- Title: Bond is back: 007 film 'No Time To Die' premieres in London
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS ON RED CARPET WITH FANS IN BACKGROUND AS HE ARRIVES FOR "NO TIME TO DIE" PREMIERE ACTOR LASHANA LYNCH WAVING AND INTERACTING WITH MEDIA AND FANS AS SHE ARRIVES ON RED CARPET UNDER HEAVY RAIN DIRECTOR CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA ARRIVING, SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS ACTOR LEA SEYDOUX ON RED CARPET MUSICIAN BILLIE EILISH WITH HER BROTHER, MUSICIAN FINNEAS VARIOUS OF ACTOR RAMI MALEK POSING FOR SELFIES WITH FANS, RUNNING ALONG RED CARPET AND POSING FOR MORE SELFIES WITH FANS ACTOR ANA DE ARMAS ON RED CARPET BRITISH TENNIS PLAYER EMMA RADUCANU ON RED CARPET CRAIG ARRIVING FOR INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, DANIEL CRAIG, SAYING: "It's such a great relief. It was so important to me to come and celebrate with all the other cast and crew and to get it into the cinemas and we're here. And literally a year ago I didn't think that was going to happen." PEOPLE HANGING OUT OF WINDOW LOOKING DOWN ON RED CARPET AND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH MOBILE PHONES CRAIG AND LYNCH SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, DANIEL CRAIG, ON THE LEGACY HE IS LEAVING, SAYING: "I think that's probably up to other people to figure out. I'm just going to just leave it with them. JOURNALIST ASKING: "Any advice for the your successor?" "Make it your own. That's really it." JOURNALIST ASKING: "What are you going to miss the most?" "The people. The people I work with. That's really it, that's what I'll miss. It's a massive creative collaborative process and there's nothing quite like it." SEYDOUX SPEAKING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, LEA SEYDOUX, SAYING: "I know that the world is expecting, they are all expecting this film. I hope they'll like it. We really tried to give the best, we gave everything to this film and the film is amazing and I hope people will love it." FUKUNAGA IN INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA, SAYING: "I think the biggest part of the task, the most daunting part, was just coming up with a good story. We had a very short amount of time to do it and I'm very proud of what we came up with and I think people are going to like it a lot." WRITER PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, SEYDOUX, CRAIG AND LYNCH SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON RED CARPET CRAIG SPEAKING WITH REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA, SAYING: "I think of it as a last chapter of this one book where we (first) met Daniel in 'Casino Royale' (and) he ends up here and it's all part of the same story." WALLER-BRIDGE, CRAIG AND LYNCH SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) WRITER, PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, SAYING: "It was a lot of pressure. But because it felt like such a collaboration, I think if I was writing the film on my own or something I'd feel that more but there was already a script when I arrived, everyone had all these, so, so, many ideas and it was all about executing the film that everyone wanted to make together so it felt like much more of a collaboration so that took the pressure off a little bit." LYNCH ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, LASHANA LYNCH, SAYING: "With Nomi and all the other female characters we are ensuring that we're representing us truly, they're real human beings, real emotions, real strength that comes from vulnerability and things that we relate to, you know, and I wanted to ensure that Nomi was a real human being and that's exactly what we got." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, LEA SEYDOUX, SAYING: "It was time to have like interesting characters with more depth and not only seen through a male perspective, with like, you know, characters that are strong but not only but who are also imperfect in a way. And that is something, I think, new in the franchise and I'm really happy about it." VARIOUS OF MALEK ON RED CARPET AND SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, RAMI MALEK, SAYING: "He is mischievous. He is devious. And I don't know that he thinks of himself as a villain. Perhaps Daniel is the villain." ACTOR JASON MOMOA ON RED CARPET, HUGGING EILISH EILISH ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, BILLIE EILISH, SAYING: "I'm excited. I mean, I'm just like out of my mind, I'm so excited we're doing shows again and you know, doing this song again live was amazing just because it reminded me of the