Steven Spielberg in control of James Bond? It didn’t take long! Early in his career, the emerging American director, who recently presented The Fabelmans, was very close to directing Agent 007, one of his dreams. But Albert R. The producer of Broccoli, the famous spy saga, didn’t want him. But then not really!
The first opportunity that came to Spielberg was in the early 1970s. As the ScreenRant site revealed. After directing Duel, the rising star in Hollywood meets Roger Moore in Paris.
Moore advises Spielberg on Albert R. Broccoli to direct Live and Let Die, his first adventure as 007. But this is not enough: the producer does not want to hire him, judging that he has too little experience for the position.
After the worldwide success of Jaws, and therefore with a little more imagination, Spielberg is trying his luck again to make part of the James Bond saga. But a new brake from Broccoli, who thinks the American is not cut out for the job.
Broccoli, who wonders if he has a grudge against Spielberg, turns him down for the third time after the third meeting. This time the reason? The producer was afraid to hire someone too famous and therefore potentially too expensive! And Spielberg would never cast Roger Moore as 007 in the end…
Absolutely… Steven Spielberg, cinema’s greatest storyteller?
Source: Allocine
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