Before he became James Bond, he had over a dozen film roles. None of them were groundbreaking enough for him to become a star like Tom Cruise or Denzel Washington, but all of them – especially those after 2000 – made him perceived as a solid actor with decent, male characters. It was then that he was seriously considered a good candidate for the role of 007. However, the beginnings of his acting career were not easy for Craig, he had moments of doubt and numerous crises.
Daniel Craig stole in his youth out of hunger
He had been playing since childhood at the encouragement and support of his mother, an art teacher. He dropped out of high school when he got into the National Youth Theater in London. For Craig, it was a great opportunity, but also a huge challenge. Moving to London and studying forced him to take up any paid work. He could not count on financial support from his divorced parents, and renting a room was expensive. He worked in restaurants, but it wasn’t easy.
It was probably during this period that he experienced such a financial crisis that he was unable to buy food. Daniel Craig talked about the supermarket theft while promoting his next Bond film, “Skyfall”. In an interview for “” he mentioned that he had hatched a plan with his then girlfriend, but although he did not specify when exactly he stole food out of hunger, it probably happened shortly after he moved to London:
It was a frozen duck. I was distracting her and she put it up her skirt, which was pretty crazy. But she did it with such confidence… She pretended to be pregnant. I only stole from supermarkets that wouldn’t feel the loss, I want it to be known. But f***, we had nothing to eat then and we had to eat something – recalled the actor.
It is not known how long Daniel Craig and his then-partner struggled with financial problems. The actor came to London as a 16-year-old and traveled with the youth theater to perform around Europe – he was, among others, in Moscow and Valencia. After returning to London, he was accepted at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from which he graduated in 1991. He got his first “real” television role a year later, but he had to wait for international success until his role in the series “Our Friends in the North” in 1996, after which he also started receiving offers from Hollywood.
They say they want him to be Bond, but when it comes down to it…
He began to appear in rankings for the future James Bond in 2005. The first years of the 2000s were a great professional time for him. It’s not only the role in one of the “Tomb Raider” parts alongside Angelina Jolie, who showed that she can confidently play in a box office hit, but also the small “10 Minutes Later: Cello”, the passionate role of Sylvia Plath’s partner alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, or the excellent “Munich”. No wonder that the Briton was ultimately included on the list of potential candidates for the role of Agent 007. The problem is that when his involvement was announced, fans were no longer so sure.
People complained about everything, but most of all about her blonde hair and un-Bond-esque beauty. Daniel Craig did not engage in any discussions, he did not even comment on the petition calling for his dismissal. As it turned out after the premiere, it was the right decision. After “Casino Royal”, Bondomania broke out again, critics praised Craig’s work to the skies, it was said that he brought a breath of freshness to MI6, created James Bond anew and is the real Bond of the 21st century.
Source: Gazeta
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