Daniel Craig says James Bond fame was “emotionally difficult” for his family

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Daniel Craig has revealed that playing James Bond was “emotionally difficult” for both him and his family.The actor played the 007 spy for five films: Casino Royale (2006), Quantum Of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2016) and No Time To Die (2021).The role inevitably brought him a level of fame that far outstripped his previous status, and now in a new interview at the BFI in London, he has opened up about how that presented its own challenges.When asked by critic Mark Kermode whether he enjoyed playing Bond, he said: “I did.

I loved every second of it. I mean, some of it was tough and weird and strange and emotionally kind of difficult for everybody, including my family.

The fame is weird.”Reflecting on weighing up the decision to accept the role, which came at around the time he starred in Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005), he added: “I was working and had a little bit of fame and it bought me, you know, a drink at the bar.

But I could still go anywhere.”He did go on to say, however, that his hesitation about celebrity “couldn’t be the reason not to” take the part.Craig is currently starring in Queer, the new film from Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Call Me By Your Name) in which he stars as William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City who spends his days and nights cruising gay bars and picking up young men, as well as mingling with other members of a small homosexual expat community.The actor recently said he would not have taken on his role in the film during his Bond run. “I couldn’t have done this while doing Bond,” he said.