The large cheque seemed to have soothed all reservations.
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Now that heās done with Bond, Iām happy to pass on any of his interviews.
He doesnāt have anything interesting to say about Bond, and frankly, outside of his roles, I donāt find him to have much charm, so Iām not bothering with them anymore.
He wants to be done with Bond, I want Bond to be done with him; heās tired of Bond questions, Iām tired of his attitude and responses to them.
I think itās a shame because he was the longest incumbent Bond, and he would have such unique insights, having been a co-producer for two of the films. Yet he has nothing of much interest or value to add. Maybe in the future.
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āI would say one of my biggest reservations about playing [Bond] would be the construct of masculinity,ā he told [The New Yorker] in a recent Q&A while promoting the limited U.S. theatrical release of Luca Guadagninoās [Queer] . āIt was often very laughable, but you canāt mock it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it.ā
So Sir Roger was a better actor because he could mock it - and it worked beautifully.
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Casino Royale was the first Bond film written and released after 9/11
As Pierce Brosnan surfs a tsunami past him, I had thoughts.
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you have a mobile phone
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IMDb and Wikipedia exist
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as the interviewer, was research really too much of an ask?
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Purvis and Wade started writing in July 2000.
I think Casino Royaleās reputation of being the first Bond film influenced by 9/11 (the interviewers point) is correct.
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You are both right:
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the script for DAD was started in 2000, but with the release in 2002 there were lots of rewrites until shooting stopped, and then, after 9/11 the editing naturally changed things up again
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but the first film definitely to be developed after 9/11 was CR
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Soā¦ who of you pronounced his name correctly?
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Brits have been pointing this out since he was hiredā¦
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Cregged me.
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Nice
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I have found that thereās a big difference in Craigās demeanor when heās fulfilling the official press junket requirements, and when heās in a more relaxed state doing something outside of that constrictive arrangement.
The two Zoom-type videos (and there may be more) in which he spoke with Mads Mikkelsen and Javier Bardem revealed a more generous Craig showing humor and warmth. While watching these, I felt I saw more of Craigās true personality because he was talking with people he admired and enjoyed being around, and they were giving their respective takes on shared experiences, as well as experiences outside their working relationship.
I came to the conclusion that Craig never really mastered the interview setting, has no real desire to, and has never felt comfortable in it. Hence his occasional prickly response to unimaginative questions.
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Agreed, itās why the only interview on the press junket worth watching for Craig is Stephen Colbert.
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Craig correcting himself.
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Watching SPECTRE was also āemotionally difficultā so weāre even
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So, one more wrong prediction. But at least James Bond is still good for a headline.
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Best James Bond actor to never play James Bondā¦ Patrick McGoohan.
Fight me, lol.
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Absurd.
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As are any of the rumors at this point. There canāt be anyone under consideration for the part if theyāre not actively looking.
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The tabloids always threw out weird ideas about casting. Back then at least they suggested guys who kind of could fit the profile.
These days, after Craig, everybody seems possible.
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