Cinematical Seven: Seven Pieces of Advice for the Makers of Bond '22'

Published: August 20, 2007, 7:08 am

Tags: 007, bond 22, bond22, daniel craig, danielcraig, james bond, jamesbond

Filed under: Action & Adventure, MGM, Cinematical Seven, Lists, Daniel Craig So, the 22nd James Bond film is in pre-production, with director Marc Forster already talking about locations and Bond Girls and more. But there have been disquieting notes and murmurs from the Bond camp -- filling Bond fans with dire contemplation of slightly grim possibility that Casino Royale's excellence may not be so easy to recapture. As a long-time Bond-watcher, I thought I'd draft a sort of open letter to the Bond production team about some very specific things they could do to make sure that Bond 22 maintains 007's freshly-renewed license to thrill. ... 1) Bulk Up the Bad Guy If one thing hurt Casino Royale's air of excellence, it was the fairly disappointing physical mis-match between Daniel Craig's hulking, burly Bond and Mads Mikkelsen's pallid, frail Le Chiffre. Whoever your bad guys is this time around, please -- cast someone who looks like they could offer Craig's Bond a fairly

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