Pierce Brosnan feared humiliation in front of new 007 Daniel Craig
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan almost rejected his role in movie-musical "Mamma Mia!" - because he feared looking silly in front of his James Bond replacement Daniel Craig, reports Contact Music.
Brosnan, 55, played 007 in four of the action series' films before Craig took over the role for 2006's Casino Royale.
And although Brosnan doesn't regret ending his tenure James Bond, he admits he was scared his all-singing and dancing role as Sam Carmichael in the 1970s ABBA-inspired film would be too far a departure from his days as the British spy.
He says, "I drew the drapes in my dressing room, looked in the mirror, and there was 007 - only he was getting ready to expose himself to possible ridicule by starring in a movie musical called Mamma Mia!"
"One of my daydreams was that I'd be strutting across the parking lot in sequined tights and a cape, and I would bump into Mr. Daniel Craig, looking very Bond-like. It never happened, I'm pleased to say."
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Could martinis be the secret of James Bond`s success
'Shaken, not stirred' turns out to be the perfect recipe for healthier and better-tasting cocktails. Roger Highfield learns more for The Telegraph.
James Bond preferred his vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred", but is there any difference? Yes - according to a psychologist and chemist who like their science with a twist.
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, creator of the world's most famous secret agent, Professor Charles Spence and Dr Andrea Sella will be unveiling the secrets of 007's favourite drink and a range of other cocktails, at a lecture at the Cheltenham Science Festival next month.
Prof Spence is a psychologist who has worked with molecular gastronomist Heston Blumenthal to unravel the secrets of how we interpret taste, while his fellow Bond addict is a chemist at University College London.
To these aficionados, the creation and presentation of a cocktail is a true science: "molecular mixologists" can create alcoholic alchemy, from Bond's dry martini to daiquiris and beyond.
Take the all-important issue of shaking rather than stirring the martini. In 1999, a group of students at the University of Western Ontario in Canada led by Colleen Trevithick (and overseen by her father John, a professor of biochemistry) decided to test Bond's preference in a series of experiments on gin and vodka martinis.
They studied the martinis' ability to deactivate hydrogen peroxide - a substance used to bleach hair or disinfect scrapes, and a potent source of the free radicals linked to ageing and disease.
While the detailed chemistry is not fully understood, martinis were much more effective than their basic ingredients - such as gin or vermouth - at deactivating hydrogen peroxide, and about twice as effective when shaken.
The martini must contain an antioxidant that deals with the peroxide, and which works better after shaking. (The olives that are normally added might also have an effect, but were left out as being "too difficult to model".)
In their analysis of the results in the British Medical Journal, the team concluded, reasonably enough, that Bond's excellent state of health "may be due, at least in part, to compliant bartenders".
And Dr Sella believes that shaken martinis are not only healthier, but also taste better. This is due to what experts call "mouthfeel" - the shaken martini has more microscopic shards of ice, making its texture more pleasing.
He plans to test this hypothesis at the Cheltenham Festival, where he is not expecting a shortage of volunteers.
So Fleming's creation obviously has impeccable judgment - but some of the scientific subtleties of cocktails did escape him. When Bond creates a martini called "The Vesper", named for his lover, Vesper Lynd, he orders: "Shake it very well until it's ice cold."
In fact, says Dr Sella, cocktails are actually colder than ice, thanks to the same phenomenon that occurs when salt is used to keep ice off roads. Salt does not actually "melt" the ice, but creates a solution with a lower freezing point.
The same effect occurs with sugar, of which there is plenty in cocktails - in the case of "The Vesper", it comes chiefly from the addition of a French apéritif, Lillet.
Dr Sella will demonstrate the colder-than-ice effect at the festival, but molecular gastronomists are already exploiting it as they experiment with taste and temperature. At elBulli in Spain, the legendary chef Ferrán Adrià has come up with the Hot and Cold Gin Fizz - a chilled gin-and-lime liquid topped with a hot foam of the same.
Martinis pack quite an alcoholic punch - but how quickly would they have an effect on 007? Alcohol is alcohol, but it is taken up at different rates, depending on many factors.
Drinks that are creamy or sugary will creep up on you more slowly, hence the idea that a glass of milk will line your stomach. But the absence of bubbles in a martini would slow the uptake of alcohol: the fizz of champagne speeds up the absorption of ethanol into the bloodstream.
