Wow, there is a new trailer for Casino Royale on the net (I recommend the super-high-quality version) and it's got me pretty excited for a new Bond movie. I will say that I was not to keen on Daniel Craig for the role of 007 (my pick was Clive Owen). He just didn't look right to me (he's blond!), besides, had we really seen him do any action films of this scale? Plus, I am a BIG fan of Pierce Brosnan as Bond (which is silly because, only the first two Bonds he did were really any good).
But, I did know this about Craig: he's a really good actor and has incredible screen presence. I first saw him in Road To Perdition where he impressively played the insecure son of Paul Newman's gangster character. He had a starring role in Layer Cake that put him on the map with film fans, again playing a gangster. Most recently I saw him in Steven Spielberg's Munich, which had great acting from everyone in its huge cast; Craig still stood out to me though.
Then when I learned that Martin Campbell, the director of Goldeneye, would be returning to helm the new Bond movie, I got really interested. The first trailer that came out a while back was okay but this new one has sold me on it; count me as officially excited for Casino Royale.
Just in case you were wondering, this is NOT a remake of the 1967 comedy Casino Royale starring Peter Sellers and David Niven, though the names of the characters ARE the same (due to both films being based on the same Ian Fleming novel).
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