No Time To Cry: ‘Being James Bond has been one of the greatest honours of my life’ says Daniel Craig as he fights back the tears during emotional farewell wrap speech on the set of his last 007 film
- Daniel Craig gave an emotional speech, and looked to have fought back tears, on set of No Time To Die
- The actor, 53, is seen in a video shared to Twitter on Friday telling the cast and crew, ‘It has been one of the greatest honors of my life’
- ‘I’ve loved every single second of these movies, and especially this one, because I’ve gotten up every morning and I’ve had the chance to work with you guys,’ he expressed
- Craig has been involved with the long-running spy movie series ever since 2006 when he made his debut as the titular character in Casino Royale
- In No Time To Die, Bond – played for the final time by Craig – has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help
Daniel Craig bid farewell to his role as James Bond, and the cast and crew he got to know along the way, in an emotional video shared to Twitter on Friday.
In the clip, which was reportedly recorded on the set of No Time To Die in 2019, the 53-year-old actor was shown baring his emotions to the feature’s team while expressing his gratitude for their support.
Craig has been involved with the long-running spy movie series ever since 2005 when he made his debut as the titular character in Casino Royale.
Farewell: Daniel Craig bid farewell to his role as James Bond, and the cast and crew he got to know along the way, in an emotional video shared to Twitter on Friday
During his speech, Craig, who looked suave in a crisp white dress shirt, a tailored black suit and bow tie, pointed out that many of the crew members in attendance had collaborated with him in all of his Bond movies and understood his views about them.
He remarked, ‘A lot of people here worked on five pictures with me, and I know there’s a lot of things said about what I think about these films or all of those, whatever.’
The Logan Lucky actor then noted that what made working on the Bond films worth the effort to him was the chance to see his longtime collaborators and friends.
‘I’ve loved every single second of these movies, and especially this one, because I’ve gotten up every morning and I’ve had the chance to work with you guys,’ he expressed.
Gratitude: In the clip, which was reportedly recorded on the set of No Time To Die in 2019, the 53-year-old actor was shown baring his emotions to the feature’s team while expressing his gratitude for their support
Appreciative: ‘I’ve loved every single second of these movies, and especially this one, because I’ve gotten up every morning and I’ve had the chance to work with you guys,’ he expressed
Emotional: The actor appeared emotional, placing his hand on his heart as he looked around to his crew members, and at one stage looked to fight back tears
Quite the honor: He also expressed that being given the chance to be involved with the franchise was ‘one of the greatest honors of my life’
Craig finished the speech by proclaiming that being able to work with the same crew members on all of his Bond movies ‘has been one of the greatest honors of my life.’
He appeared emotional, placing his hand on his heart as he looked around to his crew members, and at one stage looked to fight back tears.
In No Time To Die, Bond – played for the final time by Craig – has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help.
The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Shatterproof: Moments from No Time To Die see Craig as Bond racing one of his high-tech vintage cars, with a shoot-out taking place, just about denting the bulletproof glass of the windows
Bond has two new allies in the film, in the form of agents Paloma and Nomi. A video released earlier this month introduces fans to ‘cocky’ Nomi [Lashana Lynch] and ‘intense’ Cuban agent Paloma [Ana De Armas] ahead of the No Time To Die release.
During a piece to camera, director Fukunaga says in the video: ‘We have two brand new agents in this film who are allies to James Bond.’
The video then cuts to a scene from the upcoming film where Lashana’s character meets Bond for the first time, as she tells him: ‘The world’s moved on commander Bond.
High-drama! The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology
While he questions: ‘Are you a double 0?’, and she replies ‘two years’.
Discussing her character, Lashana says: ‘Nomi is highly skilled, slightly cocky.’
While cutting back to the trailer, Nomi tells Bond: ‘You get in my way, I will but a bullet in your knee… the one that still works.’
Ana then tells viewers about her character, and says: ‘Paloma is a Cuban agent, she’s intense, I had many action scenes. Thank god I had an amazing stunt team.’
Ana adds: ‘I really wanted to get it right, and look like I knew what I was doing.’
Villain: Rami Malek (pictured) will play this film’s main villain in the latest instalment in the franchise
Film: A new promotional video released earlier this month introduces fans to ‘cocky’ Nomi [Lashana Lynch] (pictured) and ‘intense’ Cuban agent Paloma [Ana De Armas] ahead of the No Time To Die release
Lashana admits she had military training before embarking on filming.‘
While Lashana says: ‘No time to die represents change. We see so many different examples of women being strong in this movie. Being bad a** at that.’
During the final trailer for No Time To Die – which was released last month – Craig is seen coming face-to-face with captured nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, played by Christoph Waltz.
It appears that the old foes may even be forced to form an uneasy alliance. ‘James, fate draws us back together. Now your enemy is my enemy,’ says Blofeld. ‘How did that happen?’
Bond replies with his trademark smirk: ‘Well, you live long enough.’
