In Luca Guadagnino’s new film Queer, Daniel Craig stars as William Lee, a gay man who recounts his life among American immigrant students in Mexico. There he follows a young man named Allerton, a recently discharged United States Navy SEAL from Jacksonville, Florida.
William S. Based on Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical story, the film would not have been an option. Daniel Craig During the James Bond years. The former 007 interpreter recently told the Times of London that he would never have considered taking on the role while at the helm of the franchise.
“I couldn’t do that with Bond. It felt reactionary, like I was showing off my palette“, adding that he was not interested in the prospect of leading Bond fans to a different idea of masculinity. “It’s just not the conversation I wanted. I had it all through Bond anyway. Could this bond exist? is this bond So, anything to spark that conversation? No, life is too short.“
The busy life of James Bond
His time as James Bond certainly wasn’t easy. Daniel Craig He actually admitted that it took him six months to recover every time he played the iconic spy. The British actor, who played James Bond in five films including No Time to Die in 2021, continued:At the beginning of Bond I thought I should have done something else, but I didn’t. I was becoming a star, whatever that meant, and people wanted me to be in their movies. amazing…“
“I was so exhausted at the end of the Bond film that it took me six months to recover emotionally“- he added. “I’ve always had the attitude that life should come first, and when work came first for a while, that turned me on.“
However, now that he has stepped away from this very defined role, Daniel Craig Finally, he is free to “show his palette” and is well painted, bold and talented – without worrying about what the public thinks.
Released in the US by A24 this year, Queer It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it received such positive reviews that after the festival, MUBI, which produced the film, was able to sell the film in several territories, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and Latin America. , Germany, Austria, Benelux, Spain, Turkey and India, as well as all its rights except for theatrical distribution in Italy.
Queer does not yet have a planned release date in France.
Source: Allocine
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