Cary Fukunaga denies his PlayStation habit has caused delays on 'Bond 25'

Cary Joji Fukunaga, the director of upcoming "Bond 25", has addressed reports that the film's crew is upset with him because his habit of playing PS4 has led to delays in the shoot. Fukunaga, who replaced Danny Boyle on the film last year, took to Instagram to set the record straight as he shared a picture of the film's production designer Mark Tildesley and referred to a discussion he had with him.

"Our Production Designer/Artful master of living for the day, Mark Tildesley— commented to me once that being a director must feel like dying of a thousand cuts, because of the constant stream of questions one must field. "There's not a minute on this job that isn't scheduled, and even during a shoot day, in the hours before call, between takes and setups, and after we wrap there's always a line of dedicated and hard working department heads hungry to prep our next sequences, no one sleeps on this kind of job. So sure it's hard, but it's still the best job in the world and I'd never disrespect the hardest working cast and crew," Fukunaga wrote.

The director also talked about his "PS4 relationship", saying his progress in the game "Red Dead Redemption 2" is stuck ever since he started working on "Bond 25". "If my RDR2 progress is any indication, it's been stunted at 63% for months and if anyone spoils the end for me before I wrap on 'B25' I'm going to be pissed," Fukunaga wrote. On Tuesday, The Sun had reported that a "mutiny has erupted on the set" of the film Fukunaga's behaviour. "There is real mutiny right now on the set. It's bad enough that Cary was so late for filming and held everyone up, but then for the crew to be asked to work extra hours to cover it was just the final straw," a source close to production told the outlet.

"They then set up a scene but the director failed to turn up for several hours because he was playing on his PlayStation," it added. The 41-year-old director, best known for shows such as "True Detective" and "Maniac", came aboard "Bond 25" after Boyle exited the film over "creative differences". The film, which will mark the fifth and last outing for Daniel Craig as James Bond, has a release date of April 8, 2020.