No Time To Die’s director Cary Joji Fukunaga explained the hard-hitting ending scene that tied all the loose ends of Daniel Craig’s James Bond like a gift wrapper.
Craig’s last stint as James Bond in No Time To Die left many teary-eyed. The movie was a fitting end to his journey as the British spy for 15 long years, and it did not disappoint.
The goose-bump moment of Bond sacrificing his life for his love Madeleine (Léa Seydoux) and their daughter Mathilde was remarkable, despite predictable.
Director Fukunaga shared that the ending scene – Madeleine and Mathilde driving through a tunnel symbolizing 007’s gun barrel as We Have All The Time In The World plays – felt like a proper closure to Craig’s James Bond story.
It felt like closure, like closing off the past, and closing off the story. It’s that last sentence in a paragraph in the last chapter of a book, just to try to make it feel satisfying.
The scene was the peak of James Bond’s arc over 15 years. It was also the first time a child, Bond’s daughter Mathilde, was at the center of the story, making his sacrifice feel natural.
Giving Craig’s Bond a complete story arc with a necessary sacrifice made No Time To Die possibly the best James Bond movie in cinematic history.
Fukunaga also shared that he was “struggling” to make a plausible scenario that would lead to the character’s demise – also the first one in the history of James Bond.
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.
The premise of a vicious villain Lyutsifer Safin, who was brought to life by Rami Malek’s chilling acting, on a quest for revenge, sealed the deal. In the final fight with Bond, he smashed a vial of the DNA-virus Heracles on his face.
The virus was specially coded for the Swanns – Madeleine and Mathilde – which meant they would die if Bond ever touched them. Hence it gave Bond a perfect way to opt for a suicide mission.
No Time To Die is definitely the end for Craig’s James Bond, but the hunt for the new Bond has officially begun.
About No Time to Die
No Time to Die is the 25th installment of the James Bond franchise. The film stars Daniel Craig as James Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Lea Seydoux.
James Bond is enjoying his retirement in Jamaica when his friend Felix Leiter comes to him for help. The mission is to rescue a kidnapped scientist but a dangerous villain with deadly technology stands in his way.
Source: Empire Online
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