Are you ready for a gay James Bond?

the bond character and story lines were changed so much from Flemings originals by Hollywood its hard to recognize any connection. Flemings bond character was taken from an acquaintance he had at the SAS.
 
The major reason most can't see a gay playing the Bond character is they see him as a flamboyant and effeminate gay which I agree can't make that work but what about some that fooled us for years who are gay but don't reflect it, I'll again mention Rock Hudson. It is not a part where Liberace could have made it work at all. As to a black, I see no reason they couldn't because anyone can be a secret agent including, of course, blacks. It's not like a white actor being cast to play Martin Luther King. ✌
 

rt3 said:
the bond character and story lines were changed so much from Flemings originals by Hollywood its hard to recognize any connection. Flemings bond character was taken from an acquaintance he had at the SAS.
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That is also true...but then so are most books changed for the big screen.. :)
 
I'm pretty much ready for anything when I comes to James Bond, and if the producers thought there was big money in it, we would see a gay Bond much sooner than later. What about a cyborg James Bond then, or maybe an artificial intelligence robot James Bond. How would that grab ya?
 
Shirley said:
James Bond gay?!?!? Good heavens, No! :nightmare::nightmare::nightmare::nightmare::nightmare:
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Wasn't Timothy Dalton who played James Bond in a few movies gay? I may be wrong, but I thought he was. If the actor is gay I have no problem with it but I'd hate to see the classic character changed.

I agree with Phil that an African American or African Brit James Bond would have attracted a lot of attention in cold war era Eastern Europe which would have rendered him a most unsucessful spy. Why can't they just leave this alone? I've seen versions of Dickens classic novels in which a major character has been played by an African American and it just seems wrong because in Victorian times they would not have been in a story about Caucasian people. It's just history. Why rewrite it because we are politically correct now. The stories were written in a world inhabited by and for our anscestors and they didn't deal with the political correctiveness of every issue the way we do now. It's just more accurate.
 
chic said:
Wasn't Timothy Dalton who played James Bond in a few movies gay? I may be wrong, but I thought he was. If the actor is gay I have no problem with it but I'd hate to see the classic character changed.

I agree with Phil that an African American or African Brit James Bond would have attracted a lot of attention in cold war era Eastern Europe which would have rendered him a most unsucessful spy. Why can't they just leave this alone? I've seen versions of Dickens classic novels in which a major character has been played by an African American and it just seems wrong because in Victorian times they would not have been in a story about Caucasian people. It's just history. Why rewrite it because we are politically correct now. The stories were written in a world inhabited by and for our anscestors and they didn't deal with the political correctiveness of every issue the way we do now. It's just more accurate.
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I'm not sure about Dalton's status but he was actually a good Bond. Better than his successor. And yes especially during the Cold War a black Bond would've stood out although it doesn't mean they couldn't have been a spy. The tv show The Americans does a good job on showing how various communities & races were used as spies. Sometimes being politcally correct will not enhance or even work with an old story or character.
 
"The Cold War was a battle for people's thoughts." Is a quote from my Russian (native) professor as we read Pushkin in the original and I watch the guy in the suit sitting in the back taking notes. (I don't think he worked for IBM).

Bond movies are topical. Dr. No was about military bases off the shores of the U.S. , Goldfinger if there was any real gold in Fort Knox. If Oddjob could really cut a still bar with his hat, ( Bruce Lee) was popular etc.
 
Wasn't Timothy Dalton who played James Bond in a few movies gay? I may be wrong, but I thought he was.
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No. He was in a relationship with Vanessa Redgrave for many years. Later he partnered with another woman and they have a son. However, Dalton has never married.
 
Well, the OP and thread title focus on a gay James Bond, but along the way having a black James Bond was interjected. In the movie Wild Wild West Will Smith did an excellent job portraying James West. However, I felt that it was improbable for a black man to have actually been a Secret Service agent in the late 1870s. So, if one can look the other way on "historical accuracy" then a black James Bond could be feasible.

I don't have a homophobic bone in my body, but I don't think that a gay James Bond is quite ready for primetime.
 
tnthomas said:
Well, the OP and thread title focus on a gay James Bond, but along the way having a black James Bond was interjected. In the movie Wild Wild West Will Smith did an excellent job portraying James West. However, I felt that it was improbable for a black man to have actually been a Secret Service agent in the late 1870s. So, if one can look the other way on "historical accuracy" then a black James Bond could be feasible.

I don't have a homophobic bone in my body, but I don't think that a gay James Bond is quite ready for primetime.
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I agree totally. And let's face it, a gay James Bond would put an entirely new spin on "The Spy Who Loved Me". :love_heart:
 
oakapple said:
You Americans have a saying which I think is apt ' if it aint broke, don't fix it!' Bond should stay the way he is, nothing changed just for the sake of it.
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In this one instance I concur. I'm not even all that much of a fan of the Bond character, I always thought he was a sexist pig, for the most part till more modern times, but, I did enjoy watching some of the action sequences.

For the most part, one scene I was particularly fond of is this. Love when he says to the right, to the right, :D and other words he said.

 
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