![]() ![]() Sam Mendes stepped in as director on the most emotional of Craig’s Bond films to date. Copyright QUANTUM OF SOLACE © 2008 Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. On the set of “Quantum of Solace.” Photo Credit: Susie Allnutt. James Bond 007 (DANIEL CRAIG) at Perla De Las Dunas, Bolivia. Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko in “Quantum of Solace.” Photo by Karen Ballard. He’s also on a revenge mission for the death of his former lover, Vesper Lynd. ![]() Photo Credit: Jay Maidment.īond’s next mission finds him trying to track down and stop a mysterious organization (known as Quantum) trying to stage a coup d’état in Bolivia to seize control of their water supply. Daniel Craig (left) and Jeffrey Wright (right) star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure Casino Royale. CASINO ROYALE © 2006 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation. Daniel Craig as James Bond in the 007 action adventure CASINO ROYALE, from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing. James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) in the 007 action adventure CASINO ROYALE, from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing. His first mission as 007, Craig’s Bond sets out on a secret mission to take down a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. With this in mind, we’re taking a photographic stroll through Craig’s five films as Bond, from Casino Royale (2006) to No Time To Die. There’s never been a Bond like him, and as the most tenured 007 of all time, Craig has earned the epic sendoff he’s getting. As No Time To Die cinematographer Linus Sandgren told us about Craig’s interpretation of the immortal character, “The thing Daniel brings to the Bond franchise is this depth of emotion, where he’s able to express loss and grief and love.” While Craig’s Bond might not care whether his martini is shaken or stirred, he certainly has cared about how his brutal work affects the people he loves, from Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale to Madeline Swann (Léa Seydoux) in both Spectre (2015) and No Time To Die. This shift from embodying the ideal of James Bond to what a modern, haunted double-O agent might actually be like was made clear in this perfect little moment from Craig’s first film in the role, Casino Royale. Craig will be remembered as the first Bond to shrug off the dapper affectations and center his performance on what such a dangerous, duplicitous career might actually do to a human being. While Craig himself joked to the New York Timesthat perhaps he’ll be remembered as “the Grumpy Bond,” you and I know that won’t be the case. His casting at the time was something of a surprise-a bruising blonde?-but now it looks like an absolute coup. No Time To Die is the 25th film in the Bond franchise, five of which belong to Craig himself. By now you’ve likely heard all about Craig’s swan song as her Majesty’s most quarrelsome, effective double-o agent in director Cary Fukunaga’s thrilling epic. Daniel Craig’s final mission as James Bond in No Time To Die is now in theaters. ![]()
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