Daniel Craig Had Huge Reservations Around Playing Bond
Daniel Craig Had Huge Reservations Around Playing Bond Due to the ‘Construct of Masculinity’ https://t.co/44n9BQ3fUB
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) December 1, 2024
Initially, Bond didn’t interest Daniel Craig much, as he wasn’t sure how deep he’d be able to go with a character like that, Craig in a recent interview.
“I would say one of my biggest reservations about playing [Bond] would be the construct of masculinity. It was often very laughable, but you can’t mock it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it. It’s also not my job to judge. I mean, really, it’s kind of the worst thing you can do as an actor, to start judging the character you’re playing.”
His latest role in “Queer” shouldn’t be viewed as trying to push against his association with 007, but rather a natural expansion of his career and what he’s most compelled to explore as an actor.
“When I took [Bond] on, I was one person. I’m now completely a different person. I’m not doing this movie in response to that. I’m not that small. But I couldn’t have done this movie when I was doing Bond. It would’ve felt kind of, ‘Why? What are you trying to prove?'”
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