It’s no secret that Daniel Craig He was fed up with playing Agent 007. Without thinking twice, he already made it public and notorious. with some explosive statements in an interview for Total Filmon the occasion of the imminent premiere of Specter in 2015, ensuring that “he would cut his wrists” rather than get back into the shoes of the most famous secret agent in the world. Later, the actor would soften his words a little more by clarifying that, at that moment, at least for a year or two “I preferred not to think about it”.
Fortunately, for fans, Craig would repeat for the last time in the franchise with No time to die released in October 2021 and with which he also finally achieved his long-awaited desire to get away from James Bond. However, it will be the role for which he will always be cited and remembered, which is why it is common for him to continue being asked about 007 in interviews. One of them in Varietytaking advantage of the premiere of queer of Luca Guadagninoset in Mexico City in the 1950s and in which he plays an expatriate and homosexual American. And, together with his co-star Drew Starkeywas also subjected to a quick game of questions in which those corresponding to Bond could not be missing.
They were both asked how many Bond films Craig had made. “I’m going to be wrong. I don’t know, I haven’t counted them” Craig outlined in his response. And to get out of the bad situation Starkey gave him a hand by responding with a “too many”. An occurrence to the taste of the British actor that even made him laugh and corroborate it with a “Exact!”and finally later, between thinking and breathing, he also came up with the answer: “one, two, three… five”.
However, the climax would come with the next question, that of Who would he pass the Bond baton to? and in which Craig’s boredom with the character was evident with just three words: “I don’t mind”. All of this can be seen and heard from minute 4 and 5 seconds of the following video.
His first feature film as Bond was in 2006, when he was 38 years old, with Casino Royale and before, the announcement of his election received quite a bit of criticism, calling him too old, also too tough for the character, or even for being blonde. Then they would follow Quantum of Solace in 2008, skyfall in 2012, Specter and No time to die receiving many praises and positioning himself as the best Bond or one of the best in the saga for quite a few fans and movie buffs.
For the rest, the truth is that Daniel Craig seems very happy in his post-Bond stage. Dave Bautistawith whom he coincided in the filming of Specter and also in the sequel to Daggers in the backin which he played the sagacious detective Benoit Blanc, came to assure Entertainment Weekley that “he really had a hard time in Bond (…) you could feel that he was under a lot of pressure. He didn’t seem like the happiest person in Bond, but in ‘Glass Onion’ he was the complete opposite. Very cheerful, always smiling and happy, and interacting a lot more”.
And regarding his role in queerit is even predicted that it could lead to his first nomination at the Oscars.
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