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Craig: 2 Bond films done, 2 more to go
LOS ANGELES, California — “I’ve nailed two, so only another two to go,” quipped Daniel Craig, trying to make light of the challenge of doing two more James Bond movies. He is under contract to do a total of four 007 films.
Last Monday afternoon, Daniel talked to journalists about his second one, “Quantum of Solace.” By this time, the whole world knows that Daniel proved early detractors wrong in his first outing, “Casino Royale.” Not only did he bring a critically acclaimed dose of real danger, rugged, sexy charm and acting cache to one of cinema’s most beloved icons; he also helped propel “Casino Royale” into the highest-grossing Bond movie ever.
The exciting, extra realistic stunts he did in “Casino” and now, in “Quantum of Solace,” came with a price, however. While Daniel said that he’s had a labral tear—“a kind of separation of the shoulder”—for years, the condition was probably worsened by those stunts. So he recently had a surgery to remedy the tear, before he does more jumping around in his next two Bond capers. “I had a shoulder reconstruction,” he said. “Six pins were put in there and it’s all good. The surgeon said it’s all fine.”
Daniel looked dashing even with his right arm on a sling, a fashionable contraption in black (not your regular variety sling) to match his all-black suit, shirt and tie ensemble. A lady reporter couldn’t help but swoon and tell Daniel, “You are so incredibly elegant!” Two unsmiling security guys stood on each side of the room—a rare sight in these press cons. Were they around to rescue 007 in case the adulation got out of hand?
Sex on a stick
“Thank you,” he said, his cool, piercing blue eyes directed at the writer. “You embarrass me,” he added but he said that with a smile. He was honestly flattered. If that compliment flustered the 40-year-old bloke a bit, this line from a “Quantum” review by CNN’s Glen Scanton probably made him blush: “He is, frankly, sex on a stick.”
“I am given very nice suits to wear,” Daniel said, trying to give more credit to the suits, not to his looks, which register better onscreen. “I would be stupid not to put them on. I’ve always liked good tailoring. I’ve just never been able to afford it. If I get beautiful suits made for me, it would be a sadness to leave them in the wardrobe.”
Asked about Marc Forster, who was a surprise choice to helm a Bond movie, given his string of character-driven films that are not exactly brimming with high testosterone action scenes, Daniel answered, “I was thrilled by the fact that he was going to direct the movie. I’ve been an avid fan of his. Marc’s versatility as a director is apparent and plain to see if you look at his track record and his movies, from ‘The Kite Runner’ to ‘Monster’s Ball’ to ‘Finding Neverland.’ These movies tackled incredibly different subject matter with very different styles. We needed a storyteller for this. He and I had long conversations about our favorite movies, our favorite Bond films and what have been the influences in our careers.”
“We wanted to make the most stylish and beautiful Bond movie we could,” Daniel continued. “We needed to go to the best locations and get the best actors to leave a proper mark on this franchise. We owed it to the Bond fans but also to the Bond franchise. Marc is a genuine joy to work with. He is meticulous, absolutely fastidious about what he does. I would run to work with him again.”
Jaw-dropping scenes
The result is a Bond movie with some gravitas which the franchise owners, the Broccolis, reportedly wanted. The requisite jaw-dropping action scenes are still present, which this time includes a truly spectacular dogfight, an opening car chase scene and a fight over real rooftops in Sienna, Italy.
The critics and movie-going public will weigh in on Marc’s suitability as a Bond film director but what is undeniable is this: it was a not a fluke—in his sophomore appearance as 007, Daniel truly is the best among all the actors who have played Ian Fleming’s agent, with the possible exception of Sean Connery. Asked if Sean has gotten in touch with him since he debuted as Bond, Daniel replied, “I haven’t spoken to him. Apparently, he said he liked the movie (‘Casino’) so I couldn’t be happier with that.”
Daniel portrays a Bond shaken by the apparent betrayal and death of the one woman he truly loved, Vesper Lynd, in “Quantum,” which starts one hour after the end of “Casino.” The new movie is thus the first ever direct sequel in the 007 movie series. Bond here is constantly bruised and unable to sleep because he wants to avenge his beloved’s death (Eva Green in “Casino”). On his journey across exotic locations from Bolivia to Austria, he tussles with his boss, M (Judi Dench, always absorbing) and encounters Camille (magnetic former model Olga Kurylenko), Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric, superb in our personal favorite, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and Mathis (veteran Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini), the M16 contact whose trustworthiness is doubted by Bond in “Casino.”
“Marc and I agreed that forgiveness is a very important part of the story,” Daniel described the screenplay of Oscar winner Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. “If you read the Ian Fleming story, it’s about that moment in a relationship where if it disappears, there’s nothing left. That’s what Bond is searching for. I love that scene where Giancarlo’s character asked Bond to forgive. He’s asking Bond to be at peace with himself and part of that is forgiving Vesper, realizing that he was in love with her and she was in love with him.”
(To be continued tomorrow)
source: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/ent ... more-to-go
LOS ANGELES, California — “I’ve nailed two, so only another two to go,” quipped Daniel Craig, trying to make light of the challenge of doing two more James Bond movies. He is under contract to do a total of four 007 films.
Last Monday afternoon, Daniel talked to journalists about his second one, “Quantum of Solace.” By this time, the whole world knows that Daniel proved early detractors wrong in his first outing, “Casino Royale.” Not only did he bring a critically acclaimed dose of real danger, rugged, sexy charm and acting cache to one of cinema’s most beloved icons; he also helped propel “Casino Royale” into the highest-grossing Bond movie ever.
The exciting, extra realistic stunts he did in “Casino” and now, in “Quantum of Solace,” came with a price, however. While Daniel said that he’s had a labral tear—“a kind of separation of the shoulder”—for years, the condition was probably worsened by those stunts. So he recently had a surgery to remedy the tear, before he does more jumping around in his next two Bond capers. “I had a shoulder reconstruction,” he said. “Six pins were put in there and it’s all good. The surgeon said it’s all fine.”
Daniel looked dashing even with his right arm on a sling, a fashionable contraption in black (not your regular variety sling) to match his all-black suit, shirt and tie ensemble. A lady reporter couldn’t help but swoon and tell Daniel, “You are so incredibly elegant!” Two unsmiling security guys stood on each side of the room—a rare sight in these press cons. Were they around to rescue 007 in case the adulation got out of hand?
