Traffic,
Erin Brockovich, and dozens of other movies recently confirmed that he once came close to directing a
James Bond film. Read his quotes about that time and how he was able to channel some of his ideas for the world’s most famous spy into other projects.
I remember reading sometime around 2009 that Matt Damon mentioned a Steven Soderbergh Bond movie was in the works, but the director ultimately walked away because he didn’t have enough creative control over the situation. In the most recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh was asked if he was indeed approached “at least twice” to direct a Bond movie, and he confirmed that was true.