As with the introduction of Dalton and Lazenby, Martin Campbell delays the reveal and also emphasizes Bond’s athleticism, further erasing memories of Roger Moore needing a stunt double to run up the stairs. The film starts with an immediate 1990s phenomenon: the bungee jump. But Brosnan is right in the middle – good enough, looks the part and I’m not worried we’re missing an otherwise brilliant Hamlet. Neither do I want someone quite as oaky as Lazenby and Moore. It would be excessive and we’d miss all those other films he could be making instead.
I don’t want Daniel Day Lewis wasting his time on Bond movies. He also has a wry humour, while never being properly funny. Suave and handsome, slender and athletic. The show then folded after a few episodes and poor Brosnan had to bide his time.
Pierce Brosnan had already been tapped to fill 007’s shoes when his TV show Remington Steele looked due to be cancelled, but ironically the sudden interest in the actor as a potential Bond led producers to order another series which then nixed the deal as producer Cubby Broccoli didn’t want a TV star to take over the role. He was never a particularly enthusiastic Bond and with only two films he remained – a little like George Lazenby – an oddity in the cannon, though one who has his fans, including (now) me. I was 23 years old almost done at university with my first degree and not yet ready for the sweet but sickly intoxication of nostalgia.Īlthough Timothy Dalton had originally been hired for three films a protracted legal dispute delayed production to such an extent that his contract expired and he decided to decline the offer to continue as Bond. I was certainly no longer in the childish stage of enjoyment. Going to the cinema in 1995, I had almost forgotten about Bond. There was the U2-penned Bond song, sung by Tina Turner, a new director in Martin Campbell who had previously made his name with the BBC TV drama Edge of Darkness, and a new Bond. When GoldenEye came out six years after License to Kill, it felt as if the Bond franchise needed fresh blood. Posted by Phil on in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments
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