Bond 22 girls

Post by **carl stromberg** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:50 pm

Gemma thingy from St. Trinians (who shares an agent with Daniel Craig - wonder how she got cast!) and some stock European Ukranian bimbo have been cast as the alarmingly young Bond girls for Bond 22.

stockslivevan · Post by **stockslivevan** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:01 am

Alarmingly young?

This isn't new. Not to mention Olga is older than Eva Green

We've been getting twentysomething Bond girls since Live and Let Die, with only a few being in their 30s since that point (Maud Adams and Halle Berry).

But I do agree that we should have a more seasoned Bond girl sometime. The only time we had a woman older than Bond was Honor Blackman.

Post by **Skywalker** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:39 pm

stockslivevan wrote:Alarmingly young? This isn't new. Not to mention Olga is older than Eva Green We've been getting twentysomething Bond girls since Live and Let Die, with only a few being in their 30s since that point (Maud Adams and Halle Berry).

I always liked the fact Sir Rog ended up pulling women young enough to be his Granddaughter. IMO he had the charm to counter any age difference.

However, I'm not convinced Daniel Craig can pull this off. I guess time will tell in Bond 22, but I did like his idea of having Jane Seymour back as a Bond 'girl'.

stockslivevan wrote:But I do agree that we should have a more seasoned Bond girl sometime. The only time we had a woman older than Bond was Honor Blackman.

Honor and Sean had great chemistry and Honor looked simply stunning.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:22 pm

Sir Roger is a charming old rogue, so he can get away with it.

stockslivevan · Post by **stockslivevan** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:34 am

Let me guess, you're both Moore fans?

Well good for you. I thought the only appropriate pairing in the Moore era was with Maud Adams. Her maturity matched Moore's Bond the best, I could never buy the other pairings, they didn't have the right chemistry. Maybe Stacey Sutton if only she was played by a better actress and they kept that "Bond looking after her" element intact instead of crashing it down with that awful shower scene... But I wouldn't be surprise if you guys liked that.

Post by **Skywalker** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:38 pm

stockslivevan wrote:Let me guess, you're both Moore fans? Well good for you. I thought the only appropriate pairing in the Moore era was with Maud Adams. Her maturity matched Moore's Bond the best, I could never buy the other pairings, they didn't have the right chemistry. Maybe Stacey Sutton if only she was played by a better actress and they kept that "Bond looking after her" element intact instead of crashing it down with that awful shower scene... But I wouldn't be surprise if you guys liked that.

I thought the ending of AVTAK was great. How else could Sir Rog sign off.

For me, Moore had great on-screen chemistry with the Bond girls. He just had so much charm and class.

stockslivevan · Post by **stockslivevan** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:23 am

For me it was a case of too much charm and class and not enough edge. There has to be a balance which I thought Connery pulled off the best. I like Rog outside of Bond, he's got that gift for natural humor, but I just don't think he was right for Bond. Him changing the role to suit his style shows that he wasn't the type.

That's my opinion of course.

tiswas · Post by **tiswas** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:24 am

I thought that bed scene with Moore and a young Swede girl really cringemaking. Was she in bed with Grandad? But he was good for his age wasn't he.