Daniel Craig.
Mike Marsland/Getty Images for OmegaFor Daniel Craigphotographing his sophomore James Bond movie, The Quantum of Solacefelt like a “difficult second album”.
The 56-year-old actor opened up about his experience working on the 2008 action film. in a recent interview with The Hollywood ReporterAwards Chatter podcast, noting that it was a “nightmare” on set due to the 2007/2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.
“Paul Haggis missed the script, then went out and joined a picket line, and we didn’t have any script writers, so we didn’t have a script,” explained Craig. “We probably never should have gone out and started production, but we did.”
As a result of the strike, Craig said he “ended up writing a lot of this movie”, adding: “We were in this state because that’s what we were allowed to do. They allowed me to work. Under WGA rules, we were allowed to work with a director and write scenes.
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While proud of the film’s “amazing stunt sequences”, Craig feels as though the film “doesn’t quite work” overall. “The storytelling was gone,” he said. “And that’s the unfortunate lesson: starting a movie without a script is just not a good idea.”
Following the success and rave reviews of his debut Bond, 2006’s Casino Royale, The Quantum of Solace was not as well received, with a 63 percent new score from critics and a 58 percent new score from audiences Rotten Tomatoes (as of December 2024).
The series managed a 92 percent return Rotten Tomatoes 2012 critics rating Heavy rain. While in 2015 The ghost flopped again in reviews, Craig’s last James Bond film, 2021 No time to diescored an 83 percent rating from critics and an 88 percent rating from audiences Rotten Tomatoes (as of December 2024).
The Quantum of Solace picked up with Craig’s agent 007 after the death of his Casino Royale love interest, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). As he seeks revenge for his lost love, the British spy tries to foil a nefarious plan set in motion by the organization responsible for her death.
Craig shared more memories of his time as James Bond in THR podcast, revealing that he requested that his version of the character be killed off shortly thereafter Casino Royale hit the cinemas.
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“We’re in Berlin, I’m in the back of a car with (producer) Barbara Broccoliand I said to her, “How many of these should I make?” For I really did not know; I never pay much attention to these things. I’m terrified,” he shared. “And she said ‘Four’ or something. I can’t remember what he said. But I was like, “Can I kill him at the end?” And she just paused and said, “Yeah.” So she kept her word. I should have made five.
Craig’s bond dies in an island explosion at the end of No time to diebut not before his love interest, Madeline Swann (Lea Seydoux), confirms that her daughter is his.
When asked on the podcast who he thinks should take over as James Bond, Craig said: “Sean Conneryand I don’t give like…” (Connery, who died aged 90 in 2020, was the first actor to portray the character and appeared in seven Bond films in the 1960s and 1980s.)