Sex on a stick
“Thank you,” he said, his cool, piercing blue eyes directed at the writer. “You embarrass me,” he added but he said that with a smile. He was honestly flattered. If that compliment flustered the 40-year-old bloke a bit, this line from a “Quantum” review by CNN’s Glen Scanton probably made him blush: “He is, frankly, sex on a stick.”
“I am given very nice suits to wear,” Daniel said, trying to give more credit to the suits, not to his looks, which register better onscreen. “I would be stupid not to put them on. I’ve always liked good tailoring. I’ve just never been able to afford it. If I get beautiful suits made for me, it would be a sadness to leave them in the wardrobe.”
Asked about Marc Forster, who was a surprise choice to helm a Bond movie, given his string of character-driven films that are not exactly brimming with high testosterone action scenes, Daniel answered, “I was thrilled by the fact that he was going to direct the movie. I’ve been an avid fan of his. Marc’s versatility as a director is apparent and plain to see if you look at his track record and his movies, from ‘The Kite Runner’ to ‘Monster’s Ball’ to ‘Finding Neverland.’ These movies tackled incredibly different subject matter with very different styles. We needed a storyteller for this. He and I had long conversations about our favorite movies, our favorite Bond films and what have been the influences in our careers.”
“We wanted to make the most stylish and beautiful Bond movie we could,” Daniel continued. “We needed to go to the best locations and get the best actors to leave a proper mark on this franchise. We owed it to the Bond fans but also to the Bond franchise. Marc is a genuine joy to work with. He is meticulous, absolutely fastidious about what he does. I would run to work with him again.”
Jaw-dropping scenes
The result is a Bond movie with some gravitas which the franchise owners, the Broccolis, reportedly wanted. The requisite jaw-dropping action scenes are still present, which this time includes a truly spectacular dogfight, an opening car chase scene and a fight over real rooftops in Sienna, Italy.
The critics and movie-going public will weigh in on Marc’s suitability as a Bond film director but what is undeniable is this: it was a not a fluke—in his sophomore appearance as 007, Daniel truly is the best among all the actors who have played Ian Fleming’s agent, with the possible exception of Sean Connery. Asked if Sean has gotten in touch with him since he debuted as Bond, Daniel replied, “I haven’t spoken to him. Apparently, he said he liked the movie (‘Casino’) so I couldn’t be happier with that.”
Daniel portrays a Bond shaken by the apparent betrayal and death of the one woman he truly loved, Vesper Lynd, in “Quantum,” which starts one hour after the end of “Casino.” The new movie is thus the first ever direct sequel in the 007 movie series. Bond here is constantly bruised and unable to sleep because he wants to avenge his beloved’s death (Eva Green in “Casino”). On his journey across exotic locations from Bolivia to Austria, he tussles with his boss, M (Judi Dench, always absorbing) and encounters Camille (magnetic former model Olga Kurylenko), Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric, superb in our personal favorite, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and Mathis (veteran Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini), the M16 contact whose trustworthiness is doubted by Bond in “Casino.”
“Marc and I agreed that forgiveness is a very important part of the story,” Daniel described the screenplay of Oscar winner Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. “If you read the Ian Fleming story, it’s about that moment in a relationship where if it disappears, there’s nothing left. That’s what Bond is searching for. I love that scene where Giancarlo’s character asked Bond to forgive. He’s asking Bond to be at peace with himself and part of that is forgiving Vesper, realizing that he was in love with her and she was in love with him.”
(To be continued tomorrow)
source: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/ent ... more-to-go
Thanks Dunda, lovely insight....
A lady reporter couldn’t help but swoon and tell Daniel, “You are so incredibly elegant!” Two unsmiling security guys stood on each side of the room—a rare sight in these press cons. Were they around to rescue 007 in case the adulation got out of hand?
Sex on a stick
“Thank you,” he said, his cool, piercing blue eyes directed at the writer. “You embarrass me,” he added but he said that with a smile. He was honestly flattered. If that compliment flustered the 40-year-old bloke a bit, this line from a “Quantum” review by CNN’s Glen Scanton probably made him blush: “He is, frankly, sex on a stick.”
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"Quantum of Solace" press junket: I Stood Next To Bond in An Elevator!
Jut dashing this off between interviews with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Bond girl Olga Kurylenko but I wanted to tell you about my 30 second encounter sharing an elevator with Daniel Craig. Of course, it was me, my media handler, his people and some random movie company folk. And I didn't much look at him because I don't want to look like a stalker.
But he was amazingly nice for the 1 floor that I was standing next to him, joking that the elevator was going to stop on every floor. And when we got off he said "Bye!"
So, that's it. I can tell you that his suit is impeccable and his eyes are that wolf blue...that make him great either as a movie love interest ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") or as a cold blooded psycho ("Road To Perdition"). I meet him in an hour. Keep ya posted!
I am an actor first then Bond: Daniel Craig
Prithwish Ganguly
Thursday, October 23, 2008 23:59 IST
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/cont ... _sola.html
I am an actor first then Bond: Daniel Craig
Prithwish Ganguly
Thursday, October 23, 2008 23:59 IST
Believing in essaying strong characters in lively scripts, actor Daniel Craig tells Prithwish Ganguly how he lays a geat deal of stress on being versatile
Apart from doing Bond films, you are also starring in other films in diverse genres. Is it like being versatile?
I am an actor first then James Bond and even the Bond is a creative character which has been kept alive with some outstanding acting, lively scripts and extraordinary directions.
So if I wasn’t a Bond, I was already an actor. An actor has to have versatility. It is this versatility that has helped me bag the role of James Bond. Tell me, when I wasn’t James Bond, then who was I? I was Daniel, Daniel the actor. So that is one tag, I would never want to lose. Having the tag of Bond is an honour but not at the stake of losing Daniel Craig.
What attracts you to sign a film?
A nice script of course, but also my character in the film has to be important for me to take on the role. Then it also depends on how nicely the script has been narrated. And the director matters a lot.
Who/what has been your biggest inspiration?
Well, Sean (Connery) has been my all time idol and I am lucky that I am playing Bond, a character I used to watch on television. His Dr No and From Russia With Love are movies that I admire the most. Those were the massive blockbusters of their time and even today when you watch those films, you know how competitive cinema of an age relatively deprived of technology or skills can be.
If you weren’t an actor, what would you have been?
I don’t really know, in fact no one really knows such things. I had been an acting freak since my childhood and that is why I joined National Youth Theatre, at the age of 16. Later, impelled by this craze, I secured a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from where I did my grads in 91. But perhaps I would have been a rugby player, because I played a lot of rugby during my high school.
