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The DANIEL CRAIG Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Judi Dench fields questions about her illustrious career from her famous fans, including Daniel Craig.

    I wonder if it's worth considering making an "M" thread? People could discuss the character and the actors?
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Interesting,

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-casino-royale-hbo-max-extended-cut/
  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
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    I'd rather see an extended cut of QOS.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    So it’s basically the European cut that’s already been available on 4K blu-ray and iTunes.
  • BonSimonLeBon_1BonSimonLeBon_1
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    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    So it’s basically the European cut that’s already been available on 4K blu-ray and iTunes.

    Yep.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited July 2020 Posts: 15,716
    I was watching an interview from Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, and I suddenly noticed this:

    Capture-d-e-cran-2020-07-10-a-19-30-44.png

    It seems that Mr. Ecclestone has a portrait of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the office of his coffee plantation in Brazil.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    I was watching an interview from Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, and I suddenly noticed this:

    Capture-d-e-cran-2020-07-10-a-19-30-44.png

    It seems that Mr. Ecclestone has a portrait of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the office of his coffee plantation in Brazil.

    I have that same print in my office! :)
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    TripAces wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    I was watching an interview from Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, and I suddenly noticed this:

    Capture-d-e-cran-2020-07-10-a-19-30-44.png

    It seems that Mr. Ecclestone has a portrait of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the office of his coffee plantation in Brazil.

    I have that same print in my office! :)

    I have the same print in my apartment. :P
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    After Eccelstone's recent ill advised comments I wouldn't be using him as any reference but to each his own.
  • MalloryMallory
    edited July 2020 Posts: 2,165
    I watched Layer Cake the other day as it was on the TV. Common wisdom is that Craig's performance in the movie put him in pole position for the role of Bond, and I can see that in the movie. His character is very Bondian (if Bond were a drug dealer) in the way he talks, moves, dresses and interacts with the other characters.

    Great film also, I have a fondness for the soundtrack.

    I don't think I have seen a huge amount of Craig's films outside of Bond, Knives Out, Cowboys and Aliens, Road to Perdition, Logan Lucky and Lara Croft Tomb Raider immediately spring to mind.

    It would be good to see him in more films post-007, assuming that is what he wants to do. It looks like there will be a Knives Out 2 which is great.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Mallory wrote: »
    I watched Layer Cake the other day as it was on the TV. Common wisdom is that Craig's performance in the movie put him in pole position for the role of Bond, and I can see that in the movie. His character is very Bondian (if Bond were a drug dealer) in the way he talks, moves, dresses and interacts with the other characters.

    Great film also, I have a fondness for the soundtrack.

    I don't think I have seen a huge amount of Craig's films outside of Bond, Knives Out, Cowboys and Aliens, Road to Perdition, Logan Lucky and Lara Croft Tomb Raider immediately spring to mind.

    It would be good to see him in more films post-007, assuming that is what he wants to do. It looks like there will be a Knives Out 2 which is great.

    Matthew Vaughn, the director of layer cake would have been a great choice to make a bond film.
    I wonder if DC mentioned it to the bond producers at some time ?
  • MalloryMallory
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    @007InAction

    He almost did!

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11413

    A Vaughn 007 flick in the style of Layer Cake would be pretty good. In the style of Kingsman... well, less so (though I do like the Kingsman movies).
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
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    Mallory wrote: »
    @007InAction

    He almost did!

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11413

    A Vaughn 007 flick in the style of Layer Cake would be pretty good. In the style of Kingsman... well, less so (though I do like the Kingsman movies).

    Apparently, there was a lot of intense talks about getting Mathew Vaughn onboard and to direct Craig. However, I think he's better suited to the grandiose and kitsch world of Kingsman. Those films are gaudy fun - but more like Roger Moore movies.

    In the end, you needed Martin Campbell and Paul Haggis for CR. Remember it was that team-up, who created the more bruised and vulnerable Bond. Something that Daniel Craig really exploited the raw material of in his excellent performance....not sure you would have got that with Vaughn.


  • UnivexUnivex
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    Judi Dench: "An entire network of tourists..."

    If only she'd known how right she was back then. Now tourists are the dangerous people ;) And we know one man's tourist is another man's economy fighter.

    How the world changes, and keeps getting messier by the minute.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    Mallory wrote: »
    I watched Layer Cake the other day as it was on the TV. Common wisdom is that Craig's performance in the movie put him in pole position for the role of Bond, and I can see that in the movie. His character is very Bondian (if Bond were a drug dealer) in the way he talks, moves, dresses and interacts with the other characters.

