Posted on 11/02/2005 10:44:38 PM PST by Panerai
Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is angry that his American nationality hindered his chance to become James Bond because he thinks the prejudice is petty and stupid - reports Contact Music.
The "Con Air" star resents the unwritten rule which states the secret spy can only be played by British actors and is devastated he will probably never get another opportunity to try for the role.
He says, "You can cast a Brit to play Bond but you can never cast an American to play him. "I think that is totally unfair."
Cage was a "secret contender" to play 007 according to the report, but lost out to "Layer Cake" star Daniel Craig, who was announced as the official 007 #6 earlier this month.
Especially considering communists, anarchists, and Islamonazis are not considered leading threats in the new world of Jimmy Bond.
That, and a license to kill is now considered a violation of human rights (unless you are aborting babies).
Plus it's boring, and the main characteres are very unattractive and hard to "identify" with.
Can't do the accent, eh, dude?
Then there's Ewan MacGregor who, apparently, can do ANY accent.
And then there are James Marsters and Alexis Denisof, who can do (to me) dead-on British accents.
Jealousy's an ugly thing.
Dan
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