Steven Spielberg says he was dying to make a Bond movie:

The Oscar winning director says he tried his best to helm a Bond movie but was denied the chance

When two giants of the screen sit and talk, the conversation can be anything but mundane and regular. And yesterday, when the Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg was joined on stage byAmitabh Bachchan, it was nothing short of spectacular, and one that movie buffs would cherish for a long time!

What was interesting was that during the chat, Amitabh Bachchan in his deep baritone voice casually asked Spielberg whether he ever wanted to make a James Bond movie. As if Big B had read his mind, Steven Spielberg agreed that after directing Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he had approached the producers of the Bond movie asking them to give him a chance to direct the film. Later, he narrated how he had a tough time even convincing them to let him borrow the iconic James Bond tune that he wanted to use in one of his movies.