| Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244973] |
So, 02 April 2006 18:58 |
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Just read this on a French James Bond site. Don't know if it's true, I
suspect not, but you never know. It seems a bit strange to cast the best 007
there has ever been as a coward.
COWARDLY CONNERY RETURNS TO BOND
Movie star SEAN CONNERY is set to make an appearance in forthcoming JAMES
BOND movie CASINO ROYALE - as a coward. Connery is famous for playing the
suave superspy in the classic 1960s movies, including THUNDERBALL and
GOLDFINGER. But his return to the 007 saga will not be as heroic - during a
scene where Bond, played by DANIEL CRAIG, has to fight, Connery's character
hides under a table. An insider says, "I'm afraid he plays a bit of a
coward."
02/04/2006 14:35
http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cowardly %20connery%20returns%20to%20bond_02_04_2006
Andrew
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244974 ] |
So, 02 April 2006 19:19 |
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Can't possibly be true since he is quoted as saying : "...he plays a
bit of a coward." Now anybody that knows Connery would know his
pronunciation and he would say " playsh a bit coward"
;-)
Its been said show (er um) so many times before. Why would anone give
it creedance?
Regards,
Matt
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244975 ] |
So, 02 April 2006 19:44 |
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"Drew" <iotravel [at] wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
news:4430029b$0$18334$8fcfb975 [at] news.wanadoo.fr...
> Just read this on a French James Bond site. Don't know if it's true, I
> suspect not, but you never know. It seems a bit strange to cast the best
> 007 there has ever been as a coward.
> COWARDLY CONNERY RETURNS TO BOND
>
> Movie star SEAN CONNERY is set to make an appearance in forthcoming JAMES
> BOND movie CASINO ROYALE - as a coward. Connery is famous for playing the
> suave superspy in the classic 1960s movies, including THUNDERBALL and
> GOLDFINGER. But his return to the 007 saga will not be as heroic - during
> a scene where Bond, played by DANIEL CRAIG, has to fight, Connery's
> character hides under a table. An insider says, "I'm afraid he plays a bit
> of a coward."
> 02/04/2006 14:35
>
> http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cowardly %20connery%20returns%20to%20bond_02_04_2006
>
> Andrew
>
Oh boy, here we go :-) Phil? Did you read this one? lol
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244976 ] |
So, 02 April 2006 20:02 |
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Drew wrote:
> Just read this on a French James Bond site. Don't know if it's true, I
> suspect not, but you never know. It seems a bit strange to cast the best 007
> there has ever been as a coward.
> COWARDLY CONNERY RETURNS TO BOND
>
> Movie star SEAN CONNERY is set to make an appearance in forthcoming JAMES
> BOND movie CASINO ROYALE - as a coward. Connery is famous for playing the
> suave superspy in the classic 1960s movies, including THUNDERBALL and
> GOLDFINGER. But his return to the 007 saga will not be as heroic - during a
> scene where Bond, played by DANIEL CRAIG, has to fight, Connery's character
> hides under a table. An insider says, "I'm afraid he plays a bit of a
> coward."
--- Hides under a table during a fight scene? Sounds like it could
just be a cameo for him as he might be part of a crowd scene and the
camera would pick up on this and play it as a bit of a joke. If true.
> 02/04/2006 14:35
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> http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cowardly %20connery%20returns%20to%20bond_02_04_2006
>
> Andrew
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244978 ] |
So, 02 April 2006 22:21 |
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I think we'll find this is an April Fool gag that's got onto a news site
published the day after the gag was made..
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244980 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 01:01 |
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Will wrote:
> Oh boy, here we go :-) Phil? Did you read this one? lol
LOEL (*E*ven *L*ouder).
Good gag, whoever came up with it. Can't wait to see which of the
tabloids will be the first to report it as fact...
Best
Phil
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244986 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 06:37 |
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A cheesy joke like that seems to be contradictory to the tone of the film
EON is trying to create. Also, such a part, even if only a cameo, would
mark a dramatic departure from the other roles Connery has had during the
course of his career. This cannot be true.
"WQ" <wq [at] email.com> wrote in message
news:1144000951.864820.109540 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
>
> Drew wrote:
>> Just read this on a French James Bond site. Don't know if it's true, I
>> suspect not, but you never know. It seems a bit strange to cast the best
>> 007
>> there has ever been as a coward.
>> COWARDLY CONNERY RETURNS TO BOND
>>
>> Movie star SEAN CONNERY is set to make an appearance in forthcoming JAMES
>> BOND movie CASINO ROYALE - as a coward. Connery is famous for playing the
>> suave superspy in the classic 1960s movies, including THUNDERBALL and
>> GOLDFINGER. But his return to the 007 saga will not be as heroic - during
>> a
>> scene where Bond, played by DANIEL CRAIG, has to fight, Connery's
>> character
>> hides under a table. An insider says, "I'm afraid he plays a bit of a
>> coward."
