Daniel Craig denies Bond-Bourne comparisons

[drfanshawe]

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Daniel Craig denies Bond-Bourne comparisons

Daniel Craig stresses new Bond bears little relation to Bourne trilogy Printer friendly version
Quantum of Solace star Daniel Craig has stressed that the new James Bond film bears little relation to the Bourne trilogy.

Matt Damon's role as the amnesiac secret agent revolutionised the action genre and was held to be a refreshing change to the style of the Bond franchise.

And with Bourne trilogy stunt director Dan Bradley working on the 22nd Bond movie as second unit director, comparisons between the series of films are likely to continue.

Speaking to Empire magazine, Craig admitted that Bradley's visual work was impressive, saying: "Images of his stayed with me: the car accident in Adaptation, the milk truck crashing in Three Kings, not to forget the Bourne stuff for a second."

But he denied Quantum of Solace was a competitor to the Bourne trilogy, saying: "Dan's here to do exactly what he's good at doing.

"He's just come off Indiana Jones, Are we going to be more like Indiana Jones?

"We're applying Dan's talents to this movie."

Craig added: "Sorry to be political about it but I'm certainly not going to get into a p*****g competition with the Bourne fans."

Quantum of Solace is released in the UK on October 31st.

[Jake]

On a similar theme:

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Daniel's Civil Duty

Daniel Craig apparently sees James Bond as civil servant, not a secret agent. The 40-year-old actor is playing MI5 (sic) hunk 007 for the second time in Quantum of Solace, but revealed to Empire magazine Bond's British civility is a major appeal of the role.

Daniel said: "This stuff is important to me. You have the monarchy, you have government, and then you have the Civil Service. The reason the Civil Service remains a non-political organisation is that if the s**t hits the fan like goose-stepping Nazi b*****ds, you hope the Civil Service will turn around and go, 'We've got it covered.'"

The Bond star is adamant that in moving with the times the Bond films are nothing like the US spy movie series about Jason Bourne, starring Matt Damon. Daniel dismisses Bourne stunt director Dan Bradley's involvement as second unit director as a link.

He said: "I don't think it's anything like Bourne at all. Dan's here to do exactly what he's good at doing, he's just come off Indiana Jones, are we going to be more like Indiana Jones? We're applying Dan's talents to this movie. Sorry to be political about it but I'm certainly not going to get into a p***ing competition with the Bourne fans."

[annuchka]

IMHO Craig's Bond have lost his spontaneous charm, Bond's charming cynicism and self confidence.
It wasn awkward to see him 'drunk just to forget'...etc
and he havn't slept with a girl!! i'm shocked!

[annuchka]

He became an unconscious robot
He sees an obstacle, he runs, he kills...
Even Bourne is more pleasant character

[bondy76]

is better bourne
craig is bad!!
could not actuation and feeling with the role

bad bad..