Reply to: Could have a black James Bond next....

[SupremeSpod]

The UK was never going to a get a female PM and we got one.

The US was never going to get a black president and they got one.

No they didn't, they just got one that wasn't "white".

[SueEllen]

Will never happen.

The UK was never going to a get a female PM and we got one.

The US was never going to get a black president and they got one.

[Robinho]

For a long time the premise was that he was the same person in spite of the actor change. However i think they effectively pressed the reset button with Casino Royal.

[Gentile]

this depends if we are led to believe that the james bond we see now is (in fictional terms) the same James Bond who appeared in the first films then he cannot be black as people do not simply change from white to black or vice versa(No michael jackson jokes please).

However if James Bond is just psuedanym (sp?) for the agent whose code name is 007 then the colour of the skin matters not..

He'd need to be aged 82, and have had a career spanning fifty years.

[Robinho]

Will never happen.

[darmstadt]

Tom Hanks is Asian

[d000hg]

Andrew Lincoln on The Walking Dead sounds a little bit off to me, but I didn't realise for ages that Idris Elba was English after watching The Wire.

He sounds off to me but mainly because I expect his normal voice!

I think also that may be the regional accent he is doing - so much American TV is Californian. Can't remember, but isn't it set in the mid-west or the south or somewhere a bit 'yokel'?

[vetran]

+1
No one batted an eyelid with his ethnic changes.

we did. pretty sure there was a thread on it in the old place.

[blacjac]

Felix Lieter?

+1
No one batted an eyelid with his ethnic changes.

[Bunk]

When Laurie auditioned for House they apparently thought he was American. For a non-American to play American on an American show broadcast to American audiences, it probably has to be good.

Andrew Lincoln on The Walking Dead sounds a little bit off to me, but I didn't realise for ages that Idris Elba was English after watching The Wire.

[d000hg]

That's just to our ears, I think. Whenever I see a Brit attempting an American accent I often wonder if they sound as unwittingly inauthentic to real Septics as most people attempting a Glaswegian accent do to Jocks.

When Laurie auditioned for House they apparently thought he was American. For a non-American to play American on an American show broadcast to American audiences, it probably has to be good.

[Pondlife]

Bring back Tom Baker.

Exactly.

[Mich the Tester]

Ok, remember is the wrong word.

I'm not saying people won't have seen them but if you ask most of the current cinema going generation who their preferred Bond is you are unlikely to hear them say Roger Moore. It's like everyone has 'their' Dr Who.

Bring back Tom Baker.

[Pondlife]

As xog says, all the films are shown regularly. My son is 18 and he has seen most of them, so saying he won't remember Connery as Bond because he hasn't made one for 40 years is simply untrue.

Ok, remember is the wrong word.

I'm not saying people won't have seen them but if you ask most of the current cinema going generation who their preferred Bond is you are unlikely to hear them say Roger Moore. It's like everyone has 'their' Dr Who.

[original PM]

He will only cost €400 a day to save the world on Sunday and continue with his programming contract the following week

won't fu<kin work though will it...