What does Craig love to do when he isn’t acting?
I am a workaholic and can work anytime of the day or night. So when I am not acting, I am thinking of how better the shots could have been or could be. I rest, but my mind doesn’t. It is always active and thinking of the best performance. And when talking of real leisure times, first of all I don’t get that leisure time. And even if I do, more than half of the time is gone in planning out my several projects. But what little time I have, I just chill and rest sleep.
g_prithwish@dnaindia.net
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/cont ... _sola.html
Jut dashing this off between interviews with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Bond girl Olga Kurylenko but I wanted to tell you about my 30 second encounter sharing an elevator with Daniel Craig. Of course, it was me, my media handler, his people and some random movie company folk. And I didn't much look at him because I don't want to look like a stalker.
But he was amazingly nice for the 1 floor that I was standing next to him, joking that the elevator was going to stop on every floor. And when we got off he said "Bye!"
So, that's it. I can tell you that his suit is impeccable and his eyes are that wolf blue...that make him great either as a movie love interest ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") or as a cold blooded psycho ("Road To Perdition"). I meet him in an hour. Keep ya posted!
I am an actor first then Bond: Daniel Craig
Prithwish Ganguly
Thursday, October 23, 2008 23:59 IST
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/cont ... _sola.html
I am an actor first then Bond: Daniel Craig
Prithwish Ganguly
Thursday, October 23, 2008 23:59 IST
Believing in essaying strong characters in lively scripts, actor Daniel Craig tells Prithwish Ganguly how he lays a geat deal of stress on being versatile
Apart from doing Bond films, you are also starring in other films in diverse genres. Is it like being versatile?
I am an actor first then James Bond and even the Bond is a creative character which has been kept alive with some outstanding acting, lively scripts and extraordinary directions.
So if I wasn’t a Bond, I was already an actor. An actor has to have versatility. It is this versatility that has helped me bag the role of James Bond. Tell me, when I wasn’t James Bond, then who was I? I was Daniel, Daniel the actor. So that is one tag, I would never want to lose. Having the tag of Bond is an honour but not at the stake of losing Daniel Craig.
What attracts you to sign a film?
A nice script of course, but also my character in the film has to be important for me to take on the role. Then it also depends on how nicely the script has been narrated. And the director matters a lot.
Who/what has been your biggest inspiration?
Well, Sean (Connery) has been my all time idol and I am lucky that I am playing Bond, a character I used to watch on television. His Dr No and From Russia With Love are movies that I admire the most. Those were the massive blockbusters of their time and even today when you watch those films, you know how competitive cinema of an age relatively deprived of technology or skills can be.
If you weren’t an actor, what would you have been?
I don’t really know, in fact no one really knows such things. I had been an acting freak since my childhood and that is why I joined National Youth Theatre, at the age of 16. Later, impelled by this craze, I secured a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from where I did my grads in 91. But perhaps I would have been a rugby player, because I played a lot of rugby during my high school.
What does Craig love to do when he isn’t acting?
I am a workaholic and can work anytime of the day or night. So when I am not acting, I am thinking of how better the shots could have been or could be. I rest, but my mind doesn’t. It is always active and thinking of the best performance. And when talking of real leisure times, first of all I don’t get that leisure time. And even if I do, more than half of the time is gone in planning out my several projects. But what little time I have, I just chill and rest sleep.
g_prithwish@dnaindia.net
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/cont ... _sola.html
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
Revealed: The top secret surprises that make Quantum of Solace the most explosive Bond yet
It's the 22nd Bond film and the first to be a sequel, but when Quantum Of Solace opens next Friday it will be to unprecedented hype. Daniel Craig's first outing as the secret agent in Casino Royale not only produced Bond's highest ever box office takings, it was also nominated for eight BAFTAS and earned outstanding reviews.
Producers claim the latest 007 adventure has been shot in more locations than ever before, that the stunts are better and bloodier - and that even the fashions have been given a new edginess. Here MICHAEL HELLICAR gives 22 things to look out for in the 22nd Bond. . .
1 Craig was announced as the new 007, a lot of doubts were raised among James Bond enthusiasts. Some said he was too blond, too short (at 5ft 11), too wiry, too gritty, too serious and too unlike the screen image of Bond that has been built up over the years.
And the fact that he was a classically trained actor, they said, would make it hard for him to play a traditionally relaxed and humorous character.
But producers Michael G.Wilson and Barbara Broccoli stuck to their guns, and they say the box office success of Casino Royale - it took £350 million, the highest-earning Bond film ever - has vindicated their choice.
'From his first screen test for the part, we knew he was the right man,' says Wilson. 'He is handsome, very masculine and he keeps himself in great physical shape - all that is a prerequisite for the job.
'Moreover, he is probably the best actor of his generation in Britain, if not the world. So that is the beginning and end of it. In Casino, he was exploring the character, and he has gained a lot of confidence since then, so in Quantum he's a Bond with more self-assurance.'
2 Craig was deemed by the producers too skinny to play Bond, so he was ordered to put on 20lb of muscle for Casino Royale.
He liked the look so much that he's kept it on for Quantum of Solace, but for the sake of continuity he had little choice - the story begins an hour after the ending of Royale.
3 Craig feels that the tough physical requirements of Casino Royale were 'a walk in the park' compared with the stunts he had to do for Quantum Of Solace.
His intense training included boxing, running, speedboating and diving, and he was injured twice during the filming, sustaining a cut on the face which required eight stitches and losing a finger tip.
'I'm no athlete', he says, adding jokingly, 'but I enjoy keeping fit in between minor bouts of alcoholism.'
4 Approximately 420 clothing items were specially made for Bond's 11 costume changes, from suits to shirts and ties.
For each scene they made nine identical suits - three that were perfect, three that were bloodied and blown up and three that had been bloodied, blown up and been in water.
Costume designer Louise Frogley says Craig is the ideal shape to show off well-made clothes. 'I put him in a bomber jacket and he looked great. I dressed him in Staypress trousers and they were just perfect.
'I wanted to go back to the elegance of the Sean Connery days, so I tracked down a material called mohair tonic which was very popular then, but it is very hard to find now.'
5 In order to film Bond's breathtaking foot chase across the sprawling rooftops of Siena, Italy, the production team had to painstakingly remove the centuries-old tiles from the houses and reinforce the roofs so that the actors' feet did not break through them.
