I think James Bond

should be played by a white actor because he's obviously written as a white character (and if anyone has read the actual Bond books they really were a bit racist).

In the same way i think Nelson Mandela should be played by a black actor in films or on stage because he was black or Gandhi by an Indian actor.

I appreciate that bond is fictional so you can argue that can be whatever you want him to be but thats just how I see it.

Posted By: Jim on March 31st 2015 at 09:08:29

Message Thread

Sir Roger Moore (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 31, 01:28:12
- "I've heard the speculation about Idris but Bond should be English-english" (General Chat) - admckechnie, Mar 31, 07:19:34
  - To be honest most 87 year olds come out with stuff that is a bit racist (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 31, 08:13:20
    - Ageist ;) (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Mar 31, 08:20:37
    - My parents do that... (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 31, 08:14:39
  - It's certainly sillier than simply saying "white". (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 31, 07:53:22
    - LOL...can you imagine if he would have said that... (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 31, 13:09:48
      - Bond is fictional; MLK & Malcolm X are real people (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 31, 14:35:41
        
        all films.....are not real (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 31, 17:19:55
    - Particularly given bond was Scottish... (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 31, 08:13:30
      - Neither was Pierce Brosnan, who was an excellent Bond imo. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 31, 08:20:53
        
        agreed, did you see him in "the matador"? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 09:43:37
        
        I think so, with Gregg Kinnear? he was assassin or something wasn 't he? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 31, 09:49:00
        
        Tombsy was 'specialist Technical Advisor' for that role! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 31, 09:50:22
        
        quite a daft movie but i loved it (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 09:53:34
        
        that's the badger, lovely old enjoyable nonsense (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 09:50:16
        
        your opinion is wrong (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 31, 08:54:48
        
        No its not (General Chat) - megson, Mar 31, 09:14:25
        
        You didn't like him? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 31, 09:00:17
        
        no, he was a bad cross between Moore and Connery - Daniel Craig (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 31, 09:05:09
        
        Well i'm shockwd and stunned. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 31, 09:21:03
        
        in a good way? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 31, 09:36:23
        
        Yes - got given some poor films though (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 31, 08:25:21
        
        I think James Bond (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 31, 09:08:29

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