“I have now hung up my casting hat and have moved on to other film-related projects,” said McWilliams in an email to Screen. McWilliams made her decision to retire from casting prior to Amazon MGM Studios acquiring creative control of the James Bond franchise from longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, announced last week.
McWilliams has cast each of the last 13 James Bond films for Eon Productions, from 1981’s For Your Eyes Only (alongside Maude Spector), through to 2021’s No Time To Die.