Daniel Craig did not buy into the societal notion of masculinity, something he noted was among his “biggest reservations” about portraying MI6 secret agent James Bond in five films over the course of 15 years.
“I would say one of my biggest reservations about playing [Bond] “It will be a building of masculinity,” he said. the The New Yorker In a recent Q&A while promoting the limited US theatrical release of Luca Guadagnino gay. “It was often laughable, but you can't just laugh at it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it.
Craig, who has been involved in a range of films since filming 007 across projects such as gay And Ryan Johnson Knives out Universe, playing a suave spy in 2006 Casino Royale2008 Amount of condolence2012 skyfall, 2015 ghost And 2021 No time to die. The actor has been vocal about leaving the franchise behind for good (ah, spoiler, his character sacrifices himself at the end of the last film) and has no regrets about doing so, as well as not taking part in the search for a new Bond to pick up Beretta's signature.
“I mean, the frailty of human beings has always interested me,” he continued, linking the “artificial” concept of masculinity to William S. Burroughs in which he plays. gay. “We're all vulnerable. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter how strong you are, everyone is vulnerable. But that's how boys are raised, how men are expected to behave, and how someone like Burroughs is expected to behave.”
He later added: “Listen, [Bond] Almost 20 years of my life. When I took it I was one person. I am now a completely different person. I'm not doing this movie in response to that. I'm not that big. But I couldn't have done this movie when I was shooting Bond. I felt a kind of “why?” What are you trying to prove?
Elsewhere during the interview, Craig spoke of feeling “suddenly free” to take on other projects after Bond, as well as losing the “freedom…as an almost anonymous human being” after the franchise had made him so successful. To fame.
Set in 1950s Mexico City, the film is based on Burroughs' novel of the same name (although it was not published until 30 years later, in 1985). gay It follows Lee (Craig), a former US citizen living an isolated life in his forties in a small, working-class, college community. The romantic drama unfolds with the arrival of Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a young student who pays Lee to pursue him.
