29-09-2019, 11:20 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Floydy
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Ha! Well he wouldn't cut it with his peaky Blinder character, LD.I've seen him in other films and TV series where he is as good at doing a middle class accent ('Inception') as he is with Cockney or an American one (anyone seen The Revenant?).
He'd make a very good choice.
29-09-2019, 11:32 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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You are right Floydy in that he is a good actor. I am always impressed with actors that can play very different characters. Coming from the East end of London myself, I can say that his cockney accent is superb (as it used to be - not so much now of course).
That's good. Working class bloke
Shame you're still a Southerner though
29-09-2019, 11:35 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Floydy
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I never knew you were from the East end, LD. I thought you were from Newcastle for some reason That's good. Working class bloke
Shame you're still a Southerner though
29-09-2019, 11:37 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Floydy
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A female James Bond will never happen. It's nothing to do with being sexist, the role was written for a man which is why Ian Fleming named him James. Hello?!This political correctness lark really has gone to far. We need to get a grip and put a stop to all this nonsense.
Oh for God's sake! What the hell is going on?
Scary it is.
https://thedigitalwise.com/2019/07/2...ld-truly-know/
29-09-2019, 11:42 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Scary it is. https://thedigitalwise.com/2019/07/2...ld-truly-know/
29-09-2019, 11:43 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Scary it is. https://thedigitalwise.com/2019/07/2...ld-truly-know/
Why not just call it a different franchise featuring a female (and black) lead actor?
That's me finished with James Bond films then.
29-09-2019, 11:53 AM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Ignore the films for a minute and go back to the books - Ian Fleming gave a detailed description of James Bond in most if not all of them - and the character was quite definitely male! Not only that - but if you read between the lines - Fleming was rather racist - so there is no way on this earth he would have allowed a black person to play Bond. Quarrel, the Cayman Islander in Dr No, is the only black person about whom he had anything good to say. Not PC by today's standards but that is how it was.Have to say I prefer the books - Bond manages to extricate himself from most situations by using some degree of intelligence - and without the stupid gimmicks and gizmos used in the films.
The character is a Secret Intelligence Service 00 Agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, to whom Fleming added his own style and a number of his own tastes. Bond has a number of consistent character traits which run throughout the books, including an enjoyment of cars, a love of food, alcohol and love-making, and an average intake of sixty custom-made cigarettes a day.
in which she frequently points out the similarities between James Bond's fictional life and Ian Fleming's real life:
Many of the events in the books actually happened or Fleming, as part of his role in Naval Intelligence, had planned to happen .....
29-09-2019, 12:03 PM
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Re: Meet the next 007
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Bond movies have always been far-fetched, a female in the role will make the character a fantasy.They will have to redefine 007, to make it believable.
007 would need to be renamed "007LGBTiQ+blackminorityequalgender".
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