No Time to Die (2021)

The most recent installment in the James Bond series

Summary

-James Bond has left the service to retire in Jamaica. He's drawn back into active service when an old friend from the CIA, Felix Leiter, shows up, asking for assistance. It's regarding a dangerous new villain with access to dangerous new technology

Cast

-Daniel Craig: James Bond

-Ana de Armas: Paloma

-Lea Seydoux: Madeleine

-Rami Malek: Lyutsifer Safin

-Lashana Lynch: Nomi

-Ralph Fiennes: M

-Ben Whishaw: Q

-Naomie Harris: Moneypenny

-Rory Kinnear: Tanner

-Jeffrey Wright: Felix Leiter

-Billy Magnussen: Logan Ash

-Christoph Waltz: Blofeld

Did You Know?

-Daniel Craig said he would retire from the role of James Bond if he became too old to play the character. He said it was becoming harder to stay fit enough to play this role and more stunt doubles were used for action scenes

-The mask worn by Safin (Rami Malek) is a Japanese Noh mask. This led people to believe he was a new incarnation of the first Bond villain Dr. Julius No

-Daniel Craig had injured his ankle while filming in Jamaica in 2019. In a 2021 interview, he said that he had not injured his ankle, which required surgery, during the filming of an action sequence. He had actually injured his ankle by simply tripping over something and breaking his ankle. The media reported it as an injury while filming an action scene

-This is the fifth film in which Daniel Craig plays James Bond. His first film was 2006's Casino Royale. This would make Daniel Craig the longest running actor to play James Bond

-At the home in Jamaica where James Bond lives there is a writing desk. It's said to be a replica of the writing desk Ian Fleming used to write all of the James Bond novels. The real writing desk resides at GoldenEye, the home in Jamaica owned by Fleming

-Rami Malek had to wear a wig to hide his short hair during the photography for the movie as he was filming the fourth and final season of the TV series Mr. Robot

-One of the stunt drivers here is Jessica Hawkins, who was picked by stunt coordinator Lee Morrison. He hand picked Hawkins from the Formula 3 W series, which is exactly like Formula 1 racing only all the teams in the W series are women. She stated "It doesn't get any more exhilarating than being a stunt driver in a James Bond movie and it's an honor to be a part of this incredible movie driving the new Defender."

-The only major change to the Land Rover Defender in this film is a roll cage for safety

-Rami Malek's character's name Safin is of Arabic descent. It can also be spelled "Safeen". Actor Rami Malek was born in Egypt, which is an Arab country. He can even speak the language of Masri, which is Egyptian Arabic

-The two cats owned by Q are Hairless Egyptian Sphynx cats. This is the exact same breed of cat that was named Mr. Bigglesworth in the Austin Powers spoof series. The cat from the Austin Powers series is also spoofed on the cat that Blofeld owns, which was a blue eyed, white haired Chinchilla Turkish Angora Persian cat

-When this movie was released, Daniel Craig was 53 at the time, making him one of the older actors to play James Bond

-This was the first James Bond film to be released after the deaths of Sir Roger Moore, who died on 5/23/2017 and Sir Sean Connery, who died on 10/31/2020

-The first film in the James Bond series to feature two female characters in a lead role who are black. Naomie Harris and Lashana Lynch play Eve Moneypenny and Nomi

-The film was scheduled to premier in China in April 2020, but had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak

-The third film in the James Bond series to feature Ben Whishaw (Q), Ralph Fiennes (M), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter) and Naomie Harris (Eve Moneypenny)

-Out of all the actors to play James Bond, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig are the only actors seen driving an Aston Martin in the movies they appear in. The only film George Lazenby appeared in was On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

-This film features the first Double-O agent played by a black person. That person is Lashana Lynch, who plays Nomi. She is of African and Jamaican descent

-Cary Joji Fukunaga is the first director of Asian descent to direct a James Bond film. This film features a lot of references to Japanese culture, such as a Noh mask and a ceremonial costume

-This is the first film in the James Bond series to feature a black person playing both Felix Leiter and Moneypenny in the same movie