Daniel Craig has no fond memories of filming his second James Bond film, A quantum of comfort.
Craig, 56, spoke about his experiences playing the iconic British spy character during his appearance in the latest episode The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast. When it was time for the discussion A quantum of comfortdescribed the actor in 2008, the sequel in 2006 Casino Royale as a “difficult second album”.
“J—— nightmare,” he said, when he THR noted that the film was made during the Hollywood writers’ strike. Craig stated that the film “didn’t have a script” when they started production.
“We probably never should have gone ahead and started production, but we did. I ended up writing a lot of the movie — I probably shouldn’t say, and I don’t want credit, that’s fine — but we were in that state because that’s what we were allowed to do “, he said. “I was allowed to work. Under the WGA rules, we were allowed to work with the director and write the scenes. But there are amazing stunt sequences in it, and I’m still wearing the pins to prove it, so there’s a lot of great stuff about it in that sense, but it just didn’t work.”
“There was no storytelling,” he added. “And that’s a terrible lesson: starting a movie without a script is just not a good idea.”
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A quantum of comfort finds Bond reeling from the death of his lover Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in the climax Casino Royale. Despite the difficulties Craig faced making that film, the actor went on to reprise his role as Bond three more times, including in 2012. Skyfallin 2015 Spectrum and in 2021 No time to die. The show’s producers are actively working on rebooting the franchise with a new actor, although no casting announcements have been made yet.
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Other fun Bond anecdotes Craig offered up during the podcast included revealing that he drunkenly offered filmmaker Sam Mendes the job of directing Skyfall after seeing him at Hugh Jackman’s Christmas party in New York.
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Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace from 2008.
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“I said, ‘Oh, Sam, it’s so good to see you,’ and I sat down and had a chat with him – and I drunkenly offered him the job. Then I got on the phone [producer Barbara Broccoli] the next day and said, ‘I think I could have offered Sam Mendes the next movie.’ And she basically just said, ‘Is he going to do it?'” When asked who his favorite Bond is, other than himself – and who Craig thinks would be the best man for the next role – the actor simply said: ” Sean Connery and I don’t care—.”
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