Cage fighter 'coolest man of year'
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A champion cage fighter has crushed rivals such as Daniel Craig, David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton to be named Coolest Man of the Year in a shock result.
Michael Bisping, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, came out top in a poll of the 100 Coolest British Men of the Year by Zoo magazine.
Around 50,000 Zoo magazine readers and web users voted in the online survey. While he is not exactly a household name, Bisping, 29, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, won two huge bouts this year in Birmingham and has featured in the magazine.
Bisping is a former light heavyweight champion and has only been defeated once in his career. He said of his award: "I am totally shocked, but honoured to be voted the coolest man in the UK by Zoo readers."
Paddy Power bookie's favourite Hamilton finished just behind Bisping in second place. Last year's winner, Noel Gallagher, is still a favourite among young men as he finished third ahead of big screen action heroes Jason Statham, who came fourth, and Bond actor Craig, who was fifth.
This year's top 10 is filled by Britain's so-called hard men with undefeated world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe in sixth place, adventurer Bear Grylls seventh and Noel's younger brother, Liam Gallagher, at number eight.
At number nine, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard was deemed football's coolest bloke ahead of Arsenal's wonder kid Theo Walcott, Beckham and Wayne Rooney. England captain John Terry dropped 61 places from last year to 75. Harry Redknapp was voted Britain's coolest manager at number 44.
Editor of Zoo magazine Ben Todd said: "Although most people will be surprised at this year's winner, the result reveals the growing influence that UFC is having on young men in Britain - with the sport now seriously rivalling boxing in the popularity stakes.
"Intriguingly, the poll also suggests a resurgence in respect for hard men, perhaps due to the harsher economic times, and the death of the metrosexual with Bisping, Calzaghe and Bear Grylls all featuring in the Top 10."
Following the recent BBC prank calls row, Russell Brand was named Britain's coolest comedian at number 10, ahead of James Corden, Russell Howard and Ricky Gervais. Jonathan Ross, who was also involved in the furore after he and Brand made lewd calls to Andrew Sachs, was at number 57 in the poll. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpres ... kEhFDHGeIA
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How stupid and sad - what does he have to do, to get a nod?One thing really pisses me off - Mickey Rourke has done a lifetime of crap films - did one good one and gets a nod - maybe I am being unfair, but if you compare that to the lifetime of very good, good and also mediocre films, of course, that Daniel has done...
he has proven, that he can give a constant good performance, Mickey Rourke hasn´t done that. They should take that into consideration, also. I know, Daniel liked the Wrestler very much, but still...
Sorry - little rant to get rid of the frustration
Wonder if the Baftas will be different
www.bafta.co.uk
Its on the list, but that means nothing so far
http://static.bafta.org/files/0809-ente ... ist-58.pdf
Entry is now open for the Orange British Academy Film Awards set to take place on Sunday 8th February 2009 at the Royal Opera House in London.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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I totally agree, but unfortunately DC is still a relative Hollywood newcomer and will have to pay his dues a bit longer to get his just rewards.Germangirl wrote:
One thing really pisses me off - Mickey Rourke has done a lifetime of crap films - did one good one and gets a nod - maybe I am being unfair, but if you compare that to the lifetime of very good, good and also mediocre films, of course, that Daniel has done...
I know, Daniel liked the Wrestler very much, but still...
Sorry - little rant to get rid of the frustration
Wonder if the Baftas will be different
www.bafta.co.uk
Its on the list, but that means nothing so far
http://static.bafta.org/files/0809-ente ... ist-58.pdf
Entry is now open for the Orange British Academy Film Awards set to take place on Sunday 8th February 2009 at the Royal Opera House in London.
Crazy!
Elaine_Figgis wrote: he has proven, that he can give a constant good performance, Mickey Rourke hasn´t done that. They should take that into consideration, also.
I know, Daniel liked the Wrestler very much, but still...
Sorry - little rant to get rid of the frustration
GG, I can fully understand your frustration, but I think that's a bit unfair.....
I haven't seen the Wrestler yet, but what I've heard from colleagues who have seen it at a festival in Belgium, MR is amazing in this movie and it's not award for the work of a lifetime, so IMO in this case the whole portofolio should not be taken into consideration.
