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Pierce Brosnan Done! New Bond?

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Wingate1217

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    • Well, it is official Pierce Brosnan is done as James Bond. I personally thought Brosnan did a fairly good job. Question: Which actor out there should become the new Bond?
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    Fifth 007's services no longer required, he's told<o:p></o:p>

    <SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/javascript><!--if ( location.hostname.toLowerCase().indexOf( "edition." ) != -1 ) { document.write('Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Posted: 1440 GMT (2240 HKT)'); }else { document.write('Wednesday, August 17, 2005; Posted: 10:40 a.m. EDT (14:40 GMT)'); }//--></SCRIPT>Wednesday, August 17, 2005; Posted: 10:40 a.m. EDT (14:40 GMT) <o:p></o:p>

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    <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">NEW YORK</st1:place></st1:State> (AP) -- A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required.<o:p></o:p>

    "One phone call, that's all it took!" the 52-year-old actor tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its August 19 issue.<o:p></o:p>

    Brosnan starred in four Bond films. He says that before they stopped negotiations, the producers had invited him back for a fifth time.<o:p></o:p>

    "You know, the movie career for me really started with Bond," says Brosnan, acknowledging that by the time "GoldenEye" premiered in 1995, he was already 42.<o:p></o:p>

    He then starred as 007 in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) and "Die Another Day" (2002).<o:p></o:p>

    His departure from the role was a "titanic jolt to the system," says Brosnan, followed by "a great sense of calm."<o:p></o:p>

    "I thought. ... I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation."<o:p></o:p>

    Brosnan says he's grateful to have had the role, but adds: "It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners -- which I loathed -- and I always felt phony doing them."<o:p></o:p>

    He plays a foulmouthed, skirt-chasing hit man in the upcoming film "The Matador."<o:p></o:p>

    "(For this) to come on the heels of my departure from the world of Bond is sweet grace, to play this one as a farewell to that chapter in time -- it certainly wasn't planned."<o:p></o:p>

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    I think Clive Owen has been discussed as the next Bond. I'll avoid discussing his attributes in an attempt to avoid being called a homo, but I'm sure that won't work. :biggrin:
     
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    I just read that they offered the role to Hugh Jackman, but he turned it down. Next up Clive Owens or Ewan McGregor.



    Jackman turns down Bond role

    17 August 2005 <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=5 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5>
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    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]After months of negotiations with the producers of the James Bond films, Australian front-runner Hugh Jackman has refused a three-film deal to play the smooth-talking agent.[/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif][/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]It is 36 years since an Australian swung behind the wheel of the Aston Martin or locked eyes, as Bond, with a scantily clad lovely across the floor of some sumptuous European casino. George Lazenby, in 1969, was the last. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]But Lazenby declined to appear a second time as Bond, reportedly because he found the role too intense. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Jackman, likewise, finally found himself unswayed by the job's selective cult status. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]He was first offered the role some months ago, but has turned it down after talking with his wife, actress Deborrah-Lee Furness, a British newspaper reported at the weekend. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]He was top of the list, and now they have been left with other, less marketable options. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The report said Jackman, 37, rejected the deal because he had a sufficiently high global profile and did not feel the need to throw himself into the strange world of Bond. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The star of X-Men and Van Helsing is in London filming with New York director Woody Allen. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The most recent Bond, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, was reportedly sacked from the role late last year because his age ? 52 ? was judged to be too advanced. [/font]

    [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]According to British bookmakers, who keep a close watch on such matters, other favoured candidates now include the Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor and Clive Owen, who won an Oscar nomination for his role in last year's film Closer. [/font]
     
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    Never saw tomb raider, but the character in Perdition was not remotely James Bond.

    The great thing about Sean Connery is that if you watch every movie he ever made he was always playing James Bond.
     
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    Supposidly the new James Bond in Casino Royale is between Goran Visnjic, Alex O'Lachlan, Henry Cavill, and Ewan Stewart per http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/index.php3?categoryid=21.


    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=120>
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    </TD><TD bgColor=#efefef><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=10></TD><TD>Australian actor Alex O'Lachlan confirms his James Bond screentest and news on the role is expected within 20 days...



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    Alex O'Lachlan Confirms Screentest
    7th August 2005

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Australian actor Alex O'Lachlan has confirmed earlier reports that he has screentested for the role of James Bond and is one of the "final four" candidates.


    28 year-old O'Lachlan could be following in the footsteps of fellow countryman George Lazenby and become the second 007 from down under, but only if he beats off competitors Goran Visnjic, Henry Cavill and Ewan Stewart.

    Word first broke of the "final four" casting back on 24th July, when British media reports named the quadruplet of hopeful actors who had performed final screentests for the role.

    "I'm spinning out of my brain about it," the 28-year-old star of Oyster Farmer told The Daily Telegraph.

    "I flew to London, stayed on Piccadilly and was looked after beautifully. [I was] fitted out at Hugo Boss for a tuxedo, had my hair cut and filmed two scenes."


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    Above: Australian actor Alex O'Lachlan
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    </TD><TD width=30></TD><TD vAlign=top>As MI6 reported last month, the screentests took place at Pinewood Studios under the watchful eye of the producers and director Michael Campbell. British soap opera actress Camilla Power took the place of a Bond girl during the scenes, one of which is expected to be the "From Russia With Love" seduction scene where Tatiana is waiting for Bond in his bed.


    "Picture it. Picture it!" O'Lachlan laughed. "It's James Bond, need I say any more? The reality is I may not get the role, which is the conundrum for all actors, but at the end of the day, I'm incredibly grateful just to be considered. People's ears prick up and they do take me a lot more seriously here now."

    O'Lachlan told the paper that he expects to hear from the producers within the next 20 days.

    Croatian "ER" actor Goran Visnjic is the current fan favourite to take up the 007 mantle, but controversy has ensued over the prospect of a non-British actor playing James Bond.


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    "Casino Royale", the 21st James Bond film, will be directed by Martin Campbell and shooting is scheduled to commence on January 17th 2006 in Prague and South Africa. No casting decisions have been made officially. The release is planned fro October 19th 2006. Stay tuned to MI6 for the latest and most accurate coverage of Casino Royale
     
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    WILL FERRELL!!!!

    actually in all seriousness, i dont know that many british actors that could really fit that role.

    knowing things nowadays, theyll probably get Russel Crowe, dye his hair, and he'll end up making an awesome movie as he usually does.
     
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