Post by Ace on Mar 13, 2005 19:42:02 GMT -5
ITV: Tarantino: 'You're wrong to drop Brosnan'
10.47PM, Sun Mar 13 2005
Cult film director, Quentin Tarantino claims James Bond bosses have made a mistake by dumping Pierce Brosnan as 007.
The Kill Bill director had been desperate to remake Casino Royale with Brosnan in the lead. But the film is going ahead with neither Tarantino nor Brosnan on board.
Producers are now deciding who will become the new Bond with Clive Owen among the favourites for the role.
Casino Royale was author Ian Fleming's first Bond book and is one of Tarantino's all-time favourites.
Speaking at the Empire awards in London Tarantino said: "I would have liked to do Casino Royale with Pierce Brosnan.
"But once I heard Brosnan isn't going to be doing any more Bond films, that killed it as far as I was concerned.
"Over the course of time he's really proven himself to me as the James Bond for this generation."
Tarantino said he would still like to work with Brosnan on a future film.
The Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs director also revealed that his favourite film of 2004 was low budget British zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead.
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"He can really pull off that 60s thing that Casino Royale would have - it's not just about a guy trying to take over the world, with speeding trains and action sequences, it should be more like the book
10.47PM, Sun Mar 13 2005
Cult film director, Quentin Tarantino claims James Bond bosses have made a mistake by dumping Pierce Brosnan as 007.
The Kill Bill director had been desperate to remake Casino Royale with Brosnan in the lead. But the film is going ahead with neither Tarantino nor Brosnan on board.
Producers are now deciding who will become the new Bond with Clive Owen among the favourites for the role.
Casino Royale was author Ian Fleming's first Bond book and is one of Tarantino's all-time favourites.
Speaking at the Empire awards in London Tarantino said: "I would have liked to do Casino Royale with Pierce Brosnan.
"But once I heard Brosnan isn't going to be doing any more Bond films, that killed it as far as I was concerned.
"Over the course of time he's really proven himself to me as the James Bond for this generation."
Tarantino said he would still like to work with Brosnan on a future film.
The Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs director also revealed that his favourite film of 2004 was low budget British zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead.
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"He can really pull off that 60s thing that Casino Royale would have - it's not just about a guy trying to take over the world, with speeding trains and action sequences, it should be more like the book
How great for Pierce! 