Rosamund Pike: 'Bond role was terrifying'

[Blowfeld]

Monday, December 20 2010, 4:41am EST
By Mayer Nissim, Senior Entertainment Reporter

WENN

Rosamund Pike has admitted that she was scared when she was cast in a James Bond film at the age of 21.

The actress appeared opposite Pierce Brosnan in 2002's Die Another Day, soon after completing her university exams.

Pike told The Sunday Times: "I wish I'd got to be an observer for a bit longer, played small roles in big films, like James McAvoy - watch, learn, then suddenly emerge victorious.

"My dream of acting was playing lead roles in Shakespeare at the National, not Bond. It was just terrifying."

Of her career, she added: "I feel like the whole of my childhood was waiting until I was old enough to do this. That's when I was happy.

"School and Oxford pale into the background. I didn't care about anything but acting. Still, the only place I ever feel like I belong is on a film set or rehearsing a play.

"That's what home is to me - talking to the director of Barney's Version about intimacy, or to [Johnny English Reborn co-star] Rowan Atkinson about the precise inflection of a line. That is what I thrive on."

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[Captain Nash]

And we're all glad she did appear in DAD. She's easily one of the best aspects of that train wreck.
Hopefully EON will allow her to appear in another Bond film sometime in the future. She's still young enough, and in the past actors have come back in different roles.
So Rosamund would be a good nod...amongst other things.

[Alessandra]

And we're all glad she did appear in DAD. She's easily one of the best aspects of that train wreck.
Hopefully EON will allow her to appear in another Bond film sometime in the future. She's still young enough, and in the past actors have come back in different roles.
So Rosamund would be a good nod...amongst other things.

LOL! I agree she's a very attractive girl, and I like her. I'm not very fond of those comebacks, but since she's a beautiful and classy girl, and there's definite shortage of them, I say go for it.

[Captain Nash]

Bring back Rosamund Pike in Bond 23

The campaign begins.
EON if you're reading this forum, please bring Rosamund Pike back.
Thanks.

[Alessandra]

Bring back Rosamund Pike in Bond 23

The campaign begins.
EON if you're reading this forum, please bring Rosamund Pike back.
Thanks.

Yes, please do! With Henry Cavill as Bond. Thank you.

[Blowfeld]

The latter one looks like one we made.
How many jackets does the poor lad need? Once more Daniel reminds us all why he won the best dress man award.

[Blowfeld]

Opps wrong thread, I was responding to this post located blow this forum.

How is it that we cannot amuse ourselves with the news about Craig and Weisz? I'm not sure I should open a thread about that one, but I am having a field day with it. A)I never liked Weisz (Yes I'm aware that's going against the tide, what can I say, I am not easily pleased) and I KNEW I was right girlfriend definitely has bad taste when it comes to men B)Now I can openly despise Craig as a woman, not just as a Bond fan. There's no way anyone will convince me he wasn't cheating on his girlfriend since now he's out holding hands with Weisz. And he was still attending public events with girlfriend in May. Now I'm free to despise him for the man he is, not just for how he plays James Bond. And, nobody try to bring over the "Sean Connery isn't that good either" argument. I never said he was my favorite. He is the original Bond but he sucks as a man. My favorite is Brosnan for a reason.

[Alessandra]

The latter one looks like one we made.
How many jackets does the poor lad need? Once more Daniel reminds us all why he won the best dress man award.

OMG that photo Seriously? He's thin an he's put on so much stuff he looks like he has a beer belly LMAO WTF? Yeah, indeed those awards were NOT paid for by Barbara...

[Captain Nash]

What people do in their private lives is up to them.
I always love the way people flip out when stories like this break, but let's be honest, no-one is squeaky clean. No-one is perfect.
So what if he's holding hands with Rachel Weisz. Neither are married. And who says he's been cheating?
Where does it say he cheated? Don't get ahead of yourselves, as usual the claims are only your opinions.

[Alessandra]

What people do in their private lives is up to them.
I always love the way people flip out when stories like this break, but let's be honest, no-one is squeaky clean. No-one is perfect.
So what if he's holding hands with Rachel Weisz. Neither are married. And who says he's been cheating?
Where does it say he cheated? Don't get ahead of yourselves, as usual the claims are only your opinions.

I didn't put that down as fact. I said there is no way anyone will convince me he didn't cheat. I'm guessing you're not taking into account that they filmed a movie together and rumors started back then about the two of them. And since he was STILL photographed in public in MAY with his girlfriend it is a tad weird that in five minutes he broke up with her and started flirting with another woman on set. So yeah, I believe he did cheat seen as it's December and they are already holding hands in public, and it takes quite a while to celebrities before they go public with stuff like that (this I know by work experience). That is just and only my opinion, and as I said, I have a definitely BAD opinion of Sean Connery too as a person. Which is why I will never say he's my fave. Pierce is, and with good reason. He is not only a gorgeous, classy, smart and charming man but also a GOOD man. His personal story is a tribute to how good a person he is. And, quite unlucky too in terms of private life. That's my opinion on him as a person. My opinion of Sean Connery and Daniel Craig quite differs from the one I have on Pierce. Neither have ever been an example of virtue or good/classy behavior, especially when women are concerned. So as a woman, I do NOT have a good opinion of either Connery or Craig. I do think Craig cheated... given the timing of everything, things don't quite add up otherwise. Again, it's my thought, and I never claimed it was a fact. I'm convinced of it, but that doesn't make it a fact.

