Because the media loves to pretend anyone is an expert on everything. Assigning outsized significance to someone's words if they've ever been mentioned in any other nedia before. And sometimes even if they haven't.
Were those books even good? I always thought the character outgrew its source. I never heard they were more than fairly straight forward spy novels but nothing special
I'd love that too. But those books have become essentially a parody of themselves in today's context. Without the 60's mental POV, they're nonsensical, racist, rapey and sexist. You'd end up in a unironical Austin Powers. I mean, the books are literarily fun fiction to read. But let's not pretend they're not cringey white male power fantasies. Spies were the coldwar's mall ninjas. I'd rather revisit the spy kids universe.
I just want James Bond to be fun again. Casino Royale and Skyfall are absolutely amazing, but the other three are HUGE stinkers. Even when past James Bond movies sucked they usually were super fun to watch, like A View to a Kill or Die Another Day. Quantum of Solace, Spectre and No Time to Die are easily the worst James Bond movies because they suck and have NO fun in them.
I think that was just a fan casting. He'd be a good fit but I think that he's probably too old for it from the film exec point of view. They will want to get 4+ movies out of whoever they cast.
It will end up being someone lousy. The Bond franchise is like Star Trek films. You get good bond/lousy bond/good bond cycles over and over. They’ll go for someone pretty, it will flop after one or two movies, and then they’ll hire a good actor again.
I don’t really count Niven and I can’t explain the gap between Brosnan and Craig. Maybe it has something to do with switching on the superconducting supercollider. I’m also still disappointed Halle Berry as Jinx didn’t get a spin off movie.
I think I was misunderstood, so it's funny to watch the reactions. :) Yes I know there are female spies. They are highly effective, more so than male spies since they have the ability to attract men. It is very common to use female spies for any sort of information gathering from men. It's so easy.