Born in Germany and raised in Switzerland, Forster was the first Bond director not to come from the British Commonwealth of Nations, although he noted Bond's mother is Swiss, making him somewhat appropriate to handle the British icon.
Rođen u Njemačkoj i odrastao u Švicarskoj, Forster je bio prvi Bond redatelj koji nije došao iz Britanske zajednice naroda, iako je istaknuo kako je Bondova majka Švicarka, što ga donekle čini adekvatnim za bavljenje britanskom ikonom.