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I know, that´s why I said "I might be unfair" - but I had to get it off my chest. As I said - even Daniel said it was very good..so I am sure it is.Dunda wrote:Elaine_Figgis wrote: he has proven, that he can give a constant good performance, Mickey Rourke hasn´t done that. They should take that into consideration, also.
I know, Daniel liked the Wrestler very much, but still...
Sorry - little rant to get rid of the frustration
GG, I can fully understand your frustration, but I think that's a bit unfair.....
I haven't seen the Wrestler yet, but what I've heard from colleagues who have seen it at a festival in Belgium, MR is amazing in this movie and it's not award for the work of a lifetime, so IMO in this case the whole portofolio should not be taken into consideration.
If better is the question though..
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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Hm, I have read several where Daniels performance was described as very strong and Oscar worthy. In some of them Liev was mentioned too and in some Liev alone.laredo wrote:Even those who have talked of any preformance in Defience , it has been Liev's not Dan's . His day will come . Peter O Toole never has got one .
In this, he even says, it might his best performance to date
Dr. Ted Baehr reviews Defiance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLWrQ3GRIZE
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HAIRY CHESTS OR POLISHED PECS?
After years of smoothies, the hairy chest is back in style. But do women really welcome the return of the human rugs?
Created 10:25 PM on 18th December 2008
NO says Petronella Wyatt
For years I have enjoyed the fashion for the smooth mahogany chests of David Beckham and Daniel Craig as James Bond. But according to recent surveys, male chest hair is back in fashion.
Out goes the Beckham look in favour of the shag pile carpets sported by the rugged actors Clive Owen and Hugh Jackman, and the new macho man of American TV, Jon Hamm, who plays the no-nonsense tough guy Don Draper in Mad Men.
(Antipodean Jackman, who stars - often shirtless - in the new epic, Australia, has just been voted the 'sexiest man alive' by People magazine.)
Best chest: What's more attractive in a man, a hairy chest like Hugh Jackman's, left, or smooth pecs like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, right?
This development has been hailed as the revival of the sort of 'macho' man who doesn't belong to a club, but has a club that belongs to him. The caveman is back.
Real men have finally triumphed over the epicene figures created by feminism - the kind of metrosexuals, such as several members of the Chelsea football team, who actually choose to shave their chests if they are not naturally smooth.
They were, though they probably did not have the wit to know it, tapping into a hairless tradition that began in the early Nineties with the emergence of fey male stars like Brad Pitt.
The look he pioneered made those hirsute, macho hunks of the Seventies and Eighties - think Ted Danson and Tom Selleck - seem like dinosaurs.
Now, it appears, a new rugged generation of men has emerged to wrestle back the initiative, and members of my sex should find solace from the credit crunch in warm, fuzzy Burt Reynolds-like pelts once again.
Well, as Samuel Goldwyn once remarked, include me out. I do not want a man whose torso resembles that of a silverback gorilla. Men, like rooms, are more attractive when they are uncluttered.
Hairy scary: Petronella Wyatt finds men with a torso like a 'silverback gorilla' such as, from left, David Hasselhoff, Prince Charles and Ben Cohen, a turn off
Likewise, we are programmed to prefer smooth objects to rough ones. Running one's fingers along satin or Sevres china is infinitely more pleasant than coming into contact with the blade of a serrated knife.
This is the problem with male chest hair. Where is the comfort of wearily laying one's cheek on something that feels like a tangle of hard wires?
Chest hair is never silken like head hair. It is unpleasantly moist or far too Brillo pad-like. In my experience, it leaves the female face scoured - causing itchy, red blotches - and leaves the hands with the unpleasant sensation of having uprooted a prickly shrub.
I once had a boyfriend whose chest hair stuck up like cocktail sticks. All my attempts to lay it flat with unguents, combs and hairsprays were doomed to failure. So was our relationship. (This was after I finally managed to stick his hair down with paper glue. We, as a result, became totally unstuck.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... -pecs.html
Actually I have always liked them with little chest hair (as I was always into blond men anyway, where it doesn´t show that much), but its ok as long as they don´t have fur on it.
After years of smoothies, the hairy chest is back in style. But do women really welcome the return of the human rugs?
