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In an interview focused on their upcoming Broadway
production of Harold Pinter's play 'Betrayal', Daniel
Craig and his wife
Rachel Weisz opened up to Vulture about working together. And,
inevitably, the article rounds out with some brief talk about
his fourth James Bond outing ('Bond 24') due out in 2015.
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After 'Betrayal' wraps its 14 week run
on Broadway, Craig confirmed he will shift in to 007 duty,
pegging the earliest start
of his pre-production on Bond
24 around March 2014 (assuming
a break inbetween). Given the confirmed
release date, filming
is not expected to commence until around
October next year.
Before talking about Bond 24, Craig says
that the central plot of M dying in 'Skyfall' was
a bit of a 'downer' but lifted by a late "humour pass" on
the script by John Logan - who
will pen the next
two 007 outings for which Craig is contracted. The
article reveals that additional humour was added during
filming: "The shot where Bond
leaps atop a speeding train in pursuit of a killer and
straightens his cuffs: That came to Craig practically in
mid-flight.
“He’s really fucking hurt himself
jumping on top of a train,” he says, “and he
just wants to straighten himself up. That’s what
it’s about: poise. To be more concerned about the
way you look at the moment of crisis. The weirder the place
it comes from the better it is.” |
Craig had the crew reset the train scene, which
took an hour, so they could do the additional take. It became
an iconic moment in the film.
On the subject of Bond 24, now that Bond's character
has effectively been 'reborn', Vulture pondered that Craig's
interpretation would
now be 'ready to take on the trappings and suits of 007 with
less chafing'.
“Hopefully
we’ll reclaim some of the old irony,” he says, “and
make sure it doesn’t become pastiche. I can’t do
shtick, I’m not very good at it. Unless it kind of suddenly
makes sense. Does that make sense? I sometimes wish I hammed
it up more, but I just can’t do it very well, so I don’t
do it.”
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