“James Bond” rejected this singer and felt hurt: Ed Sheeran frustrated by the franchise

Long before the release of actor Daniel Craig’s latest film as Agent 007, “No Time to Die”, it was speculated that the singer Ed Sheeran would be the one to bring the main theme of the film, however, it was not so and, finally, the theme that was very successful was played by Billie Eilish, which generated great confusion both in fans of the action franchise, and in those of the artist himself.

Finally, and much later, there is a real answer to what happened to the song that Ed Sheeran would sing and it is confirmed that the rumors were true, he had already agreed to sing it but things ultimately failed and it was not for the one who, on the contrary, he felt hurt when he was rejected by “James Bond” and it is he who confesses it.

The author of ‘Thinking aloud‘, she recently explained what happened to her relationship with’ James Bond ‘. When the rumors started, he was writing the main theme of the James Bond film, which, it is worth explaining, has had many changes, delays and setbacks as it was a project developed in the midst of a severe pandemic that resulted in a crisis in the film and entertainment industry in general.

The subject was already in development when, to the surprise of Edoardo Cristoforothe decision changed drastically, precisely with the movement of directors and screenwriters and everything fell apart. Sheeran was rejected by the franchiseand not for lack of talent or problems that have triggered, but with all the changes made they had also excluded him from the film, which was not easy for him.

They changed the directors and then they changed the writers and that’s it. We had all the meetings, I had started writing it, “the singer told the podcast That Peter Crouch.

Ed Sheeran is open to joining “James Bond” in the future

when the ‘James Bond’ theme was cast in Billie Eilish’s interpretation With ‘No time to Die’, the singer felt hurt at being replaced by his colleague, claiming it frustrated him but continued his career and still hopes to be the performer of one of the songs from the Agent 007 franchise. in the future.

I won’t pretend it wasn’t bad not to, but yes, it would. ”

The theme sung by Eilish is not the same as Sheeran would sing, each one has developed a different song. With ‘There is no time to dieBillie became the youngest singer to write a theme for the saga, the theme was so furious during its release that it earned her the 2022 Oscar for Best Original Song, as well as a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. .

Although Ed Sheeran has until now been unable to release a theme for this action franchise that in quotes rejected it, in the future he may join artists who have written movie songs for cinema’s most famous agent like Chris. Cornell (You Know My Name for Casino Royale), Adele (Skyfall), Jack White and Alicia Keys (Another Way to Die for Quantum of Solace) and Sam Smith (Writing’s on the Wall for Specter).

‘there is no time to die’was a production of Eon Productionsstarring Daniel Craig as the protagonist of the fifth film, the same one that signifies his retirement as 007, and it was released in October 2021 after starting its development in 2016 and became one of the best films on the pandemic in a difficult season for cinema .