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Your Evening Longread: Daniel Craig on his last days as James Bond

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

EVERY WEEK, WE bring you a round-up of the best longreads of the past seven days in Sitdown Sunday.

And now, every weeknight, we bring you an evening longread to enjoy which will help you to escape the news cycle. 

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Daniel Craig

As the latest James Bond film – No Time To Die – hits cinemas this weekend, here’s an interview with Daniel Craig about his career. 

(New York Times, approx 13 mins reading time)

It has been an awkward, drawn-out send-off for the 53-year-old Craig, who, from the moment he was chosen to succeed Pierce Brosnan as 007, was never an obvious or elegant fit for the character. His looks were too rugged; his film résumé was too thin; his hair was too blond. As Craig told me in that initial interview, he assumed he’d been invited to audition as cannon fodder, to make it easier to choose someone else for the part. “I was just amongst the mix — someone to dismiss,” he said, adding that, at best, he thought he’d get a dispensable villain’s role: “Here you go, have a baddie.”

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    Oct 1st 2021, 8:45 PM

    Just out of the cinema after seeing the Bond film, it was the best film I’ve seen in years. Very very emotional ending.

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    Oct 1st 2021, 8:55 PM

    Just out myself and agree, really enjoyed it

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:11 PM

    @Sinead Merrigan: Couldn’t hold back the tears myself.

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:44 PM

    Me too I was really sad at the ending how will they follow it !

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:55 PM

    @Lisa O Connor: Honestly I don’t know how they do… Half of me loved it and half of me is wondering have they gone too far.

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    Oct 1st 2021, 10:45 PM

    Went to see it last night, best Bond film for me by far. Daniel Craig is going to be a super tough act to follow. Would have liked to see him make a few more.

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:11 PM

    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:56 PM

    @Eugene Canning: Things went a bit astray for you Eugene

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    Oct 2nd 2021, 3:13 AM

    Saw it tonight and can’t wait to see it again always thought Sean Connery was my favourite bond but last couple of bonds have put Daniel at no. 1 for me

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:11 PM

    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Oct 1st 2021, 9:55 PM

    @Eugene Canning: Hey Eugene ya know what… You should say that again.

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Saw it last night! MMMMM not sure?

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    Oct 2nd 2021, 9:39 AM

    Not a die hard Bond fan but I do enjoy the movies. Saw this on Thursday and hated it. Wanted to leave early.

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