DANIEL CRAIG IS BOND… JAMES BOND
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aniel Craig has brought grit and gruff to the role of James Bond, bringing a new depth to the character, with his alcoholism and reliance on pills to keep fighting for mother England. He’s also faced some of the most dastardly baddies in Bond history, in particular Javier Bardem, who
is without doubt the greatest Bond villain of all. Trying to seduce him in Skyfall by stroking his legs and enquiring “What’s your regulation training for this?” to which Bond shoots back: “What makes you think it’s my first time?”
So not Bond as usual then... And the new James Bond 25 has recently been announced, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, starring Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Léa Seydoux, Rory Kinnear, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright and introducing Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek as the new Bond nemesis.
Even more exciting is that Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be joining the usual writing team, Neal Purvis & Robert Wade. Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in the extraordinary Fleabag and also wrote Killing Eve, both brilliant, award winning, ground breaking series. We expect lot from this next movie Mr Bond.
Daniel Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire and went to school in Merseyside. His mother was an art teacher and his father ran two pubs after leaving the Merchant Navy. His mother introduced him to acting at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool and at 16 he joined the National Youth Theatre, then studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican.
His film debut was in the drama The Power of One. Other early appearances were in the historical television war drama Sharpe's Eagle, Disney family film A Kid in King Arthur's Court, the drama serial Our Friends in the North and the biographical film Elizabeth. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, the crime thriller Road to Perdition, gangster movie Layer Cake, and Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Munich. In 2006 he was chosen to star in Casino Royale, taking over from Piers Brosnan and has become the Bond for a new generation, bringing his own unique take on a well played character, even winning a BAFTA nomination for the role.
His last and 25th Bond film is now in production. In the next instalment in this massively profitable enterprise, 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. Expect thrills and spills across London, Italy, Jamaica and Norway.
Filming Bond is not without its real life dangers, Daniel Craig injured his ankle while filming an action sequence in Jamaica last month, in 2006 he had two teeth knocked out while making Casino Royale, lost a fingertip on Quantum of Solace in 2008, and hurt his knee in 2015 during the shooting of Spectre. Not to mention the requisite bedroom scenes must be fairly strenuous, especially if Phoebe Waller-Bridge has anything to do with it. Expect Bond to get hurt a little more than usual in this outing. Mind you he is expected to rake in £50 million for his final 007 outing, so a lot of gain for a little pain.
How to be Bond… introduce yourself by your surname, pause, then add your first name and look menacing. This works best with short names. Effectiveness may also depend on how high you can raise an eyebrow a la Roger Moore.
Yves de Contades
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