James Bond 25: Is THIS the REAL REASON Danny Boyle quit Daniel Craig’s last 007 movie?

Since his departure as director last month, rumours from alleged insiders have been swirling as to why Boyle quit Bond 25.

But now an interview with Boyle given just five days before it was announced he was leaving the project may have revealed the definitive reason.

Speaking with Radio Times, the filmmaker said he’s always been a massive James Bond fan and it’s impossible for a “Bond aficionado” to direct a 007 film.

He said: “The books were everything to me when I was a kid. I read them multiple times.”

Boyle continued: “Like everyone else, I saw the films, but I’d already read the books so I had a different relationship with the characters.

“Although I think it’d be impossible for a Bond aficionado to write or direct a Bond film.

“You’d be hampered by how much you knew. They want you to bring a freshness to it.”

Of course it’s perfectly possible he quit Bond 25 for a number of reasons. After all “creative differences” plural were cited in the official statement from EON productions.

There seems to be a lot at stake for Craig when it comes to his fifth and final Bond movie.

The general consensus among Bond fans is that Craig’s Casino Royale and Skyfall were really terrific, while Quantum of Solace and Spectre were not quite the same standard.

And so with one more Bond film to go for Craig, it’s not surprising that it’s believed he wants go out with a bang.

James Bond 25 is set for release in October 2019, but could be delayed.