Doug Liman felt insecure filming 'The Bourne Identity'

Filmmaker Doug Liman said he felt insecure when he was making "The Bourne Identity" as he thought it wouldn't be as good as "Mission: Impossible".

Liman, 52, directed the first installment of the Matt Damon franchise back in 2002 but as a big James Bond fan he was worried he was making a "poor man's spy movie", reported Contactmusic.

"I felt so insecure while I was making 'The Bourne Identity' that I was making a poor man's spy movie. There was someone of the set who had the 'Mission: Impossible' ring tone on his phone, and every time his phone rang it drove me nuts because I was afraid my movie was never going to be as good as 'Mission: Impossible'," he said.

"It was never going to be as good as James Bond. So it was really surreal afterwards to go and see the next James Bond film, and be like, 'Oh, I did make a James Bond film, because now the James Bond film looks like 'The Bourne Identity'."

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