The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[PCz911]

I think it was more that because there was an unknown actor playing Bond, they hired a well-known actress for the female lead (Rigg having been in the Avengers). Had Connery been in the lead, they would probably have been content to get a less famous - and cheaper - actress to co-star.

Oh I see you point.

But didn’t goldfinger use honor Blackman who - ironically - was replaced on the avengers by rigg? From what I read, the biggest issue with the avengers were they grossly underpaid their female leads.

Sir Sean in OHMSS would have been interesting. Maybe being challenged to do more than one emotion as Bond would have brought out his acting chops and playing against Rigg would have lifted up his performance.

 

[Starkers]

Oh I see you point.

But didn’t goldfinger use honor Blackman who - ironically - was replaced on the avengers by rigg? From what I read, the biggest issue with the avengers were they grossly underpaid their female leads.

Sir Sean in OHMSS would have been interesting. Maybe being challenged to do more than one emotion as Bond would have brought out his acting chops and playing against Rigg would have lifted up his performance.

Famously a lot of the camera operators were paid more than Dame Diana was.

Re Connery in OHMSS, for me I can't see Connery, certainly 60s Connery, ever being that cut up that a woman's died. Sure there are moments, the death of Aki for instance, but I can't see him playing utterly broken the way George did.

 

[Owain Taggart]

For me, I think much of it goes with the era in which they were made, where perhaps emotion coming from a man wasn't thought of as being appropriate. Bond has evolved along with the different eras, but from what I understand Fleming was inspired by multiple people during the war, including spending time in Canada at a training camp called Camp-X.