Carlyle: '24's Bauer would kick Bond's ass'

[Gambit]

www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a136662/carlyle-24s-bauer-would-kick-bonds-ass.html

Carlyle: '24's Bauer would kick Bond's ass'



By Ben Rawson-Jones, Cult Editor

24: Redemption star Robert Carlyle believes that Jack Bauer is a tougher action hero than James Bond.

Speaking to the Daily Record about who would win in a fight, the Full Monty star said: "Jack Bauer probably - he kills more people. Kiefer [Sutherland] could definitely kick Daniel Craig's ass."

Carlyle, who plays Bauer's friend Carl Benton in the feature-length prequel to 24's seventh season, added that shooting the television movie was an enjoyable experience.

"It was fun filming with Kiefer," he said. "He's quite a guy, especially on a night out. We did a lot of scenes together and one was particularly emotional."

[FormerBondFan]

Now I like the sound of this.

[Gambit]

What if it was another Bond?

[Jake]

Nov 26, 2008 9:50:13 GMT -5 FormerBondFan said:

Now I like the sound of this.

;D

[harrypalmer]

I find it annoying that Bond is now a poor man's Bourne/Bauer.

He should be a bit more iconic than that

[skywalker]

Nov 26, 2008 18:49:53 GMT -5 harrypalmer said:

I find it annoying that Bond is now a poor man's Bourne/Bauer.

He should be a bit more iconic than that

Craig's Bond lacks the emotional depth that Keifer Sutherland delivers with Jack Bauer.

At present Bauer is a far more interesting character than Bond.

[Gambit]

On a similar note

www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a136805/statham-i-would-slap-bond-around.html

Statham: 'I would slap Bond around'



By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter

Jason Statham has claimed that his Transporter character could beat James Bond in a fight.

The British actor, who reprises his role as Frank Martin in next month's Transporter 3, said that he was much more involved in physically demanding stuntwork than Bond star Daniel Craig.

Statham told MTV: "Oh, he'd slap old Bond around a couple of times, wouldn't he?

"You know, it's difficult to say but we do a lot of our own fight sequences and we keep it pretty realistic and pretty cool. We don't have many stunt doubles.

"Not to take anything away from what the Bond franchise people do, but I know they work with a lot of stuntmen and we tend to get stuck in and do our own stuff."

When asked who would win a car race between Martin and Jason Bourne, he replied: "A road race? Well, it's gonna be me looking in the rear view mirror, I suppose!"