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[marktmurphy]

I don't think Craig's casual dress sense is helping matters. Eon need to get out a few publicity stills of him is a suit and tie, preferably holding the Walther. Once the public see him 'in costume', as it were, they'll warm to him.

Quite. If only they'd released a pic of him in the dinner suit holding the walther. Oh, hang on...

[Publius]

Boy, and I thought American pop pseudo-journalism was bad.

Obviously, the Mirror just has an axe to grind, and didn't have a good front-page story for today, so decided to kill two birds with one stone. Even if what they're saying is 100% true, I still don't see how it matters, given that it clearly hasn't impacted Craig for the worse, judging by his pictures from the press conference (some have even argued he looked better and more Bondian than ever!), and the damage was relatively easy to repair. Hell, by their own admission it seems he only chipped two front teeth. And he took it like a champ at that. Not exactly a big deal. Almost a rite of initiation even.

Besides, we've had Bond actors sport wigs, use chest-augmenting ice-packs, undergo facelifts, shoot out kidney stones, scar their pretty-boy lips, and damage their knees, not to mention utilize stunt doubles with regularity, all this despite the mythic nature of the action hero each of them portrayed, so I just don't see where this invincible-Bond-actor theory comes from. These people are human, and the only thing that's really important is that they become Bond on the big screen. What they do in their personal lives, and even what happens while filming, doesn't matter to me. Cinema is an art of welcome deception, after all. So the Mirror can shove it, because I'm still looking forward to immersing myself in a world I know to be fantasy, and a highly enjoyable one at that.

[SecretAgentFan]

First of all, this may not be true.

Second: Having your teeth knocked out during can happen to anyone. and does not make one a wimp but shows resilience and strength. These tabloid hacks are behaving like stupid children in a schoolyard.

Third: Teeth can be repared rather quickly. And even according to this sluggishly written arcticle they were.

Fourth: If Brosnan actually commented on this, it shows he is still pissed. Which he really should stop showing. C

Edited by SecretAgentFan, 19 February 2006 - 08:46 PM.

[Skin 17]

As long as we don't see any major delay in production, I probably won't give it a second thought.

Edited by Skin 17, 19 February 2006 - 08:52 PM.

[marktmurphy]

[quote name='SecretAgentFan' post='520569' date='19 February 2006 - 20:44']

Fourth: If Brosnan actually commented on this, it shows he is still pissed. Which he really should stop showing. C

[K1Bond007]

By the Mirror. Ever since Daniel Craig snubbed the out of the Sienna question when he was announced they've been attacking him wherever they can.

[stamper]

Whatever the reasons, weither it's right or not... this movie is gonna be dragged in the mud by the press. This is FACT. and this is just the beginning... they want to kill it.

It all comes down to the action hero credibility. It appears the press does not think DC is the right man for the job, and does not respect him. When he came to the conference with his life saver on that boat, with his hair hanging down, they all thought "THIS is James Bond ?". From then on it was all downhill for poor Craig and Eon.

They are gonna ask him stupid questions on purpose during all the promotion, because they want his head. he plays James Bond, and they are not convinced, and won't ever be. This is bad. There will be no respect, and Brozza jokes won't help.

It won't come with the great performance, or with the great direction, sets, scripts, or with it being a major success, CR is gonna be slammed : THEY-ARE-GOING-TO-DRAG-THIS-MOVIE-IN-THE-MUD. This is the press. You make up a star, selling his rise, then you knock him down. If you can just get direct to the knock down part, as with DC, it's even better and easier.

Don't say they lost touch with the audience. They're in the business of selling paper, with something written on it helping the sales. They know their job. I bet their 0w 0w 7 cover send the sales up 28 % when compared to last week.

There's gonna be more...

[dinovelvet]

Whatever the reasons, weither it's right or not... this movie is gonna be dragged in the mud by the press. This is FACT. and this is just the beginning... they want to kill it.

The Mirror is trying to make a big deal about nothing, though. Anyone with half a brain can see there's really nothing in this story, its the kind of thing that happens on movie sets on a regular basis. Usually when promoting an action movie, an actor will boast about how he got injured on the set. Just some recent examples of this include Josh Lucas saying how he smashed his head on the cockpit of a plane in Stealth, and, er, Scarlett Johansson saying how she cut her lip for a kissing scene in Match Point!

By the time CR is released, the movie will succeed or fail on its own merits. If it stinks and Craig is terrible, the movie will flop. If its great and Craig is a convincing Bond, it will do well, no matter what the Mirror or any other tabloid rag has to say about it. If we listened to bad media buzz, Titanic would have tanked and been one of the biggest flops of all time. And if we listened to good media buzz, Serenity would have unseated Titanic as the biggest blockbuster of the decade

[crheath]

I think Roger Moore said he lost nearly all his teeth when doing "Live and Let Die". Though I've always wondered if that's true or not.

[Donovan]

I think Roger Moore said he lost nearly all his teeth when doing "Live and Let Die". Though I've always wondered if that's true or not.

I know he chipped a tooth when he crashed a boat into a dock. Occupational hazard.

[dinovelvet]

I think Roger Moore said he lost nearly all his teeth when doing "Live and Let Die". Though I've always wondered if that's true or not.

Roger Moore lost nearly all his dignity in TMWTGG when he grabbed a Sumo wrestler's buttocks

[Mamadou]

Well, if Craig was okay at the press conference then the major dental work is probably over. My friend lost her two front teeth when someone was fooling around in gym class, and the procedure to put them back was pretty messy. Sure, she's got her teeth back, but first they glued them in temporarily until they could manufacture the right screws. The screws, made out of titanium, were attached to new "teeth" (they're actually realistic-looking fillings) and drilled into her head. And yes, she was under general anaesthesia. The whole clean-up took a few months, but that depended on her schedule on her dentist's schedule. I don't think there's a real chance of Craig getting bad health care, so they might have moved him to the top of the line.

