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Darmik posted...

Felix Leither is a CIA agent that isn't as cool as Bond. That seems pointless.

Moneypenny is fine I guess but her field agent stories seem to already be done.

On the contrary, Felix's movie could be a remake of Licence to Kill, but with Felix getting his own revenge. Silva kills his wife and lowers him into a shark tank, leading to his left leg being amputated below the knee. He temporarily retires from service, but only so that he can wage his own personal war for revenge without being accountable for his actions.

Giving him a prosthetic foot would be a new wrinkle for the character. Previously, amputation had meant his removal from the series. This time around, he could continue to be an action hero, albeit one with a slight limp.

And the bitterness that he deals with isn't over the loss of his foot, but rather the loss of his wife to the same man who took his foot, Silva. He'd be like a cross between Dr. House and Daniel Craig's Bond. Let him be the gritty one and let Bond be the suave one again.