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"LONDON (AP) - Daniel Craig was introduced Friday as the first blond James Bond and only the second Englishman to star as Agent 007 in the movie series. Craig's selection was revealed as he was whisked down the Thames River aboard a military boat to a news conference. Craig replaces Pierce Brosnan in the role of the suave spy in "Casino Royale," due in theaters next year. "I'm speechless," the star said, after posing for photos with producer Barbara Broccoli and director Martin Campbell. "Daniel is a superb actor who has all the qualities needed to bring a contemporary edge to the role," Broccoli and Campbell said in a statement. Producers announced last year that they were seeking a replacement for Brosnan, who has played Bond in the last four films. Craig, 37, is the first blond actor to play agent 007. Relatively unknown outside Britain, he has had a busy career that includes roles in the landmark 1990s British TV drama "Our Friends in the North" and films including "The Mother,""Enduring Love" and "Layer Cake." He played Paul Newman's sinister son in "Road to Perdition," was poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow's Sylvia Plath in "Sylvia" and appeared in this year's thriller "The Jacket" with Adrien Brody. Craig is also the tabloids' dream Bond. He once dated headline-grabbing model Kate Moss and has been linked to Sienna Miller, his "Layer Cake" co-star and on-off fiancee of Jude Law. Earlier this year, Craig praised 007 as "an iconographic figure in moviemaking." "I think you'd have to be stupid not to consider something like that," he said, but added that he hadn't given the role "any serious thought." The film's producers tried to keep their decision secret, but Craig's mother told the tabloid Sun newspaper she was "thrilled to bits." Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, originally published in 1953, "Casino Royale" is one of the few Bond adventures not to feature the MI6 gadget-maker Q. It was previously filmed as a 1967 spoof starring Peter Sellers. Before Friday, speculation about the new Bond also included British actors Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor, Irishman Colin Farrell and Australians Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana. "

10/14/2005 12:40:21 PM

at least he has the look

10/14/2005 12:45:44 PM

Huge Grant and Colin Firth were candidates? Are you fucking kidding?!?!?

He looks familiar, but outside of Road to Perdition I haven't seen any of his stuff (and I don't recall him from that movie at all).

We'll see how it goes I guess.

10/14/2005 12:47:51 PM

at first i was scared and disappointed (over the last few months up to 3 minutes ago)

then i went to http://www.jamesbond.com b/c i knew they were saying who it would be today and it was just unbelievable

it really looks like this is going to be quality

going back to the tone of the connery movies



[Edited on October 14, 2005 at 12:54 PM. Reason : i want this movie now ]

10/14/2005 12:51:41 PM

James Blond

10/14/2005 12:54:07 PM

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"outside of Road to Perdition I haven't seen any of his stuff (and I don't recall him from that movie at all). "

he was paul newman's pansy son who killed tom hanks wife and son

and he was in Layer Cake

pretty good movie

10/14/2005 12:59:10 PM

His eyes look fucked up in that picture.

10/14/2005 1:05:59 PM

i'm sure they can dye his fucking hair

10/14/2005 1:13:13 PM

i doubt they'll die it black

but i doubt they'll keep it a light blond

maybe a shade or three lighter than Roger Moore

10/14/2005 1:15:14 PM

id def recommend you all see Layer Cake...
now

10/14/2005 1:17:21 PM

yeah
that movie was the shit
and is on dvd for like 15 bucks arreddy

10/14/2005 1:23:56 PM

happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy

[Edited on October 14, 2005 at 1:26 PM. Reason : i love james bond news...it's been waaaaaaaaaaay toooooooo looooooong]

10/14/2005 1:26:06 PM

and for all those people thinking he can't do it

at least give him the benefit of the doubt

its not like they went with some scottish body builder or something lame like that

10/14/2005 1:34:55 PM

kick ass

10/14/2005 1:50:23 PM

when i first heard the rumor last spring it was him i was kind of dissapointed because I wanted Clive Owen but after Layer Cake, I was pulling for Craig, he is far and away a better actor than Owen

10/14/2005 4:18:00 PM

Pierce Brosnan is irreplacable

10/14/2005 4:31:42 PM

MAYBE
but lets hope the way the movies were turning out is replacable

jeez
that last one (with halle berry) was hideous

10/14/2005 4:36:13 PM

^Yeah exactly. Goldeneye was incredible, I loved it. Die Another Die, however, was just plain bad. I don't think this was due to Pierce Brosnan though, he has been a pretty good actor in all the films I have seen him in.

