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Idris Elba for James Bond? Star is linked to 007 role AGAIN as producer admits [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| August 10, 2018
| Roxy Simons
Posted on 08/10/2018 5:21:13 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Yo-Yo
If you follow the Hollywood trend, the next Bond should be a womyn. No need ... Bond's boss became a woman. But she was a badass!
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:31:27 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd; PapaBear3625
He was spectacular in the mini-series The Night Manager. If you havent seen it, buy it. It is riveting and haunting.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:32:58 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.a!)
To: GreenHornet
The character of James Bond has traditionally always been white. Isnt this cultural appropriation?Silly Hornet ... only whites can be accused of cultural appropriation.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:33:47 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
in which case the tall skinny guy who played Loki in the super hero movies would be better.Tom Hiddleston would be a great Bond!
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:35:21 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: ealgeone
Cant wait for the Shaft remake with a white dude.....'It is Time'
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:35:36 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: IYAS9YAS
Craig in Casino Royale is my favorite of all the bond movies, hands down.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:37:50 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Bringbackthedraft
I’m glad someone else remembers that old movie.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:42:43 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
To: C19fan
To: mowowie
How about Elba playing Bonds CIA buddy in a spinoff movie?Bond's CIA buddy has seldom been played by an actor who fit Fleming's description. A black actor played him in Never Say Never Again as well as Casino Royale. I don't see why Idris Elba can't star as a new character in his own series. During the height of Bondmania in the 60's there lots of imitators, like Our Man Flint, Matt Helm, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Harry Palmer, et al. They better hurry, though. Sean Connery was in his early 30's when he started as Bond. Elba at 45 will be a bit long in the tooth after a few films. I think Craig is looking a bit too old.
I really do think Bond and the whole British spy thing is out-dated now. Bond was created at the height of the cold war, when it was the West against the Communists. Now the U.K. is so overgrown with potential terrorists I'm not sure whose side they are even on these days. I would like to see a Bond film set in the 50's and based on one of Fleming's actual plots.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:47:34 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
“Too gritty and dark, overwrought.”
Actually, the novels are pretty gritty. I always read Bond’s character as a thug. Daniel Craig’s portrayals have all been very thuggish. He’s has become my favorite Bond.
That said, if there’s gotta be a SJW treatment for Bond, Idris Elba is a great choice. Superb actor. I suspect he would make a fine thug of a spy.
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posted on
08/10/2018 6:50:53 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: C19fan
Bond should be upper crust British. An inheritor of superior culture and genes — and attitude. Most of the movie’s action should be Bond dispensing with riffraff criminals with little effort. He should wear the best clothes, go to the most exclusive restaurants and hotels, and socialize only with extremely rich and beautiful people. Then there would be his nemesis...
To: cuban leaf
It’s about time for a one legged lesbian dwarf.
To: al_c
No need ... Bond's boss became a woman. But she was a badass! But they killed her off in Skyfall.
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:11:26 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: C19fan; All
“I think Mr. Elba would make a good Bond.”
Maybe he will be able to play a transgendered male James Bond which will solve the women issue as well.
And in a surprise move, the bad guy will be a white male.
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:11:38 AM PDT
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: Yo-Yo
True. But she did it with grit.
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:15:19 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: Sans-Culotte
Sean Connery was in his early 30's when he started as Bond. Elba at 45 will be a bit long in the tooth after a few films. I think Craig is looking a bit too old. Roger Moore was 45 when he played in his first Bond movie Live and let Die.
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:16:21 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Ummm...whoa....wow...
Works for me!
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:19:47 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
You know what...cast him in
anything and I'll go see it!
Loved his Neville, too!
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:22:05 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Yo-Yo
Roger Moore was 45 when he played in his first Bond movie Live and let Die.And he got too old for the part, too.
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:22:25 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: C19fan
White actors should play white characters, black actors should play black characters.
Is that racist?
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posted on
08/10/2018 7:29:35 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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