007: Daniel Craig on being typecast in Hollywood after James Bond: ‘Boo’

James Bond performer in five films, 007 – Casino Royale (2006), 007 – Quantum of Solace (2008), 007 – Operation Skyfall (2012), 007 Against Specter (2015) and 007 – No Time to Die (2021), Daniel Craig reflected on concerns about being typecast after playing the character for 15 years.

During participation in the podcast Awards Chatterproduced by The Hollywood Reporterthe 56-year-old artist answered questions about his own life, career and his latest film, titled Queer (2024), for an audience of 500 students. One of them asked if Craigwhen he accepted the role of Bondwas nervous that he would be stereotyped in the future.

“Yes, absolutely. That’s why I turned it down — I mean, I said, ‘No.’ There wasn’t a script at the time, so again, my arrogance was unbelievable, but I just thought, ‘Well, until I saw a script, I couldn’t make a decision.’ And it was fear, exactly, of what you’re talking about, of this thing and many others, how it would change my life,” he recalled.

I had a pretty good life at the time, so if I had spent my life doing what I was doing at that time, I would have been more than happy. But it really was one of those things where — I mean, being labeled as James Bond? Boo.