Monday
08Dec2008
Daniel Craig Wants to Put the Fun Back in Bond
Monday, December 8, 2008 at 5:39AM
Despite taking James Bond all over Europe, the
Caribbean, and South America in the last two films,
Daniel Craig
wants a change of scenery. Because
Casino Royale and
Quantum of Solace seem designed to point toward
a third film a la a trilogy (something new for the Bond franchise), Craig is
making no secret about his desire to do something new the next time.
Speaking to Collider about his new film Defiance, which the National Board of Review named one of the ten best films of 2008, Craig sounded somewhat nostalgic for the good old Bond, even though the past two films broke with most of the character's conventions. "Let's try and find where Moneypenny came from and where Q comes from. Let's do all that and have some fun with it," pushed the Blond Bond.
Of course, if there is a criticism some people have about films 21 and 22 in the series, it's probably that they're a bit too heavy, so they might be thrilled to hear that we may be ordering extra cheese on the next slice. For me, though, the franchise is just evolving, and when there's a time for it, Bond can be a 70s love god again. But I don't know if we're they're yet.
Even still, Craig doesn't want Bond to to get even deeper into the storyline developed over the past two films. "We've finished this story as far as I'm concerned. We've got a great set of bad guys. There is an organization that we can use whenever we want to."
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