Craig did most of his own stunts, leaping across alleyways from five floors up - even jumping 20ft from a window onto a speeding bus, although his harness and safety wire have been edited out.
6 Quantum filmed in more locations than any other Bond movie, covering six different countries including Panama, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Austria and in the UK.
A plan to film the climactic scenes in the Swiss Alps was dropped for cost reasons - and because there were concerns that the locale would be too similar to On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot, doubled for snowy Moscow, where Bond tracks down Yusef, the Algerian agent who betrayed Vesper in Casino Royale.
Craig says: 'When I watched the earlier Bond movies as a kid, they transported me to another world. Just about anywhere abroad was exotic in those days, but now so many people can afford to travel, we need to show ever more amazing places.'
7 Daniel Craig's leading lady, Olga Kurylenko, is one of the only Bond girls in the history of the franchise who does not end up in bed with him.
'Finding beautiful girls who can act can be tricky, but we narrowed it down and Olga just nailed the audition, she was fantasic,' says Craig.
'She has this icy detachment about her that is essential for the part because she and Bond are on a journey of revenge. They become reluctant partners and it makes for a very interesting relationship.'
She says of Craig, 'He is so focused on being Bond, but off set, his jokes are very funny and he makes me laugh. The power in his eyes is incredible. I experienced that in one scene - he just looked at me and his eyes cut right through me.'
8 200,000 blank bullets were used for testing, training and filming in Quantum.
9 MI6, Bond's employers, has gone upmarket in Quantum, says Judi Dench, reprising her role as M, the organisation's boss.
'It is phenomenal - we don't do telephones any more', she says. 'You only have to speak out loud and your voice is electronically transmitted.
'There are massive glass walls with giant computer screens built in, and even the portable hand-held devices can see and hear almost everything that's happening anywhere in the world.
'Bond's business cards - his cover is as an employee of the fictitious Universal Imports - have a microdot chip built in so we can keep track of anyone he gives one to.
'The gadgetry and the technology are so cutting edge that I don't think in real life the government could afford the money to turn the real MI6 into my MI6.'
10 There is no repeat in Quantum of Bond's iconic blue swimming trunks scene from Royale, but Craig's contract did stipulate that he had to show some flesh, which he does in one brief bedroom scene with Gemma Arterton (Agent Fields).
'Although I didn't notice that clause when I signed,' he says.
11 The spectacular floating opera scene - a dramatic chase around a performance of Puccini's Tosca on Lake Constance, Austria, an audience of 1,700 extras were hired for three days at a rate of £42 a day.
Computer wizardry was used to make it look as if all 7,000 seats in the auditorium were filled.
12 Craig was the first actor under 40 to play Bond since George Lazenby, who was 30 when he starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. Craig was 38 when he took the part. Roger Moore was 46, Timothy Dalton was 43 and Pierce Brosnan was 42. Sean Connery was 32 when he made the first Bond film, Dr No, in 1962.
13 Heart-broken Bond does manage a bit of fun with Agent Fields played by Gemma Arterton.
'Gemma's character is great and she plays it to the hilt,' says Craig.
'She's an agent who seems clueless, but she is smarter than we first think and she teams up with Bond. He is hurt and damaged so thank god for Gemma!'
14 Bond's boat chase, filmed in Panama, provides one of the most hair-raising sequences.
It was devised by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, who has been working on the 007 films since he was a 17-year-old trainee on The Spy Who Loved Me.
'Daniel was at the wheel of the boat most of the time, but when it came to the really dangerous stuff, the insurance company wouldn't let him take the risk,' he says.
'So we had to find a way of hiding a driver to take over the action, while it looked as if Bond was still at the helm. We had boats going over other boats and explosions demolishing everything around him.
'One of the boats somersaults, which took a long time to get right. We did it with a hidden underwater cable which pulled the front of the boat down at a certain point, forcing it to flip over.'
15 Real spies from Britain's MI6 and trained assassins from Israel's secret service, Mossad, were hired as on-set advisers.
'You could see they were killers by their cold eyes,' says Craig. 'These guys would walk into a room and subtly check all the exits - just in case they had to make a quick escape. It was inbuilt instinct.'
16 When Bond and Camille (Olga Kurylenko) are seen freefalling 10,000 feet out of a vintage DC3 aircraft after an aerial dogfight over Bolivia - the stunt was performed by them at the Bodyflight wind tunnel facility in Bedford.
'Flying' in the tunnel is the closest they could come to freefalling at 170mph without actually jumping out of a plane.
17 Paul McCartney was originally approached to write Quantum Of Solace's theme song, but turned it down, suggesting singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse instead.
She recorded a demo disc, but was unable to go ahead. The eventual theme song, Another Way To Die, was recorded by Jack White and Alicia Keys - the first time a Bond movie song has been sung as a duet.
18 Stunt co- ordinator Gary Powell comes from a dynasty of movie action men. Between them, the Powell family have worked on every Bond film since the first, Dr No, in 1962.
His father, Nosher Powell and uncle Dinny worked on all the Sean Connery and George Lazenby films; his brother Greg worked on all the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton films, and Gary, who did his first stunt when he was 11 - in a Carry On film - has worked on all the Pierce Brosnan and both Daniel Craig films to date.
19 The film marks the first time since You Only Live Twice (1967) that Bond does not introduce himself with the catchphrase 'Bond, James Bond'.
The line was included in several different scenes, but was edited out as director Marc Forster thought it unnecessary.
The other staple Bond, ordering a 'vodka martini, shaken not stirred', does not appear either.
20 Craig was paid £4.5 million for Quantum - more than double the £2 million he earned for his first, Casino Royale.
He has signed a contract to make a third, although not even the producers know yet what it will be - and for this he is guaranteed £7 million. (Sean Connery was reportedly paid £8,000 for the first James Bond film, Dr No).
21 Mathieu Amalric, who plays the chief Bond villain, Dominic Greene, says he based him on Tony Blair and France's President Sarkozy.
'I took Blair's smile and Sarkozy's craziness, because I wanted to come across as a nice guy, while really being a sinister and ruthless character.'
He asked director Marc Forster if he could shave his head, or have a scar or some other disfigurement to make him look evil.
'I was told no, we were trying to modernise the baddies rather than rely on the archetype - you know, the type of guy who sits there stroking a cat while plotting world domination.
'I would have to do it through acting and the look in my eyes.
