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Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233226]

Fr, 10 März 2006 06:16

JHause

http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=3951

Exclusive: Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli
Source: Edward Douglas March 10, 2006

The big murmur on the internet for the last few months has been the
decision to bring actor Daniel Craig ("Munich," "Layer Cake") on board
the forty-year plus 007 franchise as the latest James Bond for Casino
Royale, a movie that would act as a prequel and a new beginning for the
series.

Last year, ComingSoon.net spoke with Craig shortly after the rumors of
him being Bond started circulating, and he seemed hesitant about taking
on the role. (You can read what he told us here.) Now, almost a year
later, Craig is already well into the production of the new movie as
negative rumors and backlash circulated about whether he was up for the
role.

Earlier this week, ComingSoon.net's James Bond Hype! had a chance to go
down to the Bahamas to visit the set and talk with Craig about how
things were going, as well as to talk with long-time franchise producer
Barbara Broccoli about the controversial choice.

James Bond Hype!: Daniel, when we talked to you last April, there were
already a lot of rumors about you playing Bond, and you seemed a bit
tentative about taking on such a role. What made you change your mind?
Daniel Craig: The script really... and Barbara badgering me. I hadn't
seen a script at that point, and I was obviously giving it serious
thought then. I'd have been stupid not to. But I hadn't seen a script
and the process hadn't really gotten going. Once I sat down and read
the story, I just thought that I wanted to tell this story. I really
do. I mean, I'm a big Bond fan, and I love what he represents, and it
was almost slightly annoying to finally read it and go, "Oh, Jesus!
It's good!" And that was it, and we were away.

JBH!: How did you prepare yourself mentally and physically to play this
role?
Craig: Mentally, I kind of got my head around it before I got the job
and decided that this is one of those challenges in life that when they
come along, you really just have to face [them] head-on. Accepting the
fact that there's a huge amount of history and baggage that comes along
with it, saying, "Okay, that's all there and it's all fantastic," so
all I had to do is try and put my self into the situation and bring
myself to it. That's all I can do. Physically, I've just been in the
gym four months now... constantly.

JBH!: And there were no worries about the physical aspects of the role?
Are you enjoying that part of making the movie?
Craig: Oh, no. I mean, it's a ride, it really is. And the God's honest
truth, we are here in the Bahamas and we've been in Prague, and we're
making a movie, and we're trying to make the best movie we can. The
Bond is certainly not secondary, but I think the better movie we make,
the better Bond movie we make. It's a simple equation.

JBH!: Why did you go with Daniel over all the other options that were
thrown around?
Barbara Broccoli: Well, he's a phenomenal actor. I think he's the actor
that defies his generation of actors. I was a huge fan of his work, the
films he'd made, and when we decided we were going to make "Casino
Royale," it's obviously a big decision who we're going to use, and he
was always in the forefront of our minds. Obviously, there was a lot of
stuff in the press, but the reality was that he was in the forefront,
and it wasn't until we were able to give him the script that we started
talking, and once we did, things moved very quickly.
Craig: It was kind of normal. That's the weird thing. There's so much
speculation going on, as there always is, but once Barbara gave me the
script and I wanted to do it, I screen-tested, because there was a new
producer on board with Sony who wanted to see if I could do it or not,
and I got the job. It's kind of that simple.

JBH!: It must be a different kind of experience for you, so are you
able to block out all of the external pressures while you're working?
Craig: I kind of do. Of course, I'm aware of [the stuff on the
internet]. The controversy is [something] I get. When I accepted the
job, I understood there would be consequences, but I can't set myself
up and protecting myself, I have to say "Okay, I'm going to accept
this." Nobody knows more than I do how important this is, and
basically, I've taken on this responsibility, and I'm going to give it
my best shot, and once the film's made, then we'll see. But judge the
movie, because that's the deal. As far as blocking it out is concerned,
we're kind of doing a movie during the day. I go to the gym at night
and I get home and sleep. I get up in the morning [and I go back to
work]... that's my process at the moment.
Broccoli: But that's the reality of filmmaking. When you're making a
movie, everybody is so focused on what you're doing, you don't have the
time to be worried about the outside world. We're just trying to make a
movie.
Craig: And we can't stop it. When the rumor mill gets going with a
story that's this big...

