Speaking of Bond - British Actor Donald Craig picked to be the bext James Bond

[The Evil Genius]

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British actor Daniel Craig picked as new James Bond

Wed Apr 6, 7:49 AM ET Entertainment - AFP

LONDON (AFP) - The producers of the hugely successful James Bond film franchise have chosen British actor Daniel Craig to take over the role of the suave super-spy, a report said.

The 37-year-old has been offered a three-film deal by Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and is expected to sign up formally in the next few weeks, The Sun newspaper reported Wednesday.


Craig, a tough-looking character actor who has mixed up appearances in many art-house titles with roles in blockbusters such as "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", just beat fellow Briton Clive Owen for the role, the report said.


Craig would be the sixth Bond in the official series of films based on the novels by Ian Fleming, following Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and most recent incumbent Pierce Brosnan.

According to The Sun, Owen -- nominated for an Oscar this year for film "Closer" -- had told casting agents he did not want the job, although Broccoli was already favouring Craig.

While Craig remains relatively unknown outside Britain, he is well respected as an actor and also has the necessary reputation for being something of a Bond-esque ladies man, having recently dated supermodel Kate Moss.

Citing an unnamed "movie source", The Sun said that staff working at Eon Productions, which makes the Bond movies, had been told Craig would star in the next films.

"Daniel is the new 007. He is going through the deal with his lawyers. It's a big commitment for a minimum of 10 years, but he has indicated he will take the job," the source said.

Brosnan's last film as Bond was "Die Another Day" in 2002. Since then a string of possible replacements have been mooted, including Britons Jude Law and Ewan McGregor and Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Eric Bana.

Fleming's novels chronicling the adventures of the British spy codenamed 007 were first turned into a film in 1962, with "Dr No".

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this guy? he looks like a villain...




brosnan is great...wish he didn't hang it up....

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I;m just thankful its not Vin Diesal

[The Evil Genius]

I think it should have been Clive Owen personally.

[Danny Montana]

Clive Owen has said all along that he didn't want the job. It was funny that his name kept being mentioned for this role.

Owen would have been great as Bond, but he doesn't need the role. He is too big for Bond at this point.

Due to the commitment and danger of typecasting involved, the Bond role is only really appealling to lesser known actors (Tim Dalton) or actors in need of a career revival (Brosnan).

It's too bad that Brosnan is hanging it up though. Best Bond since Connery, no doubt.

I don't know about this new guy. He looks damn old in that picture.

[Fatty P For The Pulitzer]

Interesting, I was reading earlier today that it looked like Brosnan was actually going to come back for 2 more Bonds. I believe this guy was Paul Newman's son/the bad guy in Road To Perdition, for those of you who saw that movie.