Mumbai: Hollywood star Daniel Craig, who is all set for the last time as Bond, has talked about working in the spy thriller franchise’s 25th movie ‘No Time To Die’.
He spoke about the Bond legacy over the last many decades. It still has a connection with the world. Craig said: “It’s impossible not to if you look at the Bond movies.”
“But also, what’s happening in the world influences them. I don’t think we set out necessarily to directly do it. I think you’re off to a bad start when you try to bring what’s happening in the world into them and reference it too much. It’s the fears that we talk about.”
Commenting on his preparations to get into the role of Bond, he added: “One of the things is that when I first started playing him, about three months would get me into shape for the movie. It’s now about a year, so even though I don’t have a script at that point, I’ve still started the process in my head because I’m trying to get fit and get ready for any stunts.”
“So, in a way it’s not a switch, it’s a process. Suttirat, our brilliant costume designer came out to New York. We sat and chatted about clothes. That was a long time before we started shooting.”
‘No time To Die’ also features Rami Malek as the villain, in Craig’s last time as Bond..
Speaking on getting Malek, he said: “He was awesome and very busy, and we were lucky to get him. I think his name came up fairly early. It was one of those things where we wondered if he’d do it. We didn’t have the part there yet.”
“It was a lovely idea. You’ve got to at least be able to say, ‘we haven’t got all the words, but this is what it is.’ Then we did. We had to try and get him in. What you don’t want to do, especially with someone like Rami, is promise it and then not deliver.”
‘No Time To Die’ hits Indian theatres in IMAX 3D, 3D and 4DX on September 30 in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
