A hint in Skyfall that James Bond may have had a gay experience in the past was almost cut from the 2012 film, according to the franchise’s producer Barbara Broccoli.
Reflecting on the scene in new Apple TV+ documentary Being James Bond, Broccoli said: “I remember we were told to cut that line by the studio and we said, ‘No, no, no.’
The scene in question saw Daniel Craig’s 007 taken hostage by the movie’s villain, Raoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem.
Silva caresses Bond’s chest and thigh while the hero is bound to a chair, and says: “You’re trying to remember your training now.