Director Matthew Vaughn appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast where he talked about losing out on directing James Bond. He also discussed his upcoming Argylle spy movie.
BOND/CASINO ROYALE: Vaughn says he was contacted by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and was told he was getting the job of directing Casino Royale. “You’ve got the gig, don’t tell anyone,” the director quotes an MGM executive as saying.
According to this version, the MGM executive told Vaughn he was then to meet with Eon Productions “and they will tell you.” Vaughn said he went to that meeting and “I wasn’t offered it.” Vaughn says he contacted MGM and the reply he got was, “Ahh, we spoke too soon.”
The 2006 film was released by Sony through its Columbia Pictures brand.
“My skill set was making movies for a small amount of money,” Vaughn added. “I learned later that budget and schedule is totally irrelevant to these guys…It comes in at some ridiculous number and that’s that.”
The director said it was unlikely he’d ever be asked to direct a Bond movie by Eon.
“They’re not keen on me,” Vaughn said of Eon.
ARGYLLE: The spy movie is scheduled for release in February 2024. It concerns an author (Dallas Bryce Howard) who has written a series of Argylle spy novels, with Henry Cavill as the embodiment of the lead character.
The author finds herself being hunted by real spies because her stories have a way of happening in real life.
Vaughn has said Argylle is based on an unpublished novel. The director said next February’s movie is based on the fourth novel of the as-yet unpublished series. A trailer debuted late in September. Vaughn says on the podcast the trailer only uses footage from the first 28 minutes of the movie.
The YouTube version of the podcast is below. The Argylle comments begin at the 8:46 mark. The Bond comments start at the 23:01 mark.
Filed under: James Bond Films, The Other Spies | Tagged: Argylle, Casino Royale, Dallas Bryce Howard, Eon Productions, Henry Cavill, Matthew Vaughn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 5 Comments »
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