The next James Bond?

[Kam]

watch Layer Cake, you'll see how incredible a bond he COULD be, depending on how much leeway they give him to make the character his own and not killed by the broccoli's if they turn him in to another brosnan type blandbond.

[topspeed]

I'm not crazy about the choice. I was really hoping they'd pick someone like Clive Owens or even guy from the Transporter movies. Both have a bit of understated menace to them that Bond's character needs.

I believe Brosnan's contract was not renewed because:
1) He wanted too much money
2) He wanted too much control (he claimed he was never allowed to make Bond his "own" and despised the one liners prevalent in the movies)

[markw]

I always thought Adrian Paul would have been a natural for the Bond role. He might be a little long in tooth nowadays, though.