Created 10:25 PM on 18th December 2008
NO says Petronella Wyatt
For years I have enjoyed the fashion for the smooth mahogany chests of David Beckham and Daniel Craig as James Bond. But according to recent surveys, male chest hair is back in fashion.
Out goes the Beckham look in favour of the shag pile carpets sported by the rugged actors Clive Owen and Hugh Jackman, and the new macho man of American TV, Jon Hamm, who plays the no-nonsense tough guy Don Draper in Mad Men.
(Antipodean Jackman, who stars - often shirtless - in the new epic, Australia, has just been voted the 'sexiest man alive' by People magazine.)
Best chest: What's more attractive in a man, a hairy chest like Hugh Jackman's, left, or smooth pecs like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, right?
This development has been hailed as the revival of the sort of 'macho' man who doesn't belong to a club, but has a club that belongs to him. The caveman is back.
Real men have finally triumphed over the epicene figures created by feminism - the kind of metrosexuals, such as several members of the Chelsea football team, who actually choose to shave their chests if they are not naturally smooth.
They were, though they probably did not have the wit to know it, tapping into a hairless tradition that began in the early Nineties with the emergence of fey male stars like Brad Pitt.
The look he pioneered made those hirsute, macho hunks of the Seventies and Eighties - think Ted Danson and Tom Selleck - seem like dinosaurs.
Now, it appears, a new rugged generation of men has emerged to wrestle back the initiative, and members of my sex should find solace from the credit crunch in warm, fuzzy Burt Reynolds-like pelts once again.
Well, as Samuel Goldwyn once remarked, include me out. I do not want a man whose torso resembles that of a silverback gorilla. Men, like rooms, are more attractive when they are uncluttered.
Hairy scary: Petronella Wyatt finds men with a torso like a 'silverback gorilla' such as, from left, David Hasselhoff, Prince Charles and Ben Cohen, a turn off
Likewise, we are programmed to prefer smooth objects to rough ones. Running one's fingers along satin or Sevres china is infinitely more pleasant than coming into contact with the blade of a serrated knife.
This is the problem with male chest hair. Where is the comfort of wearily laying one's cheek on something that feels like a tangle of hard wires?
Chest hair is never silken like head hair. It is unpleasantly moist or far too Brillo pad-like. In my experience, it leaves the female face scoured - causing itchy, red blotches - and leaves the hands with the unpleasant sensation of having uprooted a prickly shrub.
I once had a boyfriend whose chest hair stuck up like cocktail sticks. All my attempts to lay it flat with unguents, combs and hairsprays were doomed to failure. So was our relationship. (This was after I finally managed to stick his hair down with paper glue. We, as a result, became totally unstuck.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... -pecs.html
Actually I have always liked them with little chest hair (as I was always into blond men anyway, where it doesn´t show that much), but its ok as long as they don´t have fur on it.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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Costumer Designer Louise Frogley talks about dressing James Bond and creating a new look for "Quantum of Solace"...
Louise Frogley On Dressing 007
18th December 2008
Louise Frogley talks about working with Marc Forster, the director, to create the right look for "Quantum of Solace". “I hadn’t worked with Marc before so I had to learn his taste so that the costumes would feel right to him. I would show him everything I did right from the beginning; I just kept sharing everything with him until I understood what he wanted. He is extremely respectful of all the people that work with him, he really likes ideas to be offered up. Our ideas give him a feeling for what he wants and we can go ahead and do it. It’s a very exciting time.”
Renowned designer Tom Ford was chosen to supply all Bond’s suits in "Quantum of Solace". “We arrived at Tom Ford for Daniel’s suits because I wanted something very sleek and extremely well cut and Tom Ford use a prestigious Factory in Italy. I wanted something that was beautiful and elegant that would remind us of the type of suit Sean Connery wore in the early Bond films. I think Tom Ford is a genius, he just got it, he understood what we needed and that why I wanted to use him. They worked so hard to get what we wanted, he sent somebody to Italy just to track down a particular material for us. I wanted to use ‘mohair tonic’ for the suits. It is very difficult to find because it is a sixties fabric and I am quite sure Sean Connery would have worn it in at least one of his suits. It is a very strange material but it films beautifully, it’s just lovely. Not only did we want a very rare material but we needed a huge quantity because we had to make so many suits. Tom Ford found it for us.”
