In the months and years following the release of Spectre in 2015, there was intense speculation over Daniel Craig’s future as James Bond, with numerous reports suggesting that the actor would be calling time on his role as 007 after four outings as Ian Fleming’s super spy (Craig’s comments that he’d rather “slash his wrists” than return certainly helped fuel said speculation).
Of course, we now know that isn’t the case, with Craig’s fifth – and Bond’s 25th – outing No Time To Die just a few short months away, and in an interview with Empire Magazine, the star has revealed why he ultimately decided to reprise the role for one final adventure:
“If [Spectre] had been it, the world would have carried on as normal, and I would have been absolutely fine,” said Craig. “But somehow it felt like we needed to finish something off. If I’d left it at Spectre, something at the back of my head would have been going, ‘I wish I’d done one more.’ I always had a kind of secret idea about the whole lot in my head, and where I wanted to take it. And Spectre wasn’t that. But this feels like it is.”
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Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
No Time To Die is set for release in the UK on April 2nd 2020 and in the U.S. on April 8th 2020 and stars Daniel Craig (James Bond), Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Rory Kinnear (Tanner), Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann), Ben Whishaw (Q), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter) and Christoph Waltz (Blofeld), while new additions include Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049), Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), Billy Magnussen (Velvet Buzzsaw), Dali Benssalah (A Faithful Man) and David Dencik (Top of the Lake).
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