"Play it again, Sam"
Skyfall is widely regarded as one of the best James Bond films. Its follow-up, SPECTRE, is widely regarded as one of the worst.
Director Sam Mendes has revealed why Bond 24 fell short of Bond 23: time and pressure.
"These movies are very difficult to write", he said. "Those ten months of downtime — that's when the [Skyfall] script really turned around — because we had the time to go down blind alleys and try things like the Bond/Silva team-up. And that time was not afforded to me when we made SPECTRE. And you can see the difference in the script.
"With SPECTRE, I felt there was some pressure. Certainly, Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [G. Wilson] exerted some pressure on me and Daniel to make the next one, so that makes a big difference. People saying: 'We want you to do it', and passionately wooing me to do it was a big thing".
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Joe Emery
Joe is Editor of For Bond Fans Only and a writer by trade. When he's not watching Bond, he can be found listening to The Beatles and worrying about West Ham. You can find him on Twitter @joeemerywrites