Daniel’s suits in the film have a very specific cut. “These suits don’t have belts, they have side adjusters and they are higher on the waist, the trousers are narrow and there are no pleats. The jackets are single breasted, two buttoned with a narrow lapel and as narrow a shoulder as possible for a man that is as muscular as Daniel. They are extremely waisted and slightly flared out in the skirt part of the jacket so there is some movement. They give a lovely silhouette.”
Frogley explains how she approaches a project of this size with so many locations to consider, “Firstly, you have to read the script and figure out how many costume changes there are for a character. Then what will happen to the character whilst he/she is wearing each costume. In some cases, Bond could go through 24 hours in the same clothes having been blown up, shot out of a plane and stranded in the desert. I have to predict how the clothes will look after certain events happen that we may not have shot yet. It is quite a delicate balancing act - too much or too little just won’t work. I go through it with the stunt coordinator and do as much research as possible about what is likely to happen to the clothes. It is very important because you are trying to put the story together - the more information you can gather, the better equipped you are to do that.”
“Working with Daniel is really good because he knows his body incredibly well and he knows when something looks right. There is nothing better than an actor like that. I put him in a Y-3 jacket, he looked great – he knew it and I knew it, I put him in a pair of Staypress trousers and they were just perfect. Often you can put clothes on and they are OK but every now and again you get something that is fabulous and with an actor like Daniel, you can just go for it.”
For the party scene in Panama, Louise Frogley wanted a contemporary look for Camille (played by Olga Kurylenko) and Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton). “We dressed both the girls in Prada for the party scene. It is not like we did a deal with Prada, it just worked out that way. The dresses were very simple but elegant and they were just perfect for the characters and the look I was going for.” Olga’s character has to jump out of a plane in the costume worn at Greene’s glamorous fundraising party. Frogley and her team had originally thought they would have to dress her in a trouser suit, but that didn’t feel right to Frogley, “I realized we were designing the costume to fit the stunts and it seemed to me we were putting the cart before the horse. People took it for granted that it had to be a certain way but when we actually looked at it carefully we questioned why we were designing a trouser suit with arms for a glamorous party set in a hot country – it didn’t make sense. So in the end, Camille goes to the party in a fantastic black Prada dress, NOT a trouser suit!”
Frogley describes how she uses costume to add another layer to the storytelling process, choosing clothes that reflect the character. “I wanted the bad guys to be eccentric but not intrusive. If you notice the clothes, they are a little off but it doesn’t hit you over the head. With Anatole [Taubman] I used a Chrome Hearts medallion for Elvis. It is a rather spooky chrome doll. Anatole really liked it and I think it helped him in some way to develop Elvis’ character.”
"Quantum of Solace" filmed in more locations than any other Bond film to date with big set pieces in each local. Frogley explains how she approached the challenge. “First of all you have to have a really good grip on who is wearing what, when and where and then you work it out backwards. You see what you don’t have, where the holes are. When you are working on location, you have to decide if you think you can fill those gaps in the countries you will be working in. I always have what I call ‘the mother ship’ back in England who can send materials to me if necessary. On "Quantum of Solace", I actually found lovely evening dresses in Panama which we used for Tosca Opera scenes in Bregenz, Austria. The Panamanians like to go out a lot but don’t want to spend a lot of money, so it was ideal for dresses. Then I topped them up with more dresses from Angels in London, mixed it up a bit and I think it worked really well.”
http://mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bond ... s&id=02120
Louise Frogley On Dressing 007
18th December 2008
Louise Frogley talks about working with Marc Forster, the director, to create the right look for "Quantum of Solace". “I hadn’t worked with Marc before so I had to learn his taste so that the costumes would feel right to him. I would show him everything I did right from the beginning; I just kept sharing everything with him until I understood what he wanted. He is extremely respectful of all the people that work with him, he really likes ideas to be offered up. Our ideas give him a feeling for what he wants and we can go ahead and do it. It’s a very exciting time.”
