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
0039: I Suspect His Days Are Numbered
0038: Three Point Five Aston Martins
0037: Beer, Pizza and GoDaddy
0036: Those We Lost
Mission Debrief (002 Food)
0035: Live And Let Die Redux
0034: Trailer Reaction
0033: Previously On James Bond 2/2
0032: Previously On James Bond 1/2
0031: Judi Dench Earth II
0030: A Security Risk
Mission Debrief (001 Posters)
0029: Survey Says
0028: Quite A Sacrifice
0027: This Call Is Being Recorded
0026: The Rule of '80s Bond
0025: A Special Relationship
0024: Freddy's Got A Cold
0023: Stop Apologizing
0022: Mr White's Banana
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