James Bond’s gay hint was almost cut from Skyfall, says producer

Nobody called Skyfall woke over this! Maybe NTtD will also have something.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/08/james-bonds-gay-hint-was-almost-cut-from-skyfall-says-producer

Barbara Broccoli, the longtime producer of the 007 franchise, said she fought back against moves to scrap a scene where Daniel Craig’s Bond has a charged encounter with the movie’s villain, Raoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem.

Bond, bound to a chair by henchmen, is caressed by Silva who touches his chest and thigh, adding: “You’re trying to remember your training now. What’s the regulation to cover this? Well, first time for everything I guess.”

An unfazed Bond replies: “What makes you think this is my first time?”

The significance of the scene was widely debated at the time – screenwriter John Logan said it was “playing the sort of homoerotic card that is sort of always there [in Bond films]” – but according to Broccoli it almost didn’t make the final version, a global smash that made $1.1bn (£800m) at the box office and rebooted the franchise.