Posted on 10/25/2005 7:56:35 AM PDT by stan the beaver
New Bond: I hate guns By This is London 25 October 2005 Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond - because he hates guns.
The actor will wield 007's famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.
But he revealed in OK! magazine: "I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.
"That's a simple fact. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that's what's scary about them."
Nor does the 37-year-old share Bond's love of Martinis shaken and stirred.
"I love a Martini straight up. I don't think anybody makes a Martini stirred any more," he said.
Craig was unveiled earlier this month as the successor to Pierce Brosnan. He will play a tougher, grittier 007 in Casino Royale, which is based on Ian Fleming's first Bond book.
Could they make bond any more of a pansy?
I think if they picked 10 straight men who had no experience or connection to hollywood or artsy "independent film" at random, they would create an infinitly better product than the last films combined.
YES!
Sean Connery remains "James Bond" and all the others are pale imitations.
The new one paler than most...
I STILL think the Croatian actor who portrays Lukka on ER would make an excellent Bond! (Sorry, I've forgotten his name but I do remember his smoldering good looks and how sexy he is!)
don't know if they're true or not, but i've heard similar stories. however after a couple shots like that someone would always bring up that point. usually was fixed by a piece of tape over the hole and shooting thru it.
Ed McGivern in the 1920's and 30's was an expert shooter of aerial targets with a double action revolver. He could hit 5 thrown targets at a time. He also could hit coins and has a picture of the washer trick in his book "Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting". He did not use shotshells but standard .38 special target loads. He was also the fastest shooter of his time, being able to fire 5 rounds in 2/5's of a second into a playing card sized group at 15 feet. He developed primitive electronic timing devices to measure these feats.
That I could buy, but nicking the inside of a thrown washer? If the washer had any rotation, how would a person ever hit it right. And once hit, wouldn't it "ping" out 100' in some pretty random direction?
Now, a Maytag washer? I can hit that.
I heard that they're going to remake all of the Bond Films
Dr. No Means No
From Russia With Love of Shoes
Goldfinger - Tee-Hee
Thunderball - Oh you!
You Only Love Bryce
On Her Majesty's Secret Fashion Police
STD's Are Forever
Live and Let Dye
The Man with the Golden (fill in blank with phalic reference)
The Spy Who Loved Shopping
Big hairy Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only - I'm talking to you Lance!
Octopussy (Ewww Girls!)
A View to a Lovely Bed and Breakfast
The Living Daylights - Really bring out the Blue in Your Eyes
Licence to Shop
GoldenEye and Muscular Torso
Tomorrow Never Dies (That one was pretty gay to begin with)
The World is Not Enough, We Want Shoes too!
Die Another Day - Tonight we Dance!
Casino Royale - the Sigfried & Roy Story
Shoot= Brit english for an organized game hunt: as in "pheasant shoot"
I wonder if he is also scared of Bond women...and fast cars...sheesh. He sounds both shaken and stirred.
Did you see this? The pic you posted last week(?) was cute, but I think this guy may be a wuss. Sigh.....
"Shoot= Brit english for an organized game hunt: as in "pheasant shoot""
O.K. That sounds more likely.
I stand corrected.
Thanks for the British lingl lesson ;-)
I'v seen what one of those things can do. Turns a strong man into a wimp.
What a mess.
Get this guy a saucer of milk and some pink panties to wear. James Bond, RIP.
After shooting wheel guns and pistols for almost 40 years, I have a 3" group at 25 yards. Practice is key.
Oh, joy.
I stopped watching Bond films a while ago. I'm glad I did.
Regards, Ivan
He had to throw it himself, and go through a particular motion. If he threw it wrong, he would just not shoot and try again.
He would also put a row of nails on a board and drive them using the same Remington model 513 scoremaster.
I can do that to. The hard part is throwing them up with one hand.
what's wrong with metrosexual "girly-men"? that would define me fairly well, just about everyone who meets me has the first impression that i'm gay. i dress very neat, make sure my hair and nails are done. i make sure my clothes are all well kept, clean and that the patterns, colours and textures match. i also wear quite a bit a jewelery.
i also know which cleaning products work best to remove the bloodstains from my clothes after gutting the deer i just killed.
Agreed. James Bond ended for me with "Diamonds Are Forever"
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