Skyfall

Many widely consider Skyfall to be one of the top-tier Daniel Craig/James Bond entries — tied or beaten only by Casino Royale. Stunning cinematography by Roger Deakins and Sam Mendes‘ assured direction make for a strong outing in a long-standing franchise, one that seems like all players were on point and fully game. However, a new behind-the-scenes story released through Twitter by Charlie Lyne suggests all was not so peachy in the director’s chair.

The story posits that both Mendes and Craig were both bored and miserable throughout production, with mass studio needs weighing down on them to make the biggest, baddest, and most profitable Bond flick they could. During a particularly memorable sequence in a casino, Craig wore gloves he found himself and requested be worn by Bond. However, when an assistant editor spotted a continuity error, it would potentially cost the studio millions. So, the VFX team had to improvise, as explained in the videos below. Let’s put it this way: I cannot get Craig’s meaty hands out of my head.

In related Bond news, while on the press circuit for The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn opened up about about turning down Spectre, recently named the most-complained about movie by the BBFC due to its depiction of violence. The reason the director didn’t want to do it? “I just know this way I can do whatever I want, and that outweighs any money anyone can give me,” he tells The Telegraph. We still may get to see his version of a spy thriller as he’s mounting The Avenging Silence, co-written by Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, which is set in Tokyo.

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