Whoever is anointed to wear the tuxedo of james bond, and swill the shaken-not-stirred dry vodka martini, it won't be Clive Owen. He's turned to role down flat.
"Casino Royale" is set to start filming in january and they aren't even close to picking the lead actor. Now working on plan b, producers barbara broccoli and michael g, wilson are mulling over other choices and they are being very picky. They dismissed Ewan McGregor as being too short, Eric Bana as "not good-looking enough" (good grief!), Colin Farrell as having too rogue an image, they were split on Daniel Craig (she wanted him, he didn't), and Hugh Jackman was deemed not "masculine enough." masculine? i guess they weren't impressed by his noisy monster hunting in "van helsing."
Pierce Brosnanwants too much money to play it again so count him out.
, Other names that have been thrown around include Jude Law, Goran Visnjic, Dougray Scott, and Orlando Bloom. And while Clive Owen considers the role a career-ender, some have said they would love to play Bond: "Who wouldn't want the chance of being the world's greatest super-spy agent?" said Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Aussie actor Julian McMahon ("Nip/ Tuck"), went so far in his not-so-subtle campaign for the role that he appeared on the cover of a women's magazine last April - dressed in a Tuxedo and holding a gun. Nice try but the Bond people weren't impressed. And why isn't the suave Jeremy Northam on the list?
Other names that have been thrown around include Jude Law, Goran Visnjic, Dougray Scott, and Orlando Bloom. And while Clive Owen considers the role a career-ender, some have said they would love to play Bond: "Who wouldn't want the chance of being the world's greatest super-spy agent?" said Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Aussie actor Julian McMahon ("Nip/ Tuck"), went so far in his not-so-subtle campaign for the role that he appeared on the cover of a women's magazine last April - dressed in a Tuxedo and holding a gun. Nice try but the Bond people weren't impressed. And why isn't the suave Jeremy Northam on the list?
