Looks official: Brosnan calls it quits on bond

[DingDingDao]

what about Jason Statham?

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Isshinryu

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Horus

Originally posted by: godmare
Clive owen's on the list of next would-be bonds. IMO, he's largely underrated as an actor.
Jude Law and Ewan McGregor are good, too... except ewans a scot

...

SEAN CONNERY. The best bond EVER. Is a Scot.

:thumbsup:

Feck the Scots. The Scots and the Brits have had their turn, get an Irishman in there and be prepared to get blown away.

Pierce Brosnan IS Irish....

Sean Connery will always be the best Bond though, IMHO.

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Isshinryu

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Horus

Originally posted by: godmare
Clive owen's on the list of next would-be bonds. IMO, he's largely underrated as an actor.
Jude Law and Ewan McGregor are good, too... except ewans a scot

...

SEAN CONNERY. The best bond EVER. Is a Scot.

:thumbsup:

Feck the Scots. The Scots and the Brits have had their turn, get an Irishman in there and be prepared to get blown away.

Us Scots will now march over, with plenty of whiskey, to your house and kick you in the berries
Hide!!!

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: allisolm
"Speculation surrounds Brits Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd (news), Colin Firth (news), Hugh Grant (news), Gerard Butler, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, as well as Aussies Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana."

I vote for Hugh Jackman.

Gerard Butler would kick ass.

 

[EvilYoda]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah for Clive Owen! Finally, he'll get some time in the limelight with movies that people will go to see...(Beyond Borders what?)

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: godmare
Clive owen's on the list of next would-be bonds. IMO, he's largely underrated as an actor.
Jude Law and Ewan McGregor are good, too... except ewans a scot

Clive Owen would be cool, except that I read somewhere he has no intention of playing Bond at the moment.

He said something to the effect that the combination of him wearing a tuxedo in "Croupier" and playing the driver in the BMW films is what sparked the rumors he would play Bond.

 

[nakedfrog]

Ben Affleck
*ducks for cover*

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I vote for Clive Owen. He's a good actor and doesn't have too much of a rep from his previous movies.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Horus

Originally posted by: godmare
Clive owen's on the list of next would-be bonds. IMO, he's largely underrated as an actor.
Jude Law and Ewan McGregor are good, too... except ewans a scot

...

SEAN CONNERY. The best bond EVER. Is a Scot.

:beer:

 

[murphy55d]

Please not Heath Ledger. Ugh I can't stand him.

I think Colin Farrell would be a good Bond.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Ben Affleck
*ducks for cover*

<-gets out .50 BMG with thermal scope:|

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: supafly
Oh dear god, anybody but Hugh Grant! He's too much of a girlie man to play Bond.

He couldn't be any worse than Roger Moore was.

I dunno.. I see Grant in the fetus position crying like a little baby when being shot at or when an explosion goes off, or when having an intimate scene with a woman. Hell I can picture him doing that if someone calls him a bad name.

 

[bozack]

the only good bond was connery....whoever said colin farrell needs to be smacked.

 

[ThePresence]

In my mind Bond can't be a young looking guy. No Heath Ledger, no Colin Farrell.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao
what about Jason Statham?

I like Jason Statham, but since he's bald as a cue ball I think he's out of the running.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
In my mind Bond can't be a young looking guy. No Heath Ledger, no Colin Farrell.

From a different article I read, that's why they were thinking of them. Have a bit of a younger bond and try to sell it to a different audience. I think it'll suck if they do. He's supposed to be the middle-aged super man who can still get 25 year old women.

 

[jcwagers]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Please not Heath Ledger. Ugh I can't stand him.

I think Colin Farrell would be a good Bond.

Well, Colin Farrell definitely has the "I've slept with every woman under the sun" part down. He wouldn't have to act during those parts of the movie!

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: allisolm
"Speculation surrounds Brits Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd (news), Colin Firth (news), Hugh Grant (news), Gerard Butler, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, as well as Aussies Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana."

I vote for Hugh Jackman.

I second that. Hugh has a lot of range, and I think he could do the Bond persona very well. You may think of him as Wolverine and whatshisface from Swordfish, but go watch Soldier sometime. Yes, it's a pretty bad Kurt Russel film, but see how long it takes you to figure out who Hugh Jackman is playing. That's some damn good range if you ask me.

EDIT: Whoever said Jason Statham: he's got his own franchise/career starting (most likely) as The Transporter 2 will be hitting theaters sometime next year. The first one had some damn good action but the story was severely lacking, as were some of the supporting performances. If they get a better story I could easily see it taking off big time.

 

[Kenazo]

Yikes, The Times of India is reporting that Orlando Bloom is the new James Bond.

here

So, if you trust them.

 

[Ketteringo]

Finally! He is soooo old (52?!)

I vote Ewan McGregor for the next JB!

Hugh Jackman sucks because he was in VanHelsing

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: allisolm
"Speculation surrounds Brits Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd (news), Colin Firth (news), Hugh Grant (news), Gerard Butler, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, as well as Aussies Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana."

I vote for Hugh Jackman.

I second that. Hugh has a lot of range, and I think he could do the Bond persona very well. You may think of him as Wolverine and whatshisface from Swordfish, but go watch Soldier sometime. Yes, it's a pretty bad Kurt Russel film, but see how long it takes you to figure out who Hugh Jackman is playing. That's some damn good range if you ask me.

EDIT: Whoever said Jason Statham: he's got his own franchise/career starting (most likely) as The Transporter 2 will be hitting theaters sometime next year. The first one had some damn good action but the story was severely lacking, as were some of the supporting performances. If they get a better story I could easily see it taking off big time.

On the franchise not:
Regarding Ben Affleck, as had been mentioned earlier, he's started playing Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy-based movies (The Sum of All Fears). There's supposed to be more of those before long, or so say the producers, etc.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Ioan Gruffudd...Interesting. I don't know if I could picture Horatio Hornblower as Bond though.

Connery was the best. I think the first Bond movie I saw was with Roger Moore but after seeing the Connery Bond movies I was blown away. He was sooo much better. I would say that Brosnan is second but not even close.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Yikes, The Times of India is reporting that Orlando Bloom is the new James Bond.

here

So, if you trust them.

Orlando Bloom I think has talent as an actor, but I can't really see him filling that role...

 

[DnetMHZ]

I'm hoping the whole franchise calls it quits.. Not to start a flame war, but bond sucks.

 

[wkabel23]

Connery of course was the best Bond, but Brosnan wasn't that bad. IMO, Brosnan got stuck with some sh!tty scripts.