The one problem Daniel Craig had with playing James Bond
Daniel Craig played James Bond in five different movies, but he always had reservations about the famous spy. Read more about it here.
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Sat 8 February 2025 18:15, UK
Getting to play James Bond is a job most actors can only dream of. The movie spy to end all movie spies is one of cinema’s most famous and enduring roles, having been around since 1962 and still going strong over six decades later. Across the 27 official Bond movies thus far, six lucky souls have been given the chance to step into his Saville Row suits. In the eyes of many, nobody has done it better (yes, that is a The Spy Who Loved Me pun) than Daniel Craig.
Starting with Casino Royale in 2006 and ending in dramatic fashion with 2021’s No Time to Die, Craig’s run as Bond changed the way many people saw the character. This was a Bond for the 21st Century. Gone were the light-hearted quips after chucking a guy off a building; this was a man who was traumatised by the things he had done and the people he had lost. He might have starred in the shockingly poor Quantum of Solace, but Craig more than made up for it with Skyfall, a gripping espionage thriller that just so happens to be about James Bond.
The Craig era went out of its way to break down a lot of the previously established pillars of the spy’s character, including what many people would call his ‘toxic’ masculinity. This may or may not have been spearheaded by the actor himself. “I am fascinated by the concept of masculinity, and how artificial it is and how constructed it is,” the blue-eyed Brit told The New Yorker. “I would say one of my biggest reservations about playing [Bond] would be the construct of masculinity. It was often very laughable, but you can’t mock it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it.”
This is hilarious because when Craig was first announced to be replacing Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming’s most famous creation, there was a lot of criticism that he wasn’t masculine enough. Detractors pointed to his smaller frame – Craig’s only 5’10” – as well as his piercing eyes and fair hair, leading some to christen him ‘James Blonde’. This overreaction shows what sort of place Bond was in at the time, as well as how the mainstream viewed what did and didn’t constitute a ‘real man’.
Prior to accepting the role that would change his career, Craig had appeared in a variety of projects, including Munich, Layer Cake, and Enduring Love. When asked if he was worried that becoming Bond would limit what he could work on, the star admitted, “I did at first. I think it was my personal objective to not let that happen. Because, I mean, just on a psychological level, it’s really important—I don’t let that fucking get to me like that.”
One only has to look at the roles Craig has taken since he left MI6. His biggest success has come from portraying flamboyant detective Benoit Blanc in the Rian Johnson-led Knives Out series, and in 2024, he starred in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, in which he played an older gay man. Hard to imagine Sean Connery doing any of that.
Regardless of what you make of him as Bond, you have to admire Craig’s determination not to let the character define him. He is a wonderful actor who is clearly interested in pushing himself to new limits, which is what the art form should always be about.
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