{"id":5107,"date":"2021-09-29T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1375994"},"modified":"2021-09-29T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:00:05","slug":"james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond\u2019s George Lazenby gives verdict on No Time To Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The former 007 wrote about the No Time To Die soundtrack on Twitter after watching the upcoming film. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 29 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>While Bond fans still have one more day to wait until <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-bond-25-no-time-to-die-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">No Time To Die<\/a> lands in cinemas, among the first people to watch the film was former 007 George Lazenby \u2013 and he\u2019s given his verdict on Daniel Craig\u2019s last outing as the iconic British spy.<\/p>\n<p>The 82-year-old took to Twitter to speak about the film, writing: \u201cSince it wasn\u2019t feasible for me to be in London for the World premiere I got to see the new bond here in LA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInteresting choices of music I must say,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Since it wasn&#8217;t feasible for me to be in London for the World premiere I got to see the new Bond here in LA. Interesting choices of music I must say ???? <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@007<\/a> <a href=\"\/\/t.co\/JVx2z5ST4G&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/JVx2z5ST4G<\/a><\/p>\u2014 George Lazenby (@lazenbyofficial) <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/lazenbyofficial\/status\/1442979370893672450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><p>The Bond theme for this year\u2019s blockbuster was performed by pop sensation Billie Eilish and written by her musician brother Finneas O\u2019Connell, while the No Time To Die soundtrack was composed by cinematic veteran Hans Zimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Lazenby was the second actor to portray James Bond after Sean Connery\u2019s five year tenure in the role.<\/p>\n<p>He starred as 007 in 1969\u2019s On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service, which was his first and final film in the Bond franchise.<\/p> <p>Lazenby was succeeded by Sean Connery, who returned to play Bond one last time in Diamonds Are Forever, before Roger Moore took on the role in 1973 until 1985.<\/p>\n<p>The three Bonds that followed were Timothy Dalton (1987-1989), Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002) and Daniel Craig, who announced in 2019 that No Time To Die would be his last film as 007.<\/p>\n<p>As for who will be next to take on the Bond mantle, producer Barbara Broccoli recently said that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/next-james-bond-casting-talks-2022-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">casting talks aren\u2019t set to begin until 2022<\/a>, while Daniel Craig told\u00a0<strong>Radio Times <\/strong>magazine ahead of the film\u2019s release that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-bond-daniel-craig-woman-next-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the next Bond shouldn\u2019t be a woman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should simply be better parts for women and actors of colour. Why should a woman play James Bond when there should be a part just as good as James Bond, but for a woman?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it looks like it will be a while before we find out.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\"><div>\n<p><strong>No Time To Die is released in cinemas in the UK on 30th September \u2013 visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/section>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The former 007 wrote about the No Time To Die soundtrack on Twitter after watching the upcoming film. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5108,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/james-bonds-george-lazenby-gives-verdict-on-no-time-to-die.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The former 007 wrote about the No Time To Die soundtrack on Twitter after watching the upcoming film.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/5107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}