NO TIME TO DIE
1 It’s Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond
TOPGEAR: SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
DANIEL CRAIG: I’m good. It was emotional to finish; it always is to finish a movie that you’ve been working on for two years, with a bunch of people you get very close to. I’m just immensely proud of the whole thing, of the five movies. What I’ll miss most is the collaborative process that goes on when you make these films. The Bond ecosystem is unique.
TG: WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS TIME? IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE SCRIPT, DOESN’T IT?
DC: When I finished Casino Royale, I thought, “We’ve made a good movie.” But I was quite prepared to go, “That’s it, I did one movie, swing and a miss,” and walk away. Because who knows what’s going to happen? It was a success, and that was amazing. But I always had in the back of my mind a story I wanted to tell, and… it kind of happened. We have a through line. And this movie is about tying all those ends up, about reconnecting him to Casino, really, and that’s what we’ve managed to do.
TG: YOU SAID ONCE THAT “THERE’S A PERFECT BOND MOVIE, AND I’M GOING TO FIND IT IF IT KILLS ME.” IS NO TIME TO DIE THAT FILM?
God knows. What’s the saying? It’s all about the journey? I’m being desperately philosophical now. Look, everybody’s very happy. I’ve done this for a while now… [pause] Let me put it this way, it
