Brosnan revealed that the producers had been speaking to both Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen about overtaking the role. The actors received Brosnan's blessing, after he claimed they are both "fantastic" actors.

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It is still not clear if they go with Brosnan or the new actor as of yet. Alot of what EON have done is behind Brosnan's back, but I guess he knows somethings. But I'm a proponant of Hugh Jackmen as Bond, wouldn't mind Owen either. But want Pierce to do one more, but his handsake deal for a 5th seems on ropes. Brosnan's contract was always for 3 films with a option for a 4th, so he's done 4 films, the 5th was on the cards until the producers were not sure where to go with Bond 21, there still in that paralyasis.


By summer sometime, we'll have proper official confirmatiom who on they want, I remember only yesterday coming back home at lunchtime from Highschool in 1994 when sky news was broadcasting the announcment of the new James Bond, which was Brosnan, Mel Gibson turned down Bond saying it would be boring unless they did something totally different with it etc they offered him big money. Time flies.

Jackman's a great choice...other than the fact that he's NOT British...I have a feeling many fans might not be happy about that, since Bond's always been a Brit.

i don't see Jackman at all in the role.
i was initially happy with his portrayl of Wolverine in the first X-Men, but in the second he disappointed me (bad choice to make Wolverine a sentimental blubberer at jeans apparant death, imo)
suddenly he's become the flavor of the month as far as fanboys go (not using the word fanboys in the negative here).

from what i've seen Owen is a much sturdier choice.

personally, i wouldn't mind a complete unknown.
in fact, for playing iconic characters like Bond (or Wolverine) i'd prefer it.

I say the next Bond should be Ewan. I think he'd be the perfect choice over Owen and Jackman. I think Ewan is a perfect combination of past Bonds.

Even Jude Law would be a good Bond.

Jeremy Northam has always been my first choice as a suitable replacement Bond.

Uhhhh...Not exactly.
Sean Connery, the original and many fans favorite to this day, is Scottish.

In fact, only Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton are Brits.

George Lazenby, like Jackman, is a Aussie himself,
and Pierce Brosnan is Irish.

Some fact checking is in order. Neither is Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan.

pssst...Adrian Paul. Hardly an unknown, but hardly a household name either. Great middle ground.

Sean Connery needs to play a Bond villian dammit.

That would be amazing. He looks so different now then when he was Bond anyway.

I seem to be in the minority, but I think Clive Owen would definitely be the best choice out there for the next Bond.

I'm probably also in the minority that Brosnan is not only the greatest non-Connery Bond, but I think like Connery, nobody will or could ever be better than Pierce.

I do hope Brosnan does have one more movie! His BO $$'s have also increased over the years, so why not throw in one more Bond movie? Jackman wouldn't be bad, just think if he became bond....he would be evolved with 3 franchise Xmen, Bond, and Helsting(that's if they make more...which they will)

I could care less who the next bond is, there hasn't been a decent bond movie since Goldeneye imo, but maybe that tarantino rumor will end up being true, wouldn't that be cool

I too want one more movie with Brosnan as Bond, I think he's still young enough to do the part justice......if they were willing to use Moore for A View To A Kill then they definitely can't accuse Pierce of being too old for the role yet. I don't see Jackman wanting or accepting the Bond role at ALL......too stifling for his career by far, and I simply don't see him as a refined suave 007. As things are he's somewhat tied down by the Wolverine role with not as much time as I'm guessing he would like to branch out, much less the huge load that goes with being Bond for a decade or so.

Clive Owen to me...would be perfect...he's ruthless...no bulls**t type attitude...and could just be perfect!

I think Jude Law or Ewan McGregor would be excellent choices. If both actors just buffed up alittle, they would be great.

well considering both Jude and Ewan are women...I dont think its gonna work out...

They just aint Bond...

Brosnan and Moore were far from buff.

I'm pulling for Clive "Croupier" Owen myself. I've been a big fan of his for many years, and I think he would make an amazing Bond. I will say that I have yet to enjoy a single Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan in the lead--he looks the part, but something always seemed off about him in the role, so I look forward to a change(assuming that there will be one for Bond 21).

I just watched BMW's "The Hire" series again, and I think Clive Owen would make a great Bond, although I don't like the fact that Brosnan is leaving. I think the idea of Jackman being bond is awful... the guy is already beyond overhyped; I think an actor without very much name-recognition is what the franchise needs.

Clive would make a great Bond, but I seem to recall that he didnt want to do it - that the roll wasnt challenging enough. I'd be willing to bet that he'd change his mind for the big enough paycheck - but for the moment, I'd say he's unlikely.

I know he's a touch old now, but I do fancy the idea of Sam Neil in the roll. Some of the screentests he did on the Living Daylights DVD really rock. He really looks smooth in that tux.

But, in a perfect world we'd get Pierce for one or two more outings.

Never been a big fan of the Bond movies, but even so, i like Pierce in the roll, and can't really picture Jackman in it.

I just want Brosnan to come back. I think he's just great in the role. And quite frankly, his movies aren't as good as he is. I'd like to see him finally make a really good Bond film.

But, otherwise Clive Owen is decent. Quite frankly I think Jackman wouldb e terrible for the Bond role. He's jsut too...light...in my opinion.

I meant Brit in the generic term...as in being part of Great Britain - which Scotland and Ireland (well, at least Northern Ireland) most certainly are. I didn't say "English", I said "British". Not sure which part of Ireland Pierce is from, so I don't know if he's a Brit or part of the Republic of Ireland. I didn't know Lazenby was an Aussie, but he was a citizen of England by the time he was cast for Bond.

I was about to reply to that comment as well, but you beat me to it. But I always assumed Scottish and Welsh were British as well. I know Lazenby was Australian, but I don't think one can count Brosnan as British, since Irish is quite a different culture. Yeah, they sued to be joined together, but that was some time ago.

I still would like to see Brosnan go one more as well. I'm not sure what exactly the producers are going for, but they should just pick something and run with it. If Quentin Tarantino and Pierce Brosnan are willing to do something old schoolish Bond (which is what is rumored), what is the harm in that? Gives Brosnan a chance to go out a little differently, but on his own terms. It's not like they're going to kill the franchise.

Clive has been my number one choice for some time. Number two would be Dougray Scott.

Brosnan is technically from Ireland, but he moved to the UK at a young age, so he mostly has a British accent, not an Irish one.

Jude Law (English), Ewan McGregor (Scottish), and Jeremy Northam (English) would all work well, IMO. They have that suave quality to them, but they also would look appropriate firing a gun in a tuxedo.