[Film] Bond's number is up: black female actor 'is the new 007'

[wellquickwoody]

Congratulations NSC, you have got to 10 posts without anyone being a precious bellend on the subject.

Ooh, I think you may have made the breakthrough.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Aye.

Have you ever read of the books btw...some of them ( a view to a kill eg) bear absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the film...the only thing that is the same is 007 and M

Just read a couple of the classics years ago. That doesn't surprise me though.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Personally I don't see why she wasn't just cast as 008 or something similar and then they build a series of films out of that (much like they've done with the Spider-man series). You could easily have had numerous good conflicts out of that between 007 and the new star of MI6. But it's happened now and we may as well just get on with it.

What will be interesting also, from a narrative standpoint, is how they handle a minority character in the role. One of the best things about James Bond (rather than 007 specifically) was his character defaults and the stories that were derived from that. If they don't add similar depth and weakness to the new 007 even though she's from a minority background then that could easily lead to the end of this series of films. I guess we'll find out soon enough how they handle it!

 

[Dave the OAP]

Just read a couple of the classics years ago. That doesn't surprise me though.

If you have a kindle, they are about 99p a copy. You only live twice is actually brilliant as is gold finger ( which actually the film sticks very much to the book).

 

[Dave the OAP]

Personally I don't see why she wasn't just cast as 008 or something similar and then they build a series of films out of that (much like they've done with the Spider-man series). You could easily have had numerous good conflicts out of that between 007 and the new star of MI6. But it's happened now and we may as well just get on with it.

What will be interesting also, from a narrative standpoint, is how they handle a minority character in the role. One of the best things about James Bond (rather than 007 specifically) was his character defaults and the stories that were derived from that. If they don't add similar depth and weakness to the new 007 even though she's from a minority background then that could easily lead to the end of this series of films. I guess we'll find out soon enough how they handle it!

I was just waiting to Voldemort, the new M to set a **** off big snake on 007 for being late for a meeting!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Does anybody care enough to be a bellend about it, let alone a precious one?

I'm waiting patiently for [MENTION=15278]Beach Seagull[/MENTION] 's take on it.

 

[blue-shifted]

Not an expert, but are all these films supposed to be prequels to all the Connery etc films? Hence, Blofeld getting scarred and their rivalry starting in the last one. If so then the only consistent outcome is for the new 007 to meet with some sort of sticky end before Bond resumes the role

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'd like to see the men fatales on display, sexually sauntering around in their tuxspeedos, oiled and easily forgotten when another semi-devious beefcake appears.
A Jamie Bond might make for a pleasant change in the oft-bland traditions that allow such little development in the character and me to cringe.

 

[Klaas]

there's a few NSC posters just itching to go full on doomcock

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[Meade's Ball]

I'm waiting patiently for [MENTION=15278]Beach Seagull[/MENTION] 's take on it.

Well if this actress is on screen for moments less than Craig, she should very much obviously be paid less.

 

[Justice]

Surely they need a fit bird if they are going female.

 

[Bakero]

Eh? His character is James Bond 007! So if his character leaves MI6, then how can she be the next 007? Unless it means the actor is leaving , which we all know...BUT. 007 has always been a man...ok a man with different faces, but they are all one character.....a woman wouldn’t be right would it!

When star agents get too old, do they retire the shirt?

 

[SockMonster]

Brilliant! I love it!

 

[Pavilionaire]

I agree that this plot twist is a masterstroke, provided they leave the door open for James Bond to return in the future. But even then, what is Bond without the 007? Can you continue to run with both characters?

Personally, I will miss James Bond 007 as he was. Daniel Craig was perfect in the role, but he has reached the end of his lifespan as Bond - and we remember what happens if a Bond actor goes on for too long (Roger Moore - A View To A Kill).

 

[ManOfSussex]

Provided future James Bond films can be as realistic and gritty as Moonraker and stay true to their roots, I'm personally not too bothered about who James Bond or 007 is.

I do wonder if in the new film something quite profound will happen - Daniel Craig, as James Bond, will sleep with Lashana Lynch, as 007, meaning James Bond has slept with 007? The philosophical soul searching that could arise from that happening - Emily Maitlis off Newsnight would definitely have a panel in the studio to discus.

Or will they just leave it as a shimmering sexual tension, akin to his relationship with Miss Moneypenny?

 

[Stat Brother]

imagine casting say Gemma Chan as Poirot.

I'd happily watch her wax her 'tashe.

 

[Easy 10]

Weird eyebrows. I'd find that permanently and unavoidably distracting.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

No problem with this at all. Unless, like some others have said, they go all Ghostbusters with it.

Only thing I find a bit odd is that I am sure in one of the films they referenced Bonds (now dead) predecessor as 006 which has made me always assume that the next agent would get the next number. Plenty of films have taken bigger deviations so not going to get too hung up on it

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

No problem with this at all. Unless, like some others have said, they go all Ghostbusters with it.

Only thing I find a bit odd is that I am sure in one of the films they referenced Bonds (now dead) predecessor as 006 which has made me always assume that the next agent would get the next number. Plenty of films have taken bigger deviations so not going to get too hung up on it

I thought they had a group of 00 agents? Didn't he get called to a meeting of them all in one film?

 

[lost in london]

Well if this actress is on screen for moments less than Craig, she should very much obviously be paid less.

His world must be wonderfully straightforward. You take longer to do something, be that winning Wimbledon or plastering a wall, you get paid more.