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Denis Villeneuve's James Bond auditions have officially started
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GymWolf
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Why is a good chemistry with zendaya a plus?Sadly I didn't get a callback, but I think it will be Josh O'Connor this time. He ticks all the boxes.
English. Good actor. Scrubs up well, but not a male model type. Has acted with Daniel Craig (Wake Up Dead Man). Good chemistry with Zendaya (Challengers).
Did they already announced her as the next bond girl?
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IlGialloMondadori
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Why is a good chemistry with zendaya a plus?
Did they already announced her as the next bond girl?
Sadly I didn't get a callback, but I think it will be Josh O'Connor this time. He ticks all the boxes.
English. Good actor. Scrubs up well, but not a male model type. Has acted with Daniel Craig (Wake Up Dead Man). Good chemistry with Zendaya (Challengers).
calistan
, Villeneuve, is that you incognito? Sharing something early?
Dazraell
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calistan
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They're not Bond Girls, they're 'co-agents'.Why is a good chemistry with zendaya a plus?
Did they already announced her as the next bond girl?
Maybe not Benedict Wong specifically, but you could sell me on a Hong Kong or even Indian James Bond, though the name itself starts to break down a bit with some of those ethnicities. Certainly more plausible than an afro-Caribbean James Bond as I just don't see the same background working, there are virtually ZERO afro-caribs (and only slightly more of other non-white ethnicities) as Naval Officers and that is, IMHO, one of the most fundamental qualities to keep for Bond.
Little Mac
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Benedict Wong is a great actor. One of my favorite roles of his was Khan in the series Marco Polo. That said I hope he is not Bond. He'd make an unforgettable villain though.
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Badlucktroll
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i bet they will carry over ben wishaw, ralph fiennes, and rory kinnear like how they carried over judi dench from the brosnan era
Jinzo Prime
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The fact thst he even pitched that idea should disqualify him from directing the movie.
There are hundreds of directors who are ready and willing to make a good, classic Bond film; you don't want someone who doesn't take ir seriously.
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IntentionalPun
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Why would a James Bond movie need any sort of realism in this area?
IntentionalPun
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This seems.. completely fake?
The linked article doesn't mention Wong or anything like this.
Why make James Bond movie if don't want James Bond to be in it?
I don't understand why folks are so willing to die on this hill. Either you like JAMES BOND as he is, or you actually DON'T LIKE James Bond and should just f off and go watch Twilight or whatever the hell it is you DO enjoy. Rather than corrupt something you don't like and debase it, ruining it for the fans, just go out and CREATE something NEW that meets all the checkboxes.....oh yeah, that shit never works....
IntentionalPun
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I was just pointing out that the amount of Naval Officers in reality who have a certain trait is a weird thing to pick and choose for realism when talking about a completely unrealistic fictional setting.
There's nothing stopping James Bond from being a black Naval Officer in a movie.
Not saying I want that, just thought pointing out the # of Naval Officers who are black as some litmus test for who can play Bond is strange lol
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Nothing stopping him from being a quadruple amputee, having trisomy 21, a dwarf, a helium filled balloon, or a rolling tire either.
The point, for those of us who actually give a shit about Bond, is that he has a certain background that informs SO MUCH of what he does, so draw from folks that could match that background. For a variety of reasons there are few to no black british senior naval officers, a core component to being Bond (as is being human, able bodied, tall, suave, etc) and there are HUNDREDS of men who do fit the background criteria, so why shove all them aside to reach for a unicorn....unless its the agenda you want to serve, not Bond and an audience.
IntentionalPun
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And yet there are black officers in the Royal Navy. So you throwing out them being a quadruple amputee totally makes sense here. Same exact amount of realism.
There are very few non-white officers, that is true.. that goes for Asians as well, so quite odd you were totally Ok with that idea.
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It's been a while since i threw out the data, its on one if these bond threads I'm sure, but of the 2.5-3% non white royal navy officers, 2/3s or more were indian/Asian.
Despite what the BBC would have you think, blacks in England are a very small fraction, outnumbered 3-4:1 by asians. I've gone over my rationale before, but the BLUF is that I think if you MUST go non white, you can get a better agent from Asian origins to do Bond things, mix in the circles Bond operates in, and honor the British legacy better from Hong kong or India than the caribbean.
It's just statistics, really
IntentionalPun
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You are exaggerating these statistics. It's more like 2.5:1 Asians:Afro-Carribean. If you are going to throw around "It's just statistics, rally" you should be accurate at least lol
And in the end.. there are black Royal Navy officers.. So why would you not be able to suspend your disbelief for a Bond movie?
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Puscifer
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Go make one then, see how it does. I suspect it will struggle, MIGHTILY, because outside of a tiny handful of folks that just want to see Bond burn, no one sees Bond in that way and it won't feel authentic.
Are they still doing this? It feels sooooo 2020, especially since almost every "this land..." statement falls flat because the tribe they know about was just the LAST tribe that took it before civilization came. Same with the "I'm a woman with brown hair, asian features, and a red shirt" stuff, who was that EVER for?
kpopSuperstar
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Because Bond is British, not African-British.
FoxMcChief
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You son of a bitch
Hormones shaken and not stirred
FoxMcChief
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Looks like Elon Musk!
Puscifer
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No they aren't thank god, but that passage put this in my brain lol.
I refuse to believe he doesn't regret it. Any woman who transitions shows outward signs and I just believe she was caught in the hype. I just don't believe this happened naturally shitty as that sounds.
Toons
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Bond is actually Scottish/Swiss
The movies changed his ocountry of origin from the very beginning lol
Edit: this is partially incorrect. He is described as being Scottish in the books but this was not a part of the character from day 1, that was added into the books by Ian supposedly after Connerys performance.
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IntentionalPun
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Like I said it's not what I want, I was just remarking on your logic about Asian vs Afro Caribbean.
First and foremost I just want it to be someone who fits like you say, but I'd take someone who can act the part and have the general traits of being suave and pull off the Bond-ness over the color of their skin.
Personally hope it's just a white dude but I don't really like most of the suggestions.
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Dr.Morris79
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Knowing Amazon it will be 'modern', you can't fight that
So, you guys know this makes utter sense
You just have to accept it
So, you guys know this makes utter sense
You just have to accept it
Dazraell
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It unfortunately is, it comes from a book that was released about 2-3 years ago. Apparently it's not even a tip of the iceberg of what author of this book shoved into it
GymWolf
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Do you want people pushing an hot rod into their hears everytime bond open his mouth?
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roosnam1980
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Boo Who?
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BlackTron
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Sadly I didn't get a callback, but I think it will be Josh O'Connor this time. He ticks all the boxes.
English. Good actor. Scrubs up well, but not a male model type. Has acted with Daniel Craig (Wake Up Dead Man). Good chemistry with Zendaya (Challengers).
He looks kind of like the model in the new game. So he's perfect/horrible.
LordCBH
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daffyduck
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That must have been an April Fools gag.
LordCBH
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I seriously hope so.
kpopSuperstar
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It is a joke from a Wong fan account.
calistan
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I genuinely think he'd be a fantastic Bond. He's got everything you could want for the job, and he's not hugely well known for other roles. Anyone suggesting actors who are already pretty famous is probably well off the mark.
Whether the new movies are worthy of such a high quality actor is another question entirely.
Badlucktroll
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i bet they at least carry over Ben Wishaw from the Craig films like how Desmond Llewelyn and Judi Dench carried over to other Bonds
