Sean Connery is 007. Bob Penn/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
Cary Fukunaga stated that Sean Connery's older James Bond version "basically" raped her.
Fukunaga referred to a scene from the 1965 Bond film, "Thunderball."
Connery's Bond is forced to take on the nurse in the scene.
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Director of James Bond's latest movie, Sean Connery has stated that Sean Connery's portrayal of the character "basically sexually assaults a woman" in an earlier film.
Cary Fukunaga, who directed the film "No Time to Die", made the claim in a profile for The Hollywood Reporter. He referred to a scene from 1965 Bond film "Thunderball" in which Bond meets Molly Peters as a nurse and forcibly kisses him when she refuses to accept his advances.
Connery's Bond later suggests to her that he won't reveal information about Peters that could threaten her job, if she snoozes with him. He says, "I suppose that my silence could have a cost."
Fukunaga spoke about the scene and said that it was either 'Thunderball or 'Goldfinger' in which Sean Connery's character rapes women. He's like "Yes, yes. Yes."
Fukunaga later added that a scene such as that "wouldn’t fly today".
Shirley Eaton and Sean Connery in "Goldfinger." MGM.
Barbara Broccoli (film producer) spoke about Bond's evolution. She has been involved in every Bond film, from 1995 to the latest. Fukunaga was the last Bond film. Thank goodness. Bond was created in 1952. The first film, "Dr No," came out in 1962.
She said, "He has a long past. The history of the past is very distinct from the present portrayal."
Sean Connery, who died last year at 90 years old, was the first actor to portray the role of 007 in film. He appeared in seven Bond films, his final appearance being in 1983's "Never Say Never Again."
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Cary Fukunaga's film "No Time to Die", which is also set to mark Daniel Craig's final Bond movie, is also being considered. Craig's replacement is yet to be announced. It has also not been reported if Fukunaga will direct another film in this series. The 44-year old director said that he had done his part to make 007 a reality with "No Time to Die".
He said that Bond cannot be changed overnight to become a different person. He said, "But you can change the world around Bond and the way he needs to function in it."
"No Time to Die," which debuted in UK cinemas on September 30, 2021, and in the USA on October 8, 2021.
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