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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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Completely agree with the Avery Brooks idea. He is an accomplished actor with a great depth of character.
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He could have a rocket-powered little rascal scooter that fires lasers....
I kind of dig the idea of Colin Salmon as Bond.
Ahhhhhhhhh, I liked him. I even bought the movie "The Living Daylights", its pretty good.
Hawk was baaaaaaaaaad, but Sisko was horrible. I just hated Sisko.
The Man
But James Bond will return in Black Like Me
ROFLOL!
OJ's still looking for the killer on every golf course in Florida.
I know I'll get flamed for this, but, James Marsters would be PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh I wish I knew how to post pictures.
OK
The thing is, NO ONE will ever really replace Connery. I see some here thinking of Roger Moore doing a good job....BWAHAHAHA!...he looks and acts like a twinkie compared to the real "Bond...James Bond"....must be some youngsters posting this stuff, they don't know the thrill of the real thing...the newer Bond films replaced exqusite acting with special effects...the bain of moviedom.
FMCDH(BITS)
Hugh Jackman
A black Bond? What's next a white Shaft?
This is NOT going to happen. I have first hand experience in the casting a multi-million dollar films. If your name isn't Will Smith, Denzel Washington, or Wesley Snipes, you're not going to be cast in a MEGA franchise picture.
Trust me.
oh nevermind... let me get my mind out of the gutter *LOL*
Isn't he the guy who plays M's operations man in the most recent movies?
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