M after Dench...

BondFan007 · Post by **BondFan007** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:08 pm

After Dench leaves the role, who do you think would be suitable to replace her?

I'd say David Suchet:

Who's played such roles as Hercule Poirot, Abraham Van Helsing and the British deputy Prime Minister.

Post by **James** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:05 pm

Tom Wilkinson.

Post by **Skywalker** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:19 pm

Patrick Stewart would make a good M, especially if he played it similar to JLP. Bond would really annnoy him and I could imagine good on screen chemistry.

By the way, I thought having Dame Judi back for CR was a mistake. It was a great opportunity to introduce a new M.

Post by **James** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:39 pm

Skywalker wrote:Patrick Stewart would make a good M, especially if he played it similar to JLP. Bond would really annnoy him and I could imagine good on screen chemistry.

By the way, I thought having Dame Judi back for CR was a mistake. It was a great opportunity to introduce a new M.

Make it so Mr Bond! Engage!

Post by **Skywalker** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:40 pm

James wrote:
Skywalker wrote:Patrick Stewart would make a good M, especially if he played it similar to JLP. Bond would really annnoy him and I could imagine good on screen chemistry.

By the way, I thought having Dame Judi back for CR was a mistake. It was a great opportunity to introduce a new M.

Make it so Mr Bond! Engage!

Harvey Wallbanger · Post by **Harvey Wallbanger** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:46 am

PS has a huge acting range. His Ebenezer Scrooge is a favorite.

“I suppose you’ll want all day tomorrow 007..”

“It's only once a year sir.”

“If you ask me it's poor excuse to pick Her Majesty’s pocket.”
M slow sips his brandy as he considers the snowy picture of London outside his window then continues
“If I was to dock you a days wage you’d think yourself ill used. And yet you don’t think Her Majesty ill used when the tax payers pay a day’s wage for no work ”

The next book could begin -Trevelyan was dead to begin with.

Robert Stirling · Post by **Robert Stirling** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:26 pm

I think Sean Connery would make excellent M. And what a return that would be!

Moore · Post by **Moore** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:51 pm

I agree. Connery would be great, but I guess sir Roger Moore fits the role better. And what a funny dialogues would it be between him and Bond!

Post by **Blowfeld** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:35 pm

A former Bond as M. Could be interesting.

How about Colin Salmon as M?

Post by **Kristatos** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:35 pm

Blowfeld wrote:A former Bond as M. Could be interesting.

How about Colin Salmon as M?

If Robinson got promoted, wouldn't that make him R? And might that not cause confusion with John Cleese's R?

BondFan007 · Post by **BondFan007** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:42 pm

Kristatos wrote:
Blowfeld wrote:A former Bond as M. Could be interesting.

How about Colin Salmon as M?
If Robinson got promoted, wouldn't that make him R? And might that not cause confusion with John Cleese's R?

If Robinson took over from M he'd be M too wouldn't he, like when Admiral Hargreaves became M. Also, Cleese wasn't actually R, that was a joke by Bond. He was Q in DAD after all.

Post by **Dr. No** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:49 pm

BondFan007 wrote:
Kristatos wrote:
Blowfeld wrote:A former Bond as M. Could be interesting.

How about Colin Salmon as M?
If Robinson got promoted, wouldn't that make him R? And might that not cause confusion with John Cleese's R?
If Robinson took over from M he'd be M too wouldn't he, like when Admiral Hargreaves became M. Also, Cleese wasn't actually R, that was a joke by Bond. He was Q in DAD after all.

Yeah but they made that joke in CR didn't they.
I thought M was just a title I didn't know your name began with M.
One more word and I'll have you killed.
(Very badly remembered

)
In a way Kristatos is right if they chose to do that way.
But I've always seen M (& Q) as the job titles with the person filling the post nameless.

Post by **Kristatos** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:18 pm

Dr. No wrote:Yeah but they made that joke in CR didn't they.
I thought M was just a title I didn't know your name began with M.

It was actually "I didn't know it stood for..." before M cuts him off. Clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants see this as deliberate ambiguity about whether the M of Casino Royale is Barbara Mawdesley or whether Dench is playing a different M.