James Bond auditions use From Russia with Love scene

The title’s Bond. James Bond. And if you wish to play him, you higher nail the James Bond display screen take a look at, which includes acing a key scene from 1963’s From Russia with Love.

At a latest occasion on the British Movie Institute to commemorate the James Bond franchise’s sixtieth anniversary, producer Michael G. Wilson went into particulars concerning the casting course of and which scene is at all times used to gauge whether or not or not a possible James Bond has what it takes. “We at all times use the identical scene…and that’s the one in From Russia With Love, the place Bond comes again to his room after the assassination, and he begins taking off his shirt, goes into the room to wash. Then he hears one thing, takes his gun, goes in and the woman’s within the mattress.” And you’ve got now simply pictured Idris Elba performing that scene is a James Bond display screen take a look at… (right here’s a hyperlink to James Brolin performing that scene, and one with Sam Neill)

Wilson continued: “That was the take a look at we use. Anybody who can carry that scene off is correct for Bond. It’s robust to do.” Contemplating the scene has all of it–a shirtless Bond, an attractive lady (Tatiana Romanova on this case), a quip (“I feel my mouth is just too massive.”), and a second of embrace–it does appear a becoming selection for the audition course of. It’s not like they’re going to strap anyone into the Thunderball jetpack…

Michael G. Wilson got here onboard the James Bond franchise with 1979’s Moonraker. Yeah, in all probability a good suggestion not utilizing a scene from that film for the audition…

Along with Wilson, the sixtieth anniversary panel additionally featured frequent co-writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, casting director Debbie McWilliams, Rory Kinnear (M’s chief of employees Invoice Tanner), manufacturing designer Mark Tildesley, and and affiliate producer Gregg Wilson.

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