No Time to Dieis getting a little script assistance fromPhoebe Waller-Bridge.TheFleabagcreator and actress, 34, opened up toBBC Radioon Friday about her involvement in the upcoming 25th installment in theJames Bondfilm series.Waller-Bridge was brought in “to help out” on the screenplay, she said, not write it entirely.That included adding what she called “little spices” to the script, including “a couple of bits and pieces of my own, and hope that they survive the process.”And as for its reported post-#MeToo culture changes to tone down the macho culture of the franchise? The Emmy-winning star stressed, “they were already doing that.”“They’rehaving that conversation with themselvesthe whole time,” Waller-Bridge explained. “[My involvement] was much more practical. Just, ‘You’re a writer, we need some help with these scenes. And you come up with some dialogue for these characters.’ ”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Eon/Danjaq/Sony/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockWaller-Bridge added to the BBC that the film’s crew were “just looking for tweaks across a few of the characters and a few of the storylines” as opposed to a rewrite.For a job, “it doesn’t get cooler,” she said.“We met for coffee and then a few months later we met again,” she recalled of producer Barbara Broccoli, who initially sought her out. “And then I met the director Cary Joji Fukunaga and then I metDaniel [Craig]after that. But I know Daniel and Barbara had been talking about it for while.”FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyNo Time to Diewill mark only the third time in the film series’ history thata woman will have a writing crediton the screenplay. The first and second were both for Johanna Harwood, who worked on the story for the first twoJames Bondfilms:Dr. No(1962) andFrom Russia with Love(1963).In a May interview withDeadline, Waller-Bridge addressed whether she thought theJames Bondfranchise “is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women” — a debate she called “bollocks.”“I think he’s absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow,” she added. “It has just got to evolve, and the important thingis that the film treats the womenproperly. He doesn’t have to. He needs to be true to this character.”Waller-Bridge — who is also known for her work as showrunner and executive producer for Killing Eve season 1 — is fresh off the success of her breakout seriesFleabag, which nabbed her three wins at this year’sEmmy Awards: outstanding writing for a comedy series,outstanding lead actress in a comedy seriesand outstanding comedy series.“I quite like the idea of coming back to her, well, me, when I’m 50,” the actress said onLate Night with Seth Meyersin October of a potential third season. ” ‘Cause I feel like [my character] would’ve had more life then, and God knows what she would have got up to.”No Time to Diehits theaters on April 8, 2020.
No Time to Dieis getting a little script assistance fromPhoebe Waller-Bridge.
TheFleabagcreator and actress, 34, opened up toBBC Radioon Friday about her involvement in the upcoming 25th installment in theJames Bondfilm series.
Waller-Bridge was brought in “to help out” on the screenplay, she said, not write it entirely.
That included adding what she called “little spices” to the script, including “a couple of bits and pieces of my own, and hope that they survive the process.”
And as for its reported post-#MeToo culture changes to tone down the macho culture of the franchise? The Emmy-winning star stressed, “they were already doing that.”
“They’rehaving that conversation with themselvesthe whole time,” Waller-Bridge explained. “[My involvement] was much more practical. Just, ‘You’re a writer, we need some help with these scenes. And you come up with some dialogue for these characters.’ ”
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Waller-Bridge added to the BBC that the film’s crew were “just looking for tweaks across a few of the characters and a few of the storylines” as opposed to a rewrite.
For a job, “it doesn’t get cooler,” she said.
“We met for coffee and then a few months later we met again,” she recalled of producer Barbara Broccoli, who initially sought her out. “And then I met the director Cary Joji Fukunaga and then I metDaniel [Craig]after that. But I know Daniel and Barbara had been talking about it for while.”
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty
No Time to Diewill mark only the third time in the film series’ history thata woman will have a writing crediton the screenplay. The first and second were both for Johanna Harwood, who worked on the story for the first twoJames Bondfilms:Dr. No(1962) andFrom Russia with Love(1963).
In a May interview withDeadline, Waller-Bridge addressed whether she thought theJames Bondfranchise “is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women” — a debate she called “bollocks.”
“I think he’s absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow,” she added. “It has just got to evolve, and the important thingis that the film treats the womenproperly. He doesn’t have to. He needs to be true to this character.”
Waller-Bridge — who is also known for her work as showrunner and executive producer for Killing Eve season 1 — is fresh off the success of her breakout seriesFleabag, which nabbed her three wins at this year’sEmmy Awards: outstanding writing for a comedy series,outstanding lead actress in a comedy seriesand outstanding comedy series.
“I quite like the idea of coming back to her, well, me, when I’m 50,” the actress said onLate Night with Seth Meyersin October of a potential third season. ” ‘Cause I feel like [my character] would’ve had more life then, and God knows what she would have got up to.”
No Time to Diehits theaters on April 8, 2020.
source: people.com
