Posted on 09/23/2021 4:00:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
With "No Time to Die," Fukunaga tried to make the Bond franchise more progressive by changing the world around 007.
Much buzz has been made out of “Fleabag” Emmy winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge joining the James Bond tentpole “No Time to Die” to punch up the script. Skeptics have claimed the film’s producers wanted a “woke” James Bond but “No Time to Die” director told The Hollywood Reporter that’s not the case at all. Even before Waller-Bridge joined, Fukunaga was adamant about “changing the world around” Bond to bring the franchise into a more progressive place.
“Is it ‘Thunderball’ or ‘Goldfinger’ where, like, basically Sean Connery’s character rapes a woman?” Fukunaga said. “She’s like ‘No, no, no,’ and he’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes.’ That wouldn’t fly today.”
Fukunaga continued, “I think that’s the expectation, a female writing very strong female roles, but that’s something [producer] Barbara [Broccoli] wanted already. From my very first conversations with [Broccoli], that was a very strong drive. You can’t change Bond overnight into a different person. But you can definitely change the world around him and the way he has to function in that world. It’s a story about a white man as a spy in this world, but you have to be willing to lean in and do the work to make the female characters more than just contrivances.”
Lashana Lynch makes her Bond debut in “No Time to Die” as 00 agent Nomi, rumored to now be carrying the 007 moniker. The actress told THR that the film’s mission was to “give the female characters equity” and not just radically change who James Bond is from top to bototm.
Cary had big discussions with Barbara and Daniel [Craig] about how to give the female characters equity, how to keep them in charge of themselves, how to give them solo moments where the audience learns who they are,” Lynch said. “It was really important to empower the female characters as stand-alones. And I think that he kept that in mind throughout the whole shoot.
“I didn’t feel like Nomi, as a young Black woman, was constantly standing behind the white guy, which, for me, is job done,” Lynch added. “And that was a very conscious decision for Cary.”
“No Time to Die” will open in U.S. theaters October 8.
...you have to be willing to lean in and do the work...
"Lean in"...closely related to "circle back".
They didnt They could have left at any time... They knew Bond liked women and they were all ‘that sort of women’
Nothing like screwing up a franchise like bond with the woketard bs
His Volvo was a beautiful car, no question.
Every now and then, some obscure bit of history or figure would be mentioned and come to find out, the writers were accurate. One was about an early middle age German river pirate who actually lived.
I watched one last night brought up a Scottish knife I couldn’t make out the pronunciation of but the “skin do”(?) was a thing.
Some of the best parts was playing off inspector Teal.
I am as well as CD soundtracks since some stuff does show up on ITunes and and the like.
Hypocrisy.
Cary Fukunaga criticizes Connery Bond....
Hey Cary, same to you as you said to naga.
I see what you did there.
New guy destroys James Bond past films. There go the residuals and payments for showing the old movies. Guess the woke crowd need to tear down Pinewood Studios!
This is strictly a planted article to give some 'hint' that Bond is 'woke' when instead he's still just a merciless shooter. It floods the zone to keep any sort of real organized bs out of the theaters.
We saw this same shit previewing Skyfall and the 'old-school-British' japing exchange between Bardem and Craig.
You'll know Bond has gone worthlessly woke when the villain is female.
Never happened, never gonna happen. Grace Jones was the best thing about Moore's finale but not the villain.
Just as that fat f-ck Lynch is never gonna be 007. LOFL.
No one connected to the Ghostbuster's series could permit that shitty 2016 blue screen of death be allowed to stand as the last word, so welcome Ghostbusters: Afterlife with the original cast this Thanksgiving.
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if Craig makes the next 2 Bond movies...
Because women say things they don’t mean all the time.
In fact, they just talk too much overall.
These leftys certainly have a lot of “rape” fantasies.
if i had a last name like hers i would be miserable too...
This new generation cannot comprehend a time when any unmarried woman who didn’t initially say, “no, no, no” before giving in to her own passions was considered a slut by all of society.
Dear Ms. Fuk-u-naga,
The reason Bond was always a box office draw was precisely because the character was never “Politically Correct” by any stretch of the imagination. Look for this new addition you’ve created to go down in flames. Something you’ll never admit that you toyed with and ruined.
Cary Fukunaga
Is he the spokesman for Ex-Lax?
Way ahead of you (or probably exactly even with you.)
Even the dvd availability for purchase on Amazon is shrinking as they fully delete some and bully us by hogging them as rent the right to view it now or pay for the Amazon version streamed direct, not on dvd any more. Bad trend.
The actress told THR that the film’s mission was to “give the female characters equity” and not just radically change who James Bond is from top to bototm.
Because that formula worked so well for Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
Not going to waste my time or money.
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