‘Plenty of people have rung the death knell of Bond,’ Barbara Broccoli says.
The first and by Hollywood standards, most important set is financial.
No the burden of expectation remains uniformly high, whether the previous installment was a blockbuster or a bust.
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says Wilson, seated in the companys office at Southern Englands venerablePinewood Studios.
What is the audience going to say if you dont come up with the goods?
It begs the question: Which film did they fear effectively killed 007?
Well, do we need to remind people how that was inaccurate?
But according to the producers, certain Bond core values remain sacrosanct.
The other night I was watching a film with my wife.
I said, Wed never do that in a Bond film!
Bond never puts the public at risk.
Adds Broccoli: Hes responsible.
The Bond character, weve kept a tight rein on certain parameters.
He isnt in it for his own personal glory or gain.
He is a knight.
He represents all the good people out there who are fighting the evil forces.
I think were good about letting directors exercise their own spin on things.
But the parameters were set a long time ago.
