Timothy Dalton Laments Amazon’s “Sad” Deal To Take Creative Control Of James Bond
deadline.comTimothy Dalton has revealed he is “sad” at the prospect of James Bond falling into the hands of Amazon. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Dalton, who played 007 in The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, lamented the idea of a British icon being under the creative control of an American company. “It is one of the few wonderful stories we’ve got in film that is British.
The leading character is British. We can call it our own,” said the actor, who is on the promotion trail for 1923. Amazon MGM Studios’ $1B deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.
Wilson to seize the creative reins of Bond sent shockwaves through the industry last week. Dalton said Bond would miss Broccoli’s unique touch, which has seen her carefully marshal the brand and resist the temptation to turn Ian Fleming’s hero into “content” with endless spin-offs. “Barbara is one of the best women in the whole world.
I think she’s fantastic. Around a Bond movie, everyone’s got an opinion. That tends to make something less special, but if you keep it to people who know what they’re doing and know what they want, then it will sharpen up and be good.
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