{"id":4892,"date":"2021-09-25T01:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T23:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1369516"},"modified":"2021-09-25T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T00:13:10","slug":"no-time-to-die-director-different-directions-were-debated-for-daniel-craigs-finale","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/no-time-to-die-director-different-directions-were-debated-for-daniel-craigs-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"No Time To Die director: \u2018Different directions were debated for Daniel Craig\u2019s finale\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cary Joji Fukunaga reflects on the “infinite number of possibilities” that Craig’s 007 swansong might’ve explored. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 25 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga has admitted that it was no easy task deciding how to conclude Daniel Craig\u2019s era as James Bond 007.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Fukunaga revealed he participated in \u201ctons of roundtable discussions\u201d with Craig and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to determine exactly how the film would end.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was this table in Michael\u2019s office in EON in Piccadilly \u2013 this round table that looks like a Napoleonic era campaign table \u2013 and I spent hours sitting around that table with Michael and Barbara and Daniel and sometimes the different writers that were working on the project, just discussing the plot, the story points, the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fukunaga revealed that while there were \u201canchor points that were important to the family to hit\u201d in Craig\u2019s final Bond outing, there was also \u201ca very healthy debate\u201d as to exactly how the story would unfold.<\/p>

\u201cIt was actually really fascinating and I think one of the things I took away from it is how difficult it is to make these films, [and] tell these stories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of audiences think it\u2019s just a \u2018plug and play\u2019 thing and a computer, an AI program, could come up with one of these popcorn movie storylines, but the logic \u2013 making sure the logic works all the way through \u2013 is very tricky\u2026 and to still have it be entertaining and exhilarating, it takes a lot of thought, a lot of consideration, in terms of who the villain is, and what their goal is, and how that embroils Bond, and how it hits him on a personal level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really actually enjoyed those story sessions. The different directions the story could\u2019ve taken\u2026 there\u2019s an infinite number of possibilities there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Producer Michael G Wilson, actor Daniel Craig, producer Barbara Broccoli and actor Cary Joji Fukunaga attend the \u201cBond 25\u201d Film Launch at Ian Fleming\u2019s Home \u201cGoldenEye\u201d, on April 25, 2019 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Known for his work on 2015 war drama Beasts of No Nation and helming the first season of HBO\u2019s True Detective, Fukunaga said he was less concerned with putting his own stamp on the Bond franchise and more dedicated to ensuring that No Time To Die<\/a> delivered a \u201csatisfying\u201d denouement to Craig\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> No Time To Die\u2019s stars address future of Bond and if we\u2019ll see Q and Nomi again<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are the kind of moments that the audience comes to expect: the action sequence that leads to the credits, the moment that M delivers a mission or Q gives him the gadgets, right? There\u2019s a lot of those sort of things \u2013 the expectations that we knew we had to hit at some point, including when Bond has to say his own name, famously \u2013 and I think we\u2019ve found really fun ways to play with tradition but also to keep it fresh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of my own personal stamp on it, I wasn\u2019t really too concerned about what I was going to be doing that was different, as much as what I was doing that was hopefully going to make it as satisfying a story as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very aware I was carrying on a tradition rather than trying to take it in a different direction, so I think my main goal was to just make a final chapter for Daniel\u2019s run that felt like a real solid ending \u2013 and the challenge for me there was that endings are probably one of the hardest things to do\u2026 so how do you do that well? That\u2019s all I thought about.\u201d<\/p>\n

No Time To Die will see Bond, retired following the events of 2015\u2019s Spectre<\/a>, return to active duty after his friend and CIA officer Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) enlists his help in the hunt for a missing scientist.<\/p>\n

Soon, Bond encounters the villainous Safin (Rami Malek), who plots to kill millions and who appears to be in some way connected to 007\u2019s beloved Madeline Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux).<\/p>\n

No Time To Die is released in cinemas in the UK on 30th September \u2013 visit our Movies<\/a> hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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