Bubbles have other interesting properties: drinks such as Coke and champagne contain a great deal of carbon dioxide, but fizz slowly, and always from the same place on the glass, where the bubbles form around imperfections on the surface.
The best example of this "nucleation" effect, says Dr Sella, is the eruption that occurs when mints called Mentos are popped into Diet Coke.
Each sweet has thousands of tiny pores all over its surface, which function as nucleation sites for bubbles (the dramatic results can be seen in a host of videos on YouTube).
Dr Sella plans to see if a sparkling cocktail such as Kir Royal fizzes more than a drink such as Pimms that has other objects added to it, such as pieces of fruit and ice. He will measure the carbon dioxide released by putting a balloon over the container.
The effect of cocktails is not just chemical, but also psychological. Prof Spence explains that our perception of cocktails is affected by the shape of the glass - people do not enjoy drinks as much if they are served in a container they feel is inappropriate.
Also, to maximise the strength of your martini, make sure it's poured into a flat glass. "Researchers have shown that people drink up to 88 per cent more when consuming drinks in short, wide glasses than in tall, narrow glasses that hold the same volume," he says.
"Surprisingly, even experienced bartenders fall prey to this vertical-horizontal illusion. One study showed that veteran bartenders pour 26 per cent more alcohol into tumblers than highball glasses when measuring out a shot of spirits."
The appearance of a drink can also affect how happy we are with it: our brains make a pleasant association between the colours of ripening fruit and increased sugar content.
"Such colours, particularly bright reds, are especially powerful visual cues," says Prof Spence. "When incorporated into a drink, they can dramatically change the perceived flavour, as well as increasing the perceived sweetness by as much as 12 per cent."
French researchers tested this by using an odourless dye to colour white wine red. The wine tasters who tried the result used typical red wine descriptors, suggesting that its colour played a significant role in how they thought of it. "In cocktails, I'll look at how the very same colour can lead different people to think of, and therefore taste, very different flavours," says Prof Spence.
He also points out that studies suggest that music can affect how quickly we get through drinks: upbeat muzak in the background leads to more cocktails being downed.
Even the link with Bond will affect the way we perceive a martini. Punters are likely to pay more for a cocktail if it has a more elaborate name or - in this case - reputation.
Studies at Oxford University suggest that words can influence the perception of smells: as you might expect, a brie?like smell is more popular when labelled "cheese" rather than "body odour".
And there are differences in the extent to which people use their senses to rate drinks. About a quarter of the population are "supertasters" - those born sensitive to bitter flavours who ignore visual tricks such as dyeing white wine red.
Despite his excellent taste in shaking rather than stirring his martini, Bond is probably not among their number: they would be likely to taste the vermouth and olives as bitter and unpleasant.
Instead, like most of the population, his perception would more likely be dominated by his eyes. This neatly ties into other aspects of the Bond legend, points out Prof Spence - in particular his liking for the best-looking women.
The Bond cocktail event takes place at Cheltenham Town Hall on June 4 at 9pm. The Cheltenham Science Festival runs from June 4-8. For details and tickets, visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com or call 01242 227979.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=6264
'Shaken, not stirred' turns out to be the perfect recipe for healthier and better-tasting cocktails. Roger Highfield learns more for The Telegraph.
James Bond preferred his vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred", but is there any difference? Yes - according to a psychologist and chemist who like their science with a twist.
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, creator of the world's most famous secret agent, Professor Charles Spence and Dr Andrea Sella will be unveiling the secrets of 007's favourite drink and a range of other cocktails, at a lecture at the Cheltenham Science Festival next month.
Prof Spence is a psychologist who has worked with molecular gastronomist Heston Blumenthal to unravel the secrets of how we interpret taste, while his fellow Bond addict is a chemist at University College London.
To these aficionados, the creation and presentation of a cocktail is a true science: "molecular mixologists" can create alcoholic alchemy, from Bond's dry martini to daiquiris and beyond.
Take the all-important issue of shaking rather than stirring the martini. In 1999, a group of students at the University of Western Ontario in Canada led by Colleen Trevithick (and overseen by her father John, a professor of biochemistry) decided to test Bond's preference in a series of experiments on gin and vodka martinis.
They studied the martinis' ability to deactivate hydrogen peroxide - a substance used to bleach hair or disinfect scrapes, and a potent source of the free radicals linked to ageing and disease.