JBH!: You mean like the thing about you getting two teeth knocked out?
Craig: Oh, yeah, but it's stupid. I mean, I get battered and bruised
every day.
Broccoli: It's the nature of the role.

JBH!: Barbara, why did you go with Martin Campbell to direct this movie
and induct in a second new Bond?
Broccoli: Well, because he's a great filmmaker and a great storyteller,
and this story is one that is complex, but also fun. Over the years,
there's been a tradition of bringing back the directors who you work
well with and he's unbelievable.
Craig: He's relentless, but that's what those [action] sequences need.

JBH!: This seems to be one of the first Bond movies to really get a lot
of dramatic film actors in the cast from Daniel to Jeffrey Wright, and
of course, Dame Judi Dench is back. That was sort of the approach to
"Batman Begins" as well, so was this a conscious decision to make a
more dramatic film?
Broccoli: I think it's very hard to compare other actors. I mean,
they've all done movies and they were all actors in different ways.
They were all of their time, and they all took the character in a
direction that was successful and we were very happy with it. Now,
we're in a new phase and we've got a phenomenal actor. The fact is that
it would be nice to make it sound like it's all a big hocus pocus
thing, the reality is we went to recast the role and we sat down and
asked, "Who is the best actor around for the role?" and we said Daniel,
and here he is. It's as simple as that.

JBH!: Is it true that you're trying to make it a rougher Bond, and if
so, why keep it PG-13?
Broccoli: We're going back to the origins of the character and the
story, but we feel that even though it's rougher and more complex,
we're still making a family film. We're still making something, which
is what we call heightened reality. It's more realistic and it's not as
fantastical as the last couple [movies] have been or we've made through
the series. There were times, when the films got very fantastical like
with "Moonraker" and things like that. You change because you change
with the times. At the moment, I think everybody is feeling very
serious about the world and they don't feel frivolous about the world,
and I think it's the right time to tell this story and Daniel's the
right actor to play him.

JBH!: Can you talk about Bond's attitude towards women in this movie?
It's obviously changed over the course of the movies, but in the
original book, he was a bit of a sexist pig.
Broccoli: Well, it was written in 1953 and things have moved on a
little bit anyway.
Craig: Not much.
Broccoli: (laughs) Yeah, exactly!
Craig: I'm not shying away. Bond is damaged. His reason for being
marked is because of the upbringing he's had and the profession he's
taken on. What we do discover in this movie is why he becomes damaged
and his relationship with Vesper is the key to this. It really forms
this character. What you'll see is that there's a fallibility to him
that sort of slides as the movie goes on and he becomes stronger and
stronger. He always takes things on the nose, and as the movies goes
on, his single-mindedness starts to come out, and you start to
understand why he's [the way he is].

JBH!: It was mentioned by another producer that they plan on
recreating the brutal torture scene from the novel, so how are you
going to prepare for that?
Craig: We'll see. It's going to be...

JBH!: Painful?
Craig: No, hopefully not. (laughs)

JBH!: Do you know who'll be doing the music for the movie yet?
Broccoli: The composer is David Arnold, who is going to be composing
the score, but we have no yet chosen a person who is doing the song.

JBH!: Some other journalist suggested that U2 might do a pretty cool
theme for it.
Broccoli: Well, they're great. You may know that Bono wrote the song
for "GoldenEye" but they didn't perform it, Tina Turner did.

JBH!: What did you think of the original "Casino Royale" movie?
Broccoli: Well, it's a spoof. I haven't seen it in many years. At the
time, I remember being quite amused by the whole thing because it
didn't really fit into any category, but I suppose if you look at it
now that we've had the "Austin Powers" and whatever, it's of that
genre, like a fun spy spoof. Even at that, I don't think, to be honest,
that it was a very successful story.

JBH!: Daniel, do you have a favorite Bond?
Craig: I mean, Sean [Connery] was always kind of like the one that sort
of everybody says, and he defined the role, so it's difficult not to
like Sean Connery, but one of the first movies I saw in the cinema was
"Live and Let Die," so Roger Moore was very much in my mind. And then
Pierce just took the role somewhere else. I'm not trying to dodge the
question, but each one has their own meaning to me.