    Great film also, I have a fondness for the soundtrack.

    I don't think I have seen a huge amount of Craig's films outside of Bond, Knives Out, Cowboys and Aliens, Road to Perdition, Logan Lucky and Lara Croft Tomb Raider immediately spring to mind.

    It would be good to see him in more films post-007, assuming that is what he wants to do. It looks like there will be a Knives Out 2 which is great.

    Layer Cake was a right movie at the right time.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Vaughn did meet with Barbara Broccoli and all that’s known is that she disliked him rather immediately after discussing with him. Having seen KINGSMAN, I think know exactly why she did not take a liking to him.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Vaughn did meet with Barbara Broccoli and all that’s known is that she disliked him rather immediately after discussing with him. Having seen KINGSMAN, I think know exactly why she did not take a liking to him.

    And yet, she still likes Purvis and Wade..
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I’m sure none of their drafts relegated Madeleine to being stuck in a foil balloon shaped like a ballsack.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Mallory wrote: »
    @007InAction

    He almost did!

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11413

    A Vaughn 007 flick in the style of Layer Cake would be pretty good. In the style of Kingsman... well, less so (though I do like the Kingsman movies).

    He missed out on Casino royale, I doubt he would have made a better film than Martin Campbell as he made a great one, but he would have been much better than the Forster disaster, QOS.
  • MalloryMallory
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    @007InAction I think any director would have had the same issues with Quantum of Solace. The very short timeframes combined with the writers strike at the time would've significantly hindered any director.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited July 2020 Posts: 2,526
    Mallory wrote: »
    @007InAction I think any director would have had the same issues with Quantum of Solace. The very short timeframes combined with the writers strike at the time would've significantly hindered any director.

    Vaughn probably would not have had the erratic editing of QOS for one thing and he is a big bond fan unlike Forster, and knows how they work and he's a great screenwriter as well. But it was not to be..........

    His next film The King's Man funnily enough Stars: Gemma Arterton, and Ralph Fiennes.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    James Bond star Daniel Craig shows support for Shropshire Virtual Show
    https://whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/18656388.james-bond-star-daniel-craig-shows-support-shropshire-virtual-show/
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited August 2020 Posts: 12,837
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Vaughn did meet with Barbara Broccoli and all that’s known is that she disliked him rather immediately after discussing with him. Having seen KINGSMAN, I think know exactly why she did not take a liking to him.

    I don’t think we should assume he’d have approached Bond the same way he did Kingsman. He’s had a fairly versatile career and he would’ve been going off the same script as Campbell.

    Having said that, I’m glad he didn’t do Bond. I enjoyed Kingsman 2 almost as much as the first, but it did seem to indicate that his instinct with a big budget is just to throw in more extravagent CGI action scenes. He’s better with more modest budgets like he had for Layer Cake, Kick Ass and the first Kingsman imo. Forces him to show a bit more restraint.
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    I’m sure none of their drafts relegated Madeleine to being stuck in a foil balloon shaped like a ballsack.

    No, she just got stuck kidnapped instead. At least Roxy actually did something. Also, Eggsy had to be the one to go to the party, because he was impersonating Arthur. Plus, it was his film. He’s the protagonist. It’s like complaining Bond gets all the attention over the Bond girls.

    Now, if you wanted to complain about how they killed her off straight away in the second one, I’d agree.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    edited August 2020 Posts: 8,183
    Yikes! I never saw the second one. I was never interested anyway, but when they showed Colin Firth somehow alive it discouraged me even more. Ironically, killing him off was one of the things that really put me off the first movie, especially since I wasn't really feeling all that invested in the kid he recruited. It certainly didn't help that they presented a female fellow agent that seemed to be far more capable than he.

    I haven't seen the film since theaters, but that's my general impression that's stuck with me. I can't remember actual plot details.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 2020 Posts: 16,383
    Very sad for Craig and family:
    https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/james-bond-stars-father-chester-18822498



    He looked like he was a pretty handsome chap himself.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Oh! This is sad. Rest his soul and I pray Craig stays strong. Yeah, it's visible where Craig got his rugged good looks from.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Oh! This is sad. Rest his soul and I pray Craig stays strong. Yeah, it's visible where Craig got his rugged good looks from.

    +1
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    What a lovely proud, supportive dad, too. RIP.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Such a sad time for them. Rachel lost her father earlier in the year, too.

    I hope he was able to see his son, play Bond one last time.
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