Post by Ace on Sept 26, 2003 21:17:10 GMT -5
This shouldn't even be posted but I can't resist. How does this stuff get printed? There's just so much wrong with this article well it should speak for itself. Oy vey!
DOUBLE OWEN SEVEN
Sep 27 2003
Chancer star Clive to be the new Bond as Pierce hands back his licence to kill
By Rick Fulton
CHANCER star Clive Owen will be revealed the new James Bond to the world at the end of next year.
At a Press conference at Pinewood Studios in January or February 2004, Pierce Brosnan will reveal his last outing as 007 will be Bond 21, to be made next year and released in 2005.
And for the first time, the new James Bond will be unveiled at the same time.
We can reveal that Clive will take on the mantle in the Bond 22 which will be filmed in 2006 and shown in 2007.
Pierce recommended 6 ft 2 in Clive, who turns 39 next week, to producer Linda Broccoli, widow of the late Cubby, who had him screen-tested.
A source said: ``Clive's the one. There have been rumours about Clive, but these rumours are getting louder and louder now.
``No one at the top will come out and admit it, but the claims it's Clive are coming from different sources within Eon who make the Bond films.
``And as you know, especially in Bond movies, there's no smoke without fire.''
PIERCE, who turned 50 in May, will hang up his Walther PPK and hand over the keys to 007's well-stocked cabinet of goodies to Clive, best known for Nineties TV show Chancer, BMW commercials and films such as Croupier, Gosford Park and The Bourne Identity.
The coveted role of Bond has been linked to almost every hunk in Britain, including Scots Gerald Butler, Ewan McGregor and Dougray Scott, as well as Bend It Like Beckham star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Bond fans' favourite Ralph Fiennes.
There were claims earlier this year that Clive didn't think Bond was a ``challenge'', but the quote wasn't his but attributed to a friend. When he's been asked directly, he's always sounded positive.
And Clive, a married dad-of-two, fits the bill as Bond in a number of ways.
The source revealed: ``Seeing Clive in Croupier brought him to the Bond makers' attention. He looks good in a tuxedo and has that edge which makes him attractive to the ladies, but liked by the guys.
``He's not hugely known, but has done some good films and is at least a name people recognise.
``Most of the other names mooted are already known actors so could never be Bond.
``Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan were both known actors, but not hugely famous when they took on 007 and they are the best.
``The producers keep screen testing possible replacements forBrosnan. Most recently, it was Jack Davenport and Orlando Bloom. It seems as soon as someone is hot, they get called in.
``But Jack and Orlando are possible Bonds of the future. Remember, Robbie Williams was even linked with Bond, but Clive's name keeps cropping up.''
Clive was born in Coventry and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the Eighties.
His role as Stephen Crane in Chancer in 1990 made him a household name, alongside Sean Pertwee, but his films always showed a darker side, especially Close My Eyes, which saw his character seduced by his sister.
TV shows included The ReturnOf The Native with Catherine Zeta Jones and An Evening With Gary Lineker, a comedy with Martin Clunes.
And in 1996, he was back on telly as a private investigator in Sharman, based on a film he was in called The Turnaround.
The film Bent, with Ian McKellen and Jude Law, saw him playing a concentration camp inmate, but it was the role of Jack Manfred in Croupier in 1998 which gave him his toehold in Hollywood.
The low-budget indie film bombed in Britain, but American audiences loved it.
In Britain, it's been his TV roles which have kept him in people'smemories, including Split Second and Second Sight, in which he played a cop who was losing his sight.
Clive is married to actress Sarah-Jane Fenton, who was last seen in A Good Man in Africa in 1994.
THEY have two daughters Hannah, born in 1997, and Eve, who was born in September 1999. Clive and Sarah-Jane met on stage playing Romeo and Juliet.
Next year, his profile will rise even further in the film Closer which stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman and perhaps Julia Roberts, who has been named as apossible replacement for Cate Blanchett who has dropped out.
So what of Pierce's last outing? The name of the film seems to be The Man With The Red Tattoo. It's based on a book by Raymond Benson, the official author who took over from Ian Fleming and takes Bond to Japan to stop a killer virus outbreak.
The book, published last year, is topical because of this year's SARS outbreak.
Another name is Everything Or Nothing, but that's the name of a new Bond computer game, so would seem unlikely.
Michael Kitchen will return as MI6 man Tanner, as will Michael Madsen as Falco. Names for thenew Bond villain include Willem Defoe and Jon Voight. Mariah Carey will do a Madonna and get to sing the title track of the film for a cameo role.
Bond girls include Shannon Elizabeth, Tiffany Amber Thiessen and Heidi Klum.
Last night a spokesperson for Eon denied it was Clive and poured cold water on the name of Pierce's last film as Bond.
She said: ``There is no truth in any of these rumours.''
But then she's in the same department that claimed Die Another Day WASN'T the name of the last Bond a few weeks before it was announced it was.
THE MEN WHO PLAYED BOND
SEAN CONNERY
Often voted best Bond, Sean wowed the ladies with his sexy Scottish accent
GEORGE LAZENBY
George was the only Antipodean actor to take on the role of Bond
ROGER MOORE
With a lift of the eyebrow, smoothie Roger was definitely not shaken
TIMOTHY DALTON
Welshman Timothy had a licence to thrill but only for a short time
PIERCE BROSNAN
Pierce is preparing to hang up his tux to make way for a newcomer
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Ace
DOUBLE OWEN SEVEN
Sep 27 2003
Chancer star Clive to be the new Bond as Pierce hands back his licence to kill
By Rick Fulton
CHANCER star Clive Owen will be revealed the new James Bond to the world at the end of next year.
