A recent interview with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh revealed that he pitched the idea of an almost “Bond multiverse” to producers where two actors would play James Bond in successive movies, set in different time periods with alternate history plotlines. Although I like the prospect of changing it up to such a degree, and even more so when it comes to a potential darker/rated R James Bond movie, I think a multiverse concept in practice would create more problems then they would solve.

In particular, having two actors play the same role at the relative same time would create an unnecessary and distracting “rivalry” factor that could only lead to negative comparisons between the two, essentially stunting either from fully developing their own James Bonds. From a logistical standpoint, I also would have trouble trusting that a proper, relatively fast cadence of movies could ever be satisfied, given the glacial pace at which modern Bond movies develop, and he wanted to try two at once?!

One actor, one movie for me please. But make it quick!