Yet it was the connection between the two women in Bond’s life which intrigued Craig. That previous 007 movie ended with Bond seeming to retire and driving off into the sunset with Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann. “I felt like there was a story that we needed to finish off,” Craig says about why he decided to come back after initially thinking 2015’s Spectre might be his swan song. That connection even ultimately gave the actor a reason to return for one more movie after it seemed like 2015’s Spectre might be his last.
And yet, she’s lingered on as both a tragic memory from Bond’s past, and as a creative wellspring for Craig’s understanding of a character he’s revisited time and again, including in this week’s No Time to Die-his final appearance in the tuxedo.Īs Daniel Craig tells Den of Geek when we sit down with him over the weekend, Bond’s ill-fated romance with Vesper, and her betrayal, has served in a way to link all five films together. The doomed and beloved character, so memorably portrayed by Eva Green in Casino Royale (2006), only appeared in Craig’s first outing as 007.
For James Bond, or Daniel Craig’s version of him anyway, it all begins and ends with Vesper Lynd.