'And that's right, because unfortunately today in real life it's quite difficult to identify the villains in our lives - they can look like they're your friends, and when you find out they're not, it's too late!'
22 Gemma Arterton filmed her death scene on the first day on set. She is found naked covered in oil across the bed she and Bond have shared the night before.
She says: 'Agent Fields works for MI6. She tries to be professional and takes herself very seriously but she is naive. Her character is actually very funny. She thinks she can control Bond and puts on a front but that quickly crumbles.
'She is not a femme fatale, she is very natural and someone you can identify with. The baddies kill her by drowning her in oil. I was taken on set and dowsed in oil and had to lie there for almost two hours.
'I couldn't move, I couldn't see, I couldn't breathe properly and I couldn't hear because the oil went in my ears. But I thought this is something that I will always remember.'
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It's the 22nd Bond film and the first to be a sequel, but when Quantum Of Solace opens next Friday it will be to unprecedented hype. Daniel Craig's first outing as the secret agent in Casino Royale not only produced Bond's highest ever box office takings, it was also nominated for eight BAFTAS and earned outstanding reviews.
Producers claim the latest 007 adventure has been shot in more locations than ever before, that the stunts are better and bloodier - and that even the fashions have been given a new edginess. Here MICHAEL HELLICAR gives 22 things to look out for in the 22nd Bond. . .
1 Craig was announced as the new 007, a lot of doubts were raised among James Bond enthusiasts. Some said he was too blond, too short (at 5ft 11), too wiry, too gritty, too serious and too unlike the screen image of Bond that has been built up over the years.
And the fact that he was a classically trained actor, they said, would make it hard for him to play a traditionally relaxed and humorous character.
But producers Michael G.Wilson and Barbara Broccoli stuck to their guns, and they say the box office success of Casino Royale - it took £350 million, the highest-earning Bond film ever - has vindicated their choice.
'From his first screen test for the part, we knew he was the right man,' says Wilson. 'He is handsome, very masculine and he keeps himself in great physical shape - all that is a prerequisite for the job.
'Moreover, he is probably the best actor of his generation in Britain, if not the world. So that is the beginning and end of it. In Casino, he was exploring the character, and he has gained a lot of confidence since then, so in Quantum he's a Bond with more self-assurance.'
2 Craig was deemed by the producers too skinny to play Bond, so he was ordered to put on 20lb of muscle for Casino Royale.
He liked the look so much that he's kept it on for Quantum of Solace, but for the sake of continuity he had little choice - the story begins an hour after the ending of Royale.
3 Craig feels that the tough physical requirements of Casino Royale were 'a walk in the park' compared with the stunts he had to do for Quantum Of Solace.
His intense training included boxing, running, speedboating and diving, and he was injured twice during the filming, sustaining a cut on the face which required eight stitches and losing a finger tip.
'I'm no athlete', he says, adding jokingly, 'but I enjoy keeping fit in between minor bouts of alcoholism.'
4 Approximately 420 clothing items were specially made for Bond's 11 costume changes, from suits to shirts and ties.
For each scene they made nine identical suits - three that were perfect, three that were bloodied and blown up and three that had been bloodied, blown up and been in water.
Costume designer Louise Frogley says Craig is the ideal shape to show off well-made clothes. 'I put him in a bomber jacket and he looked great. I dressed him in Staypress trousers and they were just perfect.
'I wanted to go back to the elegance of the Sean Connery days, so I tracked down a material called mohair tonic which was very popular then, but it is very hard to find now.'
5 In order to film Bond's breathtaking foot chase across the sprawling rooftops of Siena, Italy, the production team had to painstakingly remove the centuries-old tiles from the houses and reinforce the roofs so that the actors' feet did not break through them.
Craig did most of his own stunts, leaping across alleyways from five floors up - even jumping 20ft from a window onto a speeding bus, although his harness and safety wire have been edited out.
6 Quantum filmed in more locations than any other Bond movie, covering six different countries including Panama, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Austria and in the UK.
A plan to film the climactic scenes in the Swiss Alps was dropped for cost reasons - and because there were concerns that the locale would be too similar to On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot, doubled for snowy Moscow, where Bond tracks down Yusef, the Algerian agent who betrayed Vesper in Casino Royale.
Craig says: 'When I watched the earlier Bond movies as a kid, they transported me to another world. Just about anywhere abroad was exotic in those days, but now so many people can afford to travel, we need to show ever more amazing places.'
7 Daniel Craig's leading lady, Olga Kurylenko, is one of the only Bond girls in the history of the franchise who does not end up in bed with him.
'Finding beautiful girls who can act can be tricky, but we narrowed it down and Olga just nailed the audition, she was fantasic,' says Craig.
'She has this icy detachment about her that is essential for the part because she and Bond are on a journey of revenge. They become reluctant partners and it makes for a very interesting relationship.'
She says of Craig, 'He is so focused on being Bond, but off set, his jokes are very funny and he makes me laugh. The power in his eyes is incredible. I experienced that in one scene - he just looked at me and his eyes cut right through me.'
8 200,000 blank bullets were used for testing, training and filming in Quantum.
9 MI6, Bond's employers, has gone upmarket in Quantum, says Judi Dench, reprising her role as M, the organisation's boss.
'It is phenomenal - we don't do telephones any more', she says. 'You only have to speak out loud and your voice is electronically transmitted.
'There are massive glass walls with giant computer screens built in, and even the portable hand-held devices can see and hear almost everything that's happening anywhere in the world.
'Bond's business cards - his cover is as an employee of the fictitious Universal Imports - have a microdot chip built in so we can keep track of anyone he gives one to.
'The gadgetry and the technology are so cutting edge that I don't think in real life the government could afford the money to turn the real MI6 into my MI6.'
10 There is no repeat in Quantum of Bond's iconic blue swimming trunks scene from Royale, but Craig's contract did stipulate that he had to show some flesh, which he does in one brief bedroom scene with Gemma Arterton (Agent Fields).
'Although I didn't notice that clause when I signed,' he says.
11 The spectacular floating opera scene - a dramatic chase around a performance of Puccini's Tosca on Lake Constance, Austria, an audience of 1,700 extras were hired for three days at a rate of £42 a day.
Computer wizardry was used to make it look as if all 7,000 seats in the auditorium were filled.
12 Craig was the first actor under 40 to play Bond since George Lazenby, who was 30 when he starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. Craig was 38 when he took the part. Roger Moore was 46, Timothy Dalton was 43 and Pierce Brosnan was 42. Sean Connery was 32 when he made the first Bond film, Dr No, in 1962.
