TF: Although it paid off in the end, did you feel at the time that you were taking quite a big gamble with the franchise?
BB: It just felt like the right thing to do.
Michael and I of course were partnered with Sony for the first time and Amy Pascal who’s the head of Columbia Pictures was initially really excited that she was going to get a Bond movie… and then we sat down with her and explained our plans! [Laughs]
“We’re going do another Bond; it’s not going to be Pierce; we’re going back to Casino Royale; there’s a 20-minute card game in the middle of the movie; he falls in love; she betrays him; she commits suicide; he gets beaten…”
To her credit though, although she had to get her head around it, she was fully behind us; she backed us 100 per cent.
TF: It doesn’t sound like it was an easy sell…
BB: Amy said, “Well, it’s good that we’ll have Q in it.” We said, “No there’s no Q.”
“So we’ve got the Moneypenny scenes.” “No – there’s no Moneypenny either!”
So it took… a leap of faith for her to stand behind us.
We really appreciated it because you don’t always get that.
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eadie2009
Dec 16th 2009, 11:14
Right guys, I'm getting a little fed up of paying a significant monthly amount on a magazine that is then reproducing the articles within it for free on the website. can you please stop doing this for the people who pay for the magazine, otherwise you're shooting yourselves in the foot as people like me will stop buying it as it is losing value.
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RoyMantooth
Dec 16th 2009, 20:10
in response to eadie2009, i say "keep it up, TF!" give subscribers perforated posters or something, keep the news here. as much as i love magazines (a subscriber to many), i don't mind less materials being used to get my information fix.
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