A few years ago I made a thread discussing potentially casting Ian Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me. So, in this incredibly slow era of Bondian news, let’s cast the continuation novels.
Trigger Mortis filmed and released in 2017 after Spectre (omitting the Pussy Galore subplot)
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Jeopardy Lane: Felicity Jones
Sin Jai-Seong: Randall Park
Logan Fairfax: Mischa Barton
Ivan Dimitrov: John Cena (following on from casting Dave Bautista in Spectre)
Lancy Smith: Ansel Elgort
Felix Leiter: Jeffrey Wright
Bill Tanner: Rory Kinnear
M: Ralph Fiennes
Moneypenny: Naomie Harris
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Ok. Here’s my choice of ally, girl, henchman, and villain for the continuation novels with a cast based on the year the novels came out:
COLONEL SUN (1968)
Niko Litsas – Alejandro Rey
Ariadne Alexandrou – Claudia Cardinale
De Graaf – Lee Van Cleef
Sun Liang-tan – James Hong
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Forever and a Day
Sixtine-Jessica Chastain
Carte Blanche
Felicity Willing-Melissa Benoist
Andrew Garfield-Severan Hydt
Reoccurring Characters:
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Charmian Bond or May
I will update as ideas come to me.
LICENSE RENEWED (1981)
Richard Duggan – Rod Taylor
Lavender Peacock – Kim Cattrall
Caber – Brion James
Anton Murik – Christopher Plummer
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Devil May Care in 2010
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Scarlett Papava: Olivia Wilde
Dr Julius Gorner: Michael Nyquist
Darius Alizadeh: Naveen Andrews
Chagrin: Mark Dacascos
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I picture Cate Blanchett more as Sixtine.
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I could respect that. However, I’d rather see Cate Blanchett as Irma Bunt, or another villain.
FOR SPECIAL SERVICES (1982)
NORAD Colonel – Ronny Cox
Cedar Leiter – Theresa Russell
Mike Mazzard – Lance Henriksen
Nena Blofeld Bismaquer – Kathleen Turner
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She would make an excellent Bond villain.
Carte Blanche in 2014
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Bheka Jordaan: Tessa Thompson
Ophelia Maidenstone: Karen Gillan
Severan Hydt: Stellan Skarsgard
Niall Dunne: Joel Kinnaman
Felicity Willing: Charlize Theron
Jessica Barnes: Rosalind Ayres
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Solo in 2016
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Kobus Breed: Boyd Holbrook
Bryce Fitzjohn: Yvonne Strahovski
Blessing Ogilvy-Grant: Letitia Wright
Solomon/Gabriel Adeka: Djimon Hounsou
Hulbert Linck: David Wenham
Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce in Logan combined with Silva’s saggy cyanide face is how I picture Kobus Breed.
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ICEBREAKER (1983)
Brad Tirpitz – Gary Busey
Paula Vacker – Joanna Pacula
Anni Tudeer – Rebecca De Mornay
Carbuncle-Nose – Bo Svenson
Runt – Bob Hoskins
Aarne Tudeer – Joss Ackland
Kolya Mosolov – Jürgen Prochnow
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Dynamite Comics’ Hammerhead (2025)
Bond-Unknown actor
Victoria Hunt-Diane Lane
Lord Bernard Hunt-Ian McDiarmid
M-Idris Elba
Moneypenny-Lupita Nyong’o
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With a Mind to Kill (2024)
- for argument’s sake, we’re going to say the thing at the end of No Time To Die doesn’t happen and instead go with the amnesia/brainwashing from the YOLT novel.
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Colonel Boris: Gary Oldman
Colonel Grubozaboychikov: Brian Cox
Katya Leonova: Yuliya Snigir
Cunningham: Matthew Gravelle
Irma Kirilenko: Rachel Brosnahan
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ROLE OF HONOR (1984)
Nick – Scott Glenn
Percy Proud – Helen Mirren
Simon – Ben Cross
Tamil Rahani – Franco Nero
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I know it’s not a novel, but…
Nightfire (2003 after Die Another Day)
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Raphael Drake: Mark Strong
Alura McCall: Keeley Hawes
Dominique: Clemence Poesy
Zoe Nightshade: Mia Kirshner
Kiko: Lucy Liu
Mayhew: Mark Williams
Mr. Rook: Dwayne Johnson
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All types of Bond continuation works welcome here.
A couple more characters across a couple of books.
James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (2030).
Honey Ryder: Margot Robbie.
John Pearson: Robert Pattinson.
High Time To Kill (2000).
Roland Marquis: Kenneth Branagh (also director).
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Fair enough, there are no rules here.
I’d add Bridget Moynihan as Hope Kendall.
Casino Royale in 1961
James Bond: Sean Connery
Vesper Lynd: Sofia Loren
Le Chiffre: James Mason
Felix Leiter: Jack Lord
Rene Mathis: Gabriele Ferzetti
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NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1986)
Becker – Armin Mueller-Stahl
Sukie Tempesta – Michelle Pfeiffer
Nannie Norrich – Linda Fiorentino
Tamil Rahani – Hector Elizondo
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Warhead 2000 AD (aka the unmade third McClory Thunderball in 1999).
James Bond: Timothy Dalton
Domino: Uma Thurman
Fiona Volpe/Fatima Blush character: Penelope Cruz
Patricia Fearing: Emmannuelle Beart
Largo: Gerard Depardieu
M: Rutger Hauer
Blofeld: Anthony Hopkins
Blofeld’s cat: Mr. Bigglesworth
Felix Leiter: Wesley Snipes
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NO DEALS, MR. BOND (1987)
Maxim Smolin – Kai Wulff
Ebbie Heritage – Natasha Richardson
Mischa – Michael Wincott
Kolya Chernov – Rutger Hauer