>
> --- Hides under a table during a fight scene? Sounds like it could
> just be a cameo for him as he might be part of a crowd scene and the
> camera would pick up on this and play it as a bit of a joke. If true.
>
>
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>
>> 02/04/2006 14:35
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>> http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cowardly %20connery%20returns%20to%20bond_02_04_2006
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>> Andrew
>
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244987 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 06:48 |
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graphicsports wrote:
> A cheesy joke like that seems to be contradictory to the tone of the film
> EON is trying to create. Also, such a part, even if only a cameo, would
> mark a dramatic departure from the other roles Connery has had during the
> course of his career. This cannot be true.
--- Perhaps it's not true, but I wouldn't doubt EON engaging in that
kind of shenanigans, regardless of what they say about beefing up Bond.
I hope it's a joke, but I see that virgin.net has now picked up on the
story.
> "WQ" <wq [at] email.com> wrote in message
> news:1144000951.864820.109540 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Drew wrote:
> >> Just read this on a French James Bond site. Don't know if it's true, I
> >> suspect not, but you never know. It seems a bit strange to cast the best
> >> 007
> >> there has ever been as a coward.
> >> COWARDLY CONNERY RETURNS TO BOND
> >>
> >> Movie star SEAN CONNERY is set to make an appearance in forthcoming JAMES
> >> BOND movie CASINO ROYALE - as a coward. Connery is famous for playing the
> >> suave superspy in the classic 1960s movies, including THUNDERBALL and
> >> GOLDFINGER. But his return to the 007 saga will not be as heroic - during
> >> a
> >> scene where Bond, played by DANIEL CRAIG, has to fight, Connery's
> >> character
> >> hides under a table. An insider says, "I'm afraid he plays a bit of a
> >> coward."
> >
> > --- Hides under a table during a fight scene? Sounds like it could
> > just be a cameo for him as he might be part of a crowd scene and the
> > camera would pick up on this and play it as a bit of a joke. If true.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 02/04/2006 14:35
> >>
> >> http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cowardly %20connery%20returns%20to%20bond_02_04_2006
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #244992 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 14:16 |
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graphicsports wrote:
> This cannot be true.
I agree completely: it's utter BS, an obvious joke. The ill-will
between Connery and EON is well-documented. What would suddenly have
caused them to make up to the extent that Connery would be prepared to
humiliate himself by doing a cheap comedy cameo part in CR?
The tabloids fell for the 'Connery as Bond's father' story which
circulated while DAD was being made, so it's no surprise they've fallen
for this as well. Let's not be so credulous, eh? :-)
Best
Phil
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245000 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 18:29 |
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Not that it was a cameo, but I think Meteor might qualify in the "why
would Connery choose to humiliate himself" department. Money talks, as
they say.
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245002 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 18:47 |
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Mark wrote:
> Not that it was a cameo, but I think Meteor might qualify in the "why
> would Connery choose to humiliate himself" department. Money talks,
> as they say.
It's not always the money, sometimes the package can be persuasive.
Let's say you're offered a part in a Sci-Fi fantasy from the Academy
Award nominated director of DELIVERANCE and the brilliant POINT
BLANK
-- the resulting film is ZARDOZ.
Or how about the lead role in a film for which the spec script from an
Academy Award winner sold for $3m in a bidding war and the film's
director is white hot after two huge hits (including your last movie)
-- the resulting film is MEDICINE MAN.
So, it's easy to see how Connery could be persuaded to sign on
for a new epic from the director of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE an
THE ODESSA FILE.
--
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--Mac
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245007 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 19:23 |
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Mac wrote:
> It's not always the money, sometimes the package can be persuasive.
<polite snips>
> So, it's easy to see how Connery could be persuaded to sign on
> for a new epic from the director of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE an
> THE ODESSA FILE.
Exactly. Aside from the fact that actors can only choose from the
roles which are on offer to them and which don't conflict with other
commitments, they also have no control over how the movies they make
will turn out, no matter how promising they might look on paper.
Talking about actors' 'career choices' can be a little misleading in
some regards.
Timothy Dalton once said that the only reasons to turn down a role were
if you knew in advance that the project was going to be crap, or you
knew in advance that you would be crap in it. I'm not sure that
explains 'The Beautician and the Beast', but there you go...
Best
Phil
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245008 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 19:50 |
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phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
> Timothy Dalton once said that the only reasons to turn down a role
> were if you knew in advance that the project was going to be crap, or
> you knew in advance that you would be crap in it. I'm not sure that
> explains 'The Beautician and the Beast', but there you go...
