
'No Time to Die': Lashana Lynch Refused to Let Toxic Bond Fans Break Her Down While Filming I just knew I was auditioning for a Bond movie.” I didn’t know who she was going to be, what her name was, what she was representing, I didn’t know anything. “Because, the last two meetings, I had read sides from other Bond films, and I didn’t know what the hell was going on. “The last meeting that I had with Barbara Broccoli, Cary Fukunaga, and Daniel Craig was one of many questions,” Lynch said in a recent interview with IndieWire. What, she wondered, was so special about the MI6 agent that was going to be part Daniel Craig’s final outing as Bond?


For the rising star of such outings as “Captain Marvel” (playing the titular heroine’s best friend, a badass Air Force pilot) and “Still Star-Crossed” (a “Romeo & Juliet”-inspired TV series in which she played the complicated role of Rosaline), finding the unique elements of seemingly standard roles is her sweet spot. Actress Lashana Lynch didn’t exactly need convincing to sign on for a starring role in the much-hyped 25th installment of the James Bond franchise, “ No Time to Die,” she just wanted to know what the heck she was working with.
