Connery is hard act to follow for anything, 40 years later and I'd still hit it. A recent gossip blog reported that they decided not to cast Jackman because he was too "fey", Ewan McGregor was "too short" and Collin Farrell was "too sleazy." While I agree with the third assertion, I think Tom Cruise proves that someone can be "fey" and "too short" and still make a believable action movie star. I definitely think Craig was a monetary decision.
Source:
http://www.wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=203
Now, tell me ladies, does this hunk of man appear too "fey" to you?
I don't care if he stars in musicals (a man who can dance is even sexier). He should have been Bond!
In other Bond news,
they are trying to get Angelina Jolie to play the next Bond girl: http://wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=206
She and this nobody Bond have already worked together on one of the crappy Tomb Raider movies. And Angelina is one of the few hot women actresses who I think can believable play a brilliant spy (Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist, I think not!). Halle Berry was an amazing Bond girl, so I hope they keep up this streak of picking hot Oscar winning women who aren't just smokin' bodies but also have smokin' talent. Charlize Theron, Catherine Zeta Jones, Cate Blanchett would all be great Bond girls. Hillary Swank. . . not so much.
In other other Bond news,
Moneypenny and Q won't be in the new Bond movie. This makes sense because the movie is being adapted from the Casino Royale book which doesn't have either character. But come on, give us some Cleese, will ya?!
