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On the Set of 'Quantum Of Solace'
Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace
Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
Daniel Craig: James Bond
Q&A: James Bond Extra
Was making Quantum Of Solace more enjoyable because it's your second crack at Bond?
I think there's probably more pressure this time, but I'm just trying to apply the same rules as I did last time. And hopefully that'll work out, that you make the best movie you can. Certainly, we couldn't repeat what we did last time. It'd be nice to be able to repeat the success, but we couldn't repeat the film so we're into a new way of thinking.
Is that reflected in the hiring of Marc Forster as director?
We'd started something in Casino Royale but we had a book to work from, and we adhered quite closely, emotionally, with that story. Now we want to continue this story, but we have to make it different. So when Marc's name came up, I jumped at it because I want the audience to be attached, I want the audience to be pulled in and get involved with the characters.
One of your co-stars — Jesper Christensen (Mr. White) — was describing your Bond as "slightly dumb" compared to the other Bonds. Do you agree with that?
[incredulously] Dumb? That's what I like about him, is that it's shoot first and ask questions later. But I take that from the books; that was always Ian Fleming's image of Bond. It was always, kick the door in, see what happens. If he's standing on top of a tall building, there's a 20-foot gap, he can't see what's down below — he jumps. And if he hurts himself, he hurts himself. The chances are he won't hurt himself, and therefore he'll move on. And if that's dumb...
It seems you have a love-hate relationship with Olga Kurylenko's Camille. Is there more punching or kissing between your two characters?
There's been an equal amount of both. [laughs] It's physical at first, but Olga is playing an agent and she's on her own mission, so we kind of clash at first. But, you know, in the nicest possible way.
According to Marc, he plans to bring a more psychological dimension to 007.
That's why he's here. He's tying all these people together. That's what you want. It's going to be a major part of this film, is tying together all those psychological battles that are going on.
Did you feel any challenge coming back to the role?
No, because we're picking up an hour after the last one finished so I'm picking up where I left off. If it was 10 years down the line and he'd had four more wives, then there would be a challenge to find out where he was at, but I was pretty clear where he was. I'd been working on this all last year. We'd been having script meetings and discussions; I've been living it for a long time. It only brings me the challenges I like.