In a recent interview that actor Daniel Craig did with Vulture, the 007 star talked briefly about bringing back some of the humor from Bond’s earlier adventures.
“Hopefully we’ll reclaim some of the old irony,” said the Skyfall thesp during the interview. “And make sure it doesn’t become pastiche. I can’t do shtick; I’m not very good at it, unless it kind of suddenly makes sense. Does that make sense? I sometimes wish I hammed it up more, but I just can’t do it very well, so I don’t do it.”
Before any Craig fan bemoans this fact, or certain students of the Roger Moore School of Bonding rejoice, it sounds merely like an admission that the character needs to have some of that charm most of the previous actors possessed. However, it is hard to imagine Craig firing off the one-liners like Pierce Brosnan, much less Moore’s 1970s 007 who could travel in space in one adventure, and dress literally like a clown in the next. However, there was a certain droll wit to Sean Connery’s MI6 agent that could surely be welcomed into the Craig tenure, which should avoid potentially returning to the dourness of, say, Quantum of Solace.
Does the prospect of bringing back Classic Bond’s “irony” appeal to you?
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I though the last one was dull as anything. Not much enjoyable adventure at all besides that excellent Shanghai sequence which seemed to belong in a better Bond movie.
Oi. Skyfall was terrible because it returned to ridiculous circumstances of earlier Bond entries. I so hoped Barbara Broccoli would've maintain the more grounded approach we saw in Casino Royale and Quantum, but, alas, it looks like we'll get a boatload of gadgets, machine gun batteries in expensive cars, and needless humor.
Time to watch Greengrass' Bourne series again.
much less Moore’s 1970s 007 who could travel in space in one adventure, and dress literally like a clown in the next.
Um, there was a movie between Moonraker and Octopussy.
Actually a good one, For Your Eyes Only.
Get your Bond history right.