No Time to Die
The mission that changes everything begins…
No Time to Die (2021)
Production
Budget
$250 000 000
Revenue
$774 153 007
Director
Scenario
Robert Wade
Author
Composer
Producer
Actors
Daniel Craig
James Bond
Léa Seydoux
Madeleine
Rami Malek
Lyutsifer Safin
Lashana Lynch
Nomi
Naomie Harris
Moneypenny
Rory Kinnear
Tanner
Short description
No Time to Die finds James Bond retired from active service and living quietly in Jamaica. That quiet ends when his old CIA friend Felix Leiter asks for his help: a scientist has been kidnapped, and the rescue mission proves far more dangerous than anyone expected. The trail leads Bond to a mysterious adversary who commands dangerous new technology.
Daniel Craig plays Bond for the fifth time, with Léa Seydoux returning as Madeleine, Rami Malek as Lyutsifer Safin, Lashana Lynch as Nomi, Ralph Fiennes as M and Ben Whishaw as Q, in a credited cast of 64 and crew of 158. Cary Joji Fukunaga directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade; Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson produced. It was Fukunaga's fourth feature, after Sin Nombre, Jane Eyre and Beasts of No Nation. It runs 163 minutes.
Released in September 2021, the film cost about 250 million dollars and took roughly 774 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.3/10 from 485,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.3/10 from 7,391 votes. A critics' rating of 7.4/10 from 430 reviews places professional opinion close to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film in the franchise. The previous record was held by Sam Mendes' "007: SPECTRE."
- In January 2021, the film's sponsors demanded reshoots of some scenes, guided by product placement considerations (this is a form of hidden advertising, where viewers see not advertising, but well-chosen props). Some products shown on screen had become outdated due to the film's 18-month release delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For example, the Nokia smartphone featured in the advertisement (in the scene with Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch) had become significantly outdated during the delay (smartphones generally age quite quickly, due to the speed at which new models appear on the market). On the poster, the outdated smartphone model was replaced with the latest one (this was done using computer technology), but the original model remained in the film.
- The role of the Russian scientist Obruchev, played by David Dencik, was originally intended to be less significant, but director Cary Joji Fukunaga was so impressed with Dencik's performance that the role was expanded and every effort was made to increase the character's screen time.
- Director Cary Joji Fukunaga wanted to film a stunt with bicycles in the Italian city of Matera. Stunt coordinator Lee Morrison developed a bicycle jump over a wall. It was performed by Paul Edmondson—he rode a bicycle up a ramp at a speed of approximately 37 km/h, flew over the wall, and landed safely.
- Ana de Armas (who played Paloma) worried that she would perform poorly in the action scenes because she was given only three weeks to prepare for them, and she told director Cary Joji Fukunaga this so often that he instructed her to repeat the same phrase in the film during a conversation with Bond, played by Daniel Craig. As a result, the phrase remained in the film.
- It is claimed that Daniel Craig, who played agent 007 James Bond, personally insisted on Ana de Armas being cast as Paloma. Craig and de Armas had previously worked together with Ryan Johnson on the detective comedy "Knives Out" (2019), which was released approximately four months before the originally scheduled release date of the action film "No Time to Die".
- Eight examples of the classic grey Aston Martin DB5 car, used by James Bond, were specifically developed and created for the stunts in the film.
- Christoph Waltz was once again cast as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the villain and long-standing enemy of James Bond. Waltz's return to the role of Blofeld was intended as a surprise for fans of the Bond franchise, but the actor was spotted on set and reportedly even told a random passerby who noticed him: "You didn't see me here." Once the news spread, Waltz's involvement in the film became part of the promotional campaign, and the character he played appeared in the film's trailers.
- It is claimed that during the filming of complex scenes in this film, Daniel Craig relied mainly on stunt doubles and stunt performers. This happened due to the actor's age and an injury he sustained while filming Sam Mendes' action movie "Spectre" (2015), the twenty-fourth film in the Bond series.
- This is the eighth Bond film shot in Italy – this time, filming took place in the city of Matera. Previous films: 'From Russia with Love' (Terence Young, 1963) was filmed in Venice; 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (Lewis Gilbert, 1977) was filmed in Sardinia; 'Moonraker' (Lewis Gilbert, 1979) was also filmed in Venice; 'For Your Eyes Only' (John Glen, 1981) was filmed in Cortina d'Ampezzo; 'Casino Royale' (Martin Campbell, 2006) was filmed in Venice and on Lake Como; 'Quantum of Solace' (Marc Forster, 2008) was filmed in Siena and Talamone; and 'SPECTRE' (Sam Mendes, 2015) was filmed in Rome.
- Rami Malek almost didn't get the role of Safin because his representatives weren't responding to calls from the future film's producers. Debbie McWilliams, who was in charge of casting, met with Malek at a preview of Brian Singer's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018) – where Malek played the role of frontman Freddie Mercury – and arranged for him to come to auditions. The actor agreed on the condition that the villain he was to play wouldn't be too stereotypical.
- This is the first film in the franchise shot with an IMAX camera. Previous James Bond films shown in IMAX theaters had to be converted to the required format.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
