OlderWed, 05 November 2008 at 2:31 pm
Daniel Craig: The Next Bond Should Be Black
Daniel Craig and Bond girl costar Olga Kurylenko hype up their new 007 movie, Quantum Of Solace, at the St. Regis Grand Hotel on Wednesday in Rome, Italy.
There, Craig, 40, sang the praises of Barack Obama, America’s president-elect.
“If we can have a black U.S. president we can have a black James Bond,” he said. “This is as significant as when man landed on the moon. The Obama election is a wake up call for the whole world.
Craig added, “I’m a real fan of Obama because I like his political ideas. And I think it’s the right moment for a black James Bond.”
WHO DO YOU THINK could be the next black James Bond???
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yes but what about the gf?
Why not? That would be great. Will smith though having a smoldering body and a great face a little bit too much into comedy. But there are many hot, young blck actors who could do this
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good idea however, will smith is not british. james bond is british; he works for mi6 (or whatever) not for the cia.
Sorry, no we can’t have a black James Bond. What an idiot. And he looks f’n disgusting in these pictures.
i dont undertand why the next bond should be black, not having a black Bond isnt racist, this campaign has just highlighted race more.
theres no need for a black bond.
I don’t see the point in selecting someone for the sole purpose that they are black. If the best actor for the role happens to be black then fine. But purposely selecting someone because they are a minority just means they are making race an issue.
Will Smith would be a terrible Bond.
And Merri Lee,where did you get that ridiculous story from? As has been stated elsewhere,Ian Fleming took the name from the author of a book.,’Birds Of The Caribbean’. There’s a reference to this in the movie Die Another Day,where Brosnan’s Bond picks the book up.
Will Smith, not so much.
If any of you recall, “Thunderball” has all the agents in the room when 007 walks in. So instead of deliberately making Bond a black man, they should just activate one of the 00’s. There even was a 00 agent that was a woman.
See below (as a child of a Bond-lover, this has been ingrained in my memory):
“Thunderball” has Moneypenny state the “every
Double-O man in Europe” is in the conference room, and Bond arrives as the ninth agent to be briefed. Whether this means that the agents are 001 through 009 or not is never stated, as it COULD be 002 through 0010, for instance. And perhaps we should consider that some Double-0’s were not in Europe and missed the meeting. Sharp eyes also could not miss the moment in “The World Is Not Enough” when Moneypenny distributes assignment folders to other agents, one of which is a woman.
here’s the link if you guys want to read: http://stason.org/TULARC/movies/james-bond/51-What-other-00-agents-are-mentioned-James-Bond.html
lol does he not want to work anymore, i bet he can’t name one of obama’s “political ideas” what a joke. how about an asian , middle eastern or latin bond - why always purely black or white?. WAKE UP AND FACE THAT DISCRIMINATION.
No.
I’m black and i dont want bond to be black
james bond should not be black
what next?
spiderman played by a black person just cause..
heck why not have morgan freeman just play batman because well he’s black.
Will Smith for Bond
angelina jolie would be a GREAT james bond
angelina jolie would be a GREAT james bond
See Tim Gunn
1) Craig doesn’t have a black president, he is English, he has the Queen of England.
2) Bond is British and white, the end.
Ahem…..
FELIX LIETER is the black character in the Bond films, the black head of the CIA ops overseas.
Too anyone that thinks Will Smith would be a good Bond……WTF???
A. Bond actors need to be just that…..ACTORS, not emoters/hams.
B. Bond is not gay.
A black Bond? I don’t think so. If a blonde Bond can cause so much fury and criticisms, more so a black Bond, a complete deviation from Ian Fleming’s character. A black Bond villain would be great though.
for the last time Will Smith or any Americans can’t be Bond. Bond is British! Stay British! Scottish, somewhere that region.
And Obama is MIXED race. Not black, mixed. I hate the race card. Interesting it was CNN who pointed out Southern states did not vote for Obama and the question that was flashed on the screen was Racist? So this is it isn’t it? Those who didn’t vote for him is racist. What about those who didn’t vote for McCain? Aren’t they every bit racist by definition?
This reminds me a little bit of when halle berry won the academy award for best actress everyone was talking about how she was the first black woman to win then when jamie fox won for ray people were saying that its the first time a “real” African American won a high honor like that (including female actress) and halle didn’t count because she was part white. What happens when a full African American wins the white house will Obama then become the first mixed race to win the white house in the medias eyes?
That is a silly point to make because he likes Obama or if your politically correct you have to go on record likings Obama…… Obama is black, well half black since he never even knew his black father and President that means putting a black man in the role of an iconic british character of over 40 years is the next step, stupid. It at the same level of Spike Lee getting mad at Clint Eastwood for having no black characters in Flags of Fathers, Clint Eastwood was to rewrite history just to make Spike Lee happy.
That is a silly point to make because he likes Obama or if your politically correct you have to go on record likings Obama…… Obama is black, well half black since he never even knew his black father and President that means putting a black man in the role of an iconic british character of over 40 years is the next step, stupid. It at the same level of Spike Lee getting mad at Clint Eastwood for having no black characters in Flags of Fathers, Clint Eastwood was to rewrite history just to make Spike Lee happy.
Yeah, I’d love to see a black James Bond, but he’d better be an unknown extremely handsome chap. Not a black Daniel Craig. Craig disappoints greatly in the looks department.
I have several ideas:
Adrian Lester, black, handsome, young, british
Chiwetel Ejiofor, black handsome, young, british
Colin Salmon, black, handsome, not so young, gentleman, british
David Harewood, black, handsome, young, british
Eamon Walker, black, handsome, young, british
Hugh Quarshie, black, handsome, young, british
Idiris Elba, black, handsome, young, british
And if He was a Latino, I could only think of Gael Garcia Bernal.
If I had the right to choose, I would choose Colin Salmon. His deep voice, his sharp eyes, bright smile, and beautiful dark skin….
Forget Will Smith. He can only play Will Smith.
I think Nicole Ari Parkers hubby Boris Kodjoe would make a hot bond. Beautiful body and that look in his eyes, pure sensual seduction.
cant wait for the movie. olga looks great as usual. i really love her red- carpet choices lately.
Sigh. How dumb is Craig? Too bad, he’s a great actor. Will Abraham Lincoln be played by a black actor in the next biopic? How about Julius Caesar? Or Mr. Darcy? Or how about a black Hitler?
Sigh. How dumb is Craig? Too bad, he’s a great actor. Will Abraham Lincoln be played by a black actor in the next biopic? How about Julius Caesar? Or Mr. Darcy? Or how about a black Hitler?
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