Daniel Craig has revealed that he initially wanted to pass on his James Bond role.
Craig is set to play the iconic role of super spy 007 in Sam Mendes' forthcoming action film "Spectre." In his interview with Entertainment Weekly, Craig said that the production team would present him a script that had been similar to other Bond films, that it would have what Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery had done.
With such belief, Craig told Entertainment Weekly that he could have gone while expressing his gratitude to the team, wishing them luck with the film. Craig also said that he would have been entirely peaceful with it; however they had been not.
According to Cinema Blend, Martin Campbell's 2006 action film "Casino Royale" had set the stage for a total renaissance for Bond. The publication said that the production team had gone back to the first Bond story, which had never been far from the comedic incarnation of David Niven. As a result, Bond's new image had been became a more serious and tougher one.
Meanwhile, "Spectre" centers on the events following the MI6 bombing incident. Along with Craig, other members of the cast include Lea Seydoux as Madeleinde Swann, Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory, Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny, Monica Belluci as Lucia Sciarra, and Christopher Waltz as Franz Oberhauser
With Mendes is set to pilot the film, Michael Wilson, Gregg Wilson, Wolfganf Ramml, Callum McDougall, Roberto Malerba, Barbara Broccoli, and Zkaria Alaoui are the film's co-producers. Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, John Logan, and Ian Fleming are set to pen the screenplay.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures will distribute the film, with Eon Productions in charge of the production. A full trailer is assumed to be seen with "Jane Got a Gun" on Sept. 4.
Mendes' "Spectre" is set to hit theaters on Nov. 6.