Sam Mendes, the director, and I marched into Barbara and Michael’s office, sat at the family table and pitched the first scene between Bond and the villain, Raoul Silva.
Well, Sam and I boldly announced we wanted to do this pivotal scene as a homoerotic seduction.
(Think about Bond first meeting Dr. No or Goldfinger or Blofeld, all classic scenes in the franchise.)
But with the Broccoli/Wilson family at the helm, Bond is allowed to provoke, grow and be idiosyncratic.