Article: THE DISH; BING, CHANDLER BING.(FREETIME)

Could "Friends" star Matthew Perry ("The Whole Nine Yards") succeed where Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds failed? Those names were bandied about in the early '70s as candidates to play James Bond, but Perry, said to be in talks to take over the role when Pierce Brosnan gives it up, might finally be the first American 007. Gossip columnist Janet Charlton reports that "studio bigwigs feel Perry has the charm, youth and talent to take the long-running franchise into the new millennium." But Bond moviemaker Eon Productions denies that discussions have started about a replacement for Brosnan, who is expected to step down after the next Bond film. Ralph Fiennes, ...

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