Wanted: 007 Babe and Baddie

Danny Diamond · 02-02-2006, 01:17 PM

Wanted: 007 Babe & Baddie

by Josh Grossberg
Feb 1, 2006, 6:00 PM PT

James Bond likes his women beautiful, his nemeses megalomaniacal and his martinis shaken, not stirred. These days he's drinking alone.
Filming on the new 007 adventure, Casino Royale, kicked off last Friday in the Czech capital of Prague with newcomer Daniel Craig taking over for Pierce Brosnan as the suave secret agent. But intelligence sources reveal Bond is currently sans babe and baddie.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, filmmakers made the decision to roll cameras on the long-delayed film in order to make a planned holiday release date--even though the two key components of a Bond film are notably missing in action.
For now, their absence is being handled by shooting around them. Crucial scenes featuring the would-be villain and Bond's latest paramour aren't scheduled to be filmed for at least a month, leaving coproducers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and director Martin Campbell a little wiggle room.
"They're talking to three to four girls right now," Casino scribe Paul Haggis, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby and is nominated again this year for writing and directing Crash, told the Reporter. "Every week I read there's a new Bond girl, and I call them and they say, 'No, you idiot.' "
The trade reports Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible 2) and Rachel McAdams (Red Eye and The Wedding Crashers) are the several high-profile actresses currently in the running to join the pantheon of Bond babe. (The sometime rumored likes of Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, however, are not serious contenders.)
As for the next bad guy, the Casino brain trust is reportedly much closer to cast that role than the love interest, but no names have specifically mentioned by reliable sources.
The announcement of Craig as the sixth actor to don the tuxedo was made with great fanfare at an October press conference. But because it took so long to cast the role, the production was delayed from November to January.
Campbell & Co. promised Casino Royale, the 21st installment in cinema's longest running and most successful series, would take the iconic character back to his roots. The film is said to feature a character-driven script exploring Bond's past and eschewing the big special-effects and gadgets that have come to define the later Bond flicks, particularly the ones starring Brosnan and Roger Moore.
The director, who also helmed GoldenEye, Brosnan's first outing as Bond, said Casino Royale will show 007 at age of 28, when he's just starting out on Her Majesty's Secret Service, and purportedly explain such mysteries as to why he likes his vodka martinis prepared incorrectly. It will also be the first Bond mission since Live and Let Die not to feature the character of Q, most recently played by John Cleese.
Neither the Bond production company, the U.K.-based Eon Productions, nor its U.S.-based studio, MGM, would comment on the casting situation.
However, one Hollywood agent with an inside track on Casino's casting told the Reporter that Sony, the film's distributor, will probably have to cough up a lot of dough to get the actors given the fact that shooting has already begun.
"To be that exposed is unheard of," the agent said. "[The actor or actress] can have them over a barrel. Not to have your two principal leads [by now] is awfully strange."
With the amount of money at stake, a tight deadline and the prestige of the franchise in the balance, producers are expected to be willing to spend as much as needed to secure the right actors.
After the Czech Republic, production moves to the Bahamas, Italy and Pinewood Studios near London. Casino Royale is being targeted for a Nov. 17, 2006 release.

I think Rachel McAdams would make a great Bond girl!

Blitzkrieg · 02-02-2006, 01:41 PM

I know I'm biased, but I would love to see Trish be a Bond Girl. She's hot, she's kinda funny, I like her, and I know she's interested in acting which I think she'll be able to pull off.

As far as actresses who are already out there, How about Kate Beckinsale? I saw Underworld finally Joe.. I liked it. Good movie, lots of action and the story wasn't too bad.. Plus, I love Kate Beckinsale. Beautiful women.

Joseph T. Cool · 02-02-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

I know I'm biased, but I would love to see Trish be a Bond Girl. She's hot, she's kinda funny, I like her, and I know she's interested in acting which I think she'll be able to pull off.
As far as actresses who are already out there, How about Kate Beckinsale? I saw Underworld finally Joe.. I liked it. Good movie, lots of action and the story wasn't too bad.. Plus, I love Kate Beckinsale. Beautiful women.

Agreed. I think the critics were totally wrong about Evolution. It is great as a popcorn action flick.

I think Kate was considered for this part dude but she turned it down. She apparently didn't want to be type cast as some of the other girls have who became Bond girls.

Plus i've heard they wanted Angelina Jolie who turned it down as well because she considered the role to be too much of a wimp.

:mello:

Blitzkrieg · 02-02-2006, 02:00 PM

I dunno.. I'm sure the girl will end up being some kind of bad ass, no? Surely, there will be some action spots for her.

I don't blame girls who are already established, not taking the role though. It didn't do anything for Denise Richard's career. It's more about Bond then anything.

I'm trying to think of a girl who isn't really a household name, who if she takes the role, could help her break out.

Joseph T. Cool · 02-02-2006, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

I dunno.. I'm sure the girl will end up being some kind of bad ass, no? Surely, there will be some action spots for her.
I don't blame girls who are already established, not taking the role though. It didn't do anything for Denise Richard's career. It's more about Bond then anything.
I'm trying to think of a girl who isn't really a household name, who if she takes the role, could help her break out.

Rachel McAdams would be a good fit if she could get the Russian accent down for the role. Vesper Lynd, the bond girl this time from Casino Royale the novel, was Russian.

She's only done a few films like Wedding Crashers and if done correctly this could skyrocket her into ever bigger things.

Plus she meets the sexy requirement in my eyes that Bond girls need to have.

I still would take Kate Beckinsale over her though.

Blitzkrieg · 02-02-2006, 02:13 PM

I would take Kate over pretty much everyone.

Rachel McAdams isn't a bad choice. I saw her in Wedding Crashers, she was ok. I hated.. what was that movie.? Red Eye or something like that. That movie stunk IMO.

What about Jessica Alba? lol.. They seem to like her in any role (As do I)

But a chick that would be more bad ass then Alba would be Jessica Biel. She'd be good I think, but I don't know about the Russian part.

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