Daniel Craig confirms he will return as James Bond

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Daniel Craig confirms he will return as James Bond

 

Actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers on the red carpet at the Mexican premiere of the new James Bond 007 film "Spectre" in Mexico City, November 2, 2015. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Daniel Craig has confirmed he will reprise the role of James Bond one last time, ending months of speculation.

 

Craig made the revelation during an appearance on the U.S. TV programme "The Late Show" on Tuesday. Asked by host Stephen Colbert whether he would return as James Bond, Craig responded: "Yes", to cheers from the audience.

 

Craig has appeared four times as the spy with a taste for martini: in "Casino Royale", "Quantum of Solace", "Skyfall" and "Spectre".

 

Eon Productions, the company that runs the movie franchise, said on its website that the 25th Bond movie would be released in U.S. cinemas on Nov. 8, 2019, with a traditional early release in Britain and the rest of the world.

 

Asked by Colbert whether he would appear in any further Bond movies after that one, Craig said no.

 

"I think this is it. I just want to go out on a high note and I can't wait," he said.

 

(Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-8-16

[Somtamnication]

Good news. Great Bond, second only to Sean Connery. 

[observer90210]

How much was his cheque in THB?

 

(but one must agree, he is by far one of the best Bonds)

[thaiguzzi]

3 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Good news. Great Bond, second only to Sean Connery. 

IMHO, the best one, with Connery a close second.

[Rc2702]

Danny craggy face best be getting a time machine as his make up artist. He looked old in the last one but yes he is a very good bond but I suspect the franchise has just flapped it choosing a new guy.

 

 

[JHolmesJr]

shit…definitely low on my list of bond actors….

[Andrew Dwyer]

Good news IMO , i liked him in Skyfall and Spectre and put him up there as one of the best Bonds , plus, don't like all this continually changing the actor, it's almost as bad as Dr Who !!

[Jip99]

29 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

shit…definitely low on my list of bond actors….

 

 

 

Don't think too many people will give much of a toss about that.

[Hutch68]

Whose James Bond?

[Jip99]

4 minutes ago, Hutch68 said:

Whose James Bond?

 

 

Ian Fleming's.

[Hutch68]

3 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

Ian Fleming's.

And who exactly is Fleming?

[Hutch68]

57 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Good news IMO , i liked him in Skyfall and Spectre and put him up there as one of the best Bonds , plus, don't like all this continually changing the actor, it's almost as bad as Dr Who !!

Who?

[Rc2702]

9 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Good news IMO , i liked him in Skyfall and Spectre and put him up there as one of the best Bonds , plus, don't like all this continually changing the actor, it's almost as bad as Dr Who !!

Bit harsh that Andy I mean it's not like they swap them over too much and it would be interesting to see who can play bond as well as craggy face and it's got to happen and possibly should have already.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Connery will always be my favorite Bond... But Pierce Brosnan was pleasant, albeit shorter-lived (four films only) compared to six (?) by Connery.

 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2017 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Rc2702]

Just now, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Connery will always be my favorite Bond... But Pierce Brosnan was pleasant, albeit shorter-lived (four films only) compared to six (?) by Connery.

 

 

 

But brosnan being pleasant just did not make for a great warrior of all evil. He was a complete cheeseball but brosnan  in the Taylor of Panama was cool and some of his Kate work was pretty good too. He plays a good villain and his debonair worked in that Thomas crown film.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

 He was a complete cheeseball

More than Roger Moore???  I don't think so.  Part of the Bond character has always had an element of cheeseball, but Moore (not Brosnan) took it over the top.

[bendejo]

What they really need to do is come up with a good villain.  They've been getting some good actors to play them but the characterizations have been disappointing IMO.  After seeing Robert Carlyle as the psychopath Begbie in Trainspotting I thought he'd be great, but as the villain in The World is Not Enough, meh.  Their villains these days come off too much like comic book bad guys. 

My fave villains were Dr No and Goldfinger ("No Mr Bond, I expect you to DIE!").

Fave Bond flick From Russia With Love.  What, it's from more than 50 years ago?  Nahhh, can't be. 

 

Maybe they should bring Brosnan in as the villain, a soft-spoken madman...

 

 

[bendejo]

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

More than Roger Moore???

 

I never appreciated him in the part.  His manner seemed to say "do as I tell you or I shall have to speak harshly..."

 

 

[Rc2702]

Just now, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

More than Roger Moore???  I don't think so.  Part of the Bond character has always had an element of cheeseball, but Moore (not Brosnan) took it over the top.

The cheeseball aspect had to go I'm pleased and yes brosnan was less cheesy but we're talking about some very different times. Bond was in desperate need of a revamp and the cheese was the victim

[Trouble]

I guess it is just my opinion but with Daniel Craig came a change in the Bond character.  I don't blame him as he probably just follows the script and direction, but some how the levity of the Bond character disappeared. There used to be a tongue-in-cheek humor to the Bond movies but that seems to be gone now. Guess just a difference of opinion in what was good about the Bond movies. I kind of liked the cheeseball aspect.

Edited August 16, 2017 by Trouble

[Dene16]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Part of the Bond character has always had an element of cheeseball, but Moore (not Brosnan) took it over the top.

Please don't hate me but i actually liked Roger Moore but he was the bond of my youth

Until Daniel Craig came on the scene i was becoming quite disillusioned with all the James bond actors and films

However he was looking very old in the last film,  unable to carry off the cheesy lines that they put in, and not a very good film to boot

[JHolmesJr]

9 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Whose top of your list then mate? Lazenby but I reckon you were Roger Moore fan that's akin to having albums from bands like Steps.

connery and moore…..hands down.

 

with craig, they have altered the persona of bond and made him into a hard ass brute. They lost the suave, charming fellow with a sense of humour.

[inThailand]

I hope the next Bond will be a smoking hot babe! Its time for a change.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

36 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

connery and moore…..hands down.

 

with craig, they have altered the persona of bond and made him into a hard ass brute. They lost the suave, charming fellow with a sense of humour.

I've always enjoyed the sly humor elements of the past Bond characters. That was always part of the franchise. MHO, Moore took it over the top to the point of being silly at times, but perhaps that was a reflection of the times.

 

But the comparatively humorless Craig characters did indeed leave me feeling like I was missing something.

 

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[oldies1]

16 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

shit…definitely low on my list of bond actors….

I agree

 

this has nothing to do with James Bond anymore

they made him a Jason Bourne clone, cold as ice, no humor whatsoever and extreme violence

but hey.... it's what people want these days ! darkness, gloom and doom. We don't need a tormented character. We wanna see Bond....

Gone are the days when those movies were FUN to watch ....

[oldies1]

 

[RobFord]

Sean Connery for me. He had it all. Tough, funny and always got the girl. Without him it never would have become a franchise. The only reason he quit was Broccoli paid peanuts. Craig is a close second though. I'd seen him in Layer Cake and knew he'd make a great 007. Craig does have the acting chops.

The others were too much like male models. Good article on Craig.

 

"Bond’s producers regularly say they are returning to basics, or bringing out a darker edge, but Craig really supplied it: the opening sequence where he batters Darwin Shaw in a toilet was by far the nastiest scene Bond had ever committed to celluloid. The other guys, it was immediately clear, just wore the suit; this one was scarily real."

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/16/daniel-craig-james-bond-spectre-skyfall-new-film

 

 

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