"The name is Bond. Julian Bond."
Posted on 12/02/2004 6:32:50 PM PST by aculeus
A leading black actor, 6ft 4in Colin Salmon, emerged last night as a front-runner to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the next 007 adventure.
Noted for a deep, commanding voice, the 41-year-old actor already has a recurring role in the Bond series as Charles Robinson, M's suave chief-of-staff.
The chance to promote him, while startling, would not be unexpected. The Broccoli family, who are casting the film, the 21st in the series, are said to fear that the films have become anachronistic.
They told Brosnan they wanted to "go in a new direction".
Initially, this was taken to mean that they were turning away from the special effects and high-tech gadgetry to update Casino Royale, Ian Fleming's first Bond book.
The feeling is that despite the vast profits from the last movie, Barbara Broccoli, whose father Cubby made the early Bonds, and Michael Wilson, her step-brother and partner at Eon Productions, are anxious to make a more hard-boiled thriller.
Speculation about Salmon, who was born in Luton, stems from a sudden rush of unusually large bets on him. Warren Lush, a spokesman for Ladbrokes, said yesterday: "They have come out of nowhere, with sums like £500 apiece. These are huge bets for what is really a novelty wager.
"The suspicion is they may be being placed by people, or spies out there, in the know. So we have temporarily closed the book on the next Bond, as we don't want to get out fingers burned."
Until now, the favourite was Dougray Scott, whose play, Becket, closes in London's West End in a fortnight. Ewan McGregor was also a runner until he accepted his latest stage role.
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My husband is a tad younger than Sean Connery , but just as good looking. My knickers are off in a heartbeat when he gives me that "look."
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"The name is Bond. Julian Bond."
Oh thank you, thank you. Post more, post more.
His site:http://www.jamesmarsters.com/merc/merc.
My husband thinks I'm so silly.
He's always looking so fit. What's up with that?
LOL!
Russia with Love kind of had a Hitchcock-feel to it. Suspense, trains, etc. I don't understand the appeal of Goldfinger. As far as new Bond films go, I'd only watch one that tried to capture the spirit of the first few ones.
OKAY OKAY ... AM I THE ONLY WOMAN WHO LIKED TIMOTHY DALTON OR WHAT??????
Never seen him before, I just googled up an image of him...he looks young for a Bond, but has had some "rouguish roles". Good candidate.
Cleveland Bond. ROFL!
I like him, just not as James Bond.
thread killer! LOL
I am a man, married with two children...so I say this complete humility...but he is probablly the best looking may I have ever seen on screen (or anywhere for the matter of fact).
Sure your married, uh huh, we've all heard that before!!!!
Hank: Ingenious, isn't it, Mr. Bont?
Bont: Scorpio, you're totally mad.
Hank: Heh, I wouldn't point fingers, you jerk.
Bont: So, do you expect me to talk?
Hank: I don't expect anything from you except to die and be a very cheap funeral.
You're gonna die, now.
Mr. Solomon.
I knew James Bond.
James Bond was a friend of mine.
And Mr. Solomon you're no James Bond.
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LUCIANA PALUZZI =
"THUNDERBALL"
Italy's GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Replacement
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Yup!
I like Timothy Dalton in Living Daylights but not License to Kill. That one lacked all the Bond features we expect! It was too stark for that series and he had no light-hearted moments in it. Dalton did a good job as Rhett Butler in Scarlett though. He over-acts some times but took the role of 007 very seriously, even researched it!
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