Back in 2018 , directorDanny Boyle was slat to makethe 25thJames Bondfilm along with his screenwriting partner John Hodge . After some creative remainder the movie maker allow the task , which would go on to became No metre To choke and Daniel Craig ’s final bow as Bond . Now we jazz what Boyle ’s never - made take on the franchise might ’ve been like .
late in an interview withEsquire UK , Boyle unfold up about what his 007 flick would have been about . “ Weirdly — it would have been very topical now — it was all put in Russia , which is of course where Bond fare from , out of the Cold War , ” Boyle state . “ It was set in present - solar day Russia and go bad back to his origins , and they just lost , what ’s the word … they just lost confidence in it . It was a shame really . ”
His departure , Boyle said , was because he would not have been able to make a film that challenged the enfranchisement , note “ They want you to freshen it up a bit . ” Asked if he ’d ever again need to do by a huge information science like Bond , the auteur known for multi - genre spanning motion picture like 28 Days Later , Trainspotting , andYesterdayresponded , “ I do n’t think so … I learned my lesson that I am not cut out [ for franchise ] , otherwise you ’re labor in the same hole . I am better not quite in the mainstream franchise movies , is the fair solvent . I learn quite a lot about myself with Bond , I function in partnership with writers and I am not inclined to break it up . ”
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Despite not seeing himself take on the undercover agent serial , he did throw out suggestions of actors he suppose could take on the 007 use : The Batman star Robert Pattinson “ would be a great Bond , ” as well as Paapa Essiedu from I May Destroy You .
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