The upcoming James Bond film has suffered a series of unfortunate events: delays, disruption, injuries, explosions and now cast availability issues.
According to a new report, Rami Malek, who set to play the franchise's worst villain yet, will have already commenced a new project that clashes with Bond 25 now that the shooting days have been pushed back.
The latest setback comes a week after an explosion at Pinewood Studios left a crew member injured when a controlled explosion stunt backfired.
At the time, a Bond spokesman confirmed that ‘damage was caused to the exterior of the 007 stage’ and that one crew member outside 'sustained a minor injury'.
During the filming of a controlled explosion on the set of Bond 25 today at Pinewood Studios, damage was caused to the exterior of the 007 Stage. There were no injuries on set, however one crew member outside the stage has sustained a minor injury. pic.twitter.com/8O9tOgwMYK
— James Bond (@007) June 4, 2019
However, it's star Daniel Craig's injury that has apparently had a knock-on effect on Malek's schedule after production was temporarily suspended back in May while Daniel recovers surgery on his ankle for an injury sustained on set.
"They still need to find a time for Daniel and Rami to film together,’ a source told The Sun. "You can’t have a Bond film where 007 doesn’t come face to face with the villain so it’s a complete nightmare logistically."
"They are looking at the whole schedule again now and doing everything they can to make it work, but production is going to have to over-run even further now."
The film has already been delayed a year after director Danny Boyle dropped out months before production was set to begin. Rami will play Bond’s worst nightmare in the new film.