![]() (Serialization, which the first four decades of Bond flicks nodded to here and there but never took very seriously, was one of several striking new features that came to the franchise when Craig did.) That production’s woes-the leak of a Sony Pictures memo that diagnosed but did not fix its crippling third-act problems, a distended budget, and a serious leg injury suffered by Craig-had been reported exhaustively. As he’s since repented, more than once, he was cranky because he’d only just finished shooting Spectre, to which No Time to Die is a direct sequel. No Time to Die-the 25th Bond movie, arriving in theaters a full two years after principal photography wrapped-has had a change in directors and a global pandemic to wade through on its way to the screen, but it feels like Craig is still doing damage control from the six-year-old interview with Time Out when he said “I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists” than star as 007 one more time. ![]() Coming from an actor whose persona ranges from prickly to weary, the mood change is as surprising as his complex performance as an overconfident, error-prone, and vulnerable James Bond in Casino Royale 15 years ago. He’s promoting No Time to Die, his semi-fond but fully final farewell to the Bond franchise, with a bonhomie that’s almost suspicious. ![]() Daniel Craig is looking uncharacteristically relaxed these days.
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