Daniel Craig Was 'Pissed Off' As 'Bond 25' Was Termed To Be Cursed

From onetime director Danny Boyle walking away from the project over creative differences to Craig undergoing ankle surgery resulting from an injury sustained while filming last May to a controlled explosion going wrong last June, which resulted in one crewmember being hurt along with damage to the exterior of a Pinewood Studios stage, it seemed like the film might never see the light of day.

Published: Monday,Mar 09, 2020 22:05 PM GMT-06:00

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As the world continues to sustain the health scare that is going on due to the coronavirus outbreak, one of the first massive projects in the entertainment industry to be taking a step towards avoiding and willing to prevent is has been the mega film, No Time To Die, which is the 25th film of the franchise and actor Daniel Craig's last appearance as Bond.

However, if one would remember the production of Daniel Craig's final James Bond film was plagued by a series of problems and setbacks, but the 007 star said he was furious every time he read a headline that the film was "cursed."

Talking to GQ for an in-depth profile published on Monday, Craig opened up about his time playing Bond and all the highs and lows he experienced in more than a decade's worth of work.

The production made headlines constantly as it was dogged by one problem after another — most of them quite serious.

But, do not tell Craig the film is cursed.

“It pisses me off,” Craig told GQ. “Because I’m just like, ‘Don’t curse our movie.’ And also, we’re doing our best here.”

From onetime director Danny Boyle walking away from the project over creative differences to Craig undergoing ankle surgery resulting from an injury sustained while filming last May to a controlled explosion going wrong last June, which resulted in one crewmember being hurt along with damage to the exterior of a Pinewood Studios stage, it seemed like the film might never see the light of day. And now, the film will not be released until November because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Still, Craig told the magazine he is proud of No Time to Die, which he recently screened alone, but he is done with Bond. In fact, he wanted to be done after the last film, Spectre.

“I was never going to do one again,” he said. “I was like, ‘Is this work really genuinely worth this, to go through this, this whole thing?’ And I didn’t feel… I felt physically really low. So the prospect of doing another movie was just like, it was off the cards. And that’s why it has been five years.” He was paid a reported $25 million to return one last time.