DANIEL CRAIG BIOGRAPHY
Born: 11 November 1968
Where: Chester, England
Awards: 1 BAFTA Nomination
Height: 6'
Filmography: Complete List
The world is full of what ifs, what might have beens. Where would we be now if we'd been braver, more loyal to our dreams? Would we be richer? More famous? Happier? Daniel Craig is a fine modern example of how things can turn out for the best. After the uproarious success of the series Our Friends In The North, he was cast by the tabloids as tough northern totty. Stereotyping TV offers came flooding in, lifestyle magazines were constantly knocking at his door. At the very least, he was all set to be the next Jimmy Nail.
Instead, loathing this trivial publicity, he turned down the offers and walked away. With his eyes set on a more glittering prize, he honed his craft in a series of art-house and European productions, entering the mainstream only when a part demanded deep emotional exploration. And eventually, inevitably, his remarkable intensity saw him recognised at the highest levels. First Sam Mendes snapped him up to star alongside Tom Hanks and Paul Newman in Road To Perdition. Then it was the turn of Steven Spielberg. And then came James Bond. Craig's earlier, risky choice bore rich fruit, indeed.
He was born Daniel Wroughton Craig on the 11th of November, 1968, at 41, Liverpool Road, Chester. His father, Tim, was a former merchant seaman turned steel erector (later landlord of the Ring O'Bells in Frodsham, Cheshire), while his mother, Carol Olivia (called Olivia), was a teacher. He had one sister, Lea, older than himself. Olivia had attended Liverpool Art College and won a place at RADA (which she didn't take up), and it was this background that most influenced Daniel after his parents divorced, Olivia taking him and Lea to live in central Liverpool when he was just 4. His mother spent a lot of time at the city's famously left-wing Everyman Theatre, then in its heyday with Bernard Hill, Julie Walters, Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale strutting their stuff. The young boy would soak in the life onstage and in the Green Room, enjoying the larger-than-life camaraderie. It was this, and seeing these familiar faces on TV, that convinced Craig that he too would become an actor. He now claims this epiphany took place when he was just 6.
Birthplace: Chester, Cheshire, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DANIEL CRAIG
After a successful career on the British stage and screen, Daniel Craig crossed the Atlantic and accumulated supporting roles in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Road to Perdition and a starring role in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated Munich. You could say he was the opposite of famous when, in 2005, he was cast as the sixth 007 in Casino Royale. This stirred much controversy among James Bond fans, many of whom vehemently disagreed with the decision to cast the blonde actor. Although the court of public opinion may be out on whether Craig is good for the role, he signed a three-picture deal to play Bond.
5 Things:
1. Some say the 5-foot-11 actor is too short to play Bond.
2. He dated Kate Moss for a brief period.
3. His comedic favorites are Woody Allen and the Marx brothers.
4. During the filming of Casino, these rumors about Craig surfaced: his tooth got knocked out during a fight scene, he was afraid of guns, he got a heat rash, and he couldn't drive stick, therefore unable to operate Bond's Aston Martin (all were denied by his publicist).
5. His mother was an art teacher, and his father was a steel worker and pub owner.
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His reaction when he heard that he was slated to be Bond: "I was shopping, and I dropped what I was carrying. I went straight to the alcohol section and got myself a bottle of vodka and a bottle of vermouth and went back and made myself a Martini — or two."
Family
Wife: Fiona London; married 1992; divorced 1994
Daughter: Ella, born 1992
Olga Kurylenko
The new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko has opened up about her character Camille and her experiences filming "Quantum of Solace" to the world's press...
Bonding With Olga Kurylenko
Ukranian actress Olga Kurylenko told press last week that her character Camille has "a masculine spirit." The latest in a long line of Bond girls, she explained how her character's relationship with James Bond in "Quantum of Solace" will get along. "When she meets Bond, it clashes," she said. "She's careful and she doesn't trust that easily. So basically with men, she either uses them, or if they're no use, and she sees that they can't serve her, then she throws them away. First she is trying to figure this guy out. But Bond and Camille do warm up to each other."
“Daniel is my favourite Bond.
He suits the part perfectly and he is a great actor.”
Her character's attitude is a result of the backstory: Camille's family has been killed by General Medrano and Dominic Greene's organisation 'Quantum', and she is out for revenge - on her own.
Casting for the role spread from South America to Russia, with Camille's biography tweaked to make her half Bolivian (father's side) and half Russian to explain away Kurylenko's Ukrainian accent. But the casting was transparent for the actress. "When [director] Marc [Forster[ looked at me he was so blank. I told my agent, ‘Forget about it’. I was so sad", she said to reporters in Chile last week. "It was Christmas Eve I found out I got the part. I was sat with my friends, it couldn’t have been a better present."
A lot is being asked of Kurylenko as her role involves a lot of action and her own stunt work. She admitted that she has been scared of doing every stunt asked of her so far, but her initial nerves have ebbed away as she grow ever more confident in her abilities. Just before reporters got to speak to her, she filmed a 12 foot leap from a roof on to a balcony.
"Did you see me doing the stunt? I am very impressed with myself because there was no way I could do it before. Yesterday, I came to the top, looked down and said to the stunt guys, ‘No, guys, there is no way I am doing it — I am very scared of heights. And they just slowly, slowly, very patiently got me to do it. There was another scene where my back was to the balustrade and it moved and I felt I couldn’t do it. The stunts in this film are crazy. They are really tough. Certain things are really scary and it always starts with me saying ‘No’...and I end up doing it. I really overcame my fears.”
"I am still under the emotion of the scariest stunt. We were in Panama and we did this boat chase in the sea. The boat went so fast and when you hit the waves it really jumps up and when you land it is really hard. And we were not sitting safely, we were fighting. The stunt guys fell into the sea a few times. So I had to really hold on. I got bruises. It was for real."
"I learned sky-diving in London. They have this big tunnel where they simulate the air. During a month I was training I was squeezed like a lemon by the air after a few minutes. I said, ‘I am not doing this’. I couldn’t even lift my arms up. But after a month I was spending a whole day in there. Before I started I trained for a month in Pinewood. I did stunts, gun-firing and I had to learn how to put a gun back together. My record was eight seconds. I beat my teacher and he got really upset!"
The filming completed in Chile last week is based around Dominic Greene's hideout in the desert, alongside rogue dictator General Medrano. Both Camille and Bond have scores to settle with the outfit.
"The action we were filming today is happening more towards the end of the movie", Kurylenko explained. "Camille is about to get to her goal, which she is trying to get to throughout the whole movie. She is about to get her revenge. After that jump over the balcony she is pretty close. It’s going to be a big fight."
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