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[BlackFelix]

I hope this doesn't fall under the "anti-craig" post. It's not about that.

I just watched the press confrence and I am not impressed by Mr. Craig's attitude. To me he seems a little arrogant. He has this attitude of like "I'm doing everyone a favor" and it is really dis-tasteful. I'm trying to give the guy a chance but the P.C. was not making this any easier for me. I mean I don't want to pick on him or anything, but there was very little gracious-ness he seemed to display to the press or his fellow filmmakers. I understand that there is a certain cocky-ness to Bond, but it's more of being self assured than arrogant. Seriously, you mean to tell me you have no idea of you're gonna portray Bond? How in the heck did you get the job?! After watching that it's very easy to see why certain press have taken to not liking him already.

I'm trying to keep myself from going on a rant or being unfair. But Pierce, Timothy, and Roger after all their movies don't nearly come off as jerk-ish as Craig is before doing even one.

[SecretAgentFan]

I don

[tonymascia1]

I hope this doesn't fall under the "anti-craig" post. It's not about that.

I just watched the press confrence and I am not impressed by Mr. Craig's attitude. To me he seems a little arrogant. He has this attitude of like "I'm doing everyone a favor" and it is really dis-tasteful. I'm trying to give the guy a chance but the P.C. was not making this any easier for me. I mean I don't want to pick on him or anything, but there was very little gracious-ness he seemed to display to the press or his fellow filmmakers. I understand that there is a certain cocky-ness to Bond, but it's more of being self assured than arrogant. Seriously, you mean to tell me you have no idea of you're gonna portray Bond? How in the heck did you get the job?! After watching that it's very easy to see why certain press have taken to not liking him already.

I'm trying to keep myself from going on a rant or being unfair. But Pierce, Timothy, and Roger after all their movies don't nearly come off as jerk-ish as Craig is before doing even one.

You may be reading a little too much into it.

Relax --- everything will be fine come November 2006...

[Tarl_Cabot]

I think he was overwhelmed by the occasion, the new scrutiny...etc.If he's cocky than that's great b/c he'll need that to over come his unconventional look that will bother many fans. I like him;I watched the QA session for Layer Cake and he seems like a nice guy, smart and personable...

And I think he's wise not to tell the world what he intends to do with the role...Besides, he didn't win the role for his "beauty" or for projecting low self-esteem.

[Timothy]

I had a totally different impression.

I think he was pretty sympathic. Had always a smile, even after the third out of the line question.

Of course he was nerveous, but arrogant ? No, not at all, imho

[Mister Asterix]

I had a totally different impression.

I think he was pretty sympathic. Had always a smile, even after the third out of the line question.

Of course he was nerveous, but arrogant ? No, not at all, imho

Agreed. Not arrogant at all.

[Shrublands]

Are some people just trying to find new nasty things to say about him?

Arrogant? No, he was nervous and overwhelmed, anyone would be.

Rather charming and gracious I thought, given some of the questions.

[Bondian]

I agree with Mister Asterix and Shrubberinos.

For a man who's taken on a very tuff job, he looked and sounded pretty controlled.

If he'd danced around singing "oh, what a beautiful mornin'" or just sat there and picked his conk, that would be wrong.

All I can say is, he must of had been wearing a double pair of underpants.

[marktmurphy]

And if he wasn't 'arrogant' he'd have been 'too quiet and reserved to be Bond' or something.

[Kingdom Come]

Bond is arrogant - so Craig will lean towards that arrogance. Work it out.

[Jim]

Are some people just trying to find new nasty things to say about him?

This really is becoming terribly boring, isn't it?

[crheath]

Are some people just trying to find new nasty things to say about him?

This really is becoming terribly boring, isn't it?

I agree. Get over it.

[pgram]

No arrogance noticed. He tried to look confident (which I think he is) and controlled. Combined with his nervousness this could be misinterpreted. I thought he turned out as a nice chap. I still don't like him as Bond, but I liked him as Craig. I wouldn't mind going out with him for a couple of pints, when he returns to Liverpool. This could help him, provided he works on his drawbacks.

The part I liked the most in the PC is when he says "much qualifications" and changes it to "many". If you notice his micro behaviour at this point, you 'll see that he envisions himself struggling the moron who asked the question (actually, I would not blame him, if he did).

[Marquis]

You may be reading a little too much into it.

Relax --- everything will be fine come November 2006...

Thanks Tony, you've just allayed all our fears.

Don't suppose you have this weekend's lottery results aswell do you?

[Loomis]

He has this attitude of like "I'm doing everyone a favor"

Well, he is.

