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Daniel Craig To Continue As James Bond; On Contract For One More

Talking with The Daily Mail about the upcoming Spectre, star Daniel Craig says he is still under contract for one more film following the late fall release of the new 007 picture. And beyond that, he says, “I’m not going to make predictions.”

One thing the actor notes is the physically demanding stunt work. Even at 47, it’s getting tougher to train into Bond’s fighting shape. “It’s getting harder. But such is life,” he says. He credits his stunt team with making it a little easier on set despite injuring his knee during Spectre‘s production. “I’ve got so many good doubles.”

But he adds, “I’ll keep going as long as I’m physically able.”
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Seriously, if you are James Bond, why would you ever want to step down voluntarily? You're JAMES BOND. You can make all the movies about gay cowboys eating pudding you want in between Bond films.
 
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Asked if he could see himself returning for another Bond film Craig said,

Now? I?d rather break this glass and slash my wrists. No, not at the moment. Not at all. That?s fine. I?m over it at the moment. We?re done. All I want to do is move on
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Yeesh, man. Not a good look. To be fair, he does make it pretty clear that he?s talking about right now, which makes sense. If I was in the midst of a massive round of promotion after wrapping such a mammoth-scale production, I?d probably want a break too. But there?s something to be said for speaking in a way that doesn?t make you sound ungrateful and entitled. Craig took a bit more diplomatic tone in his follow up answer,

I haven?t given it any thought. For at least a year or two, I just don?t want to think about it. I don?t know what the next step is. I?ve no idea. Not because I?m trying to be cagey. Who the **** knows? At the moment, we?ve done it. I?m not in discussion with anybody about anything. If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.?
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?Every idea I?ve had for a Bond movie, I?ve stuck into this one. It?s gone in. The Bond bank is dry. If you?re asking me what would I do with another Bond movie? I haven?t a clue. Go into space? Let?s do it! They already did it. Let?s do it again.?

Craig also confirmed rumors that the studio wanted to move swiftly on the Specre sequel, planning to film Spectre its followup back-to-back at one point,

?Well, I was contracted to do another one. That was all set up. But at the studio there was a real keenness to get it done as soon as possible. In fact, there was a conversation at one point that went: ?Let?s film two movies back to back.? I just went: ?You?re out of your ****ing minds.? In the nicest possible way. They?re just too big.?
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His thoughts on who should pick up the mantle after he?s done? Zero. ****s. Given.

Look, I don?t give a ****. Good luck to them! All I care about is that if I stop doing these things we?ve left it in a good place and people pick it up and make it better. Make it better, that?s all.

And what would be his advice to his eventual successor? ?Don?t be ****.? Not very useful advice, but definitely worth heeding.

You?ve got to step up. People do not make movies like this any more. This is really rare now. So don?t be ****?Go for it. Embrace it. Some clich?d line like that. But no, just make sure you?re great. You?ve got to push yourself as far as you can. It?s worth it, it?s James Bond.?
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KingInTheWest said:
Seriously, if you are James Bond, why would you ever want to step down voluntarily? You're JAMES BOND. You can make all the movies about gay cowboys eating pudding you want in between Bond films.
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First of all I love the gay cowboys eating pudding reference, and second you don't need to get into extremely good physical shape to play a gay cowboy eating pudding. Daniel Craig is almost 50, I get where he is coming from with his complaint.

I have faith that Sam Mendes will deliver another winner, and if Spectre is Craig's swan song then he sure picked a hell of movie to go out on. At the moment only Lazenby can say that he went out on a great Bond film.
 
KingsFan1985 said:
First of all I love the gay cowboys eating pudding reference, and second you don't need to get into extremely good physical shape to play a gay cowboy eating pudding. Daniel Craig is almost 50, I get where he is coming from with his complaint.

I have faith that Sam Mendes will deliver another winner, and if Spectre is Craig's swan song then he sure picked a hell of movie to go out on. At the moment only Lazenby can say that he went out on a great Bond film.
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Having to be in shape is a slightly better excuse, but he has all the time and money to get any people he needs to help him out.

Everything I have seen of Spectre looks incredible, maybe minus that one CGI collapsing building. I swear I read the contract was for five movies, but we'll see.

Everyone's last Bond movie is the worst one they made, so there is another reason for Craig to make another.
 
Well I was trying to avoid hearing any sort of reviews about Spectre seeing how it's already out in Europe, but I couldn't help myself. So for those who don't want to know don't read what I post below. I won't give any spoilers because I don't know of any, but I'll give a general consensus of what most of the reviews say.




For the most part a lot of the reviews say Spectre is not quiet as good as Skyfall, but it's still a very good film. A lot of rave reviews about the opening scene in Mexico, and in general there being a lot of suspenseful moments in the movie. All in all everything sounds overwhelmingly positive, and I can't wait for November 6.
 
If I can sum up Spectre in a few words, it was good, but slightly disappointing at the same time. I'm not going to spoil anything, but clearly the series is wanting to go back to how things were before the Craig reboot. I think most people now have a certain expectation of how Craig's Bond should be like, so when we get a Pierce Brosnan like Bond film with Daniel Craig in it can be off putting to some. I for one wish they would have continued exploring ideas and kept the same general tone that Casino Royale and Skyfall had, but Spectre is still no where near as offensively bad as Quantum of Solace was. Spectre is clearly a fan service film full of homages, and in that sense its probably the best kind of those types of Bond films trying to replicate a Sean Connery era Bond film post Sean Connery. It's a popcorn movie, a piece of entertainment, which most non hardcore fans I think will be happy with, but to others I think we have come to expect more from a Daniel Craig Bond film than just a run of the mill, by the books blockbuster. With that being said I would probably put Spectre on par with You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, Goldeneye, For Your Eyes Only, and Bond films like that. Good, but not great. I will say Christoph Waltz performance of a certain character was very poor.


jerseydevil said:
Man, Spectre is getting brutal reviews...
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I think you just picked the two most brutal reviews. It's in the 60% range on rotten tomatoes, which sounds about right to me, but I will remember all these reviews come next month when the very things movie reviewers are giving Spectre grief over, they'll be praising Force Awakens for making that same exact nostalgia trip.
 
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I liked Spectre, but did not love it. I agree with KingsFan1985, it felt like an older Bond movie, a little less grounded in reality, let's say.

My least favorite of the 4 Craig films, but I did still enjoy it.
 
It was a'ight.

It seems like there were more of those "Seriously?" moments in this one than the past few movies. I could name a few, but don't wanna spoil things for peeps.
 
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