Continuing The Legacy of James Bond On The Set Of ‘No Time to Die’

London has a regal heir to it. Though it’s wholly modern, the 2000-year-old city’s architecture and cobblestone streets are a dazzling reminder of its history. They stand elegant and proud — relics of a past time, demanding that we exist without disturbing the archives of the biggest city in Western Europe. The timelessness of London also lives within one of its most beloved fictional characters— James Bond.

James Bond was brought to life by novelist Ian Fleming, who dreamed up the British secret agent on the beaches of Ocho Rios, Jamaica, back in 1953. Now, almost seventy years later, we’re still embracing the character, currently portrayed on film by the debonair and brilliant, Daniel Craig.

For the British actor’s fifth and final turn as the MI6 agent in No Time to Die, we’ll find Bond in a very different place than we’ve ever seen him before — physically and emotionally. Set some time after the capture of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Spectre, Bond has left the MI6. He’s restlessly settled into retirement when he’s approached by the CIA’s Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) to aid in the search and rescue of a missing scientist. What unfolds next is unlike anything Bond has ever encountered.

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No Time To Die Set Visit Report: Lashana Lynch & Ana de Armas Are Taking ‘Bond Women’ To New Heights

Nearly 60 years after Sean Connery brought James Bond to the big screen — Daniel Craig is taking his final turn as the 007 agent, in his fifth and final film, No Time to Die. The BAFTA-Award nominee has brought an emotional depth to the beloved character that we haven’t seen before previously. Though his successor has not yet been revealed — No Time to Die hints at a new direction of the James Bond franchise through two of the film’s leading women.

The 25th Bond film opens with the retired 007 agent living in Jamaica. However, when his old friend, CIA’s Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), summons him to go on a quest for a missing scientist in Cuba, he encounters two women. Ana de Armas’ Paloma, a CIA agent, tasked with assisting Bond on his mission, and Lashana Lynch’s Nomi — a mysterious woman who turns out to be a 00 agent.

Late last year, on a rainy day at Pinewood Studios just outside of London, BlackFilm.com sat down to speak with de Armas and Lynch on the No Time to Die set. We talked about the secrecy surrounding their characters, continuing the Bond franchise, bringing their diverse backgrounds to the story, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s imprint on the narrative.

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