The voice of 007 First Light's Greenway thinks players should watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service after finishing the game — 'Until Daniel Craig, it was a unique telling of a Bond adventure' | Tech Radar
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The voice of 007 First Light's Greenway thinks players should watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service after finishing the game — 'Until Daniel Craig, it was a unique telling of a Bond adventure'
No Time to Die? Skyfall? Here's what the 007 First Light cast thinks you should watch
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The 007 First Light cast have shared their Bond movie recommendations
Lennie James picked On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and thinks George Lazenby "nailed Bond"
Priyanga Burford thinks players should watch Skyfall after finishing the game because "You get the beginning and the beginning of the end"
The cast of 007 First Light has shared their personal picks for which Bond movies players should watch as a companion to the game.
In an interview with Tech Radar Gaming at an event adjacent to Summer Game Fest 2026, where actors Alastair Mackenzie, Priyanga Burford, Lennie James, and Noémie Nakai, along with game director Martin Emborg, discussed IO Interactive's newest release, they were asked to recommend what Bond movies they'd recommend to players to watch before, after, or alongside First Light.
"That's kind of like saying, what's your favorite Bond movie, isn't it?" joked Q actor Mackenzie, before James, who plays John Greenway, decided on the 1969 flick starring George Lazenby, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
"It's old school, but weirdly, even though he only did it once, I think Lazenby nailed Bond in that, until Daniel [Craig], actually, it was a unique telling of a Bond adventure."
Burford, the actress behind M, went with Skyfall, one of the most popular films in Craig's 007 series.
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"I'm going to go really obvious and say play the game, and then watch Skyfall. You get the beginning and the beginning of the end," she said.
Emborg agreed with Burford's recommendation, but said, "There's something really interesting in watching No Time to Die, and then playing this game."
"I really like the contrast of [what] he says in Skyfall: 'Well, everyone needs a hobby. Well, what's yours? Resurrection.' And so there's something meeting Bond at the very end, and then seeing him step out of the ocean, a young man. I think there's something quite moving."
Mackenzie added that he "loved every Bond movie" growing up, "even the ones that we look back on now, say they aren't great." However, he loves The Man with the Golden Gun for its locations.
"All of that kind of affected my entire life, really," he said. "I'm thinking, I sort of identify that as being paradise."
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Emborg continued, saying it's a difficult question because there are 25 movies and compared it to deciding one's favorite type of music or deciding how you feel depending on the occasion.
"It is really like, what do you feel like today? It's like, what's your favorite type of music? It's like that depends. Did I just break up with someone? That's going to change it."
007 First Light is now available on Play Station 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC. A Nintendo Switch 2 version will launch later this year.
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