Los Angeles, Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron says he was once offered to direct a James Bond film but decided to turn it down because he was “intimidated by the idea of ​​doing it”.
Although Cuarón did not reveal which Bond film he was going to direct, he said he ultimately submitted to the project after a dinner with fellow filmmaker Joel Coen.
“A long time ago I was offered a ‘Bond’ movie. And I said, ‘Yeah, great. Maybe Bond. I’m going to do a movie.’ And then when the process started and I was going to shoot all the dialogue and things, there was a team doing all the action scenes. It felt so weird that I was nervous about the idea of ​​doing it,” the Mexican filmmaker said. Said during a session at the ongoing Marrakech Film Festival.
Cuaron, known for hits such as “Y Tu Mama También”, “Gravity”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and “Roma”, recalled seeking Coen’s advice on the Bond film.
“I had dinner with Joel Coen and I said, ‘Joel, what do you think about Bond?’ And he said, ‘Oh great, I enjoy Bond.’ I said, ‘Would you do a Bond film?’
According to the director, Coen replied: “It probably falls into the category of a movie I want to see but don’t.”
Cuaron then said that he had learned the lesson that “there are some movies I like to watch and don’t.”
The filmmaker also talked about directing “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” when he hadn’t even read the books written by JK Rowling on which the popular fantasy film franchise was based.
“I wrote ‘Children of Men’ which no one wanted to do. I was unemployed. I was going to have a child. This film was offered to me and I didn’t want to do it because I didn’t know anything about ‘Harry Potter’.
After reading the books he said to himself: “There is something good here! I will give it a try.”
And “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, the third film in the eight-part franchise, became the “ultimate” filmmaking experience.
He said, “I learned like crazy. It was a crash course in visual effects. It was a really enjoyable experience.”
Cuarón’s latest work is the Apple TV thriller series “Disclaimer”, starring Leela George, Cate Blanchett and Louis Partridge.
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