No Time To Die’s Ending Wasn’t Decided Until After Filming Started
No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga reveals that specifics regarding the film’s ending were still being worked out after filming started.
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The specifics of No Time To Die’s ending weren’t fully decided upon until after cameras actually started rolling. Craig’s final turn as James Bond finally became available to audiences around the world (after numerous delays) this past October. After strong franchise entries like Casino Royale and Skyfall, and more disappointing entries like Quantum of Solace and Spectre, general consensus for No Time To Die places the film firmly in the former camp, with critics and audiences agreeing it marks a worthy ending to a fan-favorite iteration of Bond.
The film, directed by franchise newcomer Cary Joji Fukunaga, does something no other Bond movie has ever done. In an attempt to stop Safin (Rami Malek) from releasing his lethal nanobots to the world, Bond, who is also infected with the nanobots, sacrifices himself and is killed by an MI6 missile strike that levels the villain’s entire island compound. The death of Bond is truly unprecedented and it wipes the slate clean for the next iteration of the iconic British spy character.
In a new interview with Empire, Fukunaga confirms that specifics for the ending were still being worked out after filming started. While Craig and Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had already decided that the film would end with 007’s death when Fukunaga was brought on board, the exact circumstances of that death remained “a bit loose,” even after cameras started rolling on the film. The director then made sure that the moment had as much thematic resonance as possible. Check out Fukunaga’s full comment below:
In my first meeting with Daniel and the producers, they said that’s how they wanted the story. They felt that was an ending. I was like, ‘Well, it’s a result of an ending, but we don’t know what happens. It has to be earned.’ […] I was really struggling because it couldn’t be conventional action. It couldn’t just be a demonic device, it had to be tied into the central theme of the story.
While it seems like it was always the plan to end the film with Bond dying, Fukunaga wanted to make sure that the death had actual meaning. Ultimately, that meaning came in the form of Bond’s new family, with the historically emotionless, womanizing spy realizing that not being able to touch Madeleine and his daughter (because of his nanobot infection) has made life not worth living at all. The news that the ending was still being worked out after production began is also in line with previous comments from Fukunaga, saying that the script for the film was constantly being rewritten during filming.
Ultimately, it seems like a miracle No Time To Die ended up being as good as it is. When a film enters production without a firm grasp of the story being told, right down to the fine details, things can quickly go awry, and the end product can become an uneven mess. Fortunately, Fukunaga and the immense talent both in front of and behind the camera ensured that everything came together in a coherent manner in No Time To Die, giving fans a strong final film in the Craig Bond era and an emotional sendoff for a beloved character.
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