Daily Mail commits a big oops on No Time to Die

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The Daily Mail, one of the British tabloids that can’t enough of James Bond, committed a faux pas in a one of its stories about the filming of No Time to Die in Matera, Italy.

The writer of a caption for a photo misidentified Barbara Broccoli, the boss of Eon Productions, as “a female assistant” to actor Daniel Craig.

The gaffe was spotted by Phil Nobile Jr., editor of Fangoria magazine. Nobile took to Twitter. His post included a screen grab of the original version. The caption read: “Craig was joined by a female assistant as he relaxed between takes on Tuesday.”

Here’s the tweet that Nobile sent out:

Barbara Broccoli has been producing these films for two decades and was appointed an OBE from the Queen but go off, Daily Mail #NoTimeToDie #NoTimeToFactCheck pic.twitter.com/avFNAVprdA

— Phil Nobile Jr. (@PhilNobileJr) September 11, 2019

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Barbara Broccoli has been involved with the series going back to the 1970s. She told a Hollywood Reporter podcast in December 2017 that she captioned stills during production of The Spy Who Loved Me when she was in her teens. She received an onscreen credit in 1983’s Octopussy as “executive assistant.”

The Daily Mail caption was changed later in the day to read, “Craig was joined by Barbara Broccoli as he relaxed between takes on Tuesday.” Nevertheless, the original error enraged some fans. One example from the Thunderballs photo archive:

UPDATE > @MailOnline have corrected their blunder. It seems like they actually do give a toss. Too late though. The meme starts here… #Bond #JamesBond https://t.co/unSTdn7ANb pic.twitter.com/zrspZzECCW

— THUNDERBALLS™ (@Thunderballs007) September 11, 2019

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