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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Ok, good. We are getting somewhere, I have found another fan. Now there are two.
Im sure he's a good actor etc etc..But a black James Bond? Come on ..just dosent work for me at all.Iy's just NOT Bond..What next a Hispanic John Steed ? Speaking of which ,,How about Emma Peel ? Anyone else here who was totally in love with her as a Kid?
LOL.
He may be three feet... but he's three feet of gorgeousness. :) Anyway, Buffy liked him! LOL
mother and wife possibly?
I agree, Moore tried to be too funny. And I like Timothy Dalton as well.
Moonraker was on the other night. Too campy.
She was totally hot!
That's not how PC works you can recast any bad guy as white, like making Islamic terrorists into neonazis in that Clancy movie, but the bad guys have to be white.
If you really wanted to make Henry VII PC you'd make him a CEO of an energy company in addition to being King of England.
Hey hey hey, we're getting off track here, lets stay with the James Marsters discussion.
I thought he was James Bond's nephew in he film.
No, I also liked Timothy Dalton. One of my favorite films is Living Daylights.
I heard Brosnan say he was the one leaving, as well, and that four movies were enough.
It may have been, but most people will remember the comedy movie - not the book. It's always easy to go from a serious genre to spoof. But once it's been spoofed it's nearly impossible to successfully go back to serious.
Only if there is equal time for Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter :-)
No, me and PoorMuttley like him.
I agree. I really like Timothy Dalton. I thought I was the only one, LOL!
Well, thank you very much for that picture. :)
Dr. Strangelove was actually based on a serious book. But given Dr. Strangelove as a movie, it would be nearly impossible to go back and make a serious movie off of "Two Hours to Doom" by Peter George.
Man I wish I knew how to post pictures.
Bond. Julian Bond.
I was completly in love with her as a kid..I actuallt met a girl in college that had that same look ..I was in heaven
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