Sekuyisikhathi eside kunamahlebezi ngokuthi ngubani ozoba yindlalifa kuDaniel Craig emfanekisweni weJames Bond. Omunye wabavoti ubizwa ngokuthi uTom Hardy, futhi emasontweni ambalwa edlule kube nemininingwane yokuthi umlingisi esevele uneqhaza le-agent 007. UBarboana Barbara Broccoli waphawula ngayo Lokhu kuqagela. Ngokusho kwakhe, imininingwane etholakalayo ayihambelani namaqiniso:
Ngikusho kaninginingi ukuthi ngasikhathi sinye ungathola uthando kumuntu kuphela. Lapho "isikhathi 'sokufa' ekugcineni sizophuma, kufanele kube khona isikhathi esithile ngaphambi kokuba siphinde siphinde sibuyele esikhathini esizayo. Kepha okwamanje ngeke sicabange ngomunye umuntu ngaphandle kukaDaniel.
Ngaphansi kokukhiqizwa kweBroccoli nomlingani wayo uMichael J. Wilson Franchise "James Bond" wavuka futhi wazuza ama-vertices amasha. Kulokhu, kunesilingo sokuphinda ifomula esebenzayo, kepha uBroccoli waphawula ukuthi isibopho esisha besingafani nendlela agxiliswe ngayo kuCraig:
Iqhawe lethu lizophinde liphinde licabange, ngoba wonke umlingisi uletha okuthile kule ndima. Yile ndlela eyenza le franchise ijabulise kangaka futhi ijabule. Umlingiswa ukhula njalo. Lapho isikhathi sifika sicabanga ngakho, ngokuqinisekile sizokhetha umuntu ofanele.
Le broccoli ingeze ukuthi isibopho esilandelayo sasingaphenduka umnyama, kepha mayelana nokuvunywa yinkulumo yowesifazane kule ndima.