13 Heart-broken Bond does manage a bit of fun with Agent Fields played by Gemma Arterton.
'Gemma's character is great and she plays it to the hilt,' says Craig.
'She's an agent who seems clueless, but she is smarter than we first think and she teams up with Bond. He is hurt and damaged so thank god for Gemma!'
14 Bond's boat chase, filmed in Panama, provides one of the most hair-raising sequences.
It was devised by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, who has been working on the 007 films since he was a 17-year-old trainee on The Spy Who Loved Me.
'Daniel was at the wheel of the boat most of the time, but when it came to the really dangerous stuff, the insurance company wouldn't let him take the risk,' he says.
'So we had to find a way of hiding a driver to take over the action, while it looked as if Bond was still at the helm. We had boats going over other boats and explosions demolishing everything around him.
'One of the boats somersaults, which took a long time to get right. We did it with a hidden underwater cable which pulled the front of the boat down at a certain point, forcing it to flip over.'
15 Real spies from Britain's MI6 and trained assassins from Israel's secret service, Mossad, were hired as on-set advisers.
'You could see they were killers by their cold eyes,' says Craig. 'These guys would walk into a room and subtly check all the exits - just in case they had to make a quick escape. It was inbuilt instinct.'
16 When Bond and Camille (Olga Kurylenko) are seen freefalling 10,000 feet out of a vintage DC3 aircraft after an aerial dogfight over Bolivia - the stunt was performed by them at the Bodyflight wind tunnel facility in Bedford.
'Flying' in the tunnel is the closest they could come to freefalling at 170mph without actually jumping out of a plane.
17 Paul McCartney was originally approached to write Quantum Of Solace's theme song, but turned it down, suggesting singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse instead.
She recorded a demo disc, but was unable to go ahead. The eventual theme song, Another Way To Die, was recorded by Jack White and Alicia Keys - the first time a Bond movie song has been sung as a duet.
18 Stunt co- ordinator Gary Powell comes from a dynasty of movie action men. Between them, the Powell family have worked on every Bond film since the first, Dr No, in 1962.
His father, Nosher Powell and uncle Dinny worked on all the Sean Connery and George Lazenby films; his brother Greg worked on all the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton films, and Gary, who did his first stunt when he was 11 - in a Carry On film - has worked on all the Pierce Brosnan and both Daniel Craig films to date.
19 The film marks the first time since You Only Live Twice (1967) that Bond does not introduce himself with the catchphrase 'Bond, James Bond'.
The line was included in several different scenes, but was edited out as director Marc Forster thought it unnecessary.
The other staple Bond, ordering a 'vodka martini, shaken not stirred', does not appear either.
20 Craig was paid £4.5 million for Quantum - more than double the £2 million he earned for his first, Casino Royale.
He has signed a contract to make a third, although not even the producers know yet what it will be - and for this he is guaranteed £7 million. (Sean Connery was reportedly paid £8,000 for the first James Bond film, Dr No).
21 Mathieu Amalric, who plays the chief Bond villain, Dominic Greene, says he based him on Tony Blair and France's President Sarkozy.
'I took Blair's smile and Sarkozy's craziness, because I wanted to come across as a nice guy, while really being a sinister and ruthless character.'
He asked director Marc Forster if he could shave his head, or have a scar or some other disfigurement to make him look evil.
'I was told no, we were trying to modernise the baddies rather than rely on the archetype - you know, the type of guy who sits there stroking a cat while plotting world domination.
'I would have to do it through acting and the look in my eyes.
'And that's right, because unfortunately today in real life it's quite difficult to identify the villains in our lives - they can look like they're your friends, and when you find out they're not, it's too late!'
22 Gemma Arterton filmed her death scene on the first day on set. She is found naked covered in oil across the bed she and Bond have shared the night before.
She says: 'Agent Fields works for MI6. She tries to be professional and takes herself very seriously but she is naive. Her character is actually very funny. She thinks she can control Bond and puts on a front but that quickly crumbles.
'She is not a femme fatale, she is very natural and someone you can identify with. The baddies kill her by drowning her in oil. I was taken on set and dowsed in oil and had to lie there for almost two hours.
'I couldn't move, I couldn't see, I couldn't breathe properly and I couldn't hear because the oil went in my ears. But I thought this is something that I will always remember.'
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Who's the hero? Bond vs Bourne
The new James Bond has only one rival as the movies' greatest superspy - Jason Bourne. Marc Lee referees a head-to-head contest
The girl
Bourne He's too preoccupied with simple survival to be much interested in the opposite sex, though, in The Bourne Identity, he hooks up with the footloose Marie (Franka Potente). She's still around at the beginning of The Bourne Supremacy, but soon takes a bullet meant for Bourne. 3/5
Bond Very much the ladies' man. Falls for the vivacious Vesper (Eva Green), a Treasury official, in Casino Royale and shares a shower with her (fully-clothed) in the most emotional Bond scene ever. Prim, virginal Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton) and feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko) catch his eye in Quantum of Solace. 5/5
The wheels
Bourne Not a Top Gear fan. Rattles round Paris in a battered old Mini (though it's still a pretty good car chase). Later, steals a taxi in Moscow, then a cop car in New York. Will even hop on a scooter to buzz around Tangier when he has to. 2/5
Bond In Casino Royale, his sleek grey Aston Martin DBS comes fully equipped with everything the modern spy might require, including a defibrillator for those awkward moments when your own heart stops. Totals it spectacularly shortly after taking delivery. Smashes up another at the start of Quantum. 5/5
The wheels
Bourne Not a Top Gear fan. Rattles round Paris in a battered old Mini (though it's still a pretty good car chase). Later, steals a taxi in Moscow, then a cop car in New York. Will even hop on a scooter to buzz around Tangier when he has to. 2/5
Bond In Casino Royale, his sleek grey Aston Martin DBS comes fully equipped with everything the modern spy might require, including a defibrillator for those awkward moments when your own heart stops. Totals it spectacularly shortly after taking delivery. Smashes up another at the start of Quantum. 5/5
Mirror, mirror
BourneMatt Damon would be the perfect choice to play spud-faced footballer Wayne Rooney if his biopic ever comes to be made. 2/5
Bond Daniel Craig is charmingly narcissistic at all times, whether parading his six-pack on the beach or preening in a new DJ in front of the bathroom mirror. 5/5
Best moment (in a stairwell)
Bourne Leaps from the top floor into a deep stairwell clinging to a corpulent - and freshly deceased - adversary to cushion his fall. On the way down, shoots a gunman in the forehead with pinpoint accuracy. 5/5
Bond In Casino Royale, crashes down the backstairs of a hotel in a blur of bodies as he takes on two vicious bodyguards. Despatches them with such extreme prejudice that the watching Vesper is severely traumatised. 3/5
When the going gets tough
Bourne Immensely strong, virtually indestructible, with the recovery powers of Wile E Coyote. Self-medicates when seriously wounded. 4/5
Bond In the most wince-inducing scene in 007 history, he sits naked on a chair with no seat as his nether regions are whipped with a knotted rope. And jokes about it. 5/5
Dark nights of the soul
Bourne Permanently conflicted about the demands of the job: "I can see their faces - everyone I ever killed. I just don't know their names." 5/5
Bond "I would ask you to remain emotionally detached, but I don't think that's your problem, is it, Bond?" remarks his boss M. "No," he replies blankly, yet he is motivated solely by revenge as Quantum opens. 3/5
Bon vivant?
