next bond's nationality?

Originally posted by yerssot
but we don't talk about that movie, cause it's not Bond related 😛

like everything else we talk about is 😂

Originally posted by Kaleanae
Apu's last name? No, that's he's last name 🙂

well, oops, sorry didn't know 😮 😛

actually, pretty much everything is on topic 😛

sure it is ✅
I hope no mod visits this place lookaround

nope, kes once every blue moon

but lets get the topic back: any english speaking country, minus the USA and to a lesser extend NZ

Yes - absolutely James Bond should be from the UK. Note that although some of the actors came from outside of England - (e.g., Pierce Brosnan), they can handle a British "accent" even though they hail from Ireland or Scotland or Wales. Please excuse my lack of political geography - but aren't Australia and New Zealand still part of the UK? Anyway - many of the Brits do well at imitating the bland American "accent" also. It's all a matter of training - which I strongly believe the Brits get the best theatrical / artistic training, from the talent I've seen come out of there in the last 25 years.

What did Sean Connery sounded like in the earlier Bond films (I don't recall)???

don't worry EM... lots of people here have a lack of that political geography 😄 (when I write England, I almost every time mean Great Brittain or the UK)

if I'm not mistaken, Australia and NZ are part of the Commonwealth, so, they are half and half part of the UK, than again, this is guessing 😖

Sean sounded rather normal at the start, the "sh" sound like in Indiana Jones ("I'm shorry 'bout your head"😉 came on later, more in Never Say Never Again, but that movie doesn't count 😉

Sean Connery's accent was class 👆 Even though not exactly british 😄

at first it was shon 😛

I read recently that the James Bond character was "born" somewhere in Scotland - but raised in England... I thik most Scots can do a Brit accent or Irish or vice versa - actors, that is...

"Whoever" it is - would work with a dialect coach likely (if necessary) - many an American had to be "trained" to be "English" - like Gywneth Paltrow and Renee Zelwegger (bridget jones' diary) - not sure how WELL they sounded, but anyway...

I''m obviously from North America - and I believe the actor to play James Bond MUST must be from the UK. It's key to credibility, I think.

💃 🤣 💃

not sure about the books, but the guy has scottish roots. You can see that cause he wore a kilt in OHMSS 🙂

that brings me to the other thing: Lazenby was australian, so he wasn't UK (though he lived there)

Ah yes, remember that Australia and New Zealand and even Canada were all once part of the British Commonwealth. (Canada took back certain authority from the Queen - but there's still enough of a connection that we have a "Governer General" representative OF the Queen here in Canada.

I'm not sure of Aus. and NZ's current status - but all of us are included in the "Commonwealth Games" (kinda like the Olympics and the Pan-American Games).

Also, we have a lot of British actors in our Canadian theatres - and have had for longer than the Brits have been prominent in American theatre and movies.

Having noted all that... perhaps a CANADIAN should be JB?
🙄 😆

That was only a JOKE! 😆 😆

What's wrong with Canadians? 😕

It was a joke because I AM CANADIAN - and no that wasn't an ad for Molson Canadian beer - haha! 😂 (that phrase is part of their ad campaign, for those who didn't know)

Are you Canadian, Evy-O???

I think most people don't realize how many actors and comedians are actually Canadian (especially comedians). 💃 👆

I can't fathom any that would suit the James Bond person, however. 🙁

No, I'm not Canadian, I'm from Greece 🙂 And btw you can call me just Evy, the O shouldn't have been there 😄
Well, how's Canadian accent? 😬

Actually - I forgot one Canadian actor who is pretty good looking - fits the characteristics except I can't see him being "cold" or an "assassin"

Ever seen the American TV series "JAG"??? The lead character, Harmon Rabb, is Canadian:

Very handsome - but NOT James Bond IMO. I'll try a photo here:

OOOOOOPS! Wrong picture. Here's the guy from "JAG". The other picture was of him - but not "in context."

His real name is David James Elliott.

no haven't heard of it unfortunately 🙁 but he looks cute 😉

I never know what's being shown in what part of the world. There are non-English / non-North American websites dedicated to "JAG" or David James Elliott (to my surprise) so I thought maybe it was showing "somewhere" in Europe.

darn girl, when you said I AM CANADIAN, the word "molson" immediatly popped into mind, you beat me to it 😛

yeah, saw jag.. most of the episodes that is... he's good, but definitly not bond material

Yerssot, how is it you would be so familiar with "Molson" beer? I thought you only tried Labatt's Blue while in Canada. Do you watch Canadian TV via satellite or something? Most of those commercials run during hockey games, also.

Hmmmmm... imagine James Bond playing hockey "under cover" - that would be a farce! 😉 (or any other sport for that matter)