Casino Royale director Martin Campbell wasn’t convinced about Daniel Craig \u2013 and the reason why may surprise you. <\/p>
It\u2019s been a long wait, but No Time To Die<\/a> is set to make its cinema debut \u2013 more than a year after it was supposed to \u2013 at the end of September.<\/p>\n The 25th film in the James Bond franchise will mark Daniel Craig\u2019s last outing as the suave spy. Craig\u2019s five-film tenure as the 007 agent brought the character into a new, grittier age following Piers Brosnan\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n Though Craig\u2019s Bond is a fan favourite and has been lauded for his performance by critics and aficionadoes alike, many weren\u2019t convinced when he was announced as Brosnan\u2019s replacement in 2005, including Casino Royale director Martin Campbell.<\/p>\n \u201cI had certain reservations,\u201d Campbell told CinemaBlend<\/a>. \u201cOnly because there was no doubt he was a terrific actor. He was a superb actor. But of course I\u2019d been brought up in the tradition of Connery, and Roger Moore, and Pierce, all great looking guys.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cYou know, there was a stereotype, if you see what I mean, with those three characters. And Daniel, of course, is much more like Ian Fleming\u2019s conception of that part. I think it was Hoagy Carmichael, he said would be the perfect Bond. He was a Bond for the time, basically whenever we started. I think in 2006 we made Casino [Royale], and he was just perfect for the complete reboot, to be honest, which was much more reality based.\u201d<\/p>\n It turned out Campbell had nothing to worry about, as Craig was voted the sexiest man on the planet shortly after the release of Casino Royale.<\/p>\n Campbell also revealed it was producer Barbara Broccoli who championed Craig for the lead: \u201c[Barbara Broccoli] was the one that really pushed for Daniel Craig; her instincts were 100 per cent correct.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it was Barbara [that] was the one who really championed that, quite correctly, and he turned out to be a terrific Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahead of the release of No Time to Die, a James Bond documentary<\/a> featuring Broccoli, co-producer Michael G Wilson and Daniel Craig himself is set to land on the Apple TV app on 7th September, reflecting on the actor\u2019s time as the Ian Fleming\u2019s spy.<\/p>\n No Time to Die will be released in cinemas in the UK on Thursday 30th October<\/strong>.\u00a0Looking for something else to watch? Check out our TV Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated Movies<\/a> hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Casino Royale director Martin Campbell wasn’t convinced about Daniel Craig \u2013 and the reason why may surprise you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3996,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond.jpg",1000,666,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond.jpg",1000,666,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/casino-royale-director-had-reservations-about-casting-daniel-craig-as-james-bond.jpg",1000,666,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Casino Royale director Martin Campbell wasn't convinced about Daniel Craig \u2013 and the reason why may surprise you.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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