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Heart of an assassin: How Daniel Craig changed James Bond forever

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Tags: united kingdom, james bond, actors, daniel craig, interviews, characters, franchises.film, author.sam knight, source.gq, long read
https://www.gq.com/story/daniel-craig-james-bond-no-time-to-die-cover-2020

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Title
Best Bond Yet: Daniel Craig on How He Redefined 007
Authors
Sam Knight, Lachlan Bailey
Word count
7489 words

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    JXM
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    Has he really changed James Bond? He’s the same misogynistic spy he’s been for 50 years. The newer James Bond films have fleshed out his backstory (in a very bland and unoriginal way, I think),...

    Has he really changed James Bond? He’s the same misogynistic spy he’s been for 50 years.

    The newer James Bond films have fleshed out his backstory (in a very bland and unoriginal way, I think), but haven’t done much to change the character beyond that.

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    1. deknalis
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      It's less "changing" Bond and more just "actually going back to the basics of Fleming's vision" instead of making Bond look like someone to be looked up to and admired. Casino Royale is...

      It's less "changing" Bond and more just "actually going back to the basics of Fleming's vision" instead of making Bond look like someone to be looked up to and admired. Casino Royale is essentially a movie about how he's not the perfect apex of manhood but basically a blunt instrument and his misogyny and nihilism is not some failure of systems of espionage but the logical and intended result of it.

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