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 Daniel Craig
Spotlight By: Benjamin Lee There are a select few roles in Hollywood that carry enough weight to instantly propel a smaller actor into the A-List. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Harry Potter and of course James Bond. Ever since Pierce Brosnan was ousted by producers, the search for a new 007 was one which attracted a truckload of publicity. The bookies favorite was Clive Owen while Hugh Jackman was a close second. But in April 2005, many were surprised by the choice of blond character actor Daniel Craig being announced as the new Bond. Before Bond, British actor Daniel Craig was best known by multiplex audiences for a number of supporting roles in Road To Perdition, Munich and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Many were outraged by the choice and some even launched a hate campaign against the new choice but Craig stayed resilient and has now delivered what many are calling the best Bond performance yet. But for Craig, dodging the bad publicity was one of Bond’s toughest missions. ‘It affected me in a negative way’ Craig confesses, ‘But it spurred me on and the only way I can answer them is to present the movie and say look if you still don’t like it then there’s no answer’. Craig's method of dealing with bad press? 'Throw the laptop out the window!'. Once Craig got the much-coveted role, a heavy training process followed. ‘I hit the gym. I started running, I gave up smoking and just started pushing weights. I had a trainer which was essential - you need to be pushed. I wanted to get as fit as I possibly could and if I took my shirt off you’d say yeah he could do that’. Although Craig was handpicked by the producers, he originally turned down the role. ‘I was incredibly honored but I approached it as I approach everything else’ Craig states ‘I said show me a script and I’ll make a decision and they didn’t have a script. I walked away and said I can’t do this but Barbara (Broccoli) is very persuasive. She made me an offer I couldn't refuse’. Craig finally agreed and when he was given the role he celebrated in a way that only Bond would. ‘I had about three or four very large vodka martinis’. Casino Royale, sees the story of Bond go way back to the beginning as we see a grittier, less refined agent involved in bringing down a terrorist. What differentiates this Bond from the others is the lack of his trademark wisecracks and a newfound vulnerability. This Bond bleeds just like the rest of us. It was this which attracted Craig to the movie. ‘I was absolutely sure that if we didn’t see him go through some sort of change then it would just be a rehash of something we’ve seen before’ Craig says ‘And I just wasn’t gonna get involved with that. It had to be a challenge’. Although some things never change ‘He’s a sexist pig and ... |
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