While the detailed chemistry is not fully understood, martinis were much more effective than their basic ingredients - such as gin or vermouth - at deactivating hydrogen peroxide, and about twice as effective when shaken.
The martini must contain an antioxidant that deals with the peroxide, and which works better after shaking. (The olives that are normally added might also have an effect, but were left out as being "too difficult to model".)
In their analysis of the results in the British Medical Journal, the team concluded, reasonably enough, that Bond's excellent state of health "may be due, at least in part, to compliant bartenders".
And Dr Sella believes that shaken martinis are not only healthier, but also taste better. This is due to what experts call "mouthfeel" - the shaken martini has more microscopic shards of ice, making its texture more pleasing.
He plans to test this hypothesis at the Cheltenham Festival, where he is not expecting a shortage of volunteers.
So Fleming's creation obviously has impeccable judgment - but some of the scientific subtleties of cocktails did escape him. When Bond creates a martini called "The Vesper", named for his lover, Vesper Lynd, he orders: "Shake it very well until it's ice cold."
In fact, says Dr Sella, cocktails are actually colder than ice, thanks to the same phenomenon that occurs when salt is used to keep ice off roads. Salt does not actually "melt" the ice, but creates a solution with a lower freezing point.
The same effect occurs with sugar, of which there is plenty in cocktails - in the case of "The Vesper", it comes chiefly from the addition of a French apéritif, Lillet.
Dr Sella will demonstrate the colder-than-ice effect at the festival, but molecular gastronomists are already exploiting it as they experiment with taste and temperature. At elBulli in Spain, the legendary chef Ferrán Adrià has come up with the Hot and Cold Gin Fizz - a chilled gin-and-lime liquid topped with a hot foam of the same.
Martinis pack quite an alcoholic punch - but how quickly would they have an effect on 007? Alcohol is alcohol, but it is taken up at different rates, depending on many factors.
Drinks that are creamy or sugary will creep up on you more slowly, hence the idea that a glass of milk will line your stomach. But the absence of bubbles in a martini would slow the uptake of alcohol: the fizz of champagne speeds up the absorption of ethanol into the bloodstream.
Bubbles have other interesting properties: drinks such as Coke and champagne contain a great deal of carbon dioxide, but fizz slowly, and always from the same place on the glass, where the bubbles form around imperfections on the surface.
The best example of this "nucleation" effect, says Dr Sella, is the eruption that occurs when mints called Mentos are popped into Diet Coke.
Each sweet has thousands of tiny pores all over its surface, which function as nucleation sites for bubbles (the dramatic results can be seen in a host of videos on YouTube).
Dr Sella plans to see if a sparkling cocktail such as Kir Royal fizzes more than a drink such as Pimms that has other objects added to it, such as pieces of fruit and ice. He will measure the carbon dioxide released by putting a balloon over the container.
The effect of cocktails is not just chemical, but also psychological. Prof Spence explains that our perception of cocktails is affected by the shape of the glass - people do not enjoy drinks as much if they are served in a container they feel is inappropriate.
Also, to maximise the strength of your martini, make sure it's poured into a flat glass. "Researchers have shown that people drink up to 88 per cent more when consuming drinks in short, wide glasses than in tall, narrow glasses that hold the same volume," he says.
"Surprisingly, even experienced bartenders fall prey to this vertical-horizontal illusion. One study showed that veteran bartenders pour 26 per cent more alcohol into tumblers than highball glasses when measuring out a shot of spirits."
The appearance of a drink can also affect how happy we are with it: our brains make a pleasant association between the colours of ripening fruit and increased sugar content.
"Such colours, particularly bright reds, are especially powerful visual cues," says Prof Spence. "When incorporated into a drink, they can dramatically change the perceived flavour, as well as increasing the perceived sweetness by as much as 12 per cent."
French researchers tested this by using an odourless dye to colour white wine red. The wine tasters who tried the result used typical red wine descriptors, suggesting that its colour played a significant role in how they thought of it. "In cocktails, I'll look at how the very same colour can lead different people to think of, and therefore taste, very different flavours," says Prof Spence.
He also points out that studies suggest that music can affect how quickly we get through drinks: upbeat muzak in the background leads to more cocktails being downed.
Even the link with Bond will affect the way we perceive a martini. Punters are likely to pay more for a cocktail if it has a more elaborate name or - in this case - reputation.