Bourne Virtually no evidence that he eats or drinks at all. 1/5
Bond Appetite for chilled Bollinger Grande Année and beluga caviar undiminished, though not as bothered as he used to be about the preparation of his martini ("Do I look as if I give a damn?"). 4/5
Bang, bang
Bourne Though good with his fists and a sure-shot marksman, he also displays remarkable ingenuity: a Biro becomes a lethal weapon, and he batters another opponent with a book. In his hands, a rolled-up magazine can be quite deadly, too. 5/5
Bond The Walther P99 is his weapon of choice, though a Browning Hi-Power (with its 13-round magazine capacity) is useful if he really wants to cause widespread mayhem. 3/5
The baddies
Bourne The villains in the Bourne saga are usually thousands of miles away - back at CIA headquarters in Virginia, where most of his bosses seem to have a dark, treacherous secret. 3/5
Bond Rather more (un)appealing. His chief adversary in Casino Royale is the ruthless Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), who weeps blood when under stress. Succeeded effectively by the weasley Mathieu Amalric in Quantum. 5/5
Identity crisis?
Bourne (repeatedly): "Who am I?" 1/5
Bond: "The name's Bond - James Bond." 5/5
And the winner is?…
Bond with a score of 42/50 against Bourne's 31/50
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh ... bourne.xml
The new James Bond has only one rival as the movies' greatest superspy - Jason Bourne. Marc Lee referees a head-to-head contest
The girl
Bourne He's too preoccupied with simple survival to be much interested in the opposite sex, though, in The Bourne Identity, he hooks up with the footloose Marie (Franka Potente). She's still around at the beginning of The Bourne Supremacy, but soon takes a bullet meant for Bourne. 3/5
Bond Very much the ladies' man. Falls for the vivacious Vesper (Eva Green), a Treasury official, in Casino Royale and shares a shower with her (fully-clothed) in the most emotional Bond scene ever. Prim, virginal Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton) and feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko) catch his eye in Quantum of Solace. 5/5
The wheels
Bourne Not a Top Gear fan. Rattles round Paris in a battered old Mini (though it's still a pretty good car chase). Later, steals a taxi in Moscow, then a cop car in New York. Will even hop on a scooter to buzz around Tangier when he has to. 2/5
Bond In Casino Royale, his sleek grey Aston Martin DBS comes fully equipped with everything the modern spy might require, including a defibrillator for those awkward moments when your own heart stops. Totals it spectacularly shortly after taking delivery. Smashes up another at the start of Quantum. 5/5
The wheels
Bourne Not a Top Gear fan. Rattles round Paris in a battered old Mini (though it's still a pretty good car chase). Later, steals a taxi in Moscow, then a cop car in New York. Will even hop on a scooter to buzz around Tangier when he has to. 2/5
Bond In Casino Royale, his sleek grey Aston Martin DBS comes fully equipped with everything the modern spy might require, including a defibrillator for those awkward moments when your own heart stops. Totals it spectacularly shortly after taking delivery. Smashes up another at the start of Quantum. 5/5
Mirror, mirror
BourneMatt Damon would be the perfect choice to play spud-faced footballer Wayne Rooney if his biopic ever comes to be made. 2/5
Bond Daniel Craig is charmingly narcissistic at all times, whether parading his six-pack on the beach or preening in a new DJ in front of the bathroom mirror. 5/5
Best moment (in a stairwell)
Bourne Leaps from the top floor into a deep stairwell clinging to a corpulent - and freshly deceased - adversary to cushion his fall. On the way down, shoots a gunman in the forehead with pinpoint accuracy. 5/5
Bond In Casino Royale, crashes down the backstairs of a hotel in a blur of bodies as he takes on two vicious bodyguards. Despatches them with such extreme prejudice that the watching Vesper is severely traumatised. 3/5
When the going gets tough
Bourne Immensely strong, virtually indestructible, with the recovery powers of Wile E Coyote. Self-medicates when seriously wounded. 4/5
Bond In the most wince-inducing scene in 007 history, he sits naked on a chair with no seat as his nether regions are whipped with a knotted rope. And jokes about it. 5/5
Dark nights of the soul
Bourne Permanently conflicted about the demands of the job: "I can see their faces - everyone I ever killed. I just don't know their names." 5/5
Bond "I would ask you to remain emotionally detached, but I don't think that's your problem, is it, Bond?" remarks his boss M. "No," he replies blankly, yet he is motivated solely by revenge as Quantum opens. 3/5
Bon vivant?
Bourne Virtually no evidence that he eats or drinks at all. 1/5
Bond Appetite for chilled Bollinger Grande Année and beluga caviar undiminished, though not as bothered as he used to be about the preparation of his martini ("Do I look as if I give a damn?"). 4/5
Bang, bang
Bourne Though good with his fists and a sure-shot marksman, he also displays remarkable ingenuity: a Biro becomes a lethal weapon, and he batters another opponent with a book. In his hands, a rolled-up magazine can be quite deadly, too. 5/5
Bond The Walther P99 is his weapon of choice, though a Browning Hi-Power (with its 13-round magazine capacity) is useful if he really wants to cause widespread mayhem. 3/5
The baddies
Bourne The villains in the Bourne saga are usually thousands of miles away - back at CIA headquarters in Virginia, where most of his bosses seem to have a dark, treacherous secret. 3/5
Bond Rather more (un)appealing. His chief adversary in Casino Royale is the ruthless Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), who weeps blood when under stress. Succeeded effectively by the weasley Mathieu Amalric in Quantum. 5/5
Identity crisis?
