Adrian Paul as the next 007?

[dirrtycruz]

Highlander fans!!! I just heard that there is the possibility of Adrian
Paul to star as the next 007. He did such an amazing job with
Highlander that I think he is ready for such a big time movie role. I
read that the new Bond movie will be a classic/throwback Casino Royale
story, and I think his background in action helps him fit into that
Bond role.
If you think Adrian Paul is the perfect next Bond, please read and sign
this petition:
http://www.m80teams.com/?QzoxMTEzOjIyMDI0MQ==

[Scary]

He did such an amazing job with
Highlander that I think he is ready for such a big time movie role.


Gee. I'd put him right up there with George Lazenby!

Scary.

[Michael Dash]

Post by dirrtycruz
He did such an amazing job with
Highlander that I think he is ready for such a big time movie role.
Gee. I'd put him right up there with George Lazenby!
Scary.

In defense of George Lazenby, he wasn't the worst part of "On Her Majesty's
Secret Service". Casting Telly Savalas as a "Continetial Villan" and Diana
Rigg as Portuguese was not such a good idea IMO. Also, the script of this
movie broke with previous movies, in order to be more faithful with the
books. It didn't make sense for Bond to not know Telly Savals was Blofeld
when he supposedly met Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice". Had they not
changed the formula for the movie compared to repviousl films, George
Lazenby may not have come off so bad. The script, the dubbing of Bonds
voice, and many other things made that movie bad enough to flop at the box
office, regardless of who played Bond.

I also think for those who like Sean Connery as Bond will probably like
Adrian Paul as Bond. Personally, Connery was my favorite, Brosnan my least
favorite.

[Scary]

According to Lazenby, the difficulties on Her Majesty's Secret
Service were caused by director Peter R. Hunt refusing to talk directly
to him-and this in turn was caused by Lazenby (unaware of studio
politics or Hunt's sensibilities) simply being too brusque in passing
on a request for Hunt's friends to clear a set before filming.. After
the movie, Lazenby's agent talked him into refusing a seven-movie
contract on the grounds that the Bond character was passé;
unsurprisingly, he describes this as the biggest mistake of his life.

In the 1970s he worked in Hong Kong with Bruce Lee, and had a lunch
appointment with Lee and Raymond Chow to discuss a major movie project
Chow excused himself to prepare a dinner meeting with Lazenby and later
that night Lee died. The movie discussed was Game of Death.
Apparently Lazenby has multiple Black belts but I don't know what in.


Scary.

[Gernot Hassenpflug]

/good stuff snipped/

Scary> In the 1970s he worked in Hong Kong with Bruce Lee, and had
Scary> a lunch appointment with Lee and Raymond Chow to discuss a
Scary> major movie project Chow excused himself to prepare a
Scary> dinner meeting with Lazenby and later that night Lee
Scary> died. The movie discussed was Game of Death. Apparently
Scary> Lazenby has multiple Black belts but I don't know what in.

Probably his wardrobe... and if those are decent belts, he'll be able
to turn them inside out and get brown on the other side :-) Sorry, I
couldn't resist.... I'm also interested in what Lazenby's black belts
might be in.

[NotYou]

Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm wrong,
but that was my impression.

Post by Michael Dash

Post by dirrtycruz
He did such an amazing job with
Highlander that I think he is ready for such a big time movie role.
Gee. I'd put him right up there with George Lazenby!
Scary.

In defense of George Lazenby, he wasn't the worst part of "On Her Majesty's
Secret Service". Casting Telly Savalas as a "Continetial Villan" and Diana
Rigg as Portuguese was not such a good idea IMO. Also, the script of this
movie broke with previous movies, in order to be more faithful with the
books. It didn't make sense for Bond to not know Telly Savals was Blofeld
when he supposedly met Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice". Had they not
changed the formula for the movie compared to repviousl films, George
Lazenby may not have come off so bad. The script, the dubbing of Bonds
voice, and many other things made that movie bad enough to flop at the box
office, regardless of who played Bond.
I also think for those who like Sean Connery as Bond will probably like
Adrian Paul as Bond. Personally, Connery was my favorite, Brosnan my least
favorite.

...

[Karim]

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm
wrong, but that was my impression.

No; Connery was first, with 'Dr No' I think. Are you thinking of the
black-and-white spy spoof 'Casino Royale', with David Niven as Sir James
Bond?

[Badger_South]

Post by Karim

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm
wrong, but that was my impression.

No; Connery was first, with 'Dr No' I think. Are you thinking of the
black-and-white spy spoof 'Casino Royale', with David Niven as Sir James
Bond?

Uh, no, Karim, you're mixing memories. The very first JB was Barry Nelson,
and it was in B&W. Casino Royale had something like six JBs, including
Woody Allen's 'Jimmy Bond'. ;-)

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/history_casino_royale.php3?t=&s=

I like the idea of Adrian Paul. He's got the martial moves, the look, and
the dry wit that I think is important to achieve a renaissance of the first
several Bonds. He's got a huge fan base from the Highlander films, as well.

