I do hope they stay with the premise Brosnan set up...it's a little more realistic...well as far as Bond movies go...It seems like Sean Connery was trying to do the same with his later movies...
Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I still say Ewan McGregor would be a great Bond, but no one seems to agree with me. Clive Owen would have done well, too. -----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B. Smith Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 14:59 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, yinka oyekunle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it was said that he will return to this > role. Is this old news or is Brosnan "outed" again? He's supposedly out for good. The Bond people want Daniel Craig from Layer Cake as the new Bond. I like Craig but he doesn't come across as Bond-like to me. > > --- Brent Wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20050817/112429692000.html > > > > Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 > > > > Wednesday August 17 > > > > > > 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. > > > > "One phone call, that's all it took!" the > > 52-year-old actor tells > > Entertainment Weekly magazine in its Aug. 19 issue. > > > > Brosnan starred in four Bond films. He says that > > before they stopped > > negotiations, the producers had invited him back for > > a fifth time. > > > > "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. > > > > He then starred as 007 in "Tomorrow Never Dies" > > (1997), "The World Is Not > > Enough" (1999) and "Die Another Day" (2002). > > > > His departure from the role was a "titanic jolt to > > the system," says > > Brosnan, followed by "a great sense of calm." > > > > "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." > > > > 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." > > > > He plays a foulmouthed, skirt-chasing hit man in the > > upcoming film "The > > Matador." > > > > "(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." > > > > ___ > > > > On the Net: > > > > http://www.piercebrosnan.com/ > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "scifinoir2 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hff0vc0/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124784627/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