[Emma]

I am curious, what's up with all the snide remarks? Are they just mad becase Craig was chosen as Bond, or is this par for the course with the British press when it comes to any celebrity?

[Elmason]

I just think its pathetic how the press can be so vindictive just because they see fit, its terrible and seems like they have no journalistic standards.

In their article they even inadvertantly tell the readers how they've been innacurate in the past by mentioning the Thandie Newton rumour which they broke wide open. Great scoop boys.

Personally I don't think there's a problem if CR got injured and it certainly doesn't make him a wush. He's a big guy, physically he looks the toughest out of all the Bonds thus far (in my opinion) and if he took a smack in the mouth so much the better, I hope they use some of the footage.

I'd been waiting for a subject to make my first post and when I read that 'article' it made my blood boil.

[dinovelvet]

I am curious, what's up with all the snide remarks? Are they just mad becase Craig was chosen as Bond, or is this par for the course with the British press when it comes to any celebrity?

They didn't like Craig from the first press conference because he refused to answer tabloid questions like would he prefer Sienna Miller or Kate Moss as his Bond girl. Since then they've done nothing but bitch and moan about him with this 'James Bland' stuff.

[Elmason]

Yeah Emma was going to say something similar about the press attacking celebrities too.

Don't know what they've got against CR it's like when they attack the England manager there's no point. Seems to me like one of their biggest and most superficial points is that he's blonde but these are the same people who were also saying Jude Law had been considered isn't he blonde too?

[The Dove]

The whole bloody article sounds like a load of crap to me, written by a not-so-professional journalist who has nothing better than to root for Daniel Craig to fail as Bond and will print anything in order to further the cause! I for one am not buying this bull***t!! Based upon the video of the Prague press conference, it did not appear to me at all like Daniel Craig was suffering any pain or discomfort from dental surgery. As far as I'm concerened, everything is good to go ahead with filming in the Bahamas this week!

[TheBritishEnd]

Pierce Brosnan blew his knee out doing the hovercraft stunt for Die Another Day, and Roger Moore was in the hospital for kidney stones during Live and Let Die and Moonraker, so there seems to be a tradition of the Bond actors suffering a few accidents!

I love that Moore is represented here by kidney stones. This man was no fool! I'm sure he would've used a double for the gunbarrel sequence had they let him.

As for Craig, if I were him, I'd demand that a stuntman be used during the carpetbeater scene.

Edited by TheBritishEnd, 20 February 2006 - 04:48 AM.

[Doctor Shatterhand]

Apparently this story is true because at the time of the recent presser when Daniel walks out, the press can be heard saying 'Say Cheese'. Daniel, obviously perturbed and trying not to show his pearly whites said, 'No cheese. Let's cut out the cheese!'

As to when this might have happened is anyone's guess. Perhaps it is not as bad as the tabloid is printing it, because during the Q&A Craig's teeth seem to be intact and very white. But I did find it unusual that Craig would say 'No cheese' since the press is basically trying to get as many photos as possible in a short time frame.

Ironic that Roger Moore, on his first Bond - Live and Let Die, almost had his teeth knocked out after being thrown from his speed boat. They rushed him to the hospital and showered him with x-rays.

[lorna99]

In the Celebs supplement of the Sunday Mirror (yesterday), they where saying that Daniel Craig is a boring bond and the supplement was complaining that the film only had one explosion in it and the resident near the studio where complaining about the noise of the explosion and also James Bond is not allowed to smoke as well in the film

Edited by lorna99, 20 February 2006 - 09:43 AM.

[Stax]

so all the article did was whine? what a boring article

[lorna99]

Yes, all they did is complained in the article

Edited by lorna99, 20 February 2006 - 10:07 AM.

[Alvin Stardust]

Well, thanks to the Mirror we now don't have to go and see the film, as we know it's rubbish before any of it has been made!

Tabloid idiots. Who do they think they are?

[eddyellis]

You know what really grates with me about all this? Its not specifically the fact that this particular tabloid has seen fit to attack Craig at every opportunity, its that they do it thinking that anybody actually cares about their opinion!

Pathetic!

[Carver]

In the Celebs supplement of the Sunday Mirror (yesterday), they where saying that Daniel Craig is a boring bond and the supplement was complaining that the film only had one explosion in it and the resident near the studio where complaining about the noise of the explosion and also James Bond is not allowed to smoke as well in the film

A boring Bond? How the hell can they judge when the film hasn't even been completed yet, let alone been released! It's so petty how tabloids judge actors, and with the Mirror being the leader of the pack, I guess it's only a matter of time before the other sheep follow along. The Mirror have had something against Craig right from the start, wasn't it them who revealed the "exclusive story" with the headline "Bland, James Bland"? It's all just petty nonsense, and they'll be eating humble pie when Casino Royale comes out in November

[Niwram]

The Mirror is a waste of existense, and the people behind it are just asking to be killed.

[JimmyBond]

For the last ten years the media has been complaining that all Bond films are is explosion after explosion. Now we get a Bond film that is more about character and now they complain that they're are not enough explosions.

Pathetic.

[Red Renard]

Yep, a few papers like the Mirror will make cheap shots until the film is released. The press will quickly change their tune if the film is a success. If it isn't, well they'll really put the boot in.

But none of this is a surprise, is it?

[Skudor]

Quite amusing that someone should feel the need to 'write' that article. Amusing stuff.

[TheSaint]

So, does this mean the theme song will be "All I Want for Casino is My Two Front Teeth"?

Will Spike Jones or Ross Bagdasarian perform it?