-B

[Karim]

Post by Badger_South

Post by Karim
No; Connery was first, with 'Dr No' I think. Are you thinking of the
black-and-white spy spoof 'Casino Royale', with David Niven as Sir
James Bond?

Uh, no, Karim, you're mixing memories. The very first JB was Barry
Nelson, and it was in B&W. Casino Royale had something like six JBs,
including Woody Allen's 'Jimmy Bond'. ;-)

Ah; got it.

BTW, did everyone really hate "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" so much? I
remember enjoying it, and thinking it had some atypically dark and nasty
bits in it. And a lovely looking Aston Martin DBS.

[Badger_South]

Post by Karim

Post by Badger_South

Post by Karim
No; Connery was first, with 'Dr No' I think. Are you thinking of the
black-and-white spy spoof 'Casino Royale', with David Niven as Sir
James Bond?

Uh, no, Karim, you're mixing memories. The very first JB was Barry
Nelson, and it was in B&W. Casino Royale had something like six JBs,
including Woody Allen's 'Jimmy Bond'. ;-)

Ah; got it.
BTW, did everyone really hate "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" so much? I
remember enjoying it, and thinking it had some atypically dark and nasty
bits in it. And a lovely looking Aston Martin DBS.

...

I liked it up until they changed pace for the "Tracy is depressed"
sub-story and then when Bond goes to Blofield's mountain fortress. That was
a yawn. It picked up again at the end. I like Lazenby well enough in the
role. Unfortunately they didn't think he had the screen presence to carry
the series by himself, thus the addition of Diana Rigg and Savalas. I do
think he had a fair amount of big-screen presence, and with good writing, I
think he would have done well continuing the series.

-B

[Michael Dash]

Post by Badger_South
I liked it up until they changed pace for the "Tracy is depressed"
sub-story and then when Bond goes to Blofield's mountain fortress. That was
a yawn. It picked up again at the end. I like Lazenby well enough in the
role. Unfortunately they didn't think he had the screen presence to carry
the series by himself, thus the addition of Diana Rigg and Savalas. I do
think he had a fair amount of big-screen presence, and with good writing, I
think he would have done well continuing the series.
-B

...

Agreed. I actually think cast Savalas as a continental villian and Diana
Rigg as Portuguese was bad casting. Yul Brenner would have been better
casting for Blofeld, and maybe Sofia Loren for the lead bond girl, assuming
they wanted to go with well known people to offset the unknown Lazenby.

[Michael Dash]

Post by Karim
BTW, did everyone really hate "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" so much? I
remember enjoying it, and thinking it had some atypically dark and nasty
bits in it. And a lovely looking Aston Martin DBS.

When OHMSS came out, it was a box office flop compared to previous Bond
movies. It is somewhat tedious and not as action packed. However, it has
become somewhat of a cult classic. I remember as a child not thinking it
was that great, but now it's one of my favorites. It's one of my favorites
for the first segment and theme music. It is also very reminiscent of the
sixties, ala Austin Powers, more so than the earlier Bond movies.

[Michael Dash]

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm wrong,
but that was my impression.

No. Connery was first. He did Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger,
Thunderball, and You only Live Twice. He then left and Lazenby did OHMSS.
Then Connery came back for one movie, Diamonds are Forever. Then the Roger
Moore years began with Live and Let Die.

[Adam]

Post by Michael Dash

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm
wrong, but that was my impression.

No. Connery was first. He did Dr. No, From Russia with Love,
Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You only Live Twice. He then left and
Lazenby did OHMSS. Then Connery came back for one movie, Diamonds are
Forever. Then the Roger Moore years began with Live and Let Die.

Don't forget 54(?) year old Connery's return for "Never say never again" in
the 80's.

I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually kind of
English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman to portray
the English spy.

I'm worried that the studio is going to go too much towards the XTREME side
of the market and make Bond too young and too Vin Diesly/XXX. Flemming
wrote the character as a worldly man in his forties. Paul is 35.

I much prefer Clive Owen who has also been thought of for the role. Clive
will never sign on for it, though.

[Robert Low]

Post by Adam
I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually kind of
English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman to portray
the English spy.

Uh? Scottish father, Swiss mother. I guess that's near
enough to English if you live far enough away from Europe.

--
Rob

[Adam]

Post by Robert Low

Post by Adam
I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually
kind of English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman
to portray the English spy.

Uh? Scottish father, Swiss mother. I guess that's near
enough to English if you live far enough away from Europe.
--
Rob

Yea, wasn't sure (and too lazy to look it up). So then we'd still have just
the one actually English Bond.

[Badger_South]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:54:00 +0000, Robert Low

Post by Robert Low

Post by Adam
I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually kind of
English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman to portray
the English spy.

Uh? Scottish father, Swiss mother. I guess that's near
enough to English if you live far enough away from Europe.

