Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connor on Sex Scenes, Filming ‘Knives Out 3’ and Why ‘Challengers’ Has the ‘Biggest Cock Tease in Movie History’
variety.comDaniel Craig on a journey through the emotional depths of “Queer,” based on William Burroughs’ short novel. O’Connor and Craig, both known for playing iconic Brits — the first as Prince Charles in “The Crown,” the other in the five most recent James Bond movies — spent this past summer working on the next installment in Netflix’s “Knives Out” franchise, “Wake Up Dead Man,” which will stream on the platform next year. DANIEL CRAIG: Where did you first meet Luca Guadagnino? JOSH O’CONNOR: I met him at his favorite hotel in London. CRAIG: Claridge’s? O’CONNOR: Claridge’s.
I got a text from our friend Jonathan Anderson saying, “Do you want to come for lunch? I’m with Luca Guadagnino.” I was out and about in London, and I cycled to Claridge’s — I don’t know what went on in my head, but I forgot that I was meeting with Jonathan Anderson and Luca Guadagnino. CRAIG: That’s not like you.
You’re normally so together. I met him at a party — incredibly briefly, easily 10 years ago, if not more than that — in Rome, in one of those apartments that overlooks the Colosseum.
Luca introduced himself, and I pretended to know who he was. O’CONNOR: Was “Queer” the first discussion about working together? CRAIG: Yes, it was.
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