‘s was ‘basically’ a rapist, the director of the latest 007 film has said.
director Cary Fukunaga is thought to have been referring to a scene in Thunderball.
In the 1965 film, Bond meets nurse Patricia Fearing, played by Molly Peters, who rejects his advances, pushing him away when he forcibly kisses her.
Troubling scene: Sean Connery’s James Bond was ‘basically’ a rapist, director of the latest 007 film said.Pictured: Bond with nurse Patricia, played by Molly Peters, in 1965 film Thunderball
Later she begs Bond not to tell her boss about something as she would lose her job. The spy replies: ‘Well, I suppose my silence could have a price.’
Miss Fearing backs away, saying: ‘You don’t mean… oh, no!’ But Bond says ‘oh, yes’, before pushing her into a steam room and taking off her clothes.He later romances Domino (Claudine Auger).
Mr Fukunaga told the Hollywood Reporter: ‘Is it Thunderball or Goldfinger where, like, basically Sean Connery’s character rapes a woman.
No Time To Die director Cary Fukunaga is thought to have been referring to a scene in Thunderball when he made the remarks about Sean Connery’s James Bond
‘She’s like “No, no, no,” and he’s like, “Yes, yes, yes.” That wouldn’t fly today.’
Mr Fukunaga is said to have sought to empower the female characters in No Time To Die and ‘give them equity’.
The film’s producer, Barbara Broccoli, 내추럴가든 said 007 has a ‘long history’.
In the 1965 film Thunderball, Bond (pictured in 1962) meets nurse Patricia, who rejects his advances, pushing him away when he forcibly kisses her and later takes off her clothes saying his ‘silence could have a price’
Pictured: Scene in a barn in 1964 film Goldfinger where Pussy Galore, played by Honor Blackman, rejects James Bond’s, played by Sean Connery, advances before he forces himself on her