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re: Ben Whishaw 'Would Like to See' an Openly Gay Actor Play James Bond Next
Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:34 pm to VoxDawg
Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:34 pm to VoxDawg
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Folks are having a thermonuclear shite fit that Nintendo/Illumination hired Chris Pratt to voice Mario in the upcoming Mario animated film.
Some dumb shite
Italians have once again lost their white status I guess
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Posted on 9/29/21 at 1:02 pm to BradPitt
I’m fine with an openly gay actor playing James Bond. But James Bond is a straight man. Separate the character from the actor. Let the gay actor act like a straight man. Since when did acting become not about acting? Now trans people have to act as trans people, gay people have to act as gay people, etc
Posted on 9/29/21 at 2:07 pm to BradPitt
I mean, the actor can be gay. But bond isn’t gay.
NPH says “what up”
NPH says “what up”
This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 9/29/21 at 2:49 pm to BradPitt
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I really believe that we should be working towards a world where anyone can play anything
I suppose Whishaw only has good things to say about Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's then:
Posted on 9/29/21 at 2:51 pm to AUriptide
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With his love interest being Pecker Galore.
And french sex partner Harold T’aint
Posted on 9/29/21 at 2:57 pm to BradPitt
I demand a Catholic, Cajun James Bond.
I want representation damn it.
I want representation damn it.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 4:32 pm to DestrehanTiger
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Now we are moving towards a world where your gender, race, and culture has to match the character you are voicing in animated shows.
Well, *ahem*, only in certain scenarios.
Obviously the best voice actor would voice Superman, Batman, Aquaman, etc., and it would not (and, for the record, I do not think it should) matter what the voice actor's background is.
Black Panther? A female/gay/trans/non-European character? You bet your arse you better line up PERFECTLY from an identity standpoint or prepare thy anus. No middle "merit based" option there.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 5:00 pm to BradPitt
I’m sure he would
Posted on 9/29/21 at 5:36 pm to BradPitt
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"God, can you imagine? I mean, it would be quite an extraordinary thing," Whishaw — who is openly gay — said of casting a gay Bond. "Of course I would like to see that
Ah yes, zero box office receipts from China. Nice play for an industry that has bent over backwards to please the CCP for 15 years now.
Guess this dumbass didn't know that China don't play the woke games in films anymore.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 5:48 pm to Upperdecker
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But James Bond is a straight man. Separate the character from the actor. Let the gay actor act like a straight man. Since when did acting become not about acting?
This is the crux of the matter, isn’t it? 
Posted on 9/29/21 at 8:17 pm to SG_Geaux
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How about we let the best actor for the role play the role and end it at that?
Posted on 9/29/21 at 10:09 pm to BradPitt
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As for who he would pick to take on the role next, Whishaw replied, "There aren't many out gay British actors. It's quite hard to say, isn't it?"
I thought they all were?
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:34 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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To call this stuff a slippery slope at this point would be an insult to slippery slopes.
Are you under the impression that this actor, 7th on the cast list, is making the casting decisions for the next Bond film?
And you linked to a comment I made that has so far been correct, unless you just believe that "SJW" stuff is why some critics have liked No Time to Die even though they're isn't evidence of it in the actual reviews of those critics. Not to mention the praise for this film is far from universal.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 1:07 am to RollTide1987
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I suppose Whishaw only has good things to say about Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's then:
100% this.
And while we're at it, everybody should stop bitching about Gal Gadot as Cleopatra, Hank Azaria as Apu, and Al Jolson in blackface. Deal?
*crickets*
Posted on 9/30/21 at 7:36 am to BradPitt
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a world where anyone can play anything
I Have a Dream - starring Ryan Gosling as Martin Luther King Jr.
Cake Eaters - starring Idris Elba as Marie Antoinette
An Intern and a Gentlemen - starring Mila Kunis as Bill Clinton, Beyoncé Knowles as Hillary Clinton, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Monica Lewinsky
Head Like a Hole - starring Ariana Grande as JFK and Jason Statham as Jacqueline Kennedy
Posted on 9/30/21 at 7:49 am to BradPitt
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I really believe that we should be working towards a world where anyone can play anything and it would be really thrilling if it didn't matter about someone's sexuality to take on a role like this."
says the guy who has the acting range of "nerdy effeminate guy in the background" to voicing a talking bear.
Don't get me wrong. Paddington is great.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 7:50 am to Boring
You know all those people are real and James Bond isn’t, right?
Posted on 9/30/21 at 8:56 am to BradPitt
They need to bring back the fat old aristocrat bond like the Roger Moore version. The black belt in karate that can’t lift his leg up more than a foot off the ground but will still whip your arse. I miss the good old days.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 8:57 am to Boring
Posted on 9/30/21 at 9:00 am to Jay Are
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Are you under the impression that this actor, 7th on the cast list, is making the casting decisions for the next Bond film?
No. I'm under the impression that these kinds of statements are trial balloons that have, most recently, ultimately come to pass as studios have universally attempted to go further and further into social justice and "equity and diversity" moves. Most studios have actually released their mission statements on this very issue which have been linked here, so I'm not sure why this is even a debate.
They are 100% more interested at this point (now and moving forward) with checking what they see as "diversity" boxes than they are with entertaining. As such, the fact that an actor in this series in speculating for his desire to see a gay Bond is entirely plausible given the trajectory of the industry.
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