Bourne (repeatedly): "Who am I?" 1/5
Bond: "The name's Bond - James Bond." 5/5
And the winner is?…
Bond with a score of 42/50 against Bourne's 31/50
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh ... bourne.xml
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Of course....advicky wrote:Who's the hero? Bond vs Bourne
And the winner is?…
Bond with a score of 42/50 against Bourne's 31/50
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh ... bourne.xml
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Mark Kermode reviews Quantum of Solace - BBC 5 Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BfEoFFNqo
Who is this asshole?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BfEoFFNqo
Who is this asshole?
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Hey JoniJoni,JoniJoni wrote:Mark Kermode reviews Quantum of Solace - BBC 5 Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BfEoFFNqo
Who is this asshole?
Mark Kermode is a very well-known and (generally I would say) respected UK film critic.
More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kermode
It's not uncommon though for him to get very wound up when he does these reviews...to the extent that he does strike me sometimes as showboating a bit.
As we've already seen, there are plenty of reviewers really liking QoS, and in the end, it's just one person's opinion, so I wouldn't get too upset about it. At least he said he was pleased when Daniel was chosen as 007!!
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Do you want the truth...or something beautiful?
Do you want the truth...or something beautiful?
I've never heard of him (no wonder as I live in Germanytigerheart wrote:Hey JoniJoni,JoniJoni wrote:Mark Kermode reviews Quantum of Solace - BBC 5 Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BfEoFFNqo
Who is this asshole?
Mark Kermode is a very well-known and (generally I would say) respected UK film critic.
More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kermode
It's not uncommon though for him to get very wound up when he does these reviews...to the extent that he does strike me sometimes as showboating a bit.
As we've already seen, there are plenty of reviewers really liking QoS, and in the end, it's just one person's opinion, so I wouldn't get too upset about it. At least he said he was pleased when Daniel was chosen as 007!!
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) but I've watched e.g. his review of Burn after reading, which he didn't like, too.I loved that movie, so I don't give a damn about his opinion....
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Daniel Craig fears credit crunch may delay next James Bond film
Bond 23 - 24-10-08
Daniel Craig, the star of Quantum of Solace, has disclosed that the credit crunch may stop another Bond film being made - reports The Telegraph.
The actor said that another Bond film had not been scheduled. He said: "As far as the next film's concerned, there is nothing scheduled," he says. "Economically the world is in quite a lot of trouble so who knows if we can afford to do another Bond movie anytime soon?"
"I'm quite superstitious and I don't take anything for granted. I'd love to do another one though, love to," he added.
The 40-year-old actor has a four-film contract as 007 to fulfil in a contract that could earn him £30 million in the next five years.
However, the actor denied that he was motivated financially.
"I have all I need," he said "Materialistically, I'm in good shape. I genuinely don't need anything."
Craig, who has reinvented James Bond as a cold, calculating assassin, admitted that like his 007 alter ego, said he too could kill for love.
"I would kill for my family, it's as simple as that. And my friends are the most important thing to me, " he told the Mirror.
Quantum of Solace, out next week, follows the Bond seeking revenge after the death of his girlfriend.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?ite ... mi6&s=news
Bond 23 - 24-10-08
Daniel Craig, the star of Quantum of Solace, has disclosed that the credit crunch may stop another Bond film being made - reports The Telegraph.
The actor said that another Bond film had not been scheduled. He said: "As far as the next film's concerned, there is nothing scheduled," he says. "Economically the world is in quite a lot of trouble so who knows if we can afford to do another Bond movie anytime soon?"
"I'm quite superstitious and I don't take anything for granted. I'd love to do another one though, love to," he added.
The 40-year-old actor has a four-film contract as 007 to fulfil in a contract that could earn him £30 million in the next five years.
However, the actor denied that he was motivated financially.
"I have all I need," he said "Materialistically, I'm in good shape. I genuinely don't need anything."
Craig, who has reinvented James Bond as a cold, calculating assassin, admitted that like his 007 alter ego, said he too could kill for love.
"I would kill for my family, it's as simple as that. And my friends are the most important thing to me, " he told the Mirror.
Quantum of Solace, out next week, follows the Bond seeking revenge after the death of his girlfriend.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?ite ... mi6&s=news
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Daniel Craig answers a few questions about Bond 23
Bond 23 - 24-10-08
Daniel Craig admits he’s definitely reprising his role as James Bond for a third time in Bond 23, but that’s old news. What fans want to know is what’s in store for 007 after Quantum of Solace, asked Hollywood.com.
Could it be comedy? “Yeah, there’s room for more comedy,” says Craig.
What about characters like Q and Miss Moneypenny? “I would love to [include them next time], but I think you offer it to the best actors you can and you say to them, ‘Forget what’s happened, reinvent it, tell us what you think these characters should be,’ and that’s where it should come from,” he said.
How about Bond on the ski slopes? “I’m not a skier, Jesus,” Craig laughs. “I think Bond [would] actually slide down the hill.”
One thing we know for sure is that Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster is out, confessing, “They offered me the next one, but I am switching genres.”
Craig could stay on for a fourth movie as well, but it’s not likely. “I can’t see doing it beyond another movie,” he says. “If they ask me back to do another movie I would be thrilled.”
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?ite ... mi6&s=news
Bond 23 - 24-10-08
Daniel Craig admits he’s definitely reprising his role as James Bond for a third time in Bond 23, but that’s old news. What fans want to know is what’s in store for 007 after Quantum of Solace, asked Hollywood.com.
Could it be comedy? “Yeah, there’s room for more comedy,” says Craig.
What about characters like Q and Miss Moneypenny? “I would love to [include them next time], but I think you offer it to the best actors you can and you say to them, ‘Forget what’s happened, reinvent it, tell us what you think these characters should be,’ and that’s where it should come from,” he said.
How about Bond on the ski slopes? “I’m not a skier, Jesus,” Craig laughs. “I think Bond [would] actually slide down the hill.”
One thing we know for sure is that Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster is out, confessing, “They offered me the next one, but I am switching genres.”
Craig could stay on for a fourth movie as well, but it’s not likely. “I can’t see doing it beyond another movie,” he says. “If they ask me back to do another movie I would be thrilled.”
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?ite ... mi6&s=news
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