Cary Fukunaga Responds To Rumor He’s Skipping ‘Bond 25’ Filming

Between former director Danny Boyle’s many feedback about why he parted methods with the manufacturing and star Daniel Craig’s ankle damage, Bond 25 has endured quite a bit for a tentpole that’s nonetheless filming. Even so, the most recent installment within the James Bond franchise is urgent on, although that doesn’t imply it hasn’t confronted different troubling rumors. Like a latest report from the tabloid The Sun claiming that Boyle’s alternative was skipping the job for his video video games.

As reported by IndieWire, The Sun‘s supply indicated that “a real mutiny” had developed on the set as a result of “Cary was so late for filming” that “the crew [was] asked to work extra hours to cover it.” And why was the True Detective and Beasts of No Nation director late, you ask? “He was playing on his PlayStation,” in fact!

While neither MGM nor Fukunaga have formally commented on The Sun‘s report, per se, the director did put up a photograph of manufacturing designer Mark Tildesley to his Instagram account. The picture was additionally accompanied by phrases praising the Bond 25 crew and a warning for Red Dead Redemption 2 gamers who may spoil the sport for Fukunaga, who hasn’t completed enjoying it but:

There’s not a minute on this job that isn’t scheduled, and even throughout a shoot day, within the hours earlier than name, between takes and setups, and after we wrap there’s all the time a line of devoted and onerous working division heads hungry to prep our subsequent sequences, nobody sleeps on this sort of job. So certain it’s onerous, but it surely’s nonetheless the very best job on the earth and I’d by no means disrespect the toughest working solid and crew. We’re all on this collectively. As for my PS4 relationship, if my RDR2 progress is any indication, it’s been stunted at 63% for months and if anybody spoils the tip for me earlier than I wrap on B25 I’m going to be pissed.

You can see Fukunaga’s Instagram put up under.