Nicolas Winding Refn
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Here’s a bonkers idea for you. I imagine Refn – the director behind Drive, Bronson, and the Pusher trilogy – making an incredibly violent, brutal Bond film, perhaps one where 007 is actually killed in the line of duty (this would, hypothetically, have to be Craig’s last film). Refn is a great, fascinating filmmaker, one whose technical and stylistic prowess knows few equals, and while I am not necessarily confident that his style would be great for Bond – possibly the opposite, actually – it would be a very bold, extremely fascinating decision. If Eon ever wants to push Bond back in a depressingly dark, ruthless direction – and I don’t quite know why they would – Refn would be an excellent pick.
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