Jackman said in a recent EW that "while growing up, that was the role I wanted to play. I'm not going to compare it to Hamlet, but in a way it's the same thing. You want to put your stamp on it." So maybe he would take it -- I could see him in the role. I don't think he'd get typecast, either, for the simple reason that he has done high-profile projects (most notably Wolverine in X-Men) that are pretty different from Bond (and he's continuing on with that franchise as well). I dunno.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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Cranberry - Aug 20, 2004 12:42:53 pm PDT #2935 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
Glamcookie - Aug 20, 2004 12:56:02 pm PDT #2936 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Lyra, you didn't see LA Confidential? Love that movie.
Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2004 1:06:12 pm PDT #2937 of 10001
Up with the sun
Lyra, you didn't see LA Confidential?
I did, but I have no memory of it other than that it was really well-done, visually, and that Kim Basinger was stunning. I couldn't tell you who the actors in it were without checking IMDB.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2004 1:20:51 pm PDT #2938 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Guy Pierce was SO 3rd Season Buffy-era Wesley in that, only with mobsters instead of vampires.
Glamcookie - Aug 20, 2004 1:25:26 pm PDT #2939 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
You're not wrong, Matt. I saw he was a little hottie under that doofus exterior...
Burrell - Aug 20, 2004 2:08:53 pm PDT #2940 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I just think Pierce is too skinny for Bond. I don't picture Bond as looking lean and hungry.
I can't imagine why they would cast Bana over Jackman, until I remember how few Bond movies I've actually bothered to see in the theater. It occurs to me that I may not be their target demographic.
Gandalfe - Aug 20, 2004 3:56:43 pm PDT #2941 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Dana - Aug 20, 2004 5:45:24 pm PDT #2942 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I couldn't tell you who the actors in it were without checking IMDB.
Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Spacey. Goddamn, that's a great movie.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2004 5:51:00 pm PDT #2943 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just think Pierce is too skinny for Bond. I don't picture Bond as looking lean and hungry.
But Pierce never looked like that until LA Confidential, I don't think. He could bulk back up a little.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2004 6:02:57 pm PDT #2944 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Just got back from seeing Casablanca at Memphis' grand old Orpheum Theatre. I think the scales may be balanced for that long list of craptacular movies I've seen this year. It was just so beautiful, and so unexpectedly funny.
I know for a fact it's magic—even the mewling brats that crawled over the seat backs to sit beside me a minute before showtime quieted down and watched it almost silently.