Interesting factoids
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:29 pm
While I was looking for something else I stumbled upon two little articles that I think are worth sharing:
Daniel Craig was born in Chester and grew up in Hoylake, Wirral.He was a reluctant star and had to be forced to audition for his first school play, his former drama teacher said. Brenda Davies was working at Hilbre High School when 'Danny' Craig walked into a casting session for a production of Oliver in 1981.She said "Danny had tagged along with a friend who was auditioning for a part in Oliver. He just wanted to stay to watch his friend, and had no interest in auditioning. But I told him he could only stay if he auditioned too."He was adamant he wouldn't and my jaw nearly hit the floor when he eventually got up on the stage.
"He had such timing and range, and he had stage presence for a 13-year-old. But if you'd asked me then if we'd had the next Bond on our hands - I could only have told you then he had the potential."Craig left Wirral and went to London at the age of 16.
http://www.hoylakegolfopen.co.uk/id19.html
EXCLUSIVE: POTATOHEAD WASN'T COOL
By Claire Donnelly And Nick Webster 15/10/2005
AS HE drank champagne to celebrate landing the most iconic role in cinema, Daniel Craig will have felt regret that the grandfather who encouraged his acting dream was not there to share the moment.
The new James Bond star was devastated when Olwyn Williams died this year at 96.
Daniel's dad Tim Wroughton-Craig said yesterday: "I think it's still painful for him."
As a child Daniel spent holidays with Olwyn and his gran Doris and it was on a cruise with them to the Norwegian fjords that he put on one of his first performances.
The eight-year-old devised, wrote and staged a show.
It was clear to the passengers that he had acting talent. But his friends - who still call him Mr Potatohead - never thought he would grow up to play Bond.
Anthony Lewis, 38, whose aunt Shirley became Tim's second wife in the early 70s, said: "Bond was something we knew about but never got to see. We wanted to watch but we were too young."
Anthony, of Manley, Cheshire, said: "He was always gangly, with a pudding bowl haircut, not what you'd call cool. His hair was so blond it was almost white.
"Danny used to stay with us. Sometimes we had to share a bed so now I can say I've slept with James Bond."
Dad Tim, 62, who lives in Shropshire with third wife Kirstin, said: "I've never been a Bond fan.
"I'm delighted for him. He is a fantastic actor and he deserves all his success. It's great to see him doing so well. I see him as a rather dangerous Bond - he'll bring a dark menace to the role." Brenda Davies, Daniel's drama teacher at Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Cheshire, recalls Craig walking into a casting session for a production of Oliver in 1981.
Brenda, 61, said: "My jaw nearly hit the floor when he got up on stage. He had such timing and range and he had stage presence for a 13-year-old. I thought 'What have we here?' "
Daniel joined the National Youth Theatre in 1985. Edward Wilson, then artistic director, says: "He showed exceptional promise."
FIVE years later he won a place at the Guildhall drama school in London.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objecti ... _page.html
Daniel Craig was born in Chester and grew up in Hoylake, Wirral.He was a reluctant star and had to be forced to audition for his first school play, his former drama teacher said. Brenda Davies was working at Hilbre High School when 'Danny' Craig walked into a casting session for a production of Oliver in 1981.She said "Danny had tagged along with a friend who was auditioning for a part in Oliver. He just wanted to stay to watch his friend, and had no interest in auditioning. But I told him he could only stay if he auditioned too."He was adamant he wouldn't and my jaw nearly hit the floor when he eventually got up on the stage.
"He had such timing and range, and he had stage presence for a 13-year-old. But if you'd asked me then if we'd had the next Bond on our hands - I could only have told you then he had the potential."Craig left Wirral and went to London at the age of 16.
http://www.hoylakegolfopen.co.uk/id19.html
EXCLUSIVE: POTATOHEAD WASN'T COOL
By Claire Donnelly And Nick Webster 15/10/2005
AS HE drank champagne to celebrate landing the most iconic role in cinema, Daniel Craig will have felt regret that the grandfather who encouraged his acting dream was not there to share the moment.
The new James Bond star was devastated when Olwyn Williams died this year at 96.
Daniel's dad Tim Wroughton-Craig said yesterday: "I think it's still painful for him."
As a child Daniel spent holidays with Olwyn and his gran Doris and it was on a cruise with them to the Norwegian fjords that he put on one of his first performances.
The eight-year-old devised, wrote and staged a show.
It was clear to the passengers that he had acting talent. But his friends - who still call him Mr Potatohead - never thought he would grow up to play Bond.
Anthony Lewis, 38, whose aunt Shirley became Tim's second wife in the early 70s, said: "Bond was something we knew about but never got to see. We wanted to watch but we were too young."
Anthony, of Manley, Cheshire, said: "He was always gangly, with a pudding bowl haircut, not what you'd call cool. His hair was so blond it was almost white.
"Danny used to stay with us. Sometimes we had to share a bed so now I can say I've slept with James Bond."
Dad Tim, 62, who lives in Shropshire with third wife Kirstin, said: "I've never been a Bond fan.
"I'm delighted for him. He is a fantastic actor and he deserves all his success. It's great to see him doing so well. I see him as a rather dangerous Bond - he'll bring a dark menace to the role." Brenda Davies, Daniel's drama teacher at Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Cheshire, recalls Craig walking into a casting session for a production of Oliver in 1981.
Brenda, 61, said: "My jaw nearly hit the floor when he got up on stage. He had such timing and range and he had stage presence for a 13-year-old. I thought 'What have we here?' "
Daniel joined the National Youth Theatre in 1985. Edward Wilson, then artistic director, says: "He showed exceptional promise."
FIVE years later he won a place at the Guildhall drama school in London.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objecti ... _page.html