What ideas were jettisoned from the script that ultimately became Spectre?
The creative path on the 24th James Bond film had more twists and turns than perhaps any of the 007 productions before it, and due to a massive Sony Pictures leak, some of those debates, decisions, and debacles were exposed. We run through the early 2014 state of the film before the serious work was done on getting the script tightened up for filming (months behind schedule) and run through the later drafts scene by scene picking out the changes that were made from the version we all saw on screen. A female villain, a stolen Heineken truck, the return of Irma Bunt, buckets of eyeballs, Moneypenny's redemption arc, 'dopey' passport documents, Tanner's dark fate, terrible one-liners, Q earning his stripes, African diamond mines.... and lots, lots more!
The recording took place on November 24th, 2022 in the USA and Spain.
James Page is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential
David Leigh runs thejamesbonddossier.com
Bill Koenig runs the Spy Command at hmssweblog.wordpress.com
This podcast is copyright Pretitles LLC © 2022
0156: Festive Bond Quiz
0155: Review For A Million
0154: Tomorrow’s News Today
0153: Unmade Bond 17 (1991)
0152: The Lost Adventures
0151: Unmade Bond 17 (1990)
0150: There Is No Substitute
0149: Unmade Warhead
0148: The Lost Daylights Tape
0146: Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond
0145: Debrief: No Time To Die
0144: Double Or Nothing
0143: Debrief: Spectre
0142: Debrief: Skyfall
0141: Debrief: Quantum of Solace
0140: Debrief: Casino Royale
0139: Debrief: Die Another Day
0138: Debrief: The World Is Not Enough
0137: Debrief: Tomorrow Never Dies
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