The high-octane trailer shows Bond staking out the enemy with an assault rifle, firing the famous machine gun turrets on his Aston Martin and soaring through the skies in a plane piloted by female double-0 agent Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch.
Cuban star Ana as CIA operative Paloma, is also seen high-kicking an attacker.
Betrayal? No Time To Die picks up after 2015’s Spectre, with the loyalty of love interest Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) now seemingly called into question
The main villain in Craig’s fifth appearance as Bond is Safin, played by Oscar-winner Rami Malek – complete with facial scars and an unsettling white mask.
Craig became a worldwide star when he took over the role of 007 from Pierce Brosnan, making his first appearance as the spy in 2006’s Casino Royale.
The feature received highly positive reviews upon its release, with much praise going towards its star for his take on the character.
He was later nominated for the Best Actor distinction at the 60th British Academy Film Awards, which were held the following year.
Starting off strong: Craig’s first appearance as James Bond was in 2006’s Casino Royale, and he received much critical praise for his take on the character
Craig’s second appearance as James Bond came in 2008’s Quantum of Solace, which received overall mixed reviews, although his performance was praised.
The actor reprised his role in 2011’s Skyfall, which became the first feature in the series to earn over $1 billion at the box office.
He then portrayed the spy in the 2015 follow-up feature, Spectre, both of which were directed by Sam Mendes.
Speaking in a voiceover for Apple TV+ documentary Being James Bond in September, Craig admitted he felt ‘physically and mentally under siege’ when trying to cope with his newfound James Bond fame.
He said: ‘My personal life was affected by being that famous all of a sudden. I used to lock myself in and close the curtains, I was in cloud cuckoo land. I was physically and mentally under siege.
Honest: On the Apple TV+ documentary Being James Bond in September, Craig admitted he felt ‘under siege’ when trying to cope with his newfound James Bond fame. He said: ‘My personal life was affected by being that famous all of a sudden. I used to lock myself in and close the curtains, I was in cloud cuckoo land.’ Pictured in 2006’s Casino Royale
‘I didn’t like the newfound level of fame. It was Hugh Jackman who helped me to come to terms with it and appreciate it.’
The film star also admitted he was initially reluctant to accept the role, saying he wouldn’t know what to do with it.
Craig explained: ‘As far as I was concerned I was already more successful than I would ever be as an actor — I did not have a cool persona.
‘Pierce [Brosnan) had done Remington Steele, Roger Moore had done The Saint — they had done these parts where people had gone, “That’s James Bond”.
Turning to an A-list star for advice: ‘I didn’t like the newfound level of fame. It was Hugh Jackman who helped me to come to terms with it and appreciate it,’ he said. Pictured in 2012’s Skyfall
Determined to cast: However, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said she was determined to hire him: ‘I always thought whenever he was on the screen you could not watch anyone else. He is lit from within. It was clear he is a movie star and a great actor to boot.’ Pictured in 2012’s Skyfall
‘I had done weird arty movies. It was a harder sell. And I didn’t really want to do it, because I thought I wouldn’t know what to do with it. I was going to get the script, read it, and say, “Thanks but no”.
He added: ‘But little did I know, it was Casino Royale. The story was solid, the script was solid.’
However, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said she was determined to hire him: ‘I always thought whenever he was on the screen you could not watch anyone else. He is lit from within. It was clear he is a movie star and a great actor to boot.’
Development on the forthcoming Bond feature, No Time To Die, initially began in 2016, although Craig did not confirm that he would be reprising his longtime role until the following year.
Sticking with it: The performer went on to portray the spy in four further Bond features which were released over the course of the next nine years
Bonafide star: Craig is pictured in a scene for 2006’s Casino Royale
Director Cary Joji Fukunaga signed on to helm the film in 2018, and the casting of performers such as Ana de Armas, Rami Malek and Billy Magnusson was announced in 2019.
Filming began and concluded that same year, and although the movie was originally scheduled to debut that November, it was eventually pushed back.
No Time To Die experienced multiple delays before it was finally announced that it would have its premiere on September 28th at the Royal Albert Hall, with its United States release set to occur on October 8th.
During an interview with GQ, Craig recalled that, on the final day of shooting, he became choked up with emotion and was unable to properly express his thanks to the cast and crew.
Taking its time: No Time To Die is currently scheduled to make its debut on September 28th after experiencing several delays
‘Typically I’m not an emotional person on sets, but there was sort of a pulsing feeling to that day. I had a whole thing kind of put together in my head that I wanted to say. I couldn’t get it out,’ he said.
He then spoke about the delay between Spectre and No Time To Die, and noted that he went through a period of self-reflection before signing on to the latter.
‘I was like, “Is this work really genuinely worth this, to go through this, this whole thing?” And…I felt physically really low. So the prospect of doing another movie was just, like, off the cards. And that’s why it has been five years,’ he said.
Looking back: During an interview with GQ, Craig remarked that ‘there was sort of a pulsing feeling to’ his final day on set
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