Gillian Anderson: The next James Jane Bond?

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At least they've added a footnote, but I guess it is a general trend with all news sites. All articles in CNN are slowly being replaced by clickbait crap like "Is this the most adventurous highway?" and "Why this leopard is so exciting" (two real samples from today's CNN site).

Do they really need to compete with listicle and copy-and-paste humor/gossip sites? (NO)

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I rather like the double entendre embedded in that sentence - an El Reg classic, as it were.

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Well it's still better than Pierce Brosnan's "I thought Christmas only came once per year". I mean if there's any article where you're going to insert an extra entendre, it's going to be one on Bond.

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Anyone but Damian Lewis

Daniel Craig - and even Gillian - look like they could actually kill a man.

The best Lewis looks like he could do would offer someone a limp handshake and ask if they'd like a cup of tea. . .

It wouldn't even take a reboot, the usual "rebuttal" only proves that Dalton was playing the same man as Lazenby.

Can't really change the gender of 007 until they bite the bullet that they should reboot Bond to be MI6s top agents 'identity' and not just a single person.

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Doesn't necessarily have to be "The Top Man", especially not if the man keeps changing and therefore you can never be sure that 007 in this mission is necessarily the best man at the time, but I've always like the idea of a small team of the best of the best, who get promoted into the role when there is a vacancy in the team and remains in that position until death or retirement (i.e the size of the team remains roughly static)

If that theory is correct, then there have probably been lots of 006 Alec Trevelyan's running around as well.

Still given they don't have the guts for that they should make her the next Doctor.

No, since she's not British.

"Can't really change the gender of 007..."

Of course they can! The film starts with Damian Lewis as Bond who gets his nadgers cut off by the Bond Villain and then Gillian Anderson takes over. Simples...

"they should reboot Bond to be MI6s top agents 'identity' and not just a single person"

I can go with this. Particularly if they cast Gillian Anderson as James Bond without changing the name of the character.

The main issue with casting Anderson is she's 48 this year. This has nothing to do with her being a woman and everything to do with the role. Roger Moore's later movies were made when he was in his 50s, and he was something of an embarrassment in them. I wouldn't want Anderson to suffer the same fate.

OTOH, if they want to make an adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis's excellent period spy comic Velvet, I think Anderson would make a very good Velvet Templeton. For those unfamiliar, the central premise of the book is "What if Miss Moneypenny was a retired 00 agent?"

If you look carefully, the number plate on the Aston is Skyfall is the same as the one he won in Casino Royal so that's where he got the Aston from. But as to how it got all the upgrades (ejector seat etc) is the real question.

But I think that if you over analyse the films you spoil the 'fun' of them. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Oh, you must be thinking of Casino Royale. No no, not that one. David Niven. Peter Sellers. Ursula Andress. And, you know, Woody Allen.

"Still given they don't have the guts for that they should make her the next Doctor."

I'd definitely prefer to see her wielding a sonic screwdriver than a PPK. On the other hand maybe I should keep my sexual fantasies to myself.

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... and I'm sure running across rooftops in high-heels would be bad form.

Though "Emma Peel" always managed by changing into a tight jump-suit before a fight scene ...

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Imagine a Scottish ginger. It's outlandish.

There're only two requirements. Firstly, Bond has to be English and posh. (S)he can be gritty and rough as they like but they have to know their way a bottle of wine and be able to pick out the Saville Row suit from the others.

Secondly, they need to be something of a brute. I see this as where the danger with a female bond. I think they will be tempted to make Bond a slinky femme fatale a lá Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Angels or Scarlett Johansen in those Avengers films. They'll want Bond to suddenly be this ninja cat type spy just because he's now female. I would prefer a male bond (I'm female, I like to look Danial Craig - that's half the appeal), but I could stand to see a take on it with a female Bond. But if she doesn't beat someone half to death in a nasty manner and a dollop of sneering contempt for the victim's horribly violent death, it's not Bond.

If they keep the character the same, I might be okay with it. But I suspect they'll want to change it. Bond is a psychopath. That will stand out a lot more to people if he becomes a she and I think most male directors would shy away from that and soften Bond.

Idris would be kick ass.