Daniel Craig: Blame 'Austin Powers' For the Super Serious James Bond Movies

Yahoo ^ | December 3, 2014 | Jordan Zakarin

[C19fan]

With just a day to go before the new Bond announcement, a newly- surfaced interview with Daniel Craig from 2012 may shed some light on where the series might be headed. When Craig was hired to help reboot James Bond, he knew that he wanted to make a serious film — both because he is a serious actor, and because a certain other spy spoof had made it impossible to do a goofy 007.

"We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers f—-ed us," the actor told Bond fan publication MI6, referring to Myers’ remarkably successful Austin Powers series. ”I am a huge Mike Myers fan, so don’t get me wrong, but he kind of f—-ed us, made it impossible to do the gags.”

[1Old Pro]

The real Bond, as Fleming wrote him, had feelings and emotions; Craig strikes me as a self-obsessed psychopath.

In Casino Royale Bond falls in love, never saw that in another series.

[minnesota_bound]

Daniel Craig looks like he is sucking lemons. A sourpuss.

[dfwgator]

Dr. Evil: All right guard, begin the unnecessarily slow-moving dipping mechanism.
[guard starts dipping mechanism]
Dr. Evil: Close the tank!
Scott Evil: Wait, aren’t you even going to watch them? They could get away!
Dr. Evil: No no no, I’m going to leave them alone and not actually witness them dying, I’m just gonna assume it all went to plan. What?
Scott Evil: I have a gun, in my room, you give me five seconds, I’ll get it, I’ll come back down here, BOOM, I’ll blow their brains out!
Dr. Evil: Scott, you just don’t get it, do ya? You don’t.

[truth_seeker]

There is a four episode series on Netflix, titled “Fleming,” which is worth watching.

[Sam Gamgee]

I actually enjoyed the serious take on Casino Royale, being the first bond book I read. The serious bond is actually closer to the character of the books. The 60s and 70s ruined bond by adding the cheesy flavor of the time.

[karnage]

Excellent post. Craig has no fun - is no fun - and so Bond is no fun anymore. There are good moments, but the stone face gets old. Fast.

[Oztrich Boy]

Nonsense. There were countless spy spoofs showing right along with the original Bond series. In fact every single schtick in Meyer’s films was ripped off from Matt Helm, Flint, etc...

and

[Neidermeyer]

[Mastador1]

Two thumbs up to a perfect picture of Moore’s Bond, though at least he was not quite the anti gun maroon that Craig is.

[mrsmith]

ou might enjoy the first Casino Royale. Performed live in 1954 on the American TV show Climax!.
http://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Drama/Climax!/1954-10-21-s1-ep3-Casino-Royale/index.php

Kinescope copy but true to the book (except Bond is CIA and Leiter is MI6 LOL!)