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Daniel Craig Explains Why He Wouldn’t Play Gay Role During James Bond Run


The British actor played 007 in five films, concluding with No Time to Die in 2021.

Daniel Craig ’s new film seems him take the role of gay William Lee in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on a semi-autobiographical novella by William S Burroughs, but the former James Bond star has shared he would never have considered taking the role during his time at the helm of the 007 franchise. It would look reactionary, like I was showing my range, ” and he said he wasn’t interested in the prospect of taking fans of Bond through to a different depiction of masculinity: Craig says it used to take him half a year to recover from each time he played James Bond.

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