JBH!: Why do you think that the franchise has lasted so long, longer
than any other movie character?
Broccoli: Well, I think the good will of the public has been an
enormous success, because there are people who are Bond fans who bring
a lot of good will and they want the movies to be good, they want to
like them. I think that the caliber of movies, the money's always been
up on the screen, and also the fact that the films have evolved with
the times.
Craig: I think it's been faithful and so good, so when you go see it,
you get certain things that are very important for the audiences.
They've always moved on and always become different and they've always
looked at the times and like you've said, this is heightened reality.
Broccoli: My father had a very simple philosophy, which was don't short
change the public. Don't con them. Give them what they want and put the
money on the screen, and I think we've tried to do that. This film,
although it is darker and more serious, it's also going to be a fun
ride.

JBH!: Daniel, after you finish this, will you continue to do other
movies in between Bond movies?
Craig: At this particular moment, I can't really look that far ahead,
because I kind of want a holiday after this... even though we're in the
Bahamas. But yes, I've got two movies coming out this year and I've
been very busy over the past couple of years doing some interesting
work, and I've been connected to a couple smaller movies maybe, and I'm
reading scripts while I'm doing this. I like to read scripts, so it's a
question of timing.

JBH!: Are you already working on the sequel and will that be an
original script?
Broccoli: We are. We're already thinking about it. We're in the early
stages. It's an original story, but it's going to continue part of what
the story is in this film.

JBH!: So we won't be seeing any remakes of "Dr. No" or "From Russia
with Love" after this?
Broccoli: We don't plan to do that, but to coin a phrase, "never say
never."

Casino Royale opens on November 17. Check out the full Bahamas set
visit and stay tuned for interviews with others from the cast and crew.
Those who think they know what to expect are going to be in for a very
big surprise.

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233229 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 07:27

Kent

"JHause" <JHause [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:1141967763.985567.255890 [at] p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=3951

<SNIP>

> JBH!: Are you already working on the sequel and will that be an
> original script?
> Broccoli: We are. We're already thinking about it. We're in the early
> stages. It's an original story, but it's going to continue part of what
> the story is in this film.

Thanks for posting that!

A continuing storyline? I like the sound of that! Might also --
hopefully -- mean fewer years between this and the next film.

cheers

Kent

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233231 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 07:46

JHause

Bad news for the boycotters, eh?

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233251 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 13:40

phil.gerrard1

Thanks for that, JHause. Great - and very positive - stuff.

As for Craig getting his teeth knocked out, not being able to drive a
stick-shift, getting prickly heat, etc, etc - well, by my reckoning,
there's been at least one tabloid lie for every week of filming so far.
Since it's almost forty weeks until the film opens, here's hoping
you've got some spare batteries for your BS detectors...

Best

Phil

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233265 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 14:53

Sean Black

In article <1141994429.655916.9210 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com" <phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com> writes
>Thanks for that, JHause. Great - and very positive - stuff.
>
>As for Craig getting his teeth knocked out, not being able to drive a
>stick-shift, getting prickly heat, etc, etc - well, by my reckoning,
>there's been at least one tabloid lie for every week of filming so far.
> Since it's almost forty weeks until the film opens, here's hoping
>you've got some spare batteries for your BS detectors...
>
There's an interview in The Sun (yeah, I know :-) ), not sure if it's
online. He basically says it's all crap. He had a crown knocked out,
there was no blood, he didn't miss any filming, he hasn't had prickly
heat, he can drive a stick-shift, he revealed how he loved taking the
classic Bond Aston Martin, notably with a manual gear-stick, for a spin.

He said "There is so much that's great about being Bond. I drove a DB5
yesterday rather rapidly around the set - I was smiling all the way."

I suppose like they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

I haven't seen the video clips yet, but the more stills I said and stuff
I read, the more positive I get about CR being great.
--
Sean Black

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233266 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 15:24

phil.gerrard1

Sean wrote:

> I haven't seen the video clips yet, but the more stills I said and stuff
> I read, the more positive I get about CR being great.

Well, even movies which are made by the best people with the best
intentions sometimes go wrong, but I'm very hopeful indeed for CR.
Even if it doesn't work out as well as I'm hoping, it won't be beacuse
they didn't give it their best shot.

