The era-defining rapper and producer spent a decade making his first feature film, The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light, almost entirely by himself. He discusses creativity, avoiding musical nostalgia – and why he loves the National Trust
In Dr No, there’s a casino scene featuring Sean Connery as Bond. He’s playing chemin de fer, against the icily beautiful Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson). Bond is the bank, cool in a penguin suit, and, when Sylvia asks his name, he replies – of course he does: “Bond. James Bond.” Now, we all expect him to do it, but in 1962, when Dr No was released, it was the first time Connery ever spoke those words on screen.
And Connery said them right here, at Les Ambassadeurs casino, off glitzy Park Lane in London. “Yeah, just through those doors,” says Mike Skinner, AKA the Streets, rapper, musician, writer, producer and now, film director. “Bond, James Bond.”
