If you’ve forgotten some of the details – and god knows it feels like a lifetime ago – let’s recap.
That’s his longest mission to date – not to mention the longest running time, at 2 hours 43 minutes. Indeed, he pursues the truth of her betrayal and the organisation she worked for through four subsequent films. Ironic, really, considering she chides Bond in their first conversation for treating women as “disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits”, that Bond proves unable to let go of her memory.
Her betrayal of James Bond in Craig’s debut, Casino Royale – and Bond’s doomed attempt to save her life – is what sets off his arc of redemptive vengeance that, 14 years later, has finally reached its climax. Vesper, played to perfection with beautiful duplicitousness by Eva Green, has been the real star of Craig’s tenure. Four films since we met her, we say goodbye to Vesper Lynd. In No Time To Die, the audience bids farewell to someone they’ve known and loved since 2006.
