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‘Casino Royale’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

The Rewatchables

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The Importance of Talking Less in Movies

For a man to be truly compelling, talk less, you know? It's sort of the De Niro school. The thing is, is that if you're trying too hard to be cool, especially in the bond role, then you're just a little cheesy. I could Adam Driver be James Bond. Yes, it does have to be non-American. Like Ryan Gosling have been James Bond. Oh, I love Ryan Gosling. Before he got that weird GQ cover here. Whatever the hell is going on there with that. He still has the hair. And so I'm just proud of it."

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