Post by Ace on Jan 26, 2006 19:24:03 GMT -5
Yeah it's just rumors from an unsubstantiated "insider" (so salt grains aplenty) but that doesn't mean there can't be schaedenfreude.
Mi6 Forums
By Wideshot
Shooting is on schedule. But a full blown press conference is still being debated. Don't be surprised if a press conference is held some time in February in Prague, something like what happened with The Living Daylights, that time they went ahead with the start date and didn't do the press conference until a month later. I won't be involved with the production much longer, I'm moving on to Tim Burton's next film "Believe It or Not", but here are some things of interest:
- the production has a mood of nervousness. They're strongly aware of the backlash and it's caught us all by surprise. The main thing slowing things down is the indecision on the casting.
- major actresses turned down the Vesper role. This also surprised Sony/Eon. Now they're forced to get an unknown but Thandie Newton has tested. One thing that made the Bond girl casting difficult was getting the right actress to look good with Daniel Craig. Sony/Eon hasn't been impressed with how the romantic scenes looked on test footage, Craig didn't have a strong romantic presence and there was a weak chemistry between him and the actresses tested.
- The script is being revised to scale back on the romantic angle. The story will emphasize movement and action sequences to maintain a quick pace to keep the audience from being not so conscious that a new actor is playing Bond.
- Disagreements over the script between Daniel Craig and Martin Campbell. They had a bit of a slanging match over the card game scene but I don't know whether it's because of tiredness from an intense casting and pre-production schedule or just from the overall nervousness or both.
Mi6 Forums
By Wideshot
Shooting is on schedule. But a full blown press conference is still being debated. Don't be surprised if a press conference is held some time in February in Prague, something like what happened with The Living Daylights, that time they went ahead with the start date and didn't do the press conference until a month later. I won't be involved with the production much longer, I'm moving on to Tim Burton's next film "Believe It or Not", but here are some things of interest:
- the production has a mood of nervousness. They're strongly aware of the backlash and it's caught us all by surprise. The main thing slowing things down is the indecision on the casting.
- major actresses turned down the Vesper role. This also surprised Sony/Eon. Now they're forced to get an unknown but Thandie Newton has tested. One thing that made the Bond girl casting difficult was getting the right actress to look good with Daniel Craig. Sony/Eon hasn't been impressed with how the romantic scenes looked on test footage, Craig didn't have a strong romantic presence and there was a weak chemistry between him and the actresses tested.
- The script is being revised to scale back on the romantic angle. The story will emphasize movement and action sequences to maintain a quick pace to keep the audience from being not so conscious that a new actor is playing Bond.
- Disagreements over the script between Daniel Craig and Martin Campbell. They had a bit of a slanging match over the card game scene but I don't know whether it's because of tiredness from an intense casting and pre-production schedule or just from the overall nervousness or both.