Studies at Oxford University suggest that words can influence the perception of smells: as you might expect, a brie?like smell is more popular when labelled "cheese" rather than "body odour".
And there are differences in the extent to which people use their senses to rate drinks. About a quarter of the population are "supertasters" - those born sensitive to bitter flavours who ignore visual tricks such as dyeing white wine red.
Despite his excellent taste in shaking rather than stirring his martini, Bond is probably not among their number: they would be likely to taste the vermouth and olives as bitter and unpleasant.
Instead, like most of the population, his perception would more likely be dominated by his eyes. This neatly ties into other aspects of the Bond legend, points out Prof Spence - in particular his liking for the best-looking women.
The Bond cocktail event takes place at Cheltenham Town Hall on June 4 at 9pm. The Cheltenham Science Festival runs from June 4-8. For details and tickets, visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com or call 01242 227979.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=6264
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Yes, she is a really lucky girl!Germangirl wrote: What a job that girl has...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165163/
I wonder if she is his assistant for QoS too!
Not really a piece of news, but interesting anyways:
From the DC wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Craig):
Daniel Wroughton Craig[1] (born 2 March 1968, cousin of novelist Joe Craig) is an English actor.
Joe Craig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Craig
http://www.joecraig.co.uk/
Had not noticed that before...
Grip
From the DC wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Craig):
Daniel Wroughton Craig[1] (born 2 March 1968, cousin of novelist Joe Craig) is an English actor.
Joe Craig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Craig
http://www.joecraig.co.uk/
Had not noticed that before...
Grip
It's not listed in imdb and not mentioned by tiscali-bio either, which is pretty thorough... I saw this mentioned first in the Daniel O'Brien bio and it is listed in BFI Filmography - he is cast in all three episodes, though!laredo wrote:That's him in the dvd cover , yes ? I looked on Imdb and he is not in the credits for this show . Are they throwing his pic on cover just to sell it ?
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News and rumour about the title Qos song arrive daily. Just dont know whom tp trust...
Pet Shop Boys Bond with Amy
PET SHOP BOYS have offered to help AMY WINEHOUSE complete her Bond theme tune.
MARK RONSON gave up working with the singer on the track for Quantum Of Solace because he felt her drug hell has left her in no fit state to make music.
Now NEIL TENNANT and CHRIS LOWE want to lend a keyboard or two.
They have been creating their own song for the film — due in cinemas this October — and had been hoping to be signed ahead of red-hot favourite Amy.
Now they want to join forces with the Rehab star.
Neil revealed: “She’s got a few things to sort out first but we like her very much.”
Pet Shop Boys have worked with GIRLS ALOUD, SUGABABES, SAINT ETIENNE, NEW ORDER and FRANZ FERDINAND and do not fear teaming up with wild Amy.
Neil added: “Technically she’s a great singer and we’ve got one or two tracks that would really suit her.”
Bond movie chiefs want Amy for their assignment but if her track is not up to scratch, or they fear she’ll taint their brand, they will turn to one of several rival acts.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... 189358.ece
Pet Shop Boys Bond with Amy
PET SHOP BOYS have offered to help AMY WINEHOUSE complete her Bond theme tune.
MARK RONSON gave up working with the singer on the track for Quantum Of Solace because he felt her drug hell has left her in no fit state to make music.
Now NEIL TENNANT and CHRIS LOWE want to lend a keyboard or two.
They have been creating their own song for the film — due in cinemas this October — and had been hoping to be signed ahead of red-hot favourite Amy.
Now they want to join forces with the Rehab star.
Neil revealed: “She’s got a few things to sort out first but we like her very much.”
Pet Shop Boys have worked with GIRLS ALOUD, SUGABABES, SAINT ETIENNE, NEW ORDER and FRANZ FERDINAND and do not fear teaming up with wild Amy.
Neil added: “Technically she’s a great singer and we’ve got one or two tracks that would really suit her.”
Bond movie chiefs want Amy for their assignment but if her track is not up to scratch, or they fear she’ll taint their brand, they will turn to one of several rival acts.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... 189358.ece
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That's pretty cool.Elvenstar wrote:News and rumour about the title Qos song arrive daily. Just dont know whom tp trust...
Pet Shop Boys Bond with Amy
PET SHOP BOYS have offered to help AMY WINEHOUSE complete her Bond theme tune.
MARK RONSON gave up working with the singer on the track for Quantum Of Solace because he felt her drug hell has left her in no fit state to make music.
