Yes. That's what I'm saying. Downey was passable but Zellweger was bloody awful to my ears. I find there's often a certain level of discomfort and/or a level of resources diverted to maintaining an accent while also properly interpreting your lines. If you do it natively then you can focus entirely on the performance. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm saying it will be likely be done better by someone who does it naturally. Why get an imitation instead of the real thing? Are you saying that there aren't any british actors fot for the role? Didn't you already in fact put forward a desirable British candidate?Are you saying American actors are not talented enough to portray British characters? Didn't Robert Downey Jr. play Sherlock Holmes? And didn't Renee Zellwegger portray Bridget Jones (and also get an Oscar Nomination for doing so?)
Aren't you assuming that they are going to cast the part written by Ian Fleming? Just a reminder that Fleming wrote his books in the 1950s and 1960s when the UK still had a colonial empire, and we are now living in 2025. The UK's position in the world order has changed since the plots of the Bond books. Another reminder is they have pretty much used up all of the Ian Fleming novels on movies anyway, including the half completed The Man With The Golden Gun, which was considered Fleming's weakest book.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm assuming. It's Bond. If you want to redefine the character you either do it within the confines of the Bond universe (which has happened several times already) or you go do something else that's perhaps Bond-like and develop a new character. I used the Ludlum books (Jason Bourne etc) as an example above. There's no reason why Bond can't be modern, but he should still be Bond. That's what we all signed up for.
Yes, he does. Again, he's Bond and that's part of the core identity. However, once again you can adapt new characters into multinational services with no problem. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was actually conceived as being exactly that. You could reinterpret that in any way you like for the modern age, and use any character (or collection of characters) at all. There are better vehicles for doing this than Bond. As for McGoohan, I think he's awesome, but I preferred The Prisoner.Does Bond really even need to belong to one nation's spy service? Maybe he will be a free agent. If you have ever watched the Danger Man UK TV series of the 1960s you would know that Patrick McGoohan (an Irish American actor) portrayed the John Drake character in season 1 as an American agent for the NATO spy service (there was no such thing then or now). However in seasons 2-4 the Drake character loses his American accent and becomes British and is working for MI6. It's kind of preposterous yet it works for all 4 seasons because the formulas of each episode remain the same as does McGoohan's acting which is good whether speaking with an American or British accent.
As for defecting to Control, I mean why not? I'd hubba hubba over for a little 99.
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