"A Pretty Dumb Thing To Do": How Henry Cavill’s New Spy Movie Destroys A Major James Bond Element

Argylle director Matthew Vaughn explains how his new spy move with Henry Cavill seeks to upend the kinds of clichés made famous by James Bond and other espionage thrillers. Following the story of Bryce Dallas Howard’s reclusive novelist Elly Conway, Argylle sees Cavill assume the role of the fictional hero from Conway’s books, named Agent Argylle. In reality, however, Conway soon finds herself swept up in the actual world of espionage where the spies rarely look like the square-jawed, chiseled heroes of her imagination.