10/14/2005 4:43:22 PM

haha, i felt like dying another die after i saw it

10/14/2005 4:47:46 PM

I still like Roger Moore the best of all the Bonds. I will watch this movie over and over just like the rest even if he isnt a good Bond actor.

10/14/2005 5:16:33 PM

the ideal new bond would be clive owen

but he didn't want the part

if not brosnan, then Craig will work

Brosnan got shafted with ridiculous plots

he never got his From Russia with Love/Goldfinger/The Spy who Loved Me/For Your Eyes Only/The Living Daylights movie

Goldeneye was great, but the ones after that were disappointing when compared to Goldeneye

10/14/2005 6:12:36 PM

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"also included British actors Clive Owen, ... and Ewan McGregor,"

i thought ewan mcgregor was scottish

10/14/2005 6:43:13 PM

^Where do you think Scotland is?

10/14/2005 6:44:44 PM

IN BRITAIN!!!!!!!

10/14/2005 6:54:47 PM

i think we are headed in the right direction... all we need is a good bond girl and a good script

10/14/2005 7:37:44 PM

Martin Campbell is directing it too, he also did Goldeneye. That was Pierce's best one so maybe this one has a chance. I just hope its more suave like the old ones (Thunderball, GoldFinger) instead of having all that damn CGI

10/14/2005 8:22:51 PM

BUT THE CAR WAS INVISIBLE

10/14/2005 8:43:17 PM

he isn't nearly as hot as Pierce

10/14/2005 8:48:05 PM

HAHAHAHAHHAHA

ITS HEISENBURG

10/14/2005 9:48:39 PM

it seems like Bond keeps getting older

I don't want him to be a fogie

10/14/2005 11:29:32 PM

YEAH
THEY SHOULD HAVE TOTALLY GONE WITH ASHTON

10/14/2005 11:34:17 PM

or nick carter or frankie muineinz

10/15/2005 12:20:35 AM

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"i thought ewan mcgregor was scottish"

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"^Where do you think Scotland is?"

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"IN BRITAIN!!!!!!!"

yes, im aware that scotland is part of the united kingdom, i just thought that people still differentiated between scots and brits and even welsh for whatever reason. i've never heard sean connery referred to as british, but always scottish, so i assumed that other people from scotland liked to call themselves scottish. i guess i'm wrong.




oh, and related to the thread, i think james bond should be a chauvinistic womaner who isn't afraid to tell his women to "run along now, man talk" or shove some bitch in the face when she asks him whats for breakfast the next morning, just like the old bond did

[Edited on October 15, 2005 at 2:38 AM. Reason : ]

10/15/2005 2:32:49 AM

10/15/2005 2:34:24 AM

British = English + Welsh + Scottish.

Ewan McGregor and Sean Connery are Scottish
David Prowse is Welsh
Daniel Craig is English

All of them are British.

10/15/2005 2:50:47 AM

kick ass

10/15/2005 3:01:32 AM

it'd be like someone saying you're an american
and then saying "the bloody hell i am, i'm a texan" or wherever you're from

10/15/2005 10:39:59 AM

my favorite bond...by far is sean connery...he definately set the bar that every other bond has had to meet since he ceased being bond
with that being said...










[Edited on October 15, 2005 at 12:34 PM. Reason : this guy has a look that reminds me of sean connery]

10/15/2005 12:20:18 PM

^He kind of reminds me of Christopher Eccleston (See Dr. Who 2005) when his hair is short in those pics.

