Appear to interview James Bond's boss (4)
I believe the answer is:
seem
'appear' is the definition.
(I know that appear can be written as seem)
'interview james bond's boss' is the wordplay.
'interview' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'james bond's boss' becomes 'M' (M is the head of MI6 in the James Bond series).
'see'+'m'='SEEM'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for seem that I've seen before include "Appear, look" , "Come across as" , "Appear to the eye" , "Appear, give impression of being" .)