Danny Boyle Finally Reveals The Bond Plot Producers Wouldn't Agree To
After one of the longest buildups to a franchise film we've ever seen, the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die, is finally in the books. Thankfully, Daniel Craig's last outing as 007 turned out to be a success, with the secret agent's notoriously devout fanbase leaving theaters relatively happy.
Now, that doesn't mean No Time to Die didn't have its issues, aside from several pandemic-related delays. Notably, the director who first signed on for the project, the legendary Danny Boyle, eventually left the project due to creative differences with the studio. (Cary Joji Fukunaga took his place. Now, in an interview with Esquire UK promoting his TV series about the Sex Pistols, Boyle revealed what he learned about franchise filmmaking from working on the Bond film—and even teased where his script took 007.
“I remember thinking, ‘Should I really get involved in franchises?’ Because they don’t really want something different. They want you to freshen it up a bit, but not really challenge it, and we wanted to do something different with it," Boyle said. "Weirdly—it would have been very topical now—it was all set in Russia, which is of course where Bond came from, out of the Cold War. It was set in present-day Russia and went back to his origins, and they just lost, what’s the word... they just lost confidence in it.”
Later in the interview, Boyle added that he has seen No Time To Die and dug its finale. When Esquire UK asked whether or not more Bond was in his future, he said, “I don’t think so,” before suggesting two actors he deemed worthy of becoming the next James Bond. One is the great Paapa Essiedu, the breakout I May Destroy You actor. The other? Robert Pattinson. Boyle quipped that Batman himself "would be a great Bond.” If you ask us, let Battinson be Battinson—he's a perfect Bruce Wayne. Essiedu, meanwhile, is the best Bond suggestion we've heard in months. We're already fans of the man's work.
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