I'd watch the ever loving fuck out of this.
It's a 2-hour long dialogue between Bond (played by Wallace Shawn) and a villainous billionaire media mogul Fryston Gallibre (played by Peter Capaldi) who is trying to collapse western democracy through ever more bland homogenized remakes of beloved franchises.
In the end, Fryston realizes that Bond has never seen any of these movies or shows and isn't really a fanboy of anything so he is immune to this assault on culture. Bond actually leaves confused and when trying to explain the whole thing back at the office he stops mid-sentence and asks the widowed Mrs. Money Penny (Judi Dench) If she'd like to go see a movie together, "apparently they're quite popular!"
My Dinner with Bond.
Buddy.you dream too much... Keep at it!
Can’t wait for those action figures.
I was gonna say same. Give him all kinds of crazy gadgets but make him super serious.
“But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the martini in front of me.”
Jaymth Bond!
You know this is an Onion article because the real frontrunner for the role of James Bond is going to be, like every other role, esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie.
You know at first I thought this account was a joke, but it's been months and it's still going on. Honestly I'm convinced
it's really her !
See, I was gonna say Chris Pratt. He seems to be everywhere recently...
It's-a me, James Bond.
It's-a Bond. James-a Bond.
Seriously though, there's a potentially great reboot opportunity there..
It would have to be very intelligently written to avoid the "reboot with women protagonist" clichés/pitfalls, the fact that 007 is a woman would have to strike just the right tone.. misogyny would probably need to be faced with a good dose of "ok boomer" smirking, it would absolutely have to pass the Bechdel test..
But yea, that would be the first James Bond I'd go see in 2 decades, esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie.
Margopratt Reynolds.
Lose the Pratt and I’m in
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And, if the villain were played by esteemed character actress Margot Martindale...
It'll never happen, because they'd just have to pack up the Academy of Motion Pictures and go home, because it'd be all downhill after that film.
You Fell Victim to One of the Classic Blunders
Inconceivable!
Inconceivable!
Rule of Acquisition 300: If you've got it, flaunt it.
After seeing his performance in My Dinner with Andre (1981), casting director Janet Hirshenson was so fond of his delivery of the word "inconceivable" that she cast him as Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987).
dude got the job because of that line. no wonder its iconic
That movie is also why she cast André the Giant as his sidekick after falling victim to one of the classic blunders.
inconceivable!
Inconvenience
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Inconsolable?
A quantum of inconsolable!
Oh, and we could have an X-men crossover with Danny DiVito as Wolverine.
Yes please!
c/nottheonion, surely?
Maybe they're testing the waters as a joke first.
...unless?
If it were a couple decades ago I would've believed it, but Wallace Shawn is literally 80 years old.
He's got my vote.
Ok but can he play Bond AND Batman? If not I’d rather he take Batman because the franchise needs to finally be perfected.
The article title names three persons who I do not know. Considering I am unfamiliar with these persons or their names, should I be interested at all in this article?
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