Phoebe Waller-Bridge Compared James Bond To ‘Killing Eve’

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge was employed to shine the script for Bond 25, turning into solely the second lady in historical past with a Bond writing credit score (the primary was Johanna Harwood, who co-wrote Dr. No and From Russia with Love). She doesn’t wish to make an enormous deal out of it, although. “A lot has been made of me coming on board because I’m a woman, and that’s wonderful. But also I can’t take credit for the movie that was written,” the Fleabag creator instructed the Hollywood Reporter, including, “It’s Cary’s movie,” referring to director Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Few particulars are recognized about Bond 25, which has been pushed again 3 times, however Waller-Bridge in contrast writing for 007 to super-assassin Villanelle on Killing Eve. “There’s something about James Bond that always intrigued me in a similar way that Villanelle did,” she stated. “They live a fantasy! But it’s a life none of us would ever want, if we’re honest. We don’t want to go put a bullet in someone’s head to sleep with people and have martinis. It’s a kind of fantasy nightmare.” A self-loathing and possibly very exhausted Bond? How relatable!

Waller-Bridge additionally revealed that she’s engaged on a feature-length movie, one which “she won’t take the project to market until it’s finished.” But she needs a theatrical launch — i.e. no Netflix — and though she wish to direct solely, “I blatantly will end up in it.” Maybe Waller-Bridge may be the subsequent 007?

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Bond 25 supposedly opens on April 8, 2020.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)