigger the event it will be when it finally arrives. Think how big The Force Awakens or Jurassic World were because the fans had to wait a decade the next entry.
Bond wasn't actually a part of the Royal Navy; he was RNVR Special Branch (in other words, Naval Intelligence). In Thunderball, he is described as chocolate sailor; that is, a sailor who didn't do much sailing and just looked good in uniform. M says in YOLT that Bond's work pre and post war was in the same department, and his naval title was due to the secrecy of his work. In addition, he worked with M before the war in a gambling job where he first met Mathis. Any serious adaptation with Bond swabbing decks or manning submarines isn't as faithful as it claims.
If any modern equivalent exists it'd probably be in the Intelligence division of the SBS or something like that where he would have a heavy connection to the spy side of things.