making of it and coming here and working with Hans (Zimmer) and it's just been, it's been incredible so I hope it keeps going the way it's been going." COMPOSER HANS ZIMMER ON RED CARPET, SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS MUSICIAN NILE RODGERS ON RED CARPET MUSICIAN STORMZY ON RED CARPET ACTOR JUDI DENCH SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS ACTOR NAOMIE HARRIS GIVING INTERVIEW ACTOR BEN WHISHAW GIVING INTERVIEW PRODUCERS BARBARA BROCCOLI AND MICHAEL G WILSON GIVING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRODUCER, BARBARA BROCCOLI, SAYING: "It wasn't difficult in so much as, you know, the thing that was at the forefront of our minds was public safety. Now that the cinemas are open we're really happy to be supporting the industry, cinemas, theatres, very important socially, culturally, economically. We made this film for the cinema and we want people to enjoy it and come out to the cinema and see the film." RED CARPET ARRIVALS WITH CRAIG SEEN ON GIANT SCREEN ABOVE GUESTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRODUCER, BARBARA BROCCOLI, ON SEARCH FOR CRAIG'S SUCCESSOR, SAYING: "As for the future, for tonight we just really want to celebrate Daniel Craig." BRITAIN'S PRINCE CHARLES AND WIFE CAMILLA ARRIVING ON RED CARPET IN CAR
- Embargoed: 12th October 2021 22:33
- Keywords: Barbara Broccoli Billie Eilish Bond premiere Bond red carpet Cary Fukunaga Daniel Craig James Bond Lashana Lynch Lea Seydoux No Time To Die
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWMXIZ1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: With a guest list made up of Oscar winners and British royalty, James Bond film "No Time To Die" finally held its delayed world premiere in London on Tuesday (September 28) in the cinema's most high profile red carpet since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wet weather failed to dampen spirits as Daniel Craig, dressed in an eye-catching pink velvet dinner jacket, and co-stars including Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch and Lea Seydoux reunited for the hotly anticipated movie, which cinema operators hope will help bring audiences back to pre-pandemic levels.
"No Time To Die", the 25th Bond movie, has been delayed three times since its original April 2020 slot as movie theatres around the world were forced to shut their doors as well as impose audience number restrictions due to the pandemic.
The Universal Pictures and MGM film, part of one of Hollywood's biggest franchises, marks Craig's fifth and final outing as the suave British secret agent, wrapping up a 15-year tenure that began with 2006's "Casino Royale".
"It's such a great relief. It was so important to me to come and celebrate with all the other cast and crew and to get it into the cinemas and we're here," Craig told Reuters.
"A year ago I didn't think that was going to happen."
Asked what he was going to miss the most from playing 007, he said: "The people."
Costing an estimated $200 million to produce, "No Time To Die" sees Bond come out of retirement in Jamaica to help track down a new villain, described by Oscar winner Malek as "mischievous (and) devious", and armed with lethal technology.
"The most daunting part was just coming up with a good story," director Cary Joji Fukunaga said. "I think of it as a last chapter of this one book where we (first) met Daniel in 'Casino Royale' (and) it's all part of the same story."
The film introduces 00 agent Nomi, played by Lynch, who said: "I'm just happy it's here and we get to celebrate it in the way that it deserves."
Also at the premiere were Britain's Prince Charles and his son Prince William and their wives. As a thank you to frontline workers during the pandemic health workers and members of the armed forces were also invited.
Former Bond actress Judi Dench and Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish, who sings the film's theme tune, also attended.
Beginning its cinema rollout this week, "No Time To Die" is among the most anticipated movies this autumn.
"I know the world is expecting this film," said Seydoux, who reprises her "Spectre" role as Madeleine Swann. "We gave everything to this film ... and I hope people will love it."
Expectations are high after the last two Bond films, 2015's "Spectre" and 2012's "Skyfall", grossed $880 million and more than $1 billion globally.
"Now that the cinemas are open we're really happy to be supporting the industry," producer Barbara Broccoli said. "We made this film for the cinema and we want people to enjoy it."
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