Ngaphambi kokufinyelela kwizikrini zefilimu yokugubha usuku lokuzalwa, i-franchise ephathelene neJames Bond ishiywe izinyanga ezimbalwa, futhi iziphambeko ezingaba ngubani ozoba yi-supershpin elandelayo, ngokwengeziwe. Kuze kube manje, uJames Norton, odume ngochungechunge lwe-TV lobugebengu BBC MCMAFIA, azobe evakashelwa.
Njengoba kwenzeka, umlingisi emathubeni akhe futhi uqinisekile futhi wakwazi ngisho nokubona isikhathi sokuqokwa ngesikhathi sokugujwa konyaka omusha nabangane. Imihlangano eminingi eyimfihlo echitha uNorton noMkhiqizi uBarchise BARBARA Broccoli futhi bakhuluma ngayo.
Cishe iminyaka emibili, abalandeli 'baba ngabasebenzi' babeqagela ukuthi ngubani ozoba yi-ejenti elandelayo 007 kuze kube yilapho inkampani yamafilimu e-Eon Products ibike bonke abavoti abasha, kufaka phakathi uRichard Madden no-Idris Elba. Futhi ku-Eva kwacaca ukuthi kwakunguNorton owayekade elungile, ngokusho kwabadali bochungechunge lwamafilimu mayelana neBond, umlingisi endimeni ebaluleke kangaka.
Kuliqiniso, akwaziwa ukuthi inkontileka isiphelile ngokusemthethweni. Futhi kunengqondo impela ukugcina lolu lwazi ngasese, ngoba luzothokozela kakhulu ukujabulisa abalandeli ngezindaba ngemuva kwefilimu ethi "Hhayi isikhathi sokufa" kuzokhonjiswa kumabhayisikobho. Kunelukuluku lokuthi kwesinye sezingxoxo zakamuva uJames wathi uyakuthanda ukunambitha i-martini eqinile - isiphuzo sebhondi enophawu, ngakho-ke kungaba uhlobo lwePhasika labo bonke abafundi abanaka bonke.
Khumbula, uDaniel Craig, owaba nethuba lokudlala i-ejenti eyimfihlo kumafilimu amahlanu, usekuqinisekisile ukuthi ushiya okuthunyelwe kwakhe. Induna ethi "Akusona isikhathi sokufa" ihlelelwe u-Ephreli 2.