FINDING AN EDGE
(THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, 1987)
Wilson:“This was the
opening scene in Gibraltar
for Tim’s first movie. Tim
really took it on and went
for it full-bore.”
Broccoli:“He was very
interested in going back
to the books and to Bond
as Fleming had written it,
a much harder-edged
character. He was
phenomenal with the action.
A well-trained actor, a great
company leader. He gave it
his all and did a great job.
We’re still very close to him.”
THE END OF AN ERA
(DIE ANOTHER DAY, 2002)Wilson:“Pierce was
charming as Bond but also
had a tough side to him.
I remember this ice dragster.
We were dealing with a lot of
CGI on this sequence for the
first time. It was highly
experimental for us, but it
turned out pretty well.”
Broccoli:“We were sitting
at this very table and
someone said, ‘A plane has
just crashed into the Twin
Towers.’ We were in prep on
Die Another Dayand we had
become quite fantastical in
the design of the film. But
when we came to the end of
it, we felt it was wrong.
Given the way the world
was, we had to become
darker, more realistic,
grittier. We felt we needed
to make a big change.”