Brosnan 'will stay on as 007'

This is London ^ | April 27, 2005 | Metro

[Thebaddog]

Casino Royale? Wasn't that a spoof movie?

[freepertoo]

Sigh. He'll just always be the wonderful Remington Steele to me. Bond who?

[GianniV]

Good to see him back. He's actually a very good man from what I've read. He stood by his wife gallantly as she died of cancer. I think he's now remarried.

[EagleUSA]

I still hold favor for Sean Connery as Bond. Really enjoyed those movies....

[theDentist]

I think so. But it's being re-written, so it may be nothing like the original.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Damn! I was hoping for a new 007.

[wideawake]

Another producer besides Broccoli had bought the rights to Casino Royale in the 50s and never filmed it - and then when Broccoli had a hit with Dr. No and sequels, decided to dust off those rights and make a rival Bond flick.

They did it as a spoof, with a young Woody Allen playing one of the major characters.

Ian Fleming hated it and felt they took too many liberties.

Now Broccoli's successors have reacquired the rights and want to make a more traditional Bond movie out of it.

[EagleUSA]

Someone should take this guy into the Castro District of San Freakcisco, throw him out of the car, and watch the gang rape!!! (barf bucket please)...

[JennysCool]

Good. Pierce is a real Bond fan himself, and it would have beeen a real pity if he missed Casino Royale. He isn't Connery, but I think he has done quite well.

[Imaverygooddriver]

I wuz hoping for Flavor Flav boyeeeeeeeeee!!

[1Old Pro]

Good, when do they start filming?

[Monterrosa-24]

There was a serious made-for-TV version of Casino Royale made before the 1st feature film Fleming tale. I forget now whether it was Brit or American TV but I remember the actor was burly and had a flat top haircut. The image was more of a Casino tough than a suave cool guy.

[BlueNgold]

I like Pierce as Bond.

He plays it well, with a good deal of panache, and his style is impeccable.

There's not really anyone out there who can step into Bond just now. That Timothy Dalton guy almost ruined the franchise - he was painfully horrid.

[cubreporter]

Brosnan 'will stay on as 007'




Whew! I'm sooooooooooooooo relieved.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Prior to his first Bond flick, my wife and I had thought he'd be the perfect choice for 007. (We're both big Bond fans..) But once I saw him in the part, he didn't quite do it for me. He doesn't have that mix of macho and suave that Connery or even Moore had.

[VadeRetro]

Reading the book Casino Royale is rather funny now. It was the first Bond novel, published in 1954. It's apparently set in about 1953-ish postwar France. A discussion of a custom radio includes how many "tubes" it has. (Three, I think.)

Bond is cruising around in a 1938 Bentley he'd kept garaged in London through the war years. I don't know much about that car, but suspect it wouldn't be hot enough for a Bond car nowadays.

From the biographical info presented, I could figure that Bond was maybe one year older than my Dad, who was born in 1921. That makes the book Bond about 10 years older than the first movie Bond, Sean Connery, and plenty older than Pierce Brosnan. He's pretty much older than God, in fact. Definite nursing home material.

The Casino Royale Bond isn't the fully formed movie Bond, yet. There's one bit where Bond is about to order a meal. "Bond liked a good breakfast..." Fleming says. Reading it and remembering the ongoing movie behavior, I thought, "Here we go." It's six scrambled eggs, a rasher of bacon, and a pot of black coffee.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Damn, I thought they would have brought back George Lazenby.

I was surprise to find out recently he had married Pam Shriver.

Still my favourite bond flick OHMSS

(runs for the flame suit)

[VadeRetro]

That would be the "Jim Bond" version. He was an American agent. Peter Lorre was Le Chiffre, the bad guy.

[r5boston]

I have not thought of Pierce so highly since I saw this last year. From Mi6.co.uk, link to article Pierce Brosnan says he gained his US Citizenship in order to vote for John Kerry As first revealed by MI6 earlier in the week, the four times James Bond gained his US Citizenship in an LA District Court House on September 23rd 2004. Pierce Brosnan was accompanied by his wife Keely Shaye-Smith. Manager of the Jury and Naturalization department, Frank Galvan, awarded Brosnan in the usual low-key ceremony, just weeks ahead of when voters will decide between Kerry and President Bush as the USA's leader for the next four years. Brosnan said, "I want to have a voice. I want to be able to vote for John Kerry."

[SAJ]

The old programme ''Playhouse 90'' is the one you're thinking of. They did an adaptation of Casino Royale' in 1955 or 1956 with Barry Nelson playing James Bond (also the answer to ''Who first portrayed Bond?'')