November 20, 2020 Issue

Known for his tuxedos, shaken-not-stirred martinis, Aston Martin luxury motorcars and gadgets (courtesy of Q), the British secret agent—portrayed by six different actors on film, beginning with Sean Connery in 1962—has consistently foiled villains in adventures set in far-flung, exotic locales.

"My dream is that somebody right now is writing a Broadway show about this pandemic," Kristin Chenoweth, one of the stars of the new Robert Zemeckis movie "The Witches," told Newsweek.