James Bond – Timothy Dalton’s ‘slanging match’ on ‘robust’ Licence to Kill shoot

Long earlier than Daniel Craig launched the world to his gritty tackle James Bond, Timothy Dalton and already performed it throughout his temporary period within the late Cold War interval.

Following on from Roger Moore’s seven camp outings as 007, the Welsh star’s tackle the function in 1987’s The Living Daylights went again to the spy character as Ian Fleming created him for the books.

Dalton solely performed Bond as soon as extra in 1989, within the months earlier than the autumn of the Berlin Wall.

The closest the 007 franchise has been to an all-out American motion film, Licence To Kill – which is on ITV this afternoon – noticed Bond go rogue as M stripped him of his, you guessed it, licence to kill.

The film was directed by John Glen who helmed each Bond film of the Nineteen Eighties, which included Moore’s final three. During a earlier interview with Empire, the filmmaker was requested how he handled a 007 star in a foul temper, admitting he as soon as had an enormous confrontation on the set of Licence to Kill with Dalton.

Glen shared: “On one occasion…towards the end of Licence To Kill, which was a very tough shoot, I had a broken toe, and I was in quite a bit of pain. Tim and I had a bit of a slanging match, but he was very professional, he got over it.”

Take this with a pinch of salt, nevertheless it’s rumoured the spat was over if Dalton’s Bond ought to have his fingers in his pockets or not as a former Commander within the Royal Navy, since 007 was maybe a bit extra relaxed in character than the stiff higher lip expectations of his time within the forces.

As the director talked about, stress was excessive on set since he’d had a tough time pulling off all of the motion items and stunts, particularly because the Bond movie budgets hadn’t massively elevated for the previous couple of 007 motion pictures.

Glen mentioned of the hairiest day on the film: “On Licence To Kill, some of that truck stuff was a bit hairy. You remember the big truck goes up on all ten wheels? [Stunt coordinator] Remy Julienne said: ‘I’ve got a fantastic driver.’ But the driver met a girl on the plane and didn’t turn up. He turned up the next day and did it in one take.”

To add to the difficulties, Licence to Kill was the least profitable 007 film within the US, although Glen thought-about it his finest.