Post by sparklingblue on Jan 10, 2004 17:29:11 GMT -5
from Backstage.com
The Natural
Ewan McGregor keeps his acting, and his life, easygoing.
By Jenelle Riley
(excerpt)
(...)
BSW: On to another rumor: Are you aware there's also a campaign to make you the next James Bond? And would you be interested?
McGregor: Is there? I think, like everything else, you'd have to think and deal with it if it came up. They haven't spoken to me about it; there's been no dialogue. It could be a blast to make those films, there's no question about that. But at the same time, I would worry that I wouldn't have enough time to make other films. Star Wars takes up three and a half months of my life [once] every three years, and that's it. Then a bit of a reshoot and a bit of publicity. And I think James Bond shoots for four or six months, and I believe Pierce [Brosnan] is obliged to go around the world to open the films and is sent on a monstrous publicity tour. And that would certainly be something you'd have to take into consideration. Because it means you wouldn't be able to make as many films, and I seem to like making films a lot. But it would be so great to be able to play James Bond--I think he's a great character, and I can imagine myself playing him. We'll just have to see.
And I think there's a way to get the sexy stuff back, without it being misogynistic. Because there's no question, some of it was really on the line, especially Connery's stuff. Because it should be sexy. And also, the espionage could be--see, now I'm having all these great thoughts about it.
In a way, The Bourne Identity was a great film about what it's like to be that guy. And that would be a fantastic Bond: what it's really like to be a hired killer, somebody who lives the life where you can't have any ties. Because there are those people out there.
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Might have gotten something wrong, but PB also wants to explore Bond's " darker side".
The Natural
Ewan McGregor keeps his acting, and his life, easygoing.
By Jenelle Riley
(excerpt)
(...)
BSW: On to another rumor: Are you aware there's also a campaign to make you the next James Bond? And would you be interested?
McGregor: Is there? I think, like everything else, you'd have to think and deal with it if it came up. They haven't spoken to me about it; there's been no dialogue. It could be a blast to make those films, there's no question about that. But at the same time, I would worry that I wouldn't have enough time to make other films. Star Wars takes up three and a half months of my life [once] every three years, and that's it. Then a bit of a reshoot and a bit of publicity. And I think James Bond shoots for four or six months, and I believe Pierce [Brosnan] is obliged to go around the world to open the films and is sent on a monstrous publicity tour. And that would certainly be something you'd have to take into consideration. Because it means you wouldn't be able to make as many films, and I seem to like making films a lot. But it would be so great to be able to play James Bond--I think he's a great character, and I can imagine myself playing him. We'll just have to see.
And I think there's a way to get the sexy stuff back, without it being misogynistic. Because there's no question, some of it was really on the line, especially Connery's stuff. Because it should be sexy. And also, the espionage could be--see, now I'm having all these great thoughts about it.
In a way, The Bourne Identity was a great film about what it's like to be that guy. And that would be a fantastic Bond: what it's really like to be a hired killer, somebody who lives the life where you can't have any ties. Because there are those people out there.
***
Might have gotten something wrong, but PB also wants to explore Bond's " darker side".
