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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Thanks for that picture, too. :)
Uh, that isn't Sean Connery, that's a Sean Connery impersonator.
Damn right!
while we are speculating...how about this guy from India as Bond..http://www.pyara.com/hrithik/
Good lord...it never ends.
Next we need a white Shaka Zulu or Sitting Bull. Maybe an Oriental (EXCUSE ME) Atticus Finch. Female Santa.
we must all be the same...repeat....we must all be the same.
How about Henry Simmons from NYPD Blue?
He was in a Brit Counterintelligence series years back, in which he played an SAS-type agent, essentially the same role...somewhat burned out (which is normal, considering the enormity and unlikeliness of accomplishing the task, and also surviving), inventive, determined. I used to watch it to see him, as he reminded me of certain real people in real places, doing this and that, so to speak. Or not.
The PC crowd aka the Left, loves to pick and chose who it discriminates. Check out Horowitz's book "Hating Whitey, and Other Progressive Causes"
He's a fictional SCOTTISH-BORN character.
I'll look forward to hearing about lots of black Scotsmen.
And just how does he remind you of Rowan Atkinson? :)
Actually, the Rowan Atkinson from the Black Adder series with Queen Elizabeth is very attractive. When I compare him to the first Black Adder and Mr. Bean and I can't believe it's the same guy.
Sounds to me like they're going in the exact same direction. PC b.s., gadgetry, heavy investment in promotion and none in plot, lots of side advertisements.
How would hiring this guy be different, exactly?
Bump to that.
Or better yet Dave Chapell I can hear it already "I'm James Bond, b****"
Buffy... sweet girl... not that bright
It can work I think. Don't you people rememeber the old Peter Pan movies starring Orsen Wells in tights?
Extra-long kilts are a must for discretion's sake.
"I agree, Moore tried to be too funny. And I like Timothy Dalton as well.
Moonraker was on the other night. Too campy."
The Moore films really fit that time. Looking back now, it seems campy and trite, but back then it was just fun.
So true.
Sadly I have to admit to being a knuckle dragging honky....to my shame.....;)
You jerk. You probably even vote Republican.
Just kidding, me too.
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