Renowned designer Tom Ford was chosen to supply all Bond’s suits in "Quantum of Solace". “We arrived at Tom Ford for Daniel’s suits because I wanted something very sleek and extremely well cut and Tom Ford use a prestigious Factory in Italy. I wanted something that was beautiful and elegant that would remind us of the type of suit Sean Connery wore in the early Bond films. I think Tom Ford is a genius, he just got it, he understood what we needed and that why I wanted to use him. They worked so hard to get what we wanted, he sent somebody to Italy just to track down a particular material for us. I wanted to use ‘mohair tonic’ for the suits. It is very difficult to find because it is a sixties fabric and I am quite sure Sean Connery would have worn it in at least one of his suits. It is a very strange material but it films beautifully, it’s just lovely. Not only did we want a very rare material but we needed a huge quantity because we had to make so many suits. Tom Ford found it for us.”
Daniel’s suits in the film have a very specific cut. “These suits don’t have belts, they have side adjusters and they are higher on the waist, the trousers are narrow and there are no pleats. The jackets are single breasted, two buttoned with a narrow lapel and as narrow a shoulder as possible for a man that is as muscular as Daniel. They are extremely waisted and slightly flared out in the skirt part of the jacket so there is some movement. They give a lovely silhouette.”
Frogley explains how she approaches a project of this size with so many locations to consider, “Firstly, you have to read the script and figure out how many costume changes there are for a character. Then what will happen to the character whilst he/she is wearing each costume. In some cases, Bond could go through 24 hours in the same clothes having been blown up, shot out of a plane and stranded in the desert. I have to predict how the clothes will look after certain events happen that we may not have shot yet. It is quite a delicate balancing act - too much or too little just won’t work. I go through it with the stunt coordinator and do as much research as possible about what is likely to happen to the clothes. It is very important because you are trying to put the story together - the more information you can gather, the better equipped you are to do that.”
“Working with Daniel is really good because he knows his body incredibly well and he knows when something looks right. There is nothing better than an actor like that. I put him in a Y-3 jacket, he looked great – he knew it and I knew it, I put him in a pair of Staypress trousers and they were just perfect. Often you can put clothes on and they are OK but every now and again you get something that is fabulous and with an actor like Daniel, you can just go for it.”
For the party scene in Panama, Louise Frogley wanted a contemporary look for Camille (played by Olga Kurylenko) and Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton). “We dressed both the girls in Prada for the party scene. It is not like we did a deal with Prada, it just worked out that way. The dresses were very simple but elegant and they were just perfect for the characters and the look I was going for.” Olga’s character has to jump out of a plane in the costume worn at Greene’s glamorous fundraising party. Frogley and her team had originally thought they would have to dress her in a trouser suit, but that didn’t feel right to Frogley, “I realized we were designing the costume to fit the stunts and it seemed to me we were putting the cart before the horse. People took it for granted that it had to be a certain way but when we actually looked at it carefully we questioned why we were designing a trouser suit with arms for a glamorous party set in a hot country – it didn’t make sense. So in the end, Camille goes to the party in a fantastic black Prada dress, NOT a trouser suit!”
Frogley describes how she uses costume to add another layer to the storytelling process, choosing clothes that reflect the character. “I wanted the bad guys to be eccentric but not intrusive. If you notice the clothes, they are a little off but it doesn’t hit you over the head. With Anatole [Taubman] I used a Chrome Hearts medallion for Elvis. It is a rather spooky chrome doll. Anatole really liked it and I think it helped him in some way to develop Elvis’ character.”
"Quantum of Solace" filmed in more locations than any other Bond film to date with big set pieces in each local. Frogley explains how she approached the challenge. “First of all you have to have a really good grip on who is wearing what, when and where and then you work it out backwards. You see what you don’t have, where the holes are. When you are working on location, you have to decide if you think you can fill those gaps in the countries you will be working in. I always have what I call ‘the mother ship’ back in England who can send materials to me if necessary. On "Quantum of Solace", I actually found lovely evening dresses in Panama which we used for Tosca Opera scenes in Bregenz, Austria. The Panamanians like to go out a lot but don’t want to spend a lot of money, so it was ideal for dresses. Then I topped them up with more dresses from Angels in London, mixed it up a bit and I think it worked really well.”
http://mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bond ... s&id=02120
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Daniel Craig: "... und er schießt mit einem Lächeln"
Nothing new here, but a nice read anyway
Fat bloke slims: I've found my inner Daniel Craig at last!
