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Daily Mail readers reaction to rumours of a black James Bond

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  • JWADDICK said:

    I prefer my Bonds to be more suave than gritty, I guess that's what happens when you grow up in the Roger Moore era :-)

    So someone like Damien Lewis, for example

    Damien Lewis is one of my favourite actors... Another great shout, although if he's picked people will say "but he's ginger"
    and obviously Daniel Craig is a natural brunette? These film people have all sorts of make up and hair dye available I'm told, not sure if I believe it though.
    Yeah but people did moan like hell when Craig got the job because they said that Bond wasn't blonde
  • Do we really need any more James Bond's? Why not just move on to 008? It is really stretching the franchise's credibility keeping this bloke alive for 60 odd years. At least Dr Who is 900 years old!
  • Do we really need any more James Bond's? Why not just move on to 008? It is really stretching the franchise's credibility keeping this bloke alive for 60 odd years. At least Dr Who is 900 years old!

    Yeah but he could be foiling terrorists every month or every week so they could barely have scratched the surface so far
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    The next Bond. Only one choice imo.

    He's appeared in four Oscar winning films

    always plays ingenious good guy roles

    always beats the baddies in the end

    has a certain charm with the ladies

    and, it appears, he scrubs up quite well.

    I give you:

    The one and only

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    Of course, he'd need a little help from his side-kick!
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited December 2014
    There has been a female Hamlet, all male versions of Romeo and Juliet, I have seen a black King Lear with white daughters, all were great experiences.

    Now if anybody says you can't have Adrian Lester

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    as James Bond

    with Francoise Yip

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    as his full blood sister because it wouldn't be realistic, we're talking about James Bond here, not exactly a fusion of Checkhov, Pinter and Mike Leigh!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    I'm laughing at the mock outrage in the OP. Typical Righties with no sense of humour

    Really, it's a fictional character.

    PS We all know it was written in Jamaica



  • JWADDICK
    JWADDICK Posts: 846
    seth plum said:

    There has been a female Hamlet, all male versions of Romeo and Juliet, I have seen a black King Lear with white daughters, all were great experiences.
    Now if anybody says you can't have Adrian Lester

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    as James Bond with Francoise Yip

    I'll say it! You CANNOT have Adrian Lester. He's far too good an actor to waste time on that kind of Shite. Idris Elba on the other hand - help yourself- one dimensional dreadful TV actor IMHO.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866

    A black/coloured/ethnic/minority (delete as you see appropriate) James Bond wouldn't feel right to me. Does that make me racist?

    no, and I agree. What next Postman Pat to become Plumber Pat? Top Cat to be replaced by a Dog?

    Yeah Postman Pat, Top Cat , last time i checked it wasn't called White James Bond.
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  • Can we make him gay and disabled as well? That should keep everyone happy.
  • Can we make him gay and disabled as well? That should keep everyone happy.

    Goitta have him as a child and as a pensioner too... Cant let age discrimination come into it either
  • Lol, a gay, disabled black bond. In 2030 this will be a reality.
  • Can we make him gay....

    Double Ohh Matron! :-P

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022

    A black/coloured/ethnic/minority (delete as you see appropriate) James Bond wouldn't feel right to me. Does that make me racist?

    What about when there was an Australian James Bond and a Scottish James Bond, did that feel right? What about when M changed sex and then changed back again, how right did that feel? It's a film franchise, not a serial; the characters change all the time to match new situations. If they didn't it would be even more ridiculous: The original character was about 40 at the time of Dr No, so he'd be over 90 now. Obviously he isn't because, apart from not appealing to the ladies, some of those stunts would be a little difficult with arthritis and a stainless steel hip. It seems though that some people find certain changes harder to accept than others.
  • Lol, a gay, disabled black bond. In 2030 this will be a reality.

    2030's Bond Girl image
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    we forgot obese too. won't be able to squeeze into a sports car so will be chasing the baddies in a 7 seater people carrier.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    probably more credible to have a black Dr Who than a black James Bond .
  • lolwray said:

    probably more credible to have a black Dr Who than a black James Bond .

    No reason not to have a disabled Dr Who. Perhaps we shall.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022

    lolwray said:

    probably more credible to have a black Dr Who than a black James Bond .

    No reason not to have a disabled Dr Who. Perhaps we shall.
    He could have a heart attack and struggle along with just the one.
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  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,783

    Do we really need any more James Bond's? Why not just move on to 008? It is really stretching the franchise's credibility keeping this bloke alive for 60 odd years. At least Dr Who is 900 years old!

    I think they gave up years ago trying to convince us that it was different actors playing the same character.
    I look at it as James Bond/007 are code words for "Our top arse kicking agent", so for that reason, I really don't care what colour he is............
  • lolwray said:

    probably more credible to have a black Dr Who than a black James Bond .

    No reason not to have a disabled Dr Who. Perhaps we shall.
    Can't tell if serious or not
  • Oh wait I thought you meant James Bond
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    edited December 2014
    Stig said:

    A black/coloured/ethnic/minority (delete as you see appropriate) James Bond wouldn't feel right to me. Does that make me racist?

    What about when there was an Australian James Bond and a Scottish James Bond, did that feel right? What about when M changed sex and then changed back again, how right did that feel? It's a film franchise, not a serial; the characters change all the time to match new situations. If they didn't it would be even more ridiculous: The original character was about 40 at the time of Dr No, so he'd be over 90 now. Obviously he isn't because, apart from not appealing to the ladies, some of those stunts would be a little difficult with arthritis and a stainless steel hip. It seems though that some people find certain changes harder to accept than others.
    Excuse me, Bond is Scottish - it's an outrage that English actors have been playing him all these years, Elba will just be the latest in a line of perpetrators of this travesty !
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited December 2014
    yeah, like Connery. Oh wait you mean those other ones.....
    ;-)

    Personally I'm holding out for an asian Poirot.
  • Ian Fleming originally didn't want Sean Connery because he was Scottish.

    It felt a bit weird watching the equalizer being played by Denziel Washington as opposed Edward Woodward but it was enjoyable.

    I don't mind change but just for the sake of being PC its a bit much
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    I don't think it's got anything to do with being PC, it's just that they think he'd be the best man for the role when it becomes available again soon.

  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,986

    I don't think it's got anything to do with being PC, it's just that they think he'd be the best man for the role when it becomes available again soon.

    Indeed. He's suave, birds like him and he's a great, versatile actor. What's not to like?
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    This is a great thread for outing the Neanderthals.
  • Vincenzo said:

    This is a great thread for outing the Neanderthals.

    How many neanderthals, would you say, it has outed so far then?