At a Press conference at Pinewood Studios in January or February 2004, Pierce Brosnan will reveal his last outing as 007 will be Bond 21, to be made next year and released in 2005.
And for the first time, the new James Bond will be unveiled at the same time.
We can reveal that Clive will take on the mantle in the Bond 22 which will be filmed in 2006 and shown in 2007.
Pierce recommended 6 ft 2 in Clive, who turns 39 next week, to producer Linda Broccoli, widow of the late Cubby, who had him screen-tested.
A source said: ``Clive's the one. There have been rumours about Clive, but these rumours are getting louder and louder now.
``No one at the top will come out and admit it, but the claims it's Clive are coming from different sources within Eon who make the Bond films.
``And as you know, especially in Bond movies, there's no smoke without fire.''
PIERCE, who turned 50 in May, will hang up his Walther PPK and hand over the keys to 007's well-stocked cabinet of goodies to Clive, best known for Nineties TV show Chancer, BMW commercials and films such as Croupier, Gosford Park and The Bourne Identity.
The coveted role of Bond has been linked to almost every hunk in Britain, including Scots Gerald Butler, Ewan McGregor and Dougray Scott, as well as Bend It Like Beckham star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Bond fans' favourite Ralph Fiennes.
There were claims earlier this year that Clive didn't think Bond was a ``challenge'', but the quote wasn't his but attributed to a friend. When he's been asked directly, he's always sounded positive.
And Clive, a married dad-of-two, fits the bill as Bond in a number of ways.
The source revealed: ``Seeing Clive in Croupier brought him to the Bond makers' attention. He looks good in a tuxedo and has that edge which makes him attractive to the ladies, but liked by the guys.
``He's not hugely known, but has done some good films and is at least a name people recognise.
``Most of the other names mooted are already known actors so could never be Bond.
``Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan were both known actors, but not hugely famous when they took on 007 and they are the best.
``The producers keep screen testing possible replacements forBrosnan. Most recently, it was Jack Davenport and Orlando Bloom. It seems as soon as someone is hot, they get called in.
``But Jack and Orlando are possible Bonds of the future. Remember, Robbie Williams was even linked with Bond, but Clive's name keeps cropping up.''
Clive was born in Coventry and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the Eighties.
His role as Stephen Crane in Chancer in 1990 made him a household name, alongside Sean Pertwee, but his films always showed a darker side, especially Close My Eyes, which saw his character seduced by his sister.
TV shows included The ReturnOf The Native with Catherine Zeta Jones and An Evening With Gary Lineker, a comedy with Martin Clunes.
And in 1996, he was back on telly as a private investigator in Sharman, based on a film he was in called The Turnaround.
The film Bent, with Ian McKellen and Jude Law, saw him playing a concentration camp inmate, but it was the role of Jack Manfred in Croupier in 1998 which gave him his toehold in Hollywood.
The low-budget indie film bombed in Britain, but American audiences loved it.
In Britain, it's been his TV roles which have kept him in people'smemories, including Split Second and Second Sight, in which he played a cop who was losing his sight.
Clive is married to actress Sarah-Jane Fenton, who was last seen in A Good Man in Africa in 1994.
THEY have two daughters Hannah, born in 1997, and Eve, who was born in September 1999. Clive and Sarah-Jane met on stage playing Romeo and Juliet.
Next year, his profile will rise even further in the film Closer which stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman and perhaps Julia Roberts, who has been named as apossible replacement for Cate Blanchett who has dropped out.
So what of Pierce's last outing? The name of the film seems to be The Man With The Red Tattoo. It's based on a book by Raymond Benson, the official author who took over from Ian Fleming and takes Bond to Japan to stop a killer virus outbreak.
The book, published last year, is topical because of this year's SARS outbreak.
Another name is Everything Or Nothing, but that's the name of a new Bond computer game, so would seem unlikely.
Michael Kitchen will return as MI6 man Tanner, as will Michael Madsen as Falco. Names for thenew Bond villain include Willem Defoe and Jon Voight. Mariah Carey will do a Madonna and get to sing the title track of the film for a cameo role.
Bond girls include Shannon Elizabeth, Tiffany Amber Thiessen and Heidi Klum.
Last night a spokesperson for Eon denied it was Clive and poured cold water on the name of Pierce's last film as Bond.
She said: ``There is no truth in any of these rumours.''
But then she's in the same department that claimed Die Another Day WASN'T the name of the last Bond a few weeks before it was announced it was.
THE MEN WHO PLAYED BOND
SEAN CONNERY
Often voted best Bond, Sean wowed the ladies with his sexy Scottish accent
GEORGE LAZENBY
George was the only Antipodean actor to take on the role of Bond
ROGER MOORE
With a lift of the eyebrow, smoothie Roger was definitely not shaken
TIMOTHY DALTON
Welshman Timothy had a licence to thrill but only for a short time
PIERCE BROSNAN
Pierce is preparing to hang up his tux to make way for a newcomer
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Ace