[zencat]

Are some people just trying to find new nasty things to say about him?

This really is becoming terribly boring, isn't it?

It really is.

[Agent 76]

I think he was just nervous.

He'll do a great job.

[Genrewriter]

Are some people just trying to find new nasty things to say about him?

This really is becoming terribly boring, isn't it?

Intensely. I'm to the brink of yawning just thinking of it.

[Qwerty]

I think he was overwhelmed by the occasion, the new scrutiny...etc.

Agreed. Thought he stood up pretty well the entire time.

[tdalton]

I didn't think that he came off as arrogant, but even if he did, I wouldn't care. I've always seen the literary Bond as being a somewhat arrogant character anyway, so I doubt I would have found it to be a bad thing even if I found him to be arrogant at the press conference.

[DaveBond21]

That is the most nervous I have ever seen him. He is always keen to talk about the acting profession and his love of making movies. But this time, it was obviously the biggest occasion he has ever been involved in.

Just to stick up for the original poster a little, Craig has always been arrogant in interviews in the past - it's part of his personality and it's why certain famous women like him, and one of the reasons they chose him as Bond, because he KNEW he could do it.

[Xenia's Ferrari]

could it be he is only nervious? because of this i think he only seems arrogant.

[Qwerty]

That is the most nervous I have ever seen him. He is always keen to talk about the acting profession and his love of making movies. But this time, it was obviously the biggest occasion he has ever been involved in.

Just to stick up for the original poster a little, Craig has always been arrogant in interviews in the past - it's part of his personality and it's why certain famous women like him, and one of the reasons they chose him as Bond, because he KNEW he could do it.

Welcome to CommanderBond.net, DaveBond21.

[mcsearg]

I think he was just nervous.

He'll do a great job.

Agreed..He may have been "a deer caught in the headlights" during the press conference. I think he will do fine..

[blofeldblows]

In my own opinion it just looked liked the tabloid question that opened the gate put him in the wrong mood. Almost as if he lost tons of respect for the media right there. To be perfectly honest i would be as much of an a-hole as I could around them if that occured to me. And I'm the editor in chief of a student newspaper. The media needs to relax for once and just allow a simple Q and A session. No need to do ego bashing brought up on behalf of themselves. SHAME ON YOU, EURO MEDIA!

[tdalton]

I posted this in a different thread about Craig, but feel like it applies here as well. I think that Daniel Craig was just simply tired by the time that he got to the press conference for Bond. He's shooting a film in Baltimore with Nicole Kidman, which is a high budget science fiction film that I would assume is a very demanding job. He also has another film in the works, plus all the time that he's spent auditioning for Bond, negotiating, and then the flight over the Atlantic Ocean to get to London for the press conference. From all of that, I'm sure that he was tired, and that probably went along with possibly being a bit overwhelmed. I can guarantee that I would be tired if I was on such a schedule, and combine that with the first question that he was asked at the conference, I can fully understand him not wanting to have anything to do with the media at that point in time.

[B5Erik]

It's funny, he didn't look nervous to me - just bored. Many of the questions were lame, and he looked irritated to have to answer them.

What turned me off from what I've seen is a lack of enthusiasm for the series. Dalton clearly understood the magnitude of the series, and took it very seriously - so seriously that he went back and re-read the Fleming novels. Did Craig mention whether or not he's ever read Casino Royale? If he did I missed it.

He didn't frame any of the answers I saw in historical 007 context, and he didn't seem very knowledgeable on Bond other than the surface stuff.

It was just a lackluster performance, and something else for him to overcome.

I was just hoping for an actor who was excited to play James Bond, not just excited to (possibly) get 3 big paychecks.

Edited by B5Erik, 18 October 2005 - 02:21 AM.

[tdalton]

Did Craig mention whether or not he's ever read Casino Royale?  If he did I missed it.

I think that he did say something about having already read Casino Royale.

[Pussfeller]

I think he does have a slight arrogance about him, and I really like it. It's encouraging to see that he has a natural edge, which I always felt Brosnan lacked.

The last Bond with an attitude was Dalton, and even he had to force it sometimes. Connery and Lazenby both had attitude, although in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. Moore and Brosnan were both debonair, but not intense, as Bond was originally written to be. I'd be willing to sacrifice a little suaveness for some extra power and charisma.

[K1Bond007]

I just watched the press confrence and I am not impressed by Mr. Craig's attitude. To me he seems a little arrogant.

I didn't pick up on this. In anycase arrogance is kind of good for this film. Bond is pretty arrogant and Campbell means to bring that out in the first half of the film anyway.