The REAL Villain Is. . .Pacino?!
Hardyboy
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Here's one lollapalooza of a rumor, and if it's true (which I very much doubt), it would also be a major spoiler. It concerns the head of the QoS terrorist organization--not Mr. Green, but the "Blofeld" of the group. Here's the link if you want to read the story:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35606
And if you want the short version, well, this is it:
Take this for what it's worth. I'll take it with lots of salt myself!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35606
And if you want the short version, well, this is it:
The head bad guy has been cast, and it's Al Pacino.
Take this for what it's worth. I'll take it with lots of salt myself!
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Now where is that bucket of Salt I ordered?
-Roger Moore
If the part about the 'new Blofeld' is true, I would find it a very good idea.
having said that I still deem it highly unlikely and if the rumour is true I don't think I'd be paticularly happy because the leader of a criminal organisation is a character Pacino has played too many times before, having played the Godfather, Tony Montana, The Devil etc. if they are planning to cast a "new Blofeld|" I can think of many better choices.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
But an awesome idea in equally as many ways!
It makes a lot of sense to me. I wouldn´t want an unknown to play "the new Bloefeld" (if they include the character again); I think they should highlight the part a lot, and what better way to highlight it than to have a heavyweight like Pacino to play it.
Also, the fact that Pacino played many times the string-puller capo doesn´t rule him out. On the contrary, it makes him perfect. Don´t forget the extraordinary actor he is; I don´t expect another Corleone or Montana. The context would be totally different,and it would be a face to face we wouldn´t forget. That would also mean that he would appear as the main villain after QoS.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Yes, it is pretty cool. However the purpose of it has been negated since so many replies to HB's post contain the spoiler.
Anyway, I think this rumor is exactly that. I have a hard time picturing this actor in a James Bond villian role. I might be biased, because I never cared for him as a performer. It seems like he plays every role the same, kinda like Tom Cruise. His performances also come across to me as OTT which would stick out like a sore thumb in Craig's films.
not that I have anything against Al, but seriously? I don't know if I could handle him as a Bond villain. IMHO, this rumor should stay a rumor.
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You guessed it - Al Pacino is going to star in the new James Bond movie A Quantum Of Solace.
Thank God for that - after spending weeks fretting over the quality of the new James Bond film, it looks like all our fears were misplaced. Now that Al Pacino has signed up for a role in A Quantum Of Solace, we're confident that it'll be at least as good as Ocean's Thirteen. Phew, right?
New James Bond movie A Quantum Of Solace isn't even released until November, and already everyone's frothing themselves into a tizzy about it. Daniel Craig may have proved himself in the not quite as good as everyone says it is Casino Royale, but that's not to say there aren't plenty of other things to worry about.
Like the director. Marc Forster might be good at directing hushed little films about sad Afghans, but films about a smooth-talking ****** shooting 32 foreigners in the head and then zinging out an off-the-cuff quip about female genitalia? We'll have to wait and see. The main concern, though, seems to be that Bond 22 is called A Quantum Of Solace - not so much a title as an apology. An apology about dishwasher tablets, from what we can work out.
Or at least that was the main concern about A Quantum Of Solace. The new main concern with A Quantum Of Solace is that ****ing Al Pacino's going to be in it.
It's true, Al Pacino is going to be in A Quantum Of Solace. The Mirror said so:
After top secret negotiations in LA, the screen legend is set to play the head of the international terrorist group introduced in Casino Royale. A Bond insider revealed last night: "It's not a major role but it's an extremely important one. It will be a brief on-screen appearance. "Everyone is really excited at the prospect of having such a huge star joining the cast. It will be fabulous to see him square up against Bond."
Yes, we can't wait either. Imagine that - the star of Gigli, Two For The Money and Ocean's Thirteen lending some star power to the 007 franchise. Well, when we say 'lending some star power' we actually mean 'strolling on five minutes from the end and shouting all his lines like he's trying to explain a complicated abstract concept to a clueless deaf pensioner.' Which is kind of the same thing.
Anyway, we don't want to judge Al Pacino's role in A Quantum Of Solace yet because we haven't seen it. Plus it's just a cameo, like when Madonna turned up in the middle of that Die Another Day fencing scene.
And that was just super, wasn't it?
