When we’d done that, I really understood it. They were flawed human beings, and of course, they were madly in love with each other. And she was enigmatic, and I felt like that relationship was there for the discovery. 'Madeleine was undiscovered in the previous film. And every time we’ve concentrated on love, it’s paid dividends. In 'Skyfall', it’s the story of his love for Judi, which is complicated and toxic. But I knew the only way to make it work was that it had to be based in love. 'That someone else would have to come along and invent something completely different. One purely egotistical, which was that I felt like I needed to end what I did on it, and that I would only be satisfied if I could walk away and there was nowhere else for that to go. I wanted to kill him off a long time ago, in 'Casino Royale', for all sorts of reasons. Craig thanks his former co-star before revealing that he originally wanted the agent to die during this first outing in 2006. While praising Craig's final performance in the titular role, whereby the character sacrifices himself in order to save his family, Bardem praised the actor for showing the character's human side as all of the previous movies culminated in Bond's final scene. While joined by his Bond co-star Javier Bardem in a video interview, Variety managed to sit down with both actors to discuss their time in MGM's 007 franchise. In case you haven't seen the latest Bond movie, look away now as this post is full of spoilers.ĭaniel Craig has opened up about James Bond biting the bullet at the end of 'No Time To Die', revealing it was his idea to end the action hero's fate far earlier.

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