The Daniel Craig Forum

Dunda wrote:Hi Ladies,

Sharmaine has just send me a mail and ask me to put up this article:



she has caught a virus on her comp and can't get rid of it easily, so it may be possible that she's not online for a few days

ad78472 wrote:Daniel Craig really isn’t homophobic
By Johann Hari

Errrr… I just need to clarify something. About once every two or three weeks, I get a phone-call from one American journalist or another, asking me to “talk publicly” about “Daniel Craig’s homophobic assault” on me. Yes, that’s Daniel ‘007’ Bond, he of the blue trunks, a man who leaves us all shaken and a little stirred. “You need to talk out!” they cry. “For all gay people!”

They have got it into their heads that Craig “attacked” me at the BAFTAs last year because I’m gay. The story cropped up again in this weekend’s Independent on Sunday, where one of Craig’s friends had to defend him at length from charges of being a homophobe.

Well, here’s what happened. I was covering the BAFTA ceremony in London, and it’s not my usual patch: I’m more at home in Gaza or Congo or Darfur than the Grosvenor House. So I stumbled around making lame jokes, hoping this would prompt the stars to give me better jokes to use in my piece. When I curtseyed to Helen Mirren, she smiled and said, “Arise, my child.” I walked up to Forrest Whittaker – who had just won the BAFTA for playing Idi Amin – and said, “Mr Amin, it’s great you’ve won a BAFTA, but the way you treated the Ugandan Asians was appalling.” Blank-faced, he said, “No my man, you’re wrong. I’m an actor. He’s dead now.”

And then I saw Daniel Craig, who had failed to get an award earlier in the evening. I smiled nicely and said, “Mr Craig, you should have worn your blue shorts. They would have had to give you a BAFTA then.” He scowled and spat, “Oh, you’re a fucking fool!” His girlfriend then squealed “Leave it Daniel! It’s not worth it!”, like we were having a brawl outside a pub in Peterborough.

And that’s it. A slightly overheated story about it appeared the next day in the Daily Mail, and from there it spread, and spread.

I feel a bit guilty that a man who has actually been really good on gay issues – he’s played a lot of sympathetic gay characters, and supports gay causes – has been totally unfairly labelled as a homophobe, as a result of me momentarily pissing him off.

I don’t for a second think was being homophobic, and I never did; he just over-reacted to a pretty stupid (and unfunny) attempt at humour from me. Apparently he was testy later that night with Judi Dench and Helen Mirren too – far greater sins than being testy with a mouthy fat hack. I do think he was a bit of a dick, but then so was I – and I started it.

So, to summarise: he didn’t attack me; he’s not anti-gay; I’m not, not, not going on Good Morning America to “speak out” about it. And with that, my blue-trunked friend, I think it’s time to Live and Let Die.

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhous ... ig-re.html

Anglophile wrote:

ad78472 wrote:Daniel Craig really isn’t homophobic
By Johann Hari

Errrr… I just need to clarify something. About once every two or three weeks, I get a phone-call from one American journalist or another, asking me to “talk publicly” about “Daniel Craig’s homophobic assault” on me. Yes, that’s Daniel ‘007’ Bond, he of the blue trunks, a man who leaves us all shaken and a little stirred. “You need to talk out!” they cry. “For all gay people!”

They have got it into their heads that Craig “attacked” me at the BAFTAs last year because I’m gay. The story cropped up again in this weekend’s Independent on Sunday, where one of Craig’s friends had to defend him at length from charges of being a homophobe.

Well, here’s what happened. I was covering the BAFTA ceremony in London, and it’s not my usual patch: I’m more at home in Gaza or Congo or Darfur than the Grosvenor House. So I stumbled around making lame jokes, hoping this would prompt the stars to give me better jokes to use in my piece. When I curtseyed to Helen Mirren, she smiled and said, “Arise, my child.” I walked up to Forrest Whittaker – who had just won the BAFTA for playing Idi Amin – and said, “Mr Amin, it’s great you’ve won a BAFTA, but the way you treated the Ugandan Asians was appalling.” Blank-faced, he said, “No my man, you’re wrong. I’m an actor. He’s dead now.”

And then I saw Daniel Craig, who had failed to get an award earlier in the evening. I smiled nicely and said, “Mr Craig, you should have worn your blue shorts. They would have had to give you a BAFTA then.” He scowled and spat, “Oh, you’re a fucking fool!” His girlfriend then squealed “Leave it Daniel! It’s not worth it!”, like we were having a brawl outside a pub in Peterborough.

And that’s it. A slightly overheated story about it appeared the next day in the Daily Mail, and from there it spread, and spread.

I feel a bit guilty that a man who has actually been really good on gay issues – he’s played a lot of sympathetic gay characters, and supports gay causes – has been totally unfairly labelled as a homophobe, as a result of me momentarily pissing him off.

I don’t for a second think was being homophobic, and I never did; he just over-reacted to a pretty stupid (and unfunny) attempt at humour from me. Apparently he was testy later that night with Judi Dench and Helen Mirren too – far greater sins than being testy with a mouthy fat hack. I do think he was a bit of a dick, but then so was I – and I started it.

So, to summarise: he didn’t attack me; he’s not anti-gay; I’m not, not, not going on Good Morning America to “speak out” about it. And with that, my blue-trunked friend, I think it’s time to Live and Let Die.

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhous ... ig-re.html

Kudos to JH for having the class to write that. If Daniel reads it, he should apologise for the over-reaction on his part. I still don't quite believe the Judi Dench and Helen Mirren bit though, considering how he adores Judi. I think someone made that up. Being jealous like that is just too cliché to be true.

Misha wrote:(if it's even true)

cedgerly wrote:For such a workaholic like Daniel, the fact there does not appear to be anything even "pre-production" on his schedule (you can't really count I, Lucifer anymore) after QoS wraps, pretty much confirmed the marriage rumors for me.

Anglophile wrote:

Misha wrote:(if it's even true)

Yeah that's what I mean. JH doesn't say he saw it, he just says "apparently he was testy". This term usually means the reporter heard it from someone else.

Misha wrote:Yep, I'm sure JH did this more for himself than to set the record straight about Daniel. I guess he got tired of people bugging him about the incident, and decided to nip it in the bud once and for all with his nice/nasty "apology". He sure couldn't resist taking a few more jabs at Daniel in the process.

Anglophile wrote:

Misha wrote:Yep, I'm sure JH did this more for himself than to set the record straight about Daniel. I guess he got tired of people bugging him about the incident, and decided to nip it in the bud once and for all with his nice/nasty "apology". He sure couldn't resist taking a few more jabs at Daniel in the process.

Yeah, you know how it is... press people...
But still, I actually believe him when he says that sound bite was just a pretty stupid attempt at humour.

NextBondGirl wrote: Gmtv's Los Angeles based correspondent, Carla Romano, then said that Daniel intended to 'take a long holiday' after filming was complete to get married and have kids. She then proceeded to complain about him not being single because she thought he is gorgeous.