007-forfatteren Anthony Horowitz, der blandt andet har skrevet James Bond-bøgerne Forever and a Day, Trigger Mortis og With a Mind to Kill, kender Flemings superspion og mytologien omkring ham ud og ind.
Det betyder så sandelig ikke at han afgør hvordan karakteren behandles på det store lærred, men han har nu ret stærke meninger om særligt den behandling karakteren fik i Daniel Craigs sidste film som Bond, No Time to die.
I et nyligt interview med Radiotimes fortæller han nu, at han mener, producenterne hos Eon begik en fatal fejl ved at lade Bond dø i den seneste film No Time to Die.
"The last time we saw Bond he was poisoned and blown to smithereens - how will they get past the fact he is dead with a capital D? I think that was a mistake, because Bond is a legend. He belongs to everybody, he is eternal - except in that film. If I was asked tomorrow to write the script, I wouldn't be able to do it. Where would you start? You can't have him waking up in the shower and saying it was all a dream."
Nu plejer filmene at være rimelig "standalone", og i særdeleshed når tjansen overgår til en ny skuespiller, men mener du også at Bond er en karakter der ikke kan slås ihjel?