Daniel Craig says he was ready to off James Bond all the way back in 2006
Daniel Craig made a pact with producer Barbara Broccoli about 007's fate years ago
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Suave British spy James Bond has survived death a thousand times—be it at the hands of his own lovers or the deadly scenarios he puts himself into with each film. Yet, his (spoiler alert!) tragic death in 2021's No Time To Die was one he couldn’t escape, as Daniel Craig recently revealed that it had been orchestrated from his very first appearance in Casino Royale.
“I don’t know if it sounds disingenuous,” said Craig while speaking on BBC Radio 4's Best of Today podcast, “I said to Barbara [Broccoli] a long time ago, back in 2006, ‘If I do all of these movies, and we get it right, can we kill him off,’ and she said, ‘Yes, you can.’”
For Craig, the Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery actor thought that his demise as 007 would offer “a chance to reset again” for the film franchise, similar to how Casino Royale’s “back to the beginning” origin story became its own way of revitalizing James Bond’s decades-long story.
While it may be the end of Craig’s run as the British spy, he here’s to remind everyone that his exit doesn’t mean it’s the permanent end of the character James Bond.
“He’s not really dead,” Craig said. “I’m gone, but it says right at the end [of No Time to Die] that Bond will return, so he must return at some point.”
We already have a pretty clear indication that Bond will make his return to the big screen, due the film franchise’s main formula relying on switching out the lead actor every few movies or so (or, in poor George Lazenby’s case, after one).
While the search hasn’t fully started for the next 007, we do know he’ll likely be “a thirty-something” who is definitely not “some kid out of high school,” as declared by franchise producer Michael G. Wilson back in October. (Doesn’t mean The A.V. Club can’t create a list of some potential contenders!)
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As long as we finally get Henry Cavill to play the role he is perfect for as James Bond then I don’t much care. Like Henry Cavill is literally James Bond. He’s suave, he’s good looking, he’s British (I’ll be honest with you I’m still not really sure what Jersey is with regards to Great Britain but I’m pretty sure that the Channel Islands are British). What else would you want?
I don’t see it at all with Cavill as Bond.
IDK, I was kinda hoping for beardless Nick Frost… go 70s camp “octomoon pussaker too” add lazers and voodoo skellingtons- call it a day. It will still be better than Die Another Day.
Well since you asked, I want Moonraker II: Rake Like The Wind
Cavill would likely be 42 by the time production would start on a new Bond. It’s really doubtful they would box themselves into an actor that would be closer to 50 by a second film. I’d say you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.
They could just shoot three movies back to back. I mean a studio will ALWAYS want to make a Bond movie so it’s not really a financial risk to back three at a time. In fact, I’m amazed they haven’t done that already.
They haven’t done that, because that’s not how the producers like to make the Bond films. The producers like to do one film at a time, and prefer to only start working on the next one after the release of the current one.After Skyfall the studio was keen to do the next two back to back and it was the producers who shut that down. So it’s nothing to do with financial risk, it’s to do with how the producers work.
The Channel Islands are…unusual in terms of “being British”. They’re not part of the United Kingdom and they’re not British Overseas Territories. They’re what is known as “Crown Dependencies” (there are three – the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey – the two Bailiwicks are what make up the Channel Islands). Essentially, they’re islands just off the northern coast of France that the United Kingdom is responsible for, but has to take a hands-off approach when it comes to governance. The Isle of Man, aka The Other Crown Dependency, is hundreds of miles away, smack in the middle of the Irish Sea betwix England and Ireland.
Jersey (and the other Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man) is to the UK what Costa Rica is to the US.
I’m starting to think this Craig guy is a bit of a grump.
No shit. “Famous, Rich Actor Hates Role That Made Him Famous, Rich.” I wish I had these kinds of problems.
Whenever I hear about Daniel Craig complaining about working, I remember he’s married to Rachel Weisz. I probably wouldn’t want to leave the house either if that was at home.
HARRISON FORD: *exists*ENGLAND: Hold my pint.
The olde dudes abide.
That’s a stretch.
I love the idea that each new Bond could be, essentially, a reboot to take place at a random point in his life/career such that part of the mystery about the character is this particular variant got to this point.And each time they switch up stars, they can decide to move forward with the current stories or simply wrap up the current versions story and introduce another arc with the next star.Though, hopefully, the payoff will be at some point the new Bond facing someone who’s revealed to be an old Bond from the same continuity.
Did he just “No one’s ever really gone.”?
It sounds disingenuous,
It’s not gonna be Tom Holland stop suggesting this. It was weird to see him in Uncharted. He needs more time before he can transition to leading action adventure films. He moves well but he’s just so small.
He’d make a fantastic James Bond Jr. though.
Or the plot of the movie is James Bond gets hit with an experimental shrink ray. It’s experimental, so doesn’t fully shrink.
True, and there is never gonna be a female James Bond either, people need to let that go. There’s no reason for it.
He looks and sounds like a twink. Never happening.
“I said to Barbara [Broccoli] a long time ago, back in 2006, ‘If I do
all of these movies, and we get it right, can we kill him off,’ and she
said, ‘Yes, you can.’”
Wait, so they kept doing shitty sequels just so they wouldn’t have to kill him off? It all makes sense now…
I wonder if one of the reasons Craig’s Bond is so divisive isn’t just the quality of the movies, but the sense fans had that this is a guy who wasn’t 100% committed to the character.
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I would have liked to see a Jaws or Oddjob type of henchman for Craig’s run. Some goon with a unique weapon, and/or physical attribute. They haven’t had a character like that for several Bond stints now, and I miss it.
Give it to Scott Adkins you absolute cowards.