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Longtime James Bond Casting Agent Quits After Amazon Buyout

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She said that looking at Amazon’s filmmaking history “does not fill me with any great enthusiasm.”

A member of the Tokyo International Film Festival juries, British casting director Debbie McWilliams speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on October 24, 2014. The Tokyo International Film Festival opened here through October 31.   AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO        (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)
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The James Bond franchise’s longtime casting director is quitting after a storied career working on 13 of the iconic films. Debbie McWilliams told ScreenDaily she was throwing in the towel just after the franchise rights were sold to Amazon—adding that the company’s filmmaking history “does not fill me with any...

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