Best

Phil

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233267 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 15:35

phil.gerrard1

Oh, yeah, and unless some bizarre neurological impairment has somehow
robbed Craig of his outstanding acting ability, I'm now firmly
convinced that he's going to be a f***ing good Bond.

Best

Phil

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233269 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 16:26

Paul Clarke

JHause wrote:
> http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=3951
>
> Exclusive: Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli
> Source: Edward Douglas March 10, 2006
>

The part I love is the talk about the Bond film after CR: " It's an
original story, but it's going to continue part of what the story is in
this film."

Continuity between films in the series is something I've missed. I'm
stoked for the next wave of 007 films.

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233274 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 16:57

phil.gerrard1

Paul Clarke wrote:

> The part I love is the talk about the Bond film after CR: " It's an
> original story, but it's going to continue part of what the story is in
> this film."
>
> Continuity between films in the series is something I've missed. I'm
> stoked for the next wave of 007 films.

I hope this means that CR will end with the old 'James Bond will return
in...' title. A small touch, I know, but it's something I've missed in
recent years.

Above all, though, I think it's vital that EON stick to their guns
and go ahead with Bond 22 as planned, no matter what happens to CR
either critically or at the box office. They chickened out after
OHMSS, and the result was one of the biggest missed opportunities in
the Bond series, not to mention a decade of mostly below-par, formulaic
movies. This time I want them to hold firm.

Best

Phil

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233278 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 17:25

Will Traynor

"phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com" <phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:1141994429.655916.9210 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for that, JHause. Great - and very positive - stuff.
>
> As for Craig getting his teeth knocked out, not being able to drive a
> stick-shift, getting prickly heat, etc, etc - well, by my reckoning,
> there's been at least one tabloid lie for every week of filming so far.
> Since it's almost forty weeks until the film opens, here's hoping
> you've got some spare batteries for your BS detectors...
>
> Best
>
> Phil
>

I've replaced mine three times already ;-)

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233279 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 17:27

Will Traynor

"phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com" <phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:1142000657.792691.302320 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Sean wrote:
>
>> I haven't seen the video clips yet, but the more stills I said and stuff
>> I read, the more positive I get about CR being great.
>
> Well, even movies which are made by the best people with the best
> intentions sometimes go wrong, but I'm very hopeful indeed for CR.
> Even if it doesn't work out as well as I'm hoping, it won't be beacuse
> they didn't give it their best shot.
>
> Best
>
> Phil
>

True, I can't remember a pre-opening interview where producers or the star
said, "The movie isn't quite up to snuff......" lol

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233284 ]

Fr, 10 März 2006 17:55

phil.gerrard1

Will wrote:

> True, I can't remember a pre-opening interview where producers or the star
> said, "The movie isn't quite up to snuff......" lol

It doesn't happen often :-) , but I did once see Aki Kaurismaki
introduce one of his movies at the National Film Theatre with the words
'This film is s**t, but we've locked the doors so you can't get out'.

Best

Phil

Re: Interview with Craig and Broccoli [message #233322 ]

Sa, 11 März 2006 07:20

phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
> Paul Clarke wrote:
>
> > The part I love is the talk about the Bond film after CR: " It's an
> > original story, but it's going to continue part of what the story is in
> > this film."
> >
> > Continuity between films in the series is something I've missed. I'm
> > stoked for the next wave of 007 films.
>
> I hope this means that CR will end with the old 'James Bond will return
> in...' title. A small touch, I know, but it's something I've missed in
> recent years.

--- Unless they plan to use some still-unused short story titles for
any upcoming films, I highly doubt you'll ever see that 'James Bond
will return in...' tag again. A film's title is usually the last thing
decided on, even if it still ends up being the same one as in the first
draft script. When it comes to non-Fleming titles, I believe EON goes
through a whole process of checking out a title before they settle on
it just to make sure it hasn't be used before on anything else. I once
read something about that, which is how they finally picked DAD. In the
meantime, the best you can hope to see is simply 'James Bond will
return.'

>
> Above all, though, I think it's vital that EON stick to their guns
> and go ahead with Bond 22 as planned, no matter what happens to CR
> either critically or at the box office. They chickened out after
> OHMSS, and the result was one of the biggest missed opportunities in
> the Bond series, not to mention a decade of mostly below-par, formulaic
> movies. This time I want them to hold firm.
>
> Best
>
> Phil

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