Phoebe Waller-Bridge says she wasn't hired for James Bond film!

Irish screenwriter Johanna Harwood had served as writer on two Sean Connery-led James Bond movies — Dr No (1962) and From Russia With Love (1963).

Waller-Bridge said she was not approached to help the makers with the portrayal of the film's "ladies". "The reality was that I got a call from [producer] Barbara [Broccoli] and Daniel [Craig] saying, 'We like your work, can you come in and help us?' There wasn't ever a conversation about [whether I could] help with 'the ladies'. They are proper, amazing producers, writers and actors, and suddenly they are reduced to those people? They said, 'It will be your take. Can you come aboard and help us polish the script?' The characters were there, the story was there, it was just really exciting to be part of it. There was a bunch of writers. I was a small contribution to this thing," she added.

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