How you doin' Cary? I'm well, how are you? Really good, thanks.
So you're sort of standing there in the Jamaican sun
behind the monitor of a James Bond film.
You got Daniel Craig in a tuxedo nearby.
And, you know, I know Lea [Seadoux] and Lashana [Lynch] and Rami [Malek].
You're kind of hanging around in those moments.
But did you sort of think yourself, wow, this is incredible,
this is a fantastic experience?
Or do those thoughts and those kind of realizations kind of come a little later?
No, you definitely have them in the moment.
And then, like other thoughts, come crashing in,
like you have this much time to get this shot done or you have,
you know, an effect shot coming up, which, you know, is going to take up
two hours of your time as you're trying to get the drama done
before you move into those special effects speeds
or you're thinking about, you know, parts of the script that haven't
been finished yet that you're, you know, working on between setups.
Like I remember in Jamaica being on my laptop, just trying to work on
stuff between takes and setups, just constantly,
you know, filling up time with other responsibilities.
So I wouldn't say there was much
in the way of like paralyzing stress
as much as there was just a lot of work to get done.
Yeah, I whenever I see like a movie, let's say a film festival
and it's not released for six months, I've got this kind of horrible six months
where I was desperate.
Everyone around me to see it because I want to talk about it. Everyone.
How has it been for you waiting for this film to come out?
I guess you made it. You must have been so pumped.
And then it was a two year delay and then another delay.
Yeah. How is it being kind of
navigating your way around that and just the anticipation of waiting
to to share this and show it off to fans and friends and family? I think
I've benefited from people.
I think honoring and appreciating the secrecy of the projects.
And no one's ever tried to ask me what the story's about.
And maybe that's also
because they want to be that experience
themselves when they finally get to see it in the cinema.
But I've actually been able to put it out of my mind a lot.
And part of that's been due to working in the projects have been shooting a series
for the last eight months.
I was writing a lot during lock down and doing a commercial campaign.
So, you know, I was fairly busy onto other things,
I think. I think from my experiences on other films,
you've seen the film, you've experienced the film so much
and so intensely and especially on Bond in that compressed period of time.
I think we had a
16 week post schedule.
You know, worked through the holidays, worked through the weekends,
and then by the time you're done, you've seen the movie so many times,
there's a part of you just kind of like
wants to forget about it so you can experience in a new.
So you never tempted in that time period just to go back and tweak
one scene or anything? Well, we weren't allowed to.
It was like it was put away like pencils down.
You can't you can't touch anything. I mean, we were done to cut.
We don't score. We're done with picture Adobe everything.
Yeah, I find it.
And I think we're happy with it, too.
So there was no real it didn't really think the need to go back.
So it felt OK, you know.
And my final question just about Daniel Craig
and the kind of legacy he leaves behind his.
But you've had the pleasure
of directing him in this in his final outing as double 007.
And I mean, not only has he been a fantastic Bond,
but we saw that clip released
just last week where
he was going to get in quite teary thanking
all the cast and crew which is something we shouldn't take for granted.
I mean, a lot of actors don't do that, you know, and he's
he seems a very humble, fantastic leading man for the whole project.
How how was your experience shooting with him and how much would he
he be missed as 007.
I think could be enormously missed.
I mean, I think you can't underestimate
or you can't really overestimate the influence he has on the crew.
And when he showed up, you know, when we were in prep
and how the energy changed in the offices
and on the stages as you start coming around and people.
I think generally see him as Bond.
He's Daniel Craig the guy
But, you know, he's he's a different guy when he's there on Pinewood or on location
prepped for this role.
I remember that day, the last day of shooting very well,
because even I was surprised by the emotionality of experience.
And I think part of it is
was due to how hard we had all worked to get this this film done.
And and you never expect how quickly
the end of a shooting a long shoot, you know, arrives.
But when it does hit
and you realize this group who is together, this one group
will never be together again .
It's a very powerful experience.
Briliant thank you so much for your time today
and best of luck with the release of the film. All right. Thank you.