Screen Rant

  • Steven Soderbergh walked away from directing James Bond not once but twice. 1 / 8

  • Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh elaborated on what happened. 2 / 8

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  • " I love that world. I think we were at odds about some important things." 3 / 8

  • "We had some great conversations, and it was fun to think about..." 4 / 8

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  • ...But we just couldn't do it. We just couldn't figure it out." 5 / 8

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  • Host Josh Horowitz then asked what Soderbergh's Bond film would have been like. 6 / 8

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  • "I would say that there are things in Haywire, in terms of character approach... 7 / 8

  • ...That's a hint at the kind of attitude that I was looking for." 8 / 8

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