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[dinovelvet]

Looks like you have to actually buy the mag to read the article, oh well!

http://men.style.com...id=content_6200

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

Daniel Craig On Being Bond In December '07 Issue Of GQ

Named the GQ Man of the Year

[jaguar007]

Nice. I'm glad to see it, it seems that he had been overlooked in many US publications where he seems to make the cover of every UK magazine.

[Qwerty]

Nice. I'm glad to see it, it seems that he had been overlooked in many US publications where he seems to make the cover of every UK magazine.

Seems that way at times. I'll have to be on the lookout for this issue this week.

[Vauxhall]

I think it's a testament to the great success of the reboot that Daniel Craig has gained such a formidable reputation over the last year. He has proven that you can show yourself as a fantastic actor within a Bond movie.

[Bondian]

You da man Dan. You da Dan man. (works both ways ).

[marktmurphy]

IS this US GQ or something? I have the UK one December where he's on the cover but the interview's different.

[Germanlady]

Yes, its US. Hopefully someone will post the whole interview soon.

[macleod_73]

That's really cool, glad to see he's getting more US recognition!

[dinovelvet]

Nice. I'm glad to see it, it seems that he had been overlooked in many US publications where he seems to make the cover of every UK magazine.

Seems that way at times. I'll have to be on the lookout for this issue this week.

Keep in mind that there are three different covers, one with Bill Clinton, one with Kanye West, and one with Daniel Craig!

[Double-0-7]

So much for my bid for the title.

There's always next year!

[RazorBlade]

With Christmas and everything I can't buy another mag.

but I will.

[Professor Dent]

So much for my bid for the title.

There's always next year!

Sorry, ol' chap!

Crap - now I have to venture into a mall & deal with insane Christmas shoppers to pick this magazine up.

[DaveBond21]

He describes playing Bond as difficult and challenging. This is much more like the kind of comment I was expecting from Craig by now, rather than signing up to do 5 more or whatever. I am glad he has signed up to do more, though.

However, I always thought he'd found the whole thing difficult (and that includes after the success of Casino Royale).

[Qwerty]

IS this US GQ or something? I have the UK one December where he's on the cover but the interview's different.

A completely different interview, markt?

[Turn]

GQ is on a Bond roll these days with the Connery cover a couple of months ago and now Craig. Brosnan was a GQ Man of the Year back in 2000 or so as well. Dalton also made the GQ cover back when TLD was coming out in '87.

I think Lazenby and Moore are the only Bond actors who have never graced a GQ cover. Lazenby I can understand, but Moore would seem like a natural. I guess they were trying to stay away from the Bond image in the '70s and early '80s. Then again, the guy is timeless so it may not be too late.

[Germanlady]

He describes playing Bond as difficult and challenging. This is much more like the kind of comment I was expecting from Craig by now, rather than signing up to do 5 more or whatever. I am glad he has signed up to do more, though.

However, I always thought he'd found the whole thing difficult (and that includes after the success of Casino Royale).

Is there a chance, you could scan this interview? ...or write it down?

[Emma]

For those of you who don't live in North America. You'll be interested to know that there are three different covers. One with Bill Clinton, One with Kanye West and one with Daniel Craig. From the stores I've perused, the issues with Daniel Craig on the cover seem to be selling the most. I bought the issue with Craig on the cover. It's a short article and there isn't much new information. But it's nice to see that Craig hasn't changed due to the success of the film. He's still very humble. I even liked the fact that he understood why some people had misgivings about the role and isn't dismissive. That's pure class.

[marktmurphy]

IS this US GQ or something? I have the UK one December where he's on the cover but the interview's different.

A completely different interview, markt?

Yes; as far as I can tell from the extract. They're certainly by different writers, so I'd imagine they're altogether different. Odd really, you'd have thought they could franchise these interviews as they're for the same mag, essentially.

[Qwerty]

Odd really, you'd have thought they could franchise these interviews as they're for the same mag, essentially.

That was my original assumption too.

Still trying to locate this new issue. Most of the bookstores I've visited still have the old one out.

[Robinson]

You gotta figure this is also part of the press build up for "The Golden Compass." I can't see why he'd be on the cover of GQ with CR over a year old. Not that the mag would associate themselves with a "kiddie fantasy film."

Figure he'll be on the over next year when Bond 22 hits the theaters. He'll possibly be named "The Sexiest Man Alive" for next year's People Magazine.

[Turn]

Just for fun when I've been at places displaying this issue, I've moved the Craig cover in front of the Bill Clinton and Kanye West covers.

I did that today and noticed something interesting -- if you look at the Craig cover, it looks like they've done some airbrushing on his face. Either that or he's been doing Botox.

[dinovelvet]

I did that today and noticed something interesting -- if you look at the Craig cover, it looks like they've done some airbrushing on his face. Either that or he's been doing Botox.

My God, an actor appearing on the cover of a major magazine was airbrushed????!! What a scandalous controversy that will rip apart the very fabric of existence. Up next in other shocking news - water is still wet.

[Emma]

I bought the UK version of the magazine today. The interview was more in depth--and no not the same as the US one. I really, really do admire the man each time I read about him.

One thing I found interesting is something the interviewer said that part of the reason that CR was so well received was that Bond was played as being an 'every man'. Not an upper class arriostocrat. Therefore making him easier for the audiences to identify with and root for. Something which I completely agree with. With Lazenby, Dalton, Moore and Brosnan they all came across as 'to the manner born'. Connery was a sleazy reptile who came across as something conjured up by Hugh Hefner. Craig's Bond was the only Bond who came across as down to earth real and authenic.

Also I think DC trolls the Bond boards, because he mentioned that the web sites are calling the next film 'Bond 22'.


Hello Daniel!

[Qwerty]

A related article... http://commanderbond...n...&item=44329

[Turn]

One thing I found interesting is something the interviewer said that part of the reason that CR was so well received was that Bond was played as being an 'every man'. Not an upper class arriostocrat. Therefore making him easier for the audiences to identify with and root for. Something which I completely agree with. With Lazenby, Dalton, Moore and Brosnan they all came across as 'to the manner born'. Connery was a sleazy reptile who came across as something conjured up by Hugh Hefner. Craig's Bond was the only Bond who came across as down to earth real and authenic.

Also I think DC trolls the Bond boards, because he mentioned that the web sites are calling the next film 'Bond 22'.


Hello Daniel!

Don't the producers also call each new film Bond 22 or whatever before the come up with the title?

I don't think of Dalton as a "to the manor born" type. He seems more like the book Bond, the alienated type who doesn't quite fit in, kind of like his portrayal of Bond in many ways. Lazenby either. He is the closest to Craig I think in being down to earth and authentic.

[Emma]

When I first saw CR, I told someone that Craig's Bond came across as the type of guy who joined the service to pay his way through University, and then went on serving in the military with distinction until he ended up in the 007 section. It's one of the reasons I like Craig's Bond so much. He comes accross more of a self made man, who worked and fought for everything he had.


The other Bond's remind me of rich/upperclass boys, Or as one journalist put it 'Old Etonian's". That being English public (that's private school for those of you outside of the UK)school graduates with an air of entitlement. Who were probably tapped for the service via university sort of like the Cambridge five or the way the CIA tapped many of their spies from the Skull and Bones via Yale.


Connery came across as a bit of less rich snot type. But the other four Brosnan, Moore, Dalton and Lazenby yes.