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"yes, im aware that scotland is part of the united kingdom, i just thought that people still differentiated between scots and brits and even welsh for whatever reason. i've never heard sean connery referred to as british, but always scottish, so i assumed that other people from scotland liked to call themselves scottish. i guess i'm wrong."

No you are right, it is just in America that they use the term British. Anywhere else, you are English, Scottish, or Welsh. If for some reason anyone ever needs to know, the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain is that GB doesn't include Northern Ireland.

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"it'd be like someone saying you're an american and then saying "the bloody hell i am, i'm a texan" or wherever you're from"

This is kinda the right idea but not. Think of it more as if someone saying "You're a North American." Yeah it is true, you are, but you wouldn't usually describe yourself that way. If you go to England and tell someone they are British, you will probably get a funny look. This mostly stems from deep regionalism. English are very proud not to be Welsh or Scottish, same goes for Scots not being English/Welsh or Welsh not being Eng/Scot. We don't like to be grouped with a common name. Think of it like someone calling you a Canadian or a Mexican.

10/15/2005 1:56:14 PM

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"Moneypenny and Q Axed from 'Casino Royale' Producers of the forthcoming James Bond movie Casino Royale have axed the legendary Miss Moneypenny character. Moneypenny, who has waved the suave super-spy off on some of his most perilous missions, been written out of the new film because she only fleetingly appears in Ian Fleming's original novel. Gadget-inventor Q, last played by John Cleese will also be absent from the new film - in which British actor Daniel Craig will play 007 for the first time. The news is the biggest indication the new film will deviate substantially from the spirit of previous Bond adventures. Co-producer Michael G. Wilson confirms, "Neither Miss Moneypenny nor Q will appear. Neither of them are in the book. The film will update the novel but stick very closely to the storyline." "

good and bad things about this

but overall i approve

10/17/2005 11:55:25 AM

OMG please no

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"Simpson Gets Bond Bosses All Stirred Up Jessica Simpson is the latest name on James Bond producers' wish list after both Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie pulled out of a Bond babe role in new 007 adventure Casino Royale. Theron and Jolie refused Bond bosses, according to Ign FilmForce, and now they're courting newly-single Simpson to play female lead Vesper Lynd in the new film. Scarlett Johansson has also been linked to star alongside the legendary superspy. British actor Daniel Craig will take over from Pierce Brosnan to make his Bond debut in the film, which is set to start shooting next year."

12/22/2005 12:08:07 PM

i will refuse to see this if jessica simpson is in it.

12/22/2005 12:35:56 PM

oh jesus god no.

12/22/2005 12:47:25 PM

might as well just get jenna jameson, you know she's always up for a fuck

12/22/2005 12:49:03 PM

I support Jessica Simpson for a bond girl.

12/22/2005 12:50:00 PM

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"English are very proud not to be Welsh or Scottish,"

i'm pretty proud not to be from mississippi

and i like the idea that Q won't be in it
makes it harder for him to drive AN INVISIBLE REMOTE CONTROLLED CAR

12/22/2005 2:21:25 PM

Wales, Scotland, and England were all distinct countries/kingdoms for hundreds of years, and still have very distinct accents and cultures, although that is something that is beyond most Americans.

12/22/2005 2:57:07 PM

texas was a distinct country (and could be again if i understand the state constitution) and was ruled at various times by 5 different countries, and texans certainly have their own accents and customs

immediately between secession and the forming ofthe CSA, several "slave" states were their own nations

for the most part; borders and nationalities are all imaginary in the end

[Edited on December 22, 2005 at 3:05 PM. Reason : `]

12/22/2005 3:05:05 PM

^ i support re-releasing texas into the wild

12/22/2005 3:21:31 PM

BobbyDigital nailed it. Woodfoot, the comparison between the regionalism of Texas and that of Great Britain isn't nearly the same. It is the same idea, but England, Ireland, and Wales were individual countries for longer then Texas has been known to exist by the white man.

12/22/2005 3:28:41 PM