Now NEIL TENNANT and CHRIS LOWE want to lend a keyboard or two.
They have been creating their own song for the film — due in cinemas this October — and had been hoping to be signed ahead of red-hot favourite Amy.
Now they want to join forces with the Rehab star.
Neil revealed: “She’s got a few things to sort out first but we like her very much.”
Pet Shop Boys have worked with GIRLS ALOUD, SUGABABES, SAINT ETIENNE, NEW ORDER and FRANZ FERDINAND and do not fear teaming up with wild Amy.
Neil added: “Technically she’s a great singer and we’ve got one or two tracks that would really suit her.”
Bond movie chiefs want Amy for their assignment but if her track is not up to scratch, or they fear she’ll taint their brand, they will turn to one of several rival acts.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... 189358.ece
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Bond girl Gemma Arterton lands `Persia` role
New Bond girl Gemma Arterton also has been cast to co-star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular prince and Gyllenhaal as Tamina in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", reports Variety. She next appears in the upcoming James Bond outing "Quantum of Solace" in November.
The Mouse has tapped the thesp to topline Jerry Bruckheimer's big-budget adaptation of Ubisoft's hit fantasy actioner that the producer and Disney hope to turn into another lucrative franchise similar to "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Production on "Persia" starts in July, with Mike Newell lensing from a script by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, Boaz Yakin and the game's creator Jordan Mechner. Studio will release next summer.
Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina, a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Jerry Bruckheimer Films' Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick will exec produce.
Ubisoft released the first "Prince of Persia" game in 1989, which has spawned several sequels for various vidgame consoles. Its latest title hits store shelves later this year.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=6267
New Bond girl Gemma Arterton also has been cast to co-star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular prince and Gyllenhaal as Tamina in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", reports Variety. She next appears in the upcoming James Bond outing "Quantum of Solace" in November.
The Mouse has tapped the thesp to topline Jerry Bruckheimer's big-budget adaptation of Ubisoft's hit fantasy actioner that the producer and Disney hope to turn into another lucrative franchise similar to "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Production on "Persia" starts in July, with Mike Newell lensing from a script by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, Boaz Yakin and the game's creator Jordan Mechner. Studio will release next summer.
Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina, a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Jerry Bruckheimer Films' Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick will exec produce.
Ubisoft released the first "Prince of Persia" game in 1989, which has spawned several sequels for various vidgame consoles. Its latest title hits store shelves later this year.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=6267
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Total Film Summer 2008.
Quantum of Solace.
If you go on the Internet a bit too much, you’ve probably seen that shonky clip Daniel Craig climbing up a drainpipe like a rat up a, er… drainpipe. Or at least like Spidey in a posh suit. ‘Superspy gets spied on!’ Er… Streamed Not Stirred! It oddly didn’t say in the tabloids…
Half-way through the Quantum Of Solace shoot then and here’s the latest things we know … Mr Craig will emerge from some water! Possibly in undersized trunks. Probably fully suited … Due to religious twitches, producers have scrapped plans to have him bobbing up from the cisterns in Sienna Cathedral, showing off his wedding-veg bulge. So he’ll be rising from the Fonte Gaia fountain instead. Like a rat from a drain, instead of up a drainpipe.
A buzz insider who’s been filming tells us that Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is “amazing”, working up a celluloid-melting chemistry with Craig. Then there’s the mental stunt mishap with the DBS, which was driven off a road and into Lake Garda by an engineer (“I’m lucky to be alive. I’ve been with Aston Martin for five years and never bent one until now. They told me I sank 150ft”)
And… during our interview with baddie Mathieu Amalric, he whispered something about his character pouring petrol over a woman and setting her alight! He may have just been teasing, but that one’s just too specific to resist ….
The wrap is set for June, with more filming in Sienna in May. First though, there’s Austria … Look out for the next issue of Total Film, with an exclusive set report where we go skiing with Dan and get Olga drunk on foamy beer. Might as well aim high ….
Ewan McGregor interview
One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. “It was something I was going to do” says McGregor, “but the truth is it’s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it’s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.”
And, perhaps, a chance to see present Bond and future Bond in the same scene? After all, to bring back that Connery comparison one last time, the role of 007 has been linked to McGregor since pretty much the first day of his career and he’s still only 37. Hasn’t he even been offered the role, either pre or post Craig? It can’t all just be tabloid speculation.
