James Bond was pitched before 1962’s Dr. No was made, according to a new book.Lashana Lynch became the first woman in the long-running franchise to be given a 007 title in the last Bond outing, No Time To Die, but a woman hasn’t yet taken the titular lead singularly in the series.Now, in Nicholas Shakespeare’s upcoming biography of Bond author Ian Fleming, Ian Fleming: The Complete Man, it’s revealed that the idea of having a female Bond was first pitched over 60 years ago (via Variety).The book claims that producer Gregory Ratoff suggested the idea of casting five-time Oscar nominee Susan Hayward in a film adaptation of Fleming’s first Bond novel Casino Royale. In the book, Hayward writes (via IndieWire): “Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached [to play Bond].“Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward.
Frédéric Mitterrand Dies: Flamboyant, Controversial Former French Culture Minister With A Passion For Brad Pitt Was 76
22.03.2024 - 11:03 / deadline.com
Former French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand, who was a high-profile and sometimes controversial figure on France’s cultural scene, died on Thursday at the age of 76, his family announced.
Born in Paris in 1947 to a well-to-do family, Mitterrand was the nephew of President Fraņçois Mitterrand.
His many activities across half a century included teacher, arthouse cinema owner, cinema and culture commentator, TV presenter, producer and documentary-maker.
He first gained notoriety on France’s cultural scene as the owner of the bohemian arthouse cinema L’Olympic in Paris’ then down-at-heel 14th arrondissement.
After a brief time as a geography and history teacher, he acquired the theater in 1971 at the age of 22 with the help of a loan from the father of one of his former pupils.
It took on a folkloric status for its mixed clientele of locals, cinephiles, neighborhood hoodlums, drag queens and the occasional film star and auteur director of the time.
Over the course of the next 15 years, Mitterrand built a small arthouse circuit under the L’Olympic banner but lost the lot in 1986 due to financial mismanagement.
Mitterrand’s entry into exhibition sector had been spurred by a life-time fascination with cinema and a desire to make films himself.
He achieved the latter ambition in 1981 with first film From Somalia With Love (Lettres d’amour en Somalie), a hybrid work capturing Somalia with a voiceover of love letters written to a lost lover.
His other credits included the 1995 musical film Madame Butterfly, which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for U.S., as well as bio-docs devoted to Grace Kelly, Lana Turner and Christian Dior.
At the same time, Mitterrand was building a career as a cinema and culture TV
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