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AS NEW 007, CRAIG WINS OVER U.K. CRITICS
Thursday, November 16 2006
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Critics are, well, stirred by the new James Bond. Daniel Craig is receiving much praise from British reviewers following the premiere of Casino Royale in London Wednesday night, with Wendy Ide in the London Times writing that "Daniel Craig is the best thing that's happened to the 007 franchise for years." Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian comments similarly, "Daniel Craig is a fantastic Bond, and all those whiners and naysayers out there in the blogosphere should hang their heads in shame." Nevertheless, Alistair Harkness concludes in The Scotsman: "The only truly Bond-worthy scene comes in the final seconds. This, together with Craig's gutsy performance, will probably send some home convinced Casino Royale is a kind of classic and, to be fair, it does put the series back on track. But, as the days go by, you may well find yourself -- as Craig does in the film - wondering not whether you prefer to be shaken or stirred, but whether you actually give a damn." A similar point was made by Richard Corliss in the current Time magazine, who noted that Craig spends more time on screen shirtless than all of the previous Bonds combined. Corliss concluded: "This is a Bond with great body but no soul."
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CRAIG'S SKIN NOT AS THICK AS BOND'S
Thursday, November 2 2006
Daniel
Craig
has
responded
in
distinctly
un-James-Bondish
terms
to
Internet
critics
who
have
slammed
the
decision
to
cast
him
in
the
role
of
007
in
the
upcoming
(Nov.
17)
Casino
Royale.
In
an
interview
with
GQ
magazine,
Craig
admitted
that
he
continues
to
be
stung
by
the
criticism.
"Some
of
the
stuff
that's
been
said
is
as
close
to
a
playground
taunt
as
you
are
going
to
get,"
he
said,
"'You've
got
big
ears!'
F***ing
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CRAIG ADMITS, HE'S REINVENTING BOND
Friday, August 11 2006
Daniel
Craig
has
clearly
been
stung
by
blogs
that
have
criticized
his
selection
as
the
new
James
Bond.
"If
I
went
onto
the
Internet
and
started
looking
at
what
some
people
were
saying
about
me
--
which,
sadly,
I
have
done
--
it
would
drive
me
insane,"
the
British
actor
told
Entertainment
Weekly
in
its
latest
edition
out
today
(Friday).
"They
hate
me.
They
don't
think
I'm
right
for
the
role.
It's
as
simple
as
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