[Captain Nash]

Pierce IS a nice guy, and was a good Bond, for the time he played the role.
Sean Connery IS a great actor, but has some values (apparently) that may be controversial nowadays. Though you have to remember he's in his 80's. He grew up in a different age.
Roger Moore has been married four times. Yet I still think he's a bloody legend, and an all round great chap.
At the end of the day it's non of my business what he does.
What any actor or actress does. Yes they are in the public eye, and do have to expect backlash for their action because of this.
But nothing that any of the actors who have played Bond, have ever made me think they were unsuitable for the role, because of what they've done outside the role.

[Omega]

It looks bad to start cheating on your wife when you are on set then add insult to injury by trying to get your new girlfriend a role in your next movie which also happens to be directed by her ex.

[shaken not stirred]

It looks bad to start cheating on your wife when you are on set then add insult to injury by trying to get your new girlfriend a role in your next movie which also happens to be directed by her ex.

Like some of you guys have been saying on here if craig's in the next bond film and said director happens to be weisz ex then craig will have to be kicked off pushing babs into a corner..you can't kill off bond and if craigs here then as much as I hate the new gritty bs reboot james bourne it could mean the end for the whole franchise unless they're willing to put the whole unecessary reboot business behind them and continue back along the original true bond timeline, hell find a few good writers who could change the final half of die another day and the last half took place in bonds head, but throughout most of the film bond was struggling to survive being tortured in the camp and then persued the guy who tried to take his identity but instead of the antartic he was a mole in his organisation, he sets the place on fire affecting the q branch which means the invisible car never saw the light of day since the blueprints were destroyed and bond had to make use of the little gadgets that were left then m gets killed in the crossfire.

Before bond kills the bad guy he gives him a message ie they know your little organisation inside out now and ..what makes you tick..you will never find them again mr bond..but they...they will find you (bad guy laughs, dies, bond sees something engraved on his watch, spector, bond 24: blofield returns.

Sorry went off topic, that's just My 2 cents if they didn't give bond another uneeded timeline.

[Captain Nash]

Spector and Blofield returning.
Nahhh that's not gonna happen.
If they do that, then they may as well have Doctor Know, or Rosa Klobb come back. Or how about Goldfingernails.
Blowers can't return for legal reasons, and the whole organisation thing has been done to death. It's spy cliche, and more worn out than. A very worn out thing.
I do like the idea of changing the final half of DAD, but I'd like to change it a little bit more. Little bit more radical.
Scrap it completely, give Pierce a more fitting final film, and then if I liked it I wouldn't be so okay with him not getting a fifth and final appearance and the whole reboot goes out the window.
Craig can stay, or maybe he was never cast. Either way it's not really a problem. My only problem is when Bond films are not made.
You can imagine the dilemma of being a Bond fan between 1989 and 1995.
And then seeing GoldenEye and thinking, they've made a tv movie. That has grown on me over the years. But it's no where near as great as fans make it out to be. It certainly helped a failing franchise stagger on into the next century, but it has masses of problems, not least the tv movie like production values.

[Alessandra]

Pierce IS a nice guy, and was a good Bond, for the time he played the role.
Sean Connery IS a great actor, but has some values (apparently) that may be controversial nowadays. Though you have to remember he's in his 80's. He grew up in a different age.
Roger Moore has been married four times. Yet I still think he's a bloody legend, and an all round great chap.
At the end of the day it's non of my business what he does.
What any actor or actress does. Yes they are in the public eye, and do have to expect backlash for their action because of this.
But nothing that any of the actors who have played Bond, have ever made me think they were unsuitable for the role, because of what they've done outside the role.

I never said Connery is unsuitable for the Bond role because he's not a good man. He was perfect and the original. My opinion on them as people has got nothing to do with what they do as Bond. I think Craig is awful as Bond because he's got nothing of Bond either in terms of looks or in terms of behaviour. Not because I have a non positive opinion of him as a person. That's got nothing to do with it.

Roger Moore was married four times but I still think he's a great person. It's not having many women that puts me off: it's cheating on them, cursing in interviews, being all-around not classy like Daniel Craig is that puts me off. Again, that's just an opinion on the person, which has got absolutely nothing to do with them being or not being ok to play Bond. That's a totally different matter. As I said, Connery is the original and nobody can say a thing about his portrayal of Bond. But he remains a not nice person as far as I'm concerned. Separate and different matter.

It looks bad to start cheating on your wife when you are on set then add insult to injury by trying to get your new girlfriend a role in your next movie which also happens to be directed by her ex.

Yeah, lol, something like that!

The more I watch GoldenEye, the more I think it was a bloody great film. Not a TV movie at all. It was exactly what James Bond is supposed to be. In each and every way. Girls, style, actor, action, humorous lines. ALL of it. Basically, GoldenEye has EVERYTHING that is missing in the Craig movies, and then some. Especially because the guy playing James Bond looks and acts like James Bond is supposed to. And if I finally have Cavill as Bond, I will again savor the same excitement I had when going to see GoldenEye: "a new Bond movie is out... and I LOVED IT!".

True though, good things come to those who wait. That happened with Brosnan, hopefully it will be the case with Cavill, too.