{"id":35747,"date":"2023-08-11T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1872137"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:54:22","slug":"james-bond-director-weighs-in-on-how-next-movie-will-navigate-new-start","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-bond-director-weighs-in-on-how-next-movie-will-navigate-new-start\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond director weighs in on how next movie will navigate new start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Martin Campbell weighed in on the controversial ending of No Time to Die. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 11 August 2023 at 12:39 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>You might think that killing off the central character at the end of a film would cause a headache when planning the next film in a franchise \u2013 however, there are few franchises that are quite like James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Craig\u2019s last film as the character, No Time to Die, was released in 2021, and it ended with Bond getting blown to smithereens in a missile strike.<\/p>\n<p>However, Martin Campbell, who has previously helmed Bond films GoldenEye and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/casino-royale-quentin-tarantino-close-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casino Royale<\/a>, both of which introduced a new actor in the iconic role, has said that he thought the decision to kill the spy was \u201cfine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/films\/1800401\/Casino-Royale-director-Martin-Campbell-James-Bond-death-No-Time-To-Die\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Express.co.uk<\/a>, he said: \u201cTo be honest, it was fine for me. He gets killed off, which is fine because when they do the next Bond, they\u2019ll completely ignore the fact that he was killed off and Bond will keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=899%2C599 3x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=1199%2C799 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https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1667%2C1111 3x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=2222%2C1481 4x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-1872158 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1390167286-f28675e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Martin Campbell\" title=\"GettyImages-1390167286\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Martin Campbell.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Sylvain Lefevre\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He continued:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s so simple. There\u2019s no explanation required is there? Daniel Craig was Bond and now the next guy is alive. They\u2019re not going to have a problem with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/christopher-nolan-direct-james-bond-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan wants to helm the next James Bond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/quentin-tarantino-james-bond-films-books-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Bond films should \u201cjust do the books\u201d, says Quentin Tarantino<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Asked for his thoughts on No Time to Die, Campbell said: \u201cI thought it was interesting. I mean I had mixed reactions to the film. I thought there was some very good stuff in it. I missed a little bit of the humour I think. Probably some of the stunts weren\u2019t as imaginative as some of the other Bonds. But nevertheless, he made a terrific Bond, there\u2019s no question about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to who will take on the role now that Craig has finished his run, it is still currently up in the air.<\/p> <p>For his part, James Norton, whose name has frequently been mentioned as a possible contender for the part, has said that there is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-norton-james-bond-rumours-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nothing concrete behind<\/a>\u201d the rumours that he is up for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rupert Friend, who was in contention to take on the role before Craig but stepped away from it because of his young age, has said that maybe he\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/rupert-friend-james-bond-scars-bruises-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">got the scars and the bruises now<\/a>\u201c.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div 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