Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts
Daniel Craig would be a "disaster" in a romantic comedy.
The 'Cowboys & Aliens' star - who is best known for appearing as British spy James Bond in 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of Solace' - doesn't think a good film can be restricted by genre, but believes it would be a bad idea for him to appear in a hilarious love story.
He said: "I'm not about to do a rom-com. It would be a disaster.
"Good moves aren't just funny. Good movies aren't just sad. Good movies aren't just serious. They're all of those f**king things.
"In good movies, you should be involved in the characters. Not getting deep about it but I think that's more interesting."
However, Daniel admits he would like to see a little more humour in the forthcoming 23 James Bond film, which will be directed by Sam Mendes.
He said: "The humour has to come from truth, at how ridiculous the situations are. If it's just gags for the sake of gags, I'm not interested in that. I want to get the wryness back into it.
"It's a balance, because you've got to believe that he's going to be alive at the end of the movie. That's a James Bond movie."
The 'Cowboys & Aliens' star - who is best known for appearing as British spy James Bond in 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of Solace' - doesn't think a good film can be restricted by genre, but believes it would be a bad idea for him to appear in a hilarious love story.
He said: "I'm not about to do a rom-com. It would be a disaster.
"Good moves aren't just funny. Good movies aren't just sad. Good movies aren't just serious. They're all of those f**king things.
"In good movies, you should be involved in the characters. Not getting deep about it but I think that's more interesting."
However, Daniel admits he would like to see a little more humour in the forthcoming 23 James Bond film, which will be directed by Sam Mendes.
He said: "The humour has to come from truth, at how ridiculous the situations are. If it's just gags for the sake of gags, I'm not interested in that. I want to get the wryness back into it.
"It's a balance, because you've got to believe that he's going to be alive at the end of the movie. That's a James Bond movie."
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Come Friday, and Daniel Craig a.k.a James Bond will be seen in yet a new avatar. This time, as a cowboy fighting aliens in Jon Favreau's science fiction movie Cowboys And Aliens. In a candid chat with Hitlist, he talks about his professional and personal escapades.
Tell us something about Cowboys And Aliens? And about playing a cowboy fighting with aliens?
I play a stranger who stumbles into the hard-bitten town of Absolution. He wakes up in the middle of the desert with no memory and a fancy metallic bracelet on! It's brilliant what the writers did because the part was always very sort of enigmatic. Any dialogue we felt we didn't need, we just cut out. Because it's all about a character that doesn't have to explain what he's doing, he just does it.
How was your experience working With Harrison Ford?
This is the first time I have worked with Ford. I feel very lucky indeed. He's a really nice, generous and funny man. And he is an actor who just wants to get it right.
What prompted you to do this movie?
I've always wanted to play a cowboy. It's as simple as that. And I kind of got it. I saw the title Cowboys and Aliens and I thought, 'Okay, it's going to be something funny'. And actually the script read straight. It's funny, but it isn't gags every minute and all that, it is a straight cowboy movie and then suddenly the aliens turn up. I found the concept very interesting, so I spoke to my agent and said, ''I'd love to see this film because it will be a lot of fun.' And he said 'Well, they want you in it...' And we went from there.
What about your upcoming films? Also, when do we see you back as Bond?
My next is David Fincher's screen version of Stieg Larsson's international bestselling novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I will back as Bond soon with Bond 23.
You just got married to Rachel Weisz! It was so impromptu, what do you have to say?
Well, yeah, it was. We were in love and we got married.
What's your take on India as a market for Hollywood productions?
I think it's a huge market. My last two Bond movies did a good business in India.
What about doing Indian films? Has anything come your way?
Nothing has come my way yet, but if things work out then why not?
Some scenes from the next Bond are to be shot in India.
Yes, that's true and I am absolutely thrilled about it.
If ever a Bond girl were to be selected from Bollywood, would you any preference?
I don't know any Bollywood actress personally, but Indian women are very beautiful and they will surely make wonderful Bond girls.
Tell us something about Cowboys And Aliens? And about playing a cowboy fighting with aliens?
I play a stranger who stumbles into the hard-bitten town of Absolution. He wakes up in the middle of the desert with no memory and a fancy metallic bracelet on! It's brilliant what the writers did because the part was always very sort of enigmatic. Any dialogue we felt we didn't need, we just cut out. Because it's all about a character that doesn't have to explain what he's doing, he just does it.
How was your experience working With Harrison Ford?
This is the first time I have worked with Ford. I feel very lucky indeed. He's a really nice, generous and funny man. And he is an actor who just wants to get it right.
What prompted you to do this movie?
I've always wanted to play a cowboy. It's as simple as that. And I kind of got it. I saw the title Cowboys and Aliens and I thought, 'Okay, it's going to be something funny'. And actually the script read straight. It's funny, but it isn't gags every minute and all that, it is a straight cowboy movie and then suddenly the aliens turn up. I found the concept very interesting, so I spoke to my agent and said, ''I'd love to see this film because it will be a lot of fun.' And he said 'Well, they want you in it...' And we went from there.
What about your upcoming films? Also, when do we see you back as Bond?
My next is David Fincher's screen version of Stieg Larsson's international bestselling novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I will back as Bond soon with Bond 23.
You just got married to Rachel Weisz! It was so impromptu, what do you have to say?
Well, yeah, it was. We were in love and we got married.
What's your take on India as a market for Hollywood productions?
I think it's a huge market. My last two Bond movies did a good business in India.
What about doing Indian films? Has anything come your way?
Nothing has come my way yet, but if things work out then why not?
Some scenes from the next Bond are to be shot in India.
Yes, that's true and I am absolutely thrilled about it.
If ever a Bond girl were to be selected from Bollywood, would you any preference?
I don't know any Bollywood actress personally, but Indian women are very beautiful and they will surely make wonderful Bond girls.
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