Sam Mendes Says Spectre Will be His Final James Bond Film
For film director Sam Mendes, making two James Bond films is apparently enough for him. The James Bond filmmaker confirmed in an interview with BBC that Spectre will be his last one most likely.
“I said no to the last one and then ended up doing it, and was pilloried by all my friends,” Mendes, who also helmed “Skyfall,” said. “But I do think this is probably it. I don’t think I could go down that road again. You do have to put everything else on hold.”
“It feels almost, even though we’ve just finished shooting it, like one big experience and it was a fantastic life-changing thing,” he added. Still, because the films are “pretty much all encompassing,” with the two he’s done taking a total of five years to make, he doesn’t think he’d go back. He continued, “It really is more a lifestyle choice than a job.”
You honestly can’t blame him for wanting to part. If Spectre is successful (and it’s looking that way), he’ll have made two incredibly successful James Bond films. Very few can say they did that.
Spectre comes out October 26th.