Robbie Williams As 007?

06/01/01 12:30pm

by Debbie Bento (CHARTattack)

Does Robbie like his drinks shaken, not stirred? Well, he definitely should start since he just might be slipping into the role of debonair 007 spy James Bond some time in the near future.

The recent James Bond mainstay Pierce Brosnan has signed on for the next installment (tentatively entitled Bond 20), but it has been confirmed that it will indeed be his last. This forces the movie's producers to frantically scramble to get a new Bond for the highly successful and mucho money-making enterprise.

Enter Mr. Robbie Williams, beloved singer-entertainer from the British Isles.

According to NME.com, it seems that Barbara Broccoli, daughter of original Bond film producer Cubby Broccoli, has booked into a five-star hotel in Cardiff Bay in July — over the same weekend that Williams is performing a gig at Cardiff Millennium Stadium.

How convenient.

The film's producers are traveling to Wales to scout potential locations for future shoots of the film. Williams has been rumoured to play the sharply dressed, flirty spy for years since he first donned the Bond dinner suit and superspy attitude in his "Millennium" video.

It's been widely understood that Broccoli, who is now the head of development for Danjaq-Inc Promotions, the company that heads the Bond films, is seriously considering Robbie for the role.

Let's see, Robbie's charming, cocky as hell, a sharp dresser, and an attractive little man to boot — can you get a better 007?