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Daniel Craig: The ‘Skyfall’ Interview
Born in Chester, England on
March 2, 1968, and raised on the
Wirral Peninsula outside Liver-
pool, Daniel Craig has gone from
waiting tables as a struggling actor
to playing the legendary James
Bond. In between, the versatile
thespian has tackled a variety of
roles, which is reflected in a
resume which includes outings in
Elizabeth, Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider, Road to Perdition, The
Mother, Sylvia, Layer Cake, Fate-
less, Munich and Infamous prior
to his 2006 debut as 007 in Casino
Royale.
Since then, the Brit beefcake has
also appeared in The Invasion,
Defiance, Cowboys & Aliens, The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and
another Bond flick, The Quantum
of Solace. Here, Daniel talks about
his third go-round as the secret
agent with the proverbial “License
to Kill” in Skyfall, a riveting
adventure which establishes him
as the best 007 since the standard
was set by Sean Connery back in
the Sixties.
Kam Williams: Hey, Daniel. Is
that you? I’m surprised, because
most celebrities have their publi-
cist place the call and then put
them on the line.
Daniel Craig: I can dial the
phone myself. Amazing! [Chuck-
les]
KW: We’ll, thanks for the inter-
view. I loved Skyfall. How did
you enjoy making it?
DC: Immensely! Immensely!
It’s been the culmination of a lot
of effort by many different peo-
ple. We’ve been very busy prep-
ping over the entire, four-year
hiatus. I won’t lie, it was very
hard work and sometimes very
intense, but with a cast this good
and a crew that’s just out of this
world, it added up to a great, great
experience.
KW: I told my readers I’d be
interviewing you, and they sent in
a lot of questions. Editor/Legist
Patricia Turnier asks: How is Sky-
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fall different from all the other
Bond movies?
DC: I suppose the only way I
could say it’s different is that it’s a
modern take. But we’ve been very
careful that, throughout the film,
you never forget that you’re
watching a James Bond movie
since that, of course, is what peo-
ple come to see. And we want you
to make all the sort of nods to the
past, and to make sure that we not
only reintroduce characters that
everybody knows by now but also
introduce some new ones as well.
We had a great story with a unique
plot.
KW: Children’s book author
Irene Smalls asks: Do you feel at
all intimidated as the face of such
an enduring and beloved film fran-
chise?
DC: Well, I don’t know about
feeling intimidated. But there is a
little pressure in the back of your
Daniel Craig
wanted to make the best Bond we
could, not only because of the 50
year anniversary, but because you
don’t have a chance to make one
very often. So, we had better make
‘I won’t lie, it was very hard work and
sometimes very intense, but with a cast
this good and a crew that’s just out of this
world, it added up to a great, great
experience’
mind when you’ve been afforded a
chance to make a movie of this
stature. But it’s a good pressure. It
spurs people on. I know that Sam
[director Sam Mendes] and I were
in total agreement that we just
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a good one.
KW: Film student Jamaal Green
asks: How did you prepare your-
self physically and mentally to
play 007 this time around?
DC: I just hit the gym for the
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physical side of it. I’m training
about six months before we start
shooting. Three months out I kind
of up the rate, and try to get as fit
as I can. The mental preparation
involves long, long, long dis-
cussions with the writers and
the directors to make sure
we’re all on the same page.
KW: Larry Greenberg asks:
What is the coolest gadget we
will get to see you use in the
film?
DC: I can’t tell you that,
Larry. [Chuckles, then pauses
to think] The DB5! [The Aston
Martin first driven by 007 in
Goldfinger] It’s still there and
it’s still one of the best gadgets
there ever was.
KW: Director Kevin Williams
asks: What did you bring to your
interpreta-
tion
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James Bond to make the role your
own?
DC: I don’t know, just my
knowledge of the way I like to act.
I’ve always felt that I could never
be as good as the guys who’ve
gone before, or even like them in
any way, shape or form, so I have
to kind of try to create something.
I always had a grand plan that if I
ever had the chance to make a few
of these that something would
emerge, and I’m really sort of
pleased with how things have
worked out, because it gave us an
opportunity to get into Bond’s
head a little bit.
KW: Well, I think you’re being
extremely modest. Yes, Sean Con-
nery may have set the standard as
the originator of the role, but I
think you’ve done a phenomenal
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