Take a look at the list of directors who have helped shape the prolific James Bond saga since his debut in 1962 allow us to discover a truly spectacular concentration of talent, and names like those of Terence Young, John Glen, Martin Campbell or Sam Mendes -among others-. But this dream team could have been joined by one of the great contemporary legends of the seventh art.
the lost dream
This is none other than Steven Spielberg, who confessed on The Michael Ball Show that offered his services not once, but twice, to captain a 007 adventure for the big screen during the 70s, when half the world had already fallen in love with the magnificent ‘Jaws’ and, later, with ‘Encounters in the Third Kind’.
“After ‘Jaws,’ which was a huge hit, I thought, ‘Hey, now people are going to give me a final cut. So I called Cubby [el productor Albert Broccoli] and offered my services, but he didn’t think I was right for the job. Later, even after ‘Encounters’ came out and was a big hit, I tried to be in a James Bond movie once more. And yet, they didn’t think he was the one for it.”
But good old Steven was not going to give up, and took advantage of a chance meeting with Roger Moore in the city of Paris to try to “network” and convince the boss to let him play with the character of Ian Fleming. “We sat down and talked”Moore commented in an interview with MTV. “He said he would love to direct a Bond movie”.
Moore, probably moved by the enthusiasm of the future King Midas of Hollywood, did not hesitate to contact Broccoli, only to discover that he was not very up for the job. The reason, it seems, was Spielberg’s alleged lack of experience.who was still taking the first —and spectacular— steps of his prolific career: “Spielberg wanted a piece, and Cubby didn’t want to give anything away”the actor explained.
Unfortunately, it seems that the Bond train has already passed for Steven Spielberg. Although, judging by these words of the filmmaker in which openly expressed what his dream wasIt seems that the one who has lost a golden opportunity has really been Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli:
“When I started making movies, the only franchise I cared about and wanted to be a part of was James Bond. When I started out as a TV director, my biggest dream was to make a little movie that would get some notice, and then Cubby Broccoli would call me and ask me to direct the next James Bond movie. But I could never get Cubby Broccoli to hire me, and now, sadly, they can’t afford to pay me.”
Via | fandomwire
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