High Rate Bond

Bond HE’S BACK! AND WITH THE RELEASE OF THE NEW 007 FILM, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, BOND-MANIA HAS ONCE AGAIN SET IN. HERE AT SOTW, THOUGH, WE DON’T TAKE THINGS AT FACE VALUE WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED TO LOOK PAST THE SUAVE WORLD OF HIGH-CLASS CARS, WOMEN AND SHAKEN MARTINIS TO FIND THE REAL DANIEL CRAIG.

When you look at the facts of Daniel Craig’s career, you notice that he’s done things a bit differently to the rest of the Hollywood flock. In many ways he’s a bit of a maverick, not your typical modern leading man. For instance, few others from the current L.A. crop would (as he did) be heard to mutter: “I don’t believe in selfpromotion, really I can’t be arsed!” Additionally, he’s been known to shy away from the limelight when things have got a bit intense; to us this all seems a bit odd, considering he plays the greatest spy ever to grace the big screen.

But this lack-of-fit appears to have been a theme in the life of the 39-year-old. For example, he’s got blonde hair and hates guns, yet he’s James Bond. The role that brought him to popular attention was as a northern heavy, but he’s actually a classically trained thespian.

And, despite his Scouse roots he’s played a Jewish militant on three separate occasions, pulled off a convincing Irish brogue in Road to Perdition (2002) as well as adopting London lingo in Layer Cake (2004).

So, we can gather that he’s a multi-dimensional fellow, not only on film as a talented actor, but also in his personal and private life. Daniel clearly wants to be a successful actor but proves that to do so, you don’t have to take the earliest opportunity to reach stardom.

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