Do not tell Daniel Craig that the production of the 25th Bond film is cursed, as the No Time To Die actor recently spoke with GQ about his time as the iconic character, during which he addressed reports of a rough production for the latest entry.
“It pisses me off,” said Craig. “Because I’m just like, ‘Don’t curse our movie.’ And also, we’re doing our best here.”
No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond movie and Daniel Craig’s final time as the character, was met with issue after issue throughout its production. From director Danny Boyle leaving over creative differences to Craig suffering an ankle injury from an on-set explosion (that also injured one crew member), it felt like nothing was going right for the film.
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Thankfully Craig has told the magazine that he’s still proud of No Time to Die, but he is more than done with playing Bond now:
“I was never going to do one again [after Spectre],” he said. “I was like, ‘Is this work really genuinely worth this, to go through this, this whole thing?’ And I didn’t feel… I felt physically really low. So the prospect of doing another movie was just like, it was off the cards. And that’s why it has been five years.”
It took a reported $25 million to get Daniel Craig back for one more entry.
The issues for No Time To Die are not over yet unfortunately. As revealed last week, the film has been postponed to November, seven months after its planned April release. It’s also said that the move, due to the coronavirus, could cost studio MGM up to $50 million.
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Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
No Time To Die stars Daniel Craig (James Bond), Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Rory Kinnear (Tanner), Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann), Ben Whishaw (Q), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter) and Christoph Waltz (Blofeld), while new additions include Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049), Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), Billy Magnussen (Velvet Buzzsaw), Dali Benssalah (A Faithful Man) and David Dencik (Top of the Lake).
