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Daniel Craig Has Quit as Bond, According to Mark Strong

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It seems Daniel Craig HAS fired his last Walther PPK as James Bond. At least that’s according to his good friend, the actor Mark Strong.

Strong was chatting with ShortList to promote upcoming comedy Grimsby, when the conversation got on to James Bond. We put it to Strong that he’d make an excellent addition to any Bond cast, when the star of Kingsman, Kick Ass and Body Of Lies revealed that such a move was unlikely, dropping the ultimate Bond bombshell.

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alycakes2983d ago

I won't believe it until I hear it come out of Craig's mouth. He said as long as Sam Mendes kept directing he would consider making another one.

Yi-Long2982d ago

I absolutely LOVE Craig as Bond, but the scripts for both Skyfall as well as SPECTRE were sadly extremely 'stupid', and while I feel Sam is a great filmmaker, I believe he has actually hurt the new Bond-reboot.

Pillsbury12982d ago

Skyfall brought bond back to its roots, SPECTRE was uninspired and predictable.

ajax172978d ago

Skyfall was great, Spectre was 'meh'

Benchm4rk2978d ago

Oh god I hope not. I love Craig as Bond but Sam Mendes did not do a good job with either Skyfall or Spectre. I think Craig should do one more and bring back Martin Campbell to direct. He did great work with Goldeneye and Casino Royale

WizzroSupreme2983d ago

Unfortunately, Craig will probably do it just for the money and his performance will suffer for it. You could almost feel him phoning it in throughout Spectre. If he hates Bond as much as he seems, then it's showing.

-Foxtrot2983d ago (Edited 2983d ago )

Spectre for me ended with Craigs Bond arc at a close

Spoilers

On the bridge he decided to arrest Blofeld instead of killing him, as he looked to his left he saw M, on the right he saw Madeleine. M represented his work as a 00 agent while Madeleine represented the first girl Bond could get closer to and finally settle down with leaving his agent work behind him.

In the end he chose Madeleine and left Blofeld with MI6

For me Craigs Bond was kind of like what Nolan did with Batman in his Dark Knight trilogy. The characters origin, the rise, the fall and finally conclusion.

Casino Royale was his first mission as a 00 agent

Quantum of Solace was him going rouge and experiencing loss for the first time. The fall of Bond (quite literally as it was the worst in his arc)

Skyfall was the rise

Spectre was him tying up loose ends and finally settling down. Blofeld was basically the main behind everything in the other three films.

In my opinion they need to do a soft reboot, start with a new timeline, new actors and adapt John Gardner's Bond novels. The first novel title would be perfect for a brand new start

James Bond: Licence Renewed

For Special Services, Icebreaker, Role of Honour, Nobody Lives for Ever, No Deals, Mr. Bond, Scorpius, Win, Lose or Die and so on

I want to see Bond take it's self a little less serious. Take the best parts of the old Bond films and the new. Craig was far too serious and it felt like more like Bourne then Bond at times

Pillsbury12982d ago

Spectre sucked and I loved skyfall so much.

ajax172978d ago

I couldn't agree more

extermin8or2981d ago

They are loosely following the books I believe. Swann will marry bond and then be murdered by spectre as revenge for Blofield imprisonment. Then either for mi6 or if more like the books potentially rouge for a couple of films bond makes it his mission to hunt down any member of spectre he can.

Aldous_Snow2983d ago (Edited 2983d ago )

The way things are going within the movie industry, I wouldn't be suprised if they cast Rebel Wilson as the next Bond...

Majin-vegeta2982d ago

Ummm wasnt it known he would play Bond one last time in Spectre and then retire?

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