Daniel Craig thought about ‘never’ working again after playing James Bond for 15 years
nypost.comThe Hollywood Reporter about his life post-007 and the unexpected journey it led him on to play William Lee in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film “Queer,” in which his character becomes infatuated with a younger man (Drew Starkey).“I had no plan whatsoever.
I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll never work again,'” he said during the interview after starring in his fifth “Bond” film. However, he didn’t lay low, starring in several films since “No Time to Die” (2021) — and it wasn’t Craig’s role as Bond that caught Guadagnino’s eye. “But there’s a movie I did quite a few years ago called Love Is the Devil, which Luca is a big fan of.
I play the reverse role in that movie [the younger man in a gay relationship rather than the older one, as in Queer]. But everybody gets old!
Luca wanted to adapt Queer for many years,” he explained.“The rights finally came free not that long ago, and he approached me.
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