6 h. ago British rising star ‘screen tests’ to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond

Actor was reportedly asked to read lines spoken by Pierce Brosnan in 1995 Bond film ‘GoldenEye’

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7 h. ago British rising star ‘screen tests’ to replace Daniel Craig in James Bond role

Actor was reportedly asked to read lines spoken by Pierce Brosnan in 1995 Bond film ‘GoldenEye’

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10 h. ago British rising star ‘screen tests’ for James Bond role as search for new 007 narrows

Actor was reportedly asked to read lines spoken by Pierce Brosnan in 1995 Bond film ‘GoldenEye’

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30 h. ago Does James Bond have to be played by a man? Helen Mirren seems to think so | Zoe Williams

The actor says she is ‘such a feminist’ but that it doesn’t work to have a woman as the next 007. She may find that Amazon, which has taken creative control of the franchise, agrees‘I’m such a feminist,” Helen Mirren told Saga magazine, but there are some jobs a woman can’t do. To be precise: “You can’t have a woman [as James Bond]. It just doesn’t work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else.”Mirren is starring opposite Pierce Brosnan in the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, in which they both play amateur sleuths in a care home. Happily, that is a unisex job. Brosnan might also describe himself as “such a feminist” – he has never said so explicitly, but in 2019, he said a female Bond would be “exhilarating”. However, he’s now back on team men, saying: “I’m so excited to see the next man come on the stage and to see a whole new exuberance and life for this character.” Exhilaration, excitement, exuberance: all qualities I don’...

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35 h. ago Pierce Brosnan backtracks on female James Bond calls: ‘007 has to be a man’

The actor, who played the spy between 1995 and 2002, spoke about the next chapter of the franchise alongside Thursday Murder Club co-star Dame Helen Mirren

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36 h. ago Pierce Brosnan insists new James Bond ‘has to be a man’ after saying it was time to ‘put a woman up there’

James Bond star had previously said having a woman would be ‘exhilarating’ and ‘exciting’

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36 h. ago Pierce Brosnan insists new James Bond ‘has to be a man’ after saying a woman should be cast

James Bond star had previously said having a woman would be ‘exhilarating’ and ‘exciting’

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39 h. ago Joe Caroff dead: Creator of James Bond logo dies aged 103 as sons pay tribute

James Bond star Joe Caroff has died aged 103, his sons confirmed. The unsung hero was known for creating the iconic 007 gun logo

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46 h. ago Pierce Brosnan says Richard Osman was ‘too scared’ to visit Thursday Murder Club set

‘He was a bit nervous,’ said the James Bond star

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46 h. ago Dame Helen Mirren: I am such a feminist, but James Bond has to be a guy

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is to write the script for the next film.

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57 h. ago From royal hatters to top tailors: James Bond lawyers line up trademark fight team

How the company that controls 007 merchandising is taking on the Austrian challenging for ownershipKing Charles’s personal shirtmaker. The world’s oldest hatters, who designed fitments for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation crown and boast fans including Winston Churchill. A luxury sports brand with a “spy-ready” ski-suit.Has James Bond assembled a crack team that can successfully take on his latest adversary? Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Thursday Murder Club's Welsh star Jonathan Pryce shares real reason for joining film

The Thursday Murder Club is based on Richard Osman's novel of the same name and stars Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best, a former spy who teams up with other amateur sleuths to investigate cold cases

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61 h. ago Helen Mirren says next James Bond has to be male even though she’s ‘such a feminist’

‘You can’t have a woman, it just doesn’t work,’ actor said

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65 h. ago Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’

Series aims to follow original in tackling ‘thornier issues’, and to support talent from lower-income backgroundsIt was one of the most influential British television series of the last century, renowned for exploring thorny societal issues and bringing the work of emerging talent, such as Ray Winstone, Alison Steadman, Helen Mirren and Dennis Potter, to mass audiences.Now Play for Today is being revived on Channel 5, to give young writers, actors and producers from lower-income backgrounds a way into TV, helped by established talent. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wayne Rooney's dream of being next James Bond still alive after latest admission

Wayne Rooney has made clear his wish to be the next James Bond after the Manchester United legend previously hinted at being 007 and even tried his hand at playing the British Secret Service agent

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3 d. ago The Thursday Murder Club star admits 'uncomfortable' behind the scenes secret

The Thursday Murder Club is coming soon to Netflix and boasts a star-studded cast including Helen Mirren, Piece Brosnan, Celia Imrie, David Tennant and more

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4 d. ago New James Bond Latest Odds: Here are the 14 actors tipped to be 007

It’s looking increasingly like a three horse race as news of the new James Bond is imminent.

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4 d. ago ‘The idea was for a Black James Bond’: the making of 50 Cent: Bulletproof

The game’s launch 20 years ago coincided with the rapper’s meteoric success with his album The Massacre. Here, the team that made the shooter reflect on how it all happened The rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was inescapable back in 2005. There wasn’t a British classroom without a teenager wearing Jackson’s G-Unit clothing, while his catchy hits Candy Shop and In Da Club dominated the radio. The backstory of this Queens-born New Yorker – how he survived being shot nine times only to become one of the world’s biggest rappers – also made for compelling lore.That year, 50 Cent sold more than a million copies in one week with his sophomore studio album, The Massacre. In a bid to cash in on this superstardom, his label Interscope Records planned a twin strategy: a Hollywood biopic (Get Rich or Die Tryin’) and a licensed video game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof – both to be released by November 2005. “I think the general public are going to be blown away by my game,” 50 Cent told the we...

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7 d. ago Liz Truss slams beloved UK event claiming it was made by people who 'hate Britain'

She managed to take a swipe at the NHS, Isembard Kingdom Brunel, Shakespeare, Peter Pan, Jerusalem, Mary Poppins, Elgar, Pink Floyd, The Clash, James Bond and the Queen all in one sentence

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7 d. ago Voice coaching with Sir Sean Connery was ‘surreal’, Nicola Sturgeon says

The former Scottish first minister recalled her meeting with the James Bond actor in 2004.

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