And not in the good way.
The actor has – somewhat rather ill-advisedly – said, in a new interview with Time Out London, that he, “[woud] rather break [a] glass and slash my wrists” than follow up the upcoming SPECTRE with another James Bond film.
Guess he missed the update on the media training class when he took over the franchise with Casino Royale nine years ago, huh. I mean, you can barely say anything these days if you are a star, let alone something that isn’t a humble acknowledgement of your #blessed status in life.
To be fair, Craig did say that, although he is contractually obligated to suit up at 007 for one more film, right now, “at the moment,” after working on SPECTRE for as long and as hard as he has (sustaining a knee injury that, evidently, required surgery last spring – not his first Bond-production-related injury, btw), he is “over” the character. That he would like to give Bond a break for “at least a year or two.”
Look, Craig is no spring chicken. He is 47. And these movies, they require a lot of their lead. They must be in almost every scene of the world-crossing action. They gotta sell the darn thing. You gotta be away from your family. And you gotta sell the darn thing. Craig has never been known to enjoy that part of his job as much as the creative. His approach is candid. That turns people off.
Perhaps, he could work on his beside manner.
I, for one, enjoy it more when kitties like to scratch a bit.
Photo: TimeOut.com.
Update: I said there would be backlash. I just never imagined that Ellen Pompeo (TV’s Grey’s Anatomy) would be the one leading it.
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