Steven Spielberg kept pitching Bond, got turned down, and says producers told him: “You can’t afford me.”
After “Jaws” made Bond-scale ambitions feel plausible, Spielberg says Cubby Broccoli still shut the door.

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After “Jaws” made Bond-scale ambitions feel plausible, Spielberg says Cubby Broccoli still shut the door.
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