The actor playing the next James Bond will have to evolve and so will the director behind the new film, believes filmmaker Sam Mendes, who says it would be great to see a woman helming the upcoming movies in the long-running spy franchise.
Mendes, who directed Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), said it will be difficult for тАЬa younger actorтАЭ to step into the shoes of Daniel Craig. Craig stepped down as Bond in the last series title No Time To Die (2021).
тАЬI donтАЩt envy (producer) Barbara Broccoli having to follow DanielтАЩs five movies. He reinvigorated the franchise but the franchise is so huge that itтАЩs very difficult for a younger actor to step into that.
тАЬI think that the actor playing Bond is going to evolve, the director has to evolve. I think it would be wonderful to see a woman directing Bond. I think it would be wonderful,тАЭ the director told entertainment outlet Deadline.
Mendes also said it is unlikely that he will volunteer to make a third Bond picture.
тАЬI donтАЩt think theyтАЩd want me anymore,тАЭ he quipped.
тАЬIt was an incredible thing to do at that moment in my life; I couldnтАЩt have asked for a better thing. I saw the world in a different way,тАЭ he said about Spectre and Skyfall.
Working on the Bond films was like тАЬerecting scaffolding and building an entire world,тАЭ the Oscar-winning director said.
тАЬItтАЩs exhausting, in a different way,тАЭ he added.
Bond makers are yet to announce the casting of the new Bond.
Mendes is currently promoting his latest directorial Empire of Light. The romance drama starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward received its Canadian premiere at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