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/945/Film/article/detail/170859/2008/02/14/Al-Pacino-speelt-slechterik-in-nieuwe-Bondfilm.dhtml
Btw, you can compare this newspaper with The Sun. Not always very precise and most of the time based on rumours.
This is the translation of the interview:
It seems Al Pacino is going to play the head of a secret organisation in the upcoming Bond-movie 'Quantum of Solace'.
A source in the Daily Mirror said: "Al Pacino has been approached for the role of bad guy. It's not a major role but it's an extremely important one. The studio thinks Pacino is going to be the best villain ever in a Bond-movie. Pacino is expected to arrive at Pinewood Studios in April or May. He will follow in the footsteps of Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee and Robert Carlyle.
In the new Bond-movie Daniel Craig takes revenge on the terrorists who are responsible for the death of his love, Vesper Lynd. Quantum of Solace is expected to arrive in cinema in November 2008.
My favorite part of the article was the end: "Anyway, we don't want to judge...".:)).:)).:))
By the way, who wrote that?
I found the article on some website called 'Hecklerspray' or something like that. It wasn't until I pasted it in that I realized there was no citation to it, and I couldn't remember exactly where it came from. Sorry! ;%
The Godfather Trilogy
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarface
Glengarry Glen Ross
Carlito's Way
Donnie Brasco
These films prove that Pacino is one of the world's greatest actors (maybe the greatest living). In these films he plays a calm and collected villain, a man at his wit's end who is desperately in love, a vulgar, OTT, murderous drug dealer, a hot-headed cocky real estate agent who rips on everyone, a cool-headed and reformed criminal who wishes to lead a normal life with his girl, and an aging, sympathetic, low-level gangster who never got any respect. This is just the tip of the iceberg on what this man can do. The only times he has been a little OTT is in his recent films, but we all know how hard it is to find good roles and films for people his age. Don't judge the man by his recent films.
I am excited to hear Al is going to be in QOS. I think having him play a small part is brilliant and I can't wait to see him and Craig confront each other. I expect him to bring a twist to his villainous role that the likes of Michael Corleone or Tony Montana could have never pulled off. His screen presence is nearly unmatched.
Lastly, when it comes to acting, Pacino wipes the floor with Craig, and every other 007 actor for that matter. Don't act like the 007 actors are on the level of the world's greatest actors. They are good at what they do, and that is James Bond. None of them have proven much else outside of the franchise. At least, nothing that touches what Pacino has done.
Well, if he can play Dick Tracy's arch villain FlatTop, why not James Bond's arch villain Blofeld... or the modern equivilent? I gotta admit, it's hard to picture Pacino doing a Bond flic, but I think it would be cool as hell...
Bond battles Scarface!
"... and now, Mr. Bond, I want to introduce you to my little friend...!" ::D
Actually, Pacino played Al "Big Boy" Caprice, so no prize for you! Anyway, I wonder if this is how rumors get started. . .in my original post I said that Pacino would be playing "the 'Blofeld' of the group," meaning the head of the organization; yet a few people have turned this into Pacino playing Blofeld! Curioser and curioser!
If there actually were a group of people dedicated to being negative about the current Bond Regime---which of course there isn't!!!
For the record, I think he can do it...and have it be a very low-key 'classic' Bond film moment. Like Claude Rains in Casablanca, "I will take what comes"
Therefore, I think this one is a classic example of "Too good to be true."
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
AL would be a interesting bit of casting, hopefully he would be in a "Godfather II" mode and not "Scarface". But unless Bond is going to show up and grab his escape submarine with a crane, this casting seems very unlikely.
For this to work AP would have to return in the next film .... unless he would agree to a Anthony Dawson gig and just do brief snippets until he his finally revealed and defeated in Bond 24.
The producers have been acting pretty smart of late, and maybe the above could work, just so long as AP's charecter doesn't morph into Dr. Evil.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
As for his casting, what can I say? It's true his one of the very finest actors alive today, but it's also true he's lately become notorious for participating in films just to collect the paycheck. If he's cast in Qos, I hope the latter won't happen.
Regarding the spoiler tags - are they necessary at this point? These are *Ain't it cool* rumours for one and could there be someone who goes this November to watch this movie and somehow not know of a casting like the one we are discussing?