Here we go, the next James Bond movie is in production and the discussions will start up again. How can this guy play 007? I mean he has to live up to a legend. Where will Daniel Craig, who was last seen in Tomb Raider stand up in comparison with the other men who have played 007 on the big screen.''The paparazzi are everywhere,'' sighs a weary Daniel Craig, taking a break as security guards chase after the winged intruder. ''We pulled two of them out of the bushes last night. They were in Prague when we were there. They were in Venice. They were on the beaches in the Bahamas. Everywhere Casino Royale has shot, they've been there.''
Well, who can blame them? The press — and public — always get a little curious whenever someone new starts shaking James Bond's martinis. And this time around, there's certainly plenty to be curious about. After all, many moviegoers had never heard of Craig before October 2005, when it was announced that the 38-year-old blue-eyed Brit would follow Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan to become the sixth James Bond. Frankly, some wish they still hadn't heard of him: A group of hardcore purists have been so outraged by the casting of a fair-haired actor in a role they believe is strictly for brunets, they've gone so far as to launch an anti-Craig Internet campaign and threaten a boycott of the movie (yes, Mr. Blond, they expect you to dye!). But even those who don't care about hair color, who admire Craig's work in films like Layer Cake and Munich, may have questions about this 21st official installment of the seemingly eternal action series. Because the hair isn't the only thing different about this new 007. In fact, with Casino Royale, Bond is undergoing his boldest makeover since swaggering onto screens some 45 years ago in Dr.No.''I watched every single Bond movie three or four times, taking in everything I could about how the character had been portrayed in the past — then threw all that away once I started doing the role,'' Craig announces. ''There's no point in making this movie unless it's different. It'd be a waste of time unless we took Bond to a place he'd never been before
Brave comments and steps for a man whose career could be over just as quickly as it could reach new heights.
WHEN I FIRST GOT THE PART, people kept asking 'Have you done the line yet?''' Craig says, settling into a lawn chair on a patch of grass at the airfield. ''But, honestly, I didn't rehearse it at all. I didn't practice it in the mirror every morning or anything like that. I didn't want to even think about saying it because I didn't want it to be this weight around my neck. I just wanted to get on with it and not blow it.''Real Bond So I guess time will tell. This movie has a $150 Million budget, and is a real departure from what we are used to, I am willing to give it a chance who knows, maybe this sparks a whole new level of Bond mania.
The line he's referring to is just six little words—''The name is Bond, James Bond''—but there's hardly an actor in the English-speaking world who hasn't imagined uttering it just once.
You just never know
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