Sam Mendes, the acclaimed director of Skyfall and Spectre, said on Saturday he will not direct the next James Bond film. Pierce Brosnan starred in four Bond films, while Timothy Dalton played the spy twice and George Lazenby once. Sir Roger Moore has played Bond the most times, in seven films between 1973 and 1985. Related: The name’s Elba, Idris Elba – and he must be James Bond“It’s not a democracy,” he said. Related: It's Bond, Jane Bond: Gillian Anderson throws hat into the ring to be next 007“It was an incredible adventure, I loved every second of it,” Mendes said at the Hay festival, of his five years working on Bond.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2016 20:29 UTC