By Bruce Byron
I know, I know, dieting is nothing like a Hovis ad. But set your teeth to it, chaps: it's time to fight your outer Robbie Coltrane and find your inner Daniel Craig.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -last.html
This is a real great way to put it - finding our inner Craig...
Daniel Craig: "... und er schießt mit einem Lächeln"
Nothing new here, but a nice read anyway
Fat bloke slims: I've found my inner Daniel Craig at last!
By Bruce Byron
I know, I know, dieting is nothing like a Hovis ad. But set your teeth to it, chaps: it's time to fight your outer Robbie Coltrane and find your inner Daniel Craig.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -last.html
This is a real great way to put it - finding our inner Craig...
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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Very nice expression.Germangirl wrote: Fat bloke slims: I've found my inner Daniel Craig at last!
By Bruce Byron
I know, I know, dieting is nothing like a Hovis ad. But set your teeth to it, chaps: it's time to fight your outer Robbie Coltrane and find your inner Daniel Craig.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -last.html
This is a real great way to put it - finding our inner Craig...
"Love anyway. Live anyway. Choose to part of this anyway”
GG or any of our German speakers - what is your translation when he talks about why Bond says "please" and "thank you"? Thank you in advance!Germangirl wrote:http://de.lifestyle.yahoo.com/02122008/ ... cheln.html
Daniel Craig: "... und er schießt mit einem Lächeln"
Nothing new here, but a nice read anyway
Someone posted the number of times Bond says "thank you" in Casino Royale. It was something like 25 or 30 times. I do think that it was DC's idea that James Bond says "thank you" so much, and I wonder what his reason was.
"teleschau: James Bond war viele Jahrzehnte lang eine Klischeefigur. Mit Ihnen hat er eine Realitätskur erhalten und ist nun Sinnbild der seelisch gebrochenen Kampfmaschine im Auftrag für sein Vaterland. War diese Kehrtwende von Ihnen beabsichtigt?
Craig: Ich habe meinen Job nicht begonnen mit der Absicht, das Gegenteil meiner Vorgänger zu sein. Es ist nur etwas dabei herausgekommen, was meine Handschrift trägt, meine eigene Interpretation der Materie ist. Bond ist höflich und hat ein festes Moralverständnis: Das sind die Charakterqualitäten, die mir beim Lesen der Romane im Gedächtnis geblieben sind. Er ist ein netter Kerl, sagt "Bitte" und "Danke". Und er schießt mit einem Lächeln. "
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Craig: I didn´t start my job to be the contraire to my processors. But what came out of it, is my interpretation. Bond is courteous and has strong ethics. Those are characteristics, that I remembred from reading the books. He is a nice guy, says thank you and you´re welcome and shoots with a smile.cornell01 wrote:GG or any of our German speakers - what is your translation when he talks about why Bond says "please" and "thank you"? Thank you in advance!Germangirl wrote:http://de.lifestyle.yahoo.com/02122008/ ... cheln.html
Daniel Craig: "... und er schießt mit einem Lächeln"
Nothing new here, but a nice read anyway
Someone posted the number of times Bond says "thank you" in Casino Royale. It was something like 25 or 30 times. I do think that it was DC's idea that James Bond says "thank you" so much, and I wonder what his reason was.
"teleschau: James Bond war viele Jahrzehnte lang eine Klischeefigur. Mit Ihnen hat er eine Realitätskur erhalten und ist nun Sinnbild der seelisch gebrochenen Kampfmaschine im Auftrag für sein Vaterland. War diese Kehrtwende von Ihnen beabsichtigt?
JB has ben a clichée for many years. With you he is more real and more like a man with a broken soul, fighting for his country. Was this turn around something you did on purpose?
Craig: Ich habe meinen Job nicht begonnen mit der Absicht, das Gegenteil meiner Vorgänger zu sein. Es ist nur etwas dabei herausgekommen, was meine Handschrift trägt, meine eigene Interpretation der Materie ist. Bond ist höflich und hat ein festes Moralverständnis: Das sind die Charakterqualitäten, die mir beim Lesen der Romane im Gedächtnis geblieben sind. Er ist ein netter Kerl, sagt "Bitte" und "Danke". Und er schießt mit einem Lächeln. "
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..