The end was planned since 2006
The film ended with the villain Lyutsifer Safin infecting the British agent with nanobots, which would kill them immediately if they came into contact with his lover Madeleine and their daughter Mathilde. Not wanting to live without his new family, Bond decides not to flee Safin’s base, which is under fire from the Navy. The last we see of him is the rocket impact, in which Bond is engulfed in a ball of fire. For the first time in almost 60 years of film history, James Bond dies on the big screen.
In an interview with Variety, Daniel Craig revealed that this end had been planned for his Bond for a long time: “It was 2006. Barbara (Broccoli, the producer of the films) and I were in the back seat of a car from the Berlin premiere of” Casino Royale “drove away. Everything had gone well. People liked the film. And it looked like I would get the chance to make at least one more film. I said to Barbara,” How many of these films do I have to do ? “Because I don’t really look at contracts or things like that. And she said,” Four, “and I was like,” Oh, okay. Can I kill him in the last movie? ”And she didn’t hesitate. She said,“ Yes. ”So I made a deal with her back then and said,“ That’s how I want it. ”That was the only option I had for saw me to end the whole thing.
Michael G. Wilson, who has been producing the Bond films with Barbara Broccoli for decades, adds that the death of James Bond goes back to the origins of the character: the novels by author Ian Fleming from the 1950s! “I think it’s the right way to deal with a situation where a person is constantly risking their life. At some point, danger catches up with you. I think Fleming realized that, and I think we end up being this too Realization has come. It’s also very important, emotionally, to understand the risks that people like Bond are taking. “
A big “thank you” to the fans
With such a shocking ending like “No Time to Die”, which could easily have jeopardized the series, there is always a great risk. The audience could have rejected it in the broad mass. Although it did split the fan base, it did well overall with viewers. The makers have different reasons for this. Wilson says succinctly about the success of the film, it didn’t end much differently than usual with Bond. “Bond will save the world in the end. He does.”
Barbara Broccoli adds: “He’s making the ultimate sacrifice. As Michael says, it’s very fitting because people in this job are always at great risk.” Then she has a big compliment for the fans who saw the film in the cinema: “The amazing thing was that the audience was able to keep this secret to themselves, and I think that’s a real testimony for the Bond fans that they didn’t want to spoil other people’s fun by telling them the end of the story. ” She is actually right: Compared to other films such as the most recent “Spider-Man: No Way Home” or in the past “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, the last Bond film on the Internet was only slightly spoiled for others.
It will continue with Bond even without Daniel Craig and despite the death scene from “No Time to Die”, as the star himself assures again: “If you wait until the end of the credits, it says:” James Bond will return. “It so everything is fine. “