I'm really not sure why Tim is doing guest spots in Geraldine McEwan's
Miss Marple series when he should be starring in something like it; he
could easily have played DCI Tom Barnaby or even Peter Robinson's
DCI Alan Banks.
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--Mac
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245009 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 19:56 |
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Mac wrote:
> phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
>
>> Timothy Dalton once said that the only reasons to turn down a role
>> were if you knew in advance that the project was going to be crap, or
>> you knew in advance that you would be crap in it. I'm not sure that
>> explains 'The Beautician and the Beast', but there you go...
>
> I'm really not sure why Tim is doing guest spots in Geraldine McEwan's
> Miss Marple series when he should be starring in something like it; he
> could easily have played DCI Tom Barnaby or even Peter Robinson's
> DCI Alan Banks.
Oh yeah, if any bastard now options the Banks novels and has Dalton
star, I want a producer's credit (and dosh) or I am going to fucking
consult my lawyer in Tennessee....
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--Mac
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245017 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 22:22 |
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> I'm really not sure why Tim is doing guest spots in Geraldine McEwan's
> Miss Marple series when he should be starring in something like it; he
> could easily have played DCI Tom Barnaby or even Peter Robinson's
> DCI Alan Banks.
I get the feeling that Dalton's testing the waters in the UK at the
moment. He didn't do much over here for over a decade, but in recent
years he's done 'Dunkirk', 'His Dark Materials', the Marple thing, and
now he's in the new Simon Pegg film. I hope that something like the
vehicle you describe happens for him: it'd be a far better use of his
time and talents than the made-for-TV movies (or
*should've*-been-made-for-TV movies) and miniseries he's been making in
the States.
www.timmycomehome.com, coming soon...
> Oh yeah, if any bastard now options the Banks novels and has Dalton
> star, I want a producer's credit (and dosh) or I am going to fucking
> consult my lawyer in Tennessee....
Maybe this is why these things never come to pass: every time a casting
director comes up with a cracking idea, he does a quick internet
search, finds that you came up with it first, and drops it for fear
you'll sue :-)
Best
Phil
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245018 ] |
Mo, 03 April 2006 22:43 |
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we'll sue the bastards, for sure. I did see that dalton is starring in
some new movie or other recently...
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245020 ] |
Di, 04 April 2006 01:06 |
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> www.timmycomehome.com, coming soon...
Holy shit. I posted this as a lame joke, and then when it appeared in
the message I clicked on the link to find that it leads to a 'site
under construction' page. Nothing to do with me, I promise!
Best
Phil
(Thinking the very idea would make craignotbond look sane by
comparison...)
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #245027 ] |
Di, 04 April 2006 06:12 |
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"Mac" <see.mac [at] SPAMLESSvirgin.net> wrote in news:49d5jrFn0n53U1
[at] individual.net:
> I'm really not sure why Tim is doing guest spots in Geraldine McEwan's
> Miss Marple series when he should be starring in something like it; he
> could easily have played DCI Tom Barnaby or even Peter Robinson's
> DCI Alan Banks.
He's guesting in those sorts of projects because I haven't finished writing
Golem: The Divine Host for him to star in. *grins sheepishly*
Lee Edward McIlmoyle,
also has a good role for George Lazenby in that one
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #246068 ] |
Di, 04 April 2006 10:18 |
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Lee Edward McIlmoyle wrote:
> "Mac" <see.mac [at] SPAMLESSvirgin.net> wrote in news:49d5jrFn0n53U1
> [at] individual.net:
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>> I'm really not sure why Tim is doing guest spots in Geraldine
>> McEwan's Miss Marple series when he should be starring in something
>> like it; he could easily have played DCI Tom Barnaby or even Peter
>> Robinson's
>> DCI Alan Banks.
>
> He's guesting in those sorts of projects because I haven't finished
> writing Golem: The Divine Host for him to star in.
Well, I hope it's not "Golem: The Divine Host and the Beautician"
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--Mac
James Bond will return in:
PROPERTY OF A LADYSHAVE
GOLDENEYELINER
TOMORROW NEVER DYES
THE TWEEZERS ARE NOT ENOUGH
DYE ANOTHER PART
YOU ONLY PLUCK TWICE
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| Re: Connery to make appearance in Casino Royale [message #246670 ] |
So, 09 April 2006 10:51 |
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phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
>graphicsports wrote:
>>This cannot be true.
>I agree completely: it's utter BS, an obvious joke. The ill-will
>between Connery and EON is well-documented. What would suddenly have
>caused them to make up to the extent that Connery would be prepared to
>humiliate himself by doing a cheap comedy cameo part in CR?
>The tabloids fell for the 'Connery as Bond's father' story which
>circulated while DAD was being made, so it's no surprise they've fallen
>for this as well. Let's not be so credulous, eh? :-)
I have it on good authority that the part will be played by Woody Allen.
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