IMDB.com says Italian mother and British father, but they could be wrong.
Supposedly he speaks Italian fluently... ;-)

-B

[Matthew Weigel]

Post by Robert Low
Uh? Scottish father, Swiss mother. I guess that's near
enough to English if you live far enough away from Europe.

As far as I can tell, Badger Jones is English.
;-)

[Badger_South]

Post by Adam

Post by Michael Dash

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm
wrong, but that was my impression.

No. Connery was first. He did Dr. No, From Russia with Love,
Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You only Live Twice. He then left and
Lazenby did OHMSS. Then Connery came back for one movie, Diamonds are
Forever. Then the Roger Moore years began with Live and Let Die.

Don't forget 54(?) year old Connery's return for "Never say never again" in
the 80's.

Yeah, but those scenes between him and were cringe-worthy, especially with
the bad toupee they had him in.

Post by Adam
I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually kind of
English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman to portray
the English spy.
I'm worried that the studio is going to go too much towards the XTREME side
of the market and make Bond too young and too Vin Diesly/XXX. Flemming
wrote the character as a worldly man in his forties. Paul is 35.

Uh, have you seen a pic of him lately? He was looking a little long in the
tooth at the end of Highlander; I'm pretty sure there was some fudging on
the date of birth - he's at least 40. I don't want another Vin Diesel, but
I would like a return to the edgier Bond of Dr No.

Post by Adam
I much prefer Clive Owen who has also been thought of for the role. Clive
will never sign on for it, though.

uh Clive Owen is even younger and looks like a 'Jimmy Bond':

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I guess the thing with AP, is that most people can envision him as a
younger Sean Connery, and he would be great (and authentic) in all the
action and fight scenes.

-B

[Adam]

Post by Badger_South

Post by Adam

Post by Michael Dash

Post by NotYou
Wasn't that the 1st Bond movie? Then came Connery. Let me know if I'm
wrong, but that was my impression.

No. Connery was first. He did Dr. No, From Russia with Love,
Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You only Live Twice. He then left and
Lazenby did OHMSS. Then Connery came back for one movie, Diamonds are
Forever. Then the Roger Moore years began with Live and Let Die.

Don't forget 54(?) year old Connery's return for "Never say never
again" in the 80's.

Yeah, but those scenes between him and were cringe-worthy, especially
with the bad toupee they had him in.

...

Indeed, that was not one of Q's better inventions. They got steadily worse
as time went on. Some of them from his earliest Bond outings were true
marvels of folicular engineering - especially considering it was 40 years
ago.

Post by Badger_South

Post by Adam
I don't like him at al for the role, but at least Paul is actually kind
of English? If so that would make him only the second Englishman to
portray the English spy.
I'm worried that the studio is going to go too much towards the XTREME
side of the market and make Bond too young and too Vin Diesly/XXX.
Flemming wrote the character as a worldly man in his forties. Paul is
35.

Uh, have you seen a pic of him lately? He was looking a little long in
the tooth at the end of Highlander; I'm pretty sure there was some
fudging on the date of birth - he's at least 40. I don't want another
Vin Diesel, but I would like a return to the edgier Bond of Dr No.

Post by Adam
I much prefer Clive Owen who has also been thought of for the role.
Clive will never sign on for it, though.

http://www.universohq.com/cinema/images/co_croupier2.jpg

...

That's looking like a pretty old pic. Clive is 41. He looks it - but in a
ruggedly handsome way - in recent movies.

I always liked Pierce Brosnan as an actor, but thought he was too
freshfaced and a bit thin when he signed on. Now he's bailing just as he's
aged into the role.

[Adam]

Right. That's from "Croupier" which was released 7 years ago.

Nuff said.

Post by Adam

Post by Badger_South
http://www.universohq.com/cinema/images/co_croupier2.jpg

That's looking like a pretty old pic. Clive is 41. He looks it - but
in a ruggedly handsome way - in recent movies.
I always liked Pierce Brosnan as an actor, but thought he was too
freshfaced and a bit thin when he signed on. Now he's bailing just as
he's aged into the role.

[Fraser Johnston]

Post by Badger_South
http://www.universohq.com/cinema/images/co_croupier2.jpg
I guess the thing with AP, is that most people can envision him as a
younger Sean Connery, and he would be great (and authentic) in all the
action and fight scenes.

Clive Owen is a fantastic actor. I think he'd make a really good James
Bond.

Fraser

[Dale]

Post by dirrtycruz
Highlander fans!!! I just heard that there is the possibility of Adrian
Paul to star as the next 007. He did such an amazing job with
Highlander that I think he is ready for such a big time movie role. I
read that the new Bond movie will be a classic/throwback Casino Royale
story, and I think his background in action helps him fit into that
Bond role.
If you think Adrian Paul is the perfect next Bond, please read and sign
http://www.m80teams.com/?QzoxMTEzOjIyMDI0MQ==

Geez, that guy is almost as old as I am. Not to be dissing my own age rank,
but come on, Connery was 32 in Dr. No.