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Pledging to retire from the movie-making business at 60, Quentin Tarantino takes pride in his decades of work in the entertainment industry. Often working on original scripts, except for the time when he directed the adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novelRum Punch,Tarantino has been an obsessive cinephile.
However, despite his list of successful movies, the director couldn’t help but ponder about the time he was rejected by James Bond producers. Recalling his failed attempt at putting a personal spin onCasino Royaleway ahead of Daniel Craig’s adaptation came up, Quentin Tarantino discussed the rejection he faced.
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Quentin Tarantino Wanted His Version Of Casino Royale
Known for working on authentic stories,Quentin Tarantinohas been quite proud of his projects. From being a renowned director to an obsessive cinephile, Tarantino has experimented with some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Grabbing the opportunity to work with his favorite character, the 60-year-old is also quite famous for adding a hint of Tarantino-esque spin to his films.
Creating engaging movies that are compelling to watch, Quentin Tarantino was rumored to be getting into the 007 business of directingJames Bondmovies. Sitting for an interview withDeadline, the 60-year-old thus discussed his passion for theJames Bondprojects. Having his eye, particularly onCasino Royale, Tarantino mentioned how he wanted to add a personal spin to the story years beforeDaniel Craig‘s adaptation came out. Tarantino stated,
“We reached out to the Ian Fleming people, and they had suggested that they still own the rights to Casino Royale. And that’s what I wanted to do after Pulp Fiction was do my version of Casino Royale, and it would’ve taken place in the ’60s and wasn’t about a series of Bond movies.”
But unfortunately, EON Productions never held the rights to the novel. It was Barbara Broccoli who had figured out three years back, that someday somebody might try to adapt the novel. So “they just made a blanket deal with the Fleming estate” which forced writers and directors like Tarantino to present their ideas and reach out to the Broccolis.
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Quentin Tarantino Was Rejected By James Bond Producers
Frustrated with the whole idea of owning creative rights toCasino Royale, Quentin Tarantino mentioned how Barbara Broccoli stopped “somebody from being a wise guy and trying to do what [he] did”. Expressing his outrage, Tarantino mentioned,
“Like every short story, every travel book. If I want to make a movie of Thrilling Cities, I need to go to the Broccolis.”
Losing his chance of adding a spin toCasino Royale, the 60-year-old director shared withDeadlineabout how he was later rejected by theJames Bondproducers.
“I was always told very flattering versions of like, ‘Look, we love Quentin, but we make a certain kind of movies, and unless we fck it up, we make a billion dollars every time we make that type of movie, OK? We don’t want him to do it. Doesn’t matter that it will still do good. It could fck up our billion-dollar thing’.”
Although Quentin Tarantino wanted to do a faithful adaptation of the novel, castingPierce Brosnanand possibly Uma Thurman, his hopes were dashed. Brosnan eventually dropped from the 007 role and Tarantino’s pitch was rejected by the producers. However, Casino Royale proved to be the next adventure and kicked off Daniel Craig’s career as a Bond movie star.
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Source:Deadline
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