The Harry Potter star has refused to rule out resurrecting the Boy Who Lived, while Hathaway is keen to pull on Catwoman’s leathers once more. Both should proceed with caution
When a 53-year-old Sean Connery resurrected the role of James Bond in 1983 after a 12-year break, even the title of the movie in which the debonaire Scotsman strapped on his Walther Ppk and took on the forces of Spectre one last time seemed to hint at the project’s questionable nature. Never Say Never Again turned out to be a decent enough revival for Connery; certainly preferable to Octopussy, the official Eon-produced Bond film that emerged the same year with an even older Roger Moore as 007. But the history of Hollywood icons digging up the roles that made them famous and applying spark plugs hasn’t always been as laudable.
Harrison Ford gave Star Wars: The Force Awakens a kind of gnarly,...
When a 53-year-old Sean Connery resurrected the role of James Bond in 1983 after a 12-year break, even the title of the movie in which the debonaire Scotsman strapped on his Walther Ppk and took on the forces of Spectre one last time seemed to hint at the project’s questionable nature. Never Say Never Again turned out to be a decent enough revival for Connery; certainly preferable to Octopussy, the official Eon-produced Bond film that emerged the same year with an even older Roger Moore as 007. But the history of Hollywood icons digging up the roles that made them famous and applying spark plugs hasn’t always been as laudable.
Harrison Ford gave Star Wars: The Force Awakens a kind of gnarly,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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