We all remember when Daniel Craig said he’d “rather slash his wrists” than play Jame Bond again, right? Of course you do, it only a year ago, and has led to a tidal wave of speculation and rumours about the future of the MGM’s long running franchise, from Craig been offered $150 million for tow more movies to a short list that included Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, and Michael Fassbender. Well, it seems Mr. Craig has had a change of heart according to Vulture, taking to the stage at the New Yorker Film Festival and walking back his infamous comments, saying with a laugh:
They say that shit sticks, and that definitely stuck. It was the day after filming [stopped on Spectre]. I'd been away from home for a year.
This does make sense. Spectre took the cast to multiple locations, including Mexico, Austria, Morocco, and Italy, and throw in the physicality required to bring the role of James Bond to life, and you could see how he’s be a bit cranky. On top of that, the film had just wrapped, so I don’t think another movie was foremost in peoples mind at that point. Craig went on to say that he’s pretty happy to take up the Walther PPK once more:
As far as I'm concerned, I've got the best job in the world. I'll keep doing it as long as I still get a kick out of it. If I were to stop doing it, I would miss it terribly.
Of course, the cynical among you will be envisioning trucks of money being driven up to his door at this moment, and I’m not entirely ruling it out. What it does mean is the saga of James Bond 25 has taken yet a another turn, and the movie hasn’t even been officially announced yet. Craig himself says there has been “no conversations” about the movie so far, adding that “everyone’s a bit tired”, and his slate is a bit full for the foreseeable future with Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky and a starring role in the t.v. adaption of novel Purity, where he also serves as producer. So it looks like this saga might go on for a bit longer.
They say that shit sticks, and that definitely stuck. It was the day after filming [stopped on Spectre]. I'd been away from home for a year.
This does make sense. Spectre took the cast to multiple locations, including Mexico, Austria, Morocco, and Italy, and throw in the physicality required to bring the role of James Bond to life, and you could see how he’s be a bit cranky. On top of that, the film had just wrapped, so I don’t think another movie was foremost in peoples mind at that point. Craig went on to say that he’s pretty happy to take up the Walther PPK once more:
As far as I'm concerned, I've got the best job in the world. I'll keep doing it as long as I still get a kick out of it. If I were to stop doing it, I would miss it terribly.
Of course, the cynical among you will be envisioning trucks of money being driven up to his door at this moment, and I’m not entirely ruling it out. What it does mean is the saga of James Bond 25 has taken yet a another turn, and the movie hasn’t even been officially announced yet. Craig himself says there has been “no conversations” about the movie so far, adding that “everyone’s a bit tired”, and his slate is a bit full for the foreseeable future with Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky and a starring role in the t.v. adaption of novel Purity, where he also serves as producer. So it looks like this saga might go on for a bit longer.