“Um, no …. Yes. It’s all just … speculation” says the actor shiftily.
That wasn’t very convincing. McGregor bursts out laughing.
“Look …. It’s just, I couldn’t say anything one way or another. There would be no point to… What I will say is Daniel Craig is doing a fucking great job. And, considering how horrible so many folk were to him when he got the gig, he’s proved a hell of a lot wrong”
Quantum of Solace.
If you go on the Internet a bit too much, you’ve probably seen that shonky clip Daniel Craig climbing up a drainpipe like a rat up a, er… drainpipe. Or at least like Spidey in a posh suit. ‘Superspy gets spied on!’ Er… Streamed Not Stirred! It oddly didn’t say in the tabloids…
Half-way through the Quantum Of Solace shoot then and here’s the latest things we know … Mr Craig will emerge from some water! Possibly in undersized trunks. Probably fully suited … Due to religious twitches, producers have scrapped plans to have him bobbing up from the cisterns in Sienna Cathedral, showing off his wedding-veg bulge. So he’ll be rising from the Fonte Gaia fountain instead. Like a rat from a drain, instead of up a drainpipe.
A buzz insider who’s been filming tells us that Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is “amazing”, working up a celluloid-melting chemistry with Craig. Then there’s the mental stunt mishap with the DBS, which was driven off a road and into Lake Garda by an engineer (“I’m lucky to be alive. I’ve been with Aston Martin for five years and never bent one until now. They told me I sank 150ft”)
And… during our interview with baddie Mathieu Amalric, he whispered something about his character pouring petrol over a woman and setting her alight! He may have just been teasing, but that one’s just too specific to resist ….
The wrap is set for June, with more filming in Sienna in May. First though, there’s Austria … Look out for the next issue of Total Film, with an exclusive set report where we go skiing with Dan and get Olga drunk on foamy beer. Might as well aim high ….
Ewan McGregor interview
One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. “It was something I was going to do” says McGregor, “but the truth is it’s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it’s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.”
And, perhaps, a chance to see present Bond and future Bond in the same scene? After all, to bring back that Connery comparison one last time, the role of 007 has been linked to McGregor since pretty much the first day of his career and he’s still only 37. Hasn’t he even been offered the role, either pre or post Craig? It can’t all just be tabloid speculation.
“Um, no …. Yes. It’s all just … speculation” says the actor shiftily.
That wasn’t very convincing. McGregor bursts out laughing.
“Look …. It’s just, I couldn’t say anything one way or another. There would be no point to… What I will say is Daniel Craig is doing a fucking great job. And, considering how horrible so many folk were to him when he got the gig, he’s proved a hell of a lot wrong”
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Well... that's a disappointment!catherinep wrote:One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. “It was something I was going to do” says McGregor, “but the truth is it’s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it’s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.”
Crazy!
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I know! When I read that my day was ruined.Elaine_Figgis wrote:Well... that's a disappointment!catherinep wrote:One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. “It was something I was going to do” says McGregor, “but the truth is it’s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it’s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.”
Aragorn wrote:Bond girl Gemma Arterton lands `Persia` role
Very happy for her. But the start of "Prince" means the end of the pirate fans community's (which I proudly belong to) hope for the continuation of our dear Caribbean franchise
catherinep wrote: If you go on the Internet a bit too much, you’ve probably seen that shonky clip Daniel Craig climbing up a drainpipe like a rat up a, er… drainpipe. Or at least like Spidey in a posh suit. ‘Superspy gets spied on!’ Er… Streamed Not Stirred! It oddly didn’t say in the tabloids
Cant wait to see that! Dan's chem with Eva was mesmerizing. Expect some memorable dialogue there.insider who·s been filming tells us that Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is amazing, working up a celluloid-melting chemistry with Craig.sounds interestingwhere we go skiing with Dannow my day is ruined tooOne project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. ЇIt was something I was going to do˜ says McGregor, Їbut the truth is it·s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it·s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.
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Give it a bright side - he´ll give us something else instead - no way, he´ll NOT work at spring next year at the latest IMOcatherinep wrote:I know! When I read that my day was ruined.Elaine_Figgis wrote:Well... that's a disappointment!catherinep wrote:One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. “It was something I was going to do” says McGregor, “but the truth is it’s been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it’s not happening. Shame, because it was a great script.”
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
