Director Danny Boyle revealed the only regret he had after leaving the James Bond franchise in 2018.
THE 28 years later The creator and his collaborator, the writer John Hodge, had to finish the work on the last passage of Daniel Craig as a British spy in the 25th film of the series based on the novels of Ian Fleming. However, the pair abandoned production halfway from the film, citing “creative differences”.
While speculation surrounding the replacement of Craig continues to go up, Boyle was requested if this could report his return to the franchise.
“This ship has sailed,” he said Business Insider. “What I regret is that the script was really good. John Hodge is a wonderful writer. ”
Hodge is one of the closest employees of Boyle. The pair worked together on Trainpotting (1996)Beach (2000) and Shallow (1994).
“I do not think they appreciated the quality of this script, and because they did not do it, we continued, and that is how it should be,” he explained.
Finally, Cary Joji Fukunaga (Nationless beasts; Maniac) took over, with 2021 No time to die serving as the Swinge of Craig that Bond.
In an interview Squire In 2022, Boyle lit up what the invisible script had considered for the film.
“Oddly – it would have been very topical now – everything took place in Russia, which is of course where Bond came from, from the Cold War,” he said at the time.
“It took place in current Russia and returned to its origins, and they just lost, what is the word … they just lost self -confidence.”
Boyle added that, despite the producers who think they want something original, they “don’t really want” anything too non -traditional.
Boyle has already said The independent From the Bond saga: “We just came across the way the script took place. I think that, of course, being as they are, they want and normally a director would accept it and accept it.
“But I have this relationship with my writer [John Hodge] It is quite intense, passionate and loyal and I would not change it – precisely because I really liked what he was doing. Our idea was good, but they didn’t think it.
Casting rumors have been circulating since Craig – the oldest actor to have ever played the super spy – announced that he would withdraw from the franchise.
A certain number of players would have been in the running to replace it in the emblematic role, in particular Bridget Jones Star Leo Woodall, Luther Actor Idris Elba, HAPPY VALLEYJames Norton,Venom Star Tom Hardy, and the favorite of rumors, Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
In February, it was announced that Amazon MGM had taken care of the creative control of the Bond franchise after concluding an agreement with the longtime producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Brocoli.
The duo remains co-owner of the franchise, but the commercial decision leaves creative control of the future James Bond productions in the hands of Amazon belonging to the United States, which has aroused concerns of fans concerning potential changes in beloved franchise.
In March, Pierce Brosnan weighed on speculation that the role could go to a non -British actor. Brosnan, who played 007 in four films between 1995 and 2002, insisted that it was a “data” that the next actor to play Bond should be British.
That said, Bond has already been played by two non -British actors, including Brosnan, who is Irish. The other is George Lazenby, who is Australian.
