#Why The Shocking Ending Of No Time To Die Divided Audiences

According to the interview with Variety, the ending of “No Time To Die” has been part of the plan from the very beginning. Daniel Craig’s plan, that is. When the producers were asked about the shocking ending, Daniel Craig took over and shared a story that revealed Craig himself was the reason for the ending that shocked the globe:

“I’m going to tell a story here, whether or not anybody remembers it or agrees with it. But it was 2006. Barbara and I were sitting in the back of a car driving away from the Berlin premiere of ‘Casino Royale.’ Everything was going well. People liked the movie. And it looked like I was gonna get a chance to make at least another movie. I said to Barbara, ‘How many of these movies do I have to make?’ Because I don’t really look at contracts or any of those things. And she said, ‘Four,’ and I went, ‘Oh, okay. Can I kill him off in the last one?’And she didn’t pause. She said, ‘Yes.’ So I struck a deal with her back then and said, ‘That’s the way I’d like it to go.’ It’s the only way I could see for myself to end it all and to make it like that was my tenure, someone else could come and take over. She stuck to her guns.”

That’s right, friends — James Bond died because Daniel Craig said so. Producer Barbara Broccoli followed Craig’s lead and joked, “And I had to go and tell Michael [Wilson] and we waited to tell the studio!” She continued, “We wanted to get rid of him. That was the reality. It was like, make sure that this was the way that we get rid of Daniel.”