New Craig Interview!
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If you go to the link above, you'll find a pretty nifty interview with Daniel Craig. It's supposed to be about his upcoming film, Flashbacks of a Fool (a certain anti-Craig site is going to have a field day with that one), but of course the content is more about Bond 22 than anything else. For those who don't like to click on links, here are some highlights:
On the title. . .
When it came to the specifics - the title for example - Craig was being cagey, telling us, with a wry grin, that no, there was no title yet, and laughing as we put to him the suggestion that it was The Lady Expects Too Much. "Really, is that the rumour? That's quite good," he laughed, "I should write that one down..."
And the plot. . .
"It carries on from where the last one stopped," Craig told RT, "We set up in the last one that there's this organisation that is destabilising the world's economy because they want to take it over, and that's his job now, to go out and stop them."
On the bad guy and a certain rumor. . .
Casting news has recently revealed a potential villain in Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly star, Mathieu Almaric. "I'm over the moon with his casting," Craig told us, "I met him very briefly on Munich but I didn't do any scenes with him. Now I've got to know him on Bond and I saw the Schnabel movie and thought it was amazing."
And that line is interesting enough on its own - Bond 22 has only recently started principal photography, perhaps suggesting that if he's already gotten to know Almaric, his character may be featured heavily in the film. On the suggestion that he was the Algerian boyfriend of Vesper Lynd, Eva Green's character in Casino Royale, we again saw the wry smile as Craig hinted, "there is a connection there, yes..."
And about the film itself and about being Bond. . .
"I'm no less nervous than I was but I'm very happy with what we've put together for this one. The fact that Marc Forster's come in to direct it just makes my job a lot easier. He's taken care of a lot of stuff that I just don't have to think about and I'm just getting on with acting."
And, he says, the pressure of taking on the mantle of James Bond gets no easier the second time out of the gate. "I don't know if I'll ever feel comfortable with it," he said, "I mean, it's James Bond. I don't know if I'll ever get to that place and get Zen about it; it's not that kind of role. But I'm enjoying what we've shot so far and I'm planning to enjoy as much as I can of this filming process. Because, otherwise, why do it?"
Read to your hearts' content, my friends!
If you go to the link above, you'll find a pretty nifty interview with Daniel Craig. It's supposed to be about his upcoming film, Flashbacks of a Fool (a certain anti-Craig site is going to have a field day with that one), but of course the content is more about Bond 22 than anything else. For those who don't like to click on links, here are some highlights:
On the title. . .
When it came to the specifics - the title for example - Craig was being cagey, telling us, with a wry grin, that no, there was no title yet, and laughing as we put to him the suggestion that it was The Lady Expects Too Much. "Really, is that the rumour? That's quite good," he laughed, "I should write that one down..."
And the plot. . .
"It carries on from where the last one stopped," Craig told RT, "We set up in the last one that there's this organisation that is destabilising the world's economy because they want to take it over, and that's his job now, to go out and stop them."
On the bad guy and a certain rumor. . .
Casting news has recently revealed a potential villain in Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly star, Mathieu Almaric. "I'm over the moon with his casting," Craig told us, "I met him very briefly on Munich but I didn't do any scenes with him. Now I've got to know him on Bond and I saw the Schnabel movie and thought it was amazing."
And that line is interesting enough on its own - Bond 22 has only recently started principal photography, perhaps suggesting that if he's already gotten to know Almaric, his character may be featured heavily in the film. On the suggestion that he was the Algerian boyfriend of Vesper Lynd, Eva Green's character in Casino Royale, we again saw the wry smile as Craig hinted, "there is a connection there, yes..."
And about the film itself and about being Bond. . .
"I'm no less nervous than I was but I'm very happy with what we've put together for this one. The fact that Marc Forster's come in to direct it just makes my job a lot easier. He's taken care of a lot of stuff that I just don't have to think about and I'm just getting on with acting."
And, he says, the pressure of taking on the mantle of James Bond gets no easier the second time out of the gate. "I don't know if I'll ever feel comfortable with it," he said, "I mean, it's James Bond. I don't know if I'll ever get to that place and get Zen about it; it's not that kind of role. But I'm enjoying what we've shot so far and I'm planning to enjoy as much as I can of this filming process. Because, otherwise, why do it?"
Read to your hearts' content, my friends!
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What a great time and place to be a James Bond fan :007)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
This is going to be a hell of a year, given all the mystery surrounding Bond 22. I hope the filmmakers are able to maintain the surprise.
Thanks for the news, Hardy. {[]
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Nonetheless, I hope that this organisation will be attempting to take over the world, because as long as their means are terrifying and ambitious enough, their motivation IMO should match the means as well as the mystery of the organisation itself.
Yes; as rumoured titles go, it's certainly one of the best I've heard.
Looking forward to new developments in production diaries...and hopefully, that elusive title...
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
If it is indeed a group seeking some sort of leverage over the world, and it does hint at economy more than some sort of Drax/Stromberg plot. I would imagine it's more of a sinister Bilderberg Group type, some sort of opposite of the New World Order scenario.
But I really can't see this film returning to an ending involving scores of Commandos and an underground lair...
(And as for the title suggested by the interviewer... No thanks.)
If the underlying plot is an organization that is going to take over the world, it would not make sense to completely dismantle it in a single Bond movie. Bond is still a rookie. I know other (if not all) Bond films did this but it looks like that they want to now portray Bond as a developing MI6 00 agent. We are viewing Bond as he hones his skills and moves on to take on more and more difficult assignments. I see Bond slowly unraveling the organization in 22 and then go after the HEAD in Bond 23 or maybe even 24. This would make sense to me seeing how CR ended as a lead-in to Bond 22. CR ended with the prelude of a bigger organization. This sort of filming style, leaving Bond fans wanting and waiting for what may happen next, seeing how Bond develops to the Bond movies of the past when he can save the would in 120 minutes. Remember, this is Bond starting his career as a 00 agent.
Just my 2 cents.
I would take this comment with a grain of salt, I'd bet DC enjoys messing with the fans!
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Sounds good to me. And relevant in an age when huge multi-national corporations do hold considerable influence over the political arena. If anything this sounds more like a continuation of the events that happened in CR than a return to Pinky and the Brain-style world domination of MR.
I'd hate "Some whiny doofus becomes a hotshot pilot after hanging out with an old man who dies after battling an asthmatic jukebox in black." But thats Star Wars, and I'm a pretty big fan of that.
Not much to react to, is there? Not really stunning news; neither good nor bad.
I'd doubt it- she is very young.
Hmm, that kind of puts Bond to shame if he didn't become a Double O until he was 38 and this young Girl got in so much earlier.
I'm imagining her in a black and white PTS of her own, smashing sinks and drowning people ferociously in toilets.
If you're hating Bond 22 on the first roll of the camera, then don't darken this forum for everyone else, because quite frankly there's no point in you taking part if you've decided you'll be unbelievably negative. Stick to the rest of the forums and leave this one to those who are open-minded on the issue.
But where's that darn script leak anyway? We'll know soon enough, one way or the other.