Posting Bond: Daniel Craig on Bond’s Next Move

No Bond: Daniel Craig in Defiance.

ComingSoon spoke with Daniel Craig about Bond and what’s next for his version of the character (it should be noted that Craig is out doing publicity for his World War II film Defiance, but, umm, that never really comes up in the conversation…).

Here’s just a little bit of what he had to say on Bond’s future:

CS: What more do you want to do with Bond? What other parts of him would you like to explore?
Craig: Well, I genuinely think we’ve got a blank page now. We’ve finished this story off. “Quantum of Solace” was exactly the right thing to do. We started something with “Casino Royale” and we wrapped it all up with “Quantum of Solace.” We’re ready to begin again and we can do what we want.

CS: So you think that the next one will be a throwback to another Bond era?
Craig: Submarines and outer space!

CS: Are you all still looking at unused Ian Fleming story elements, since that worked so well in “Casino Royale?”
Craig: Yeah, but there’s nothing left. It’s all done unless someone finds a dirty manuscript under the couch at [Fleming's Jamaican estate] GoldenEye, we’re stuffed.

Okay, there may not be any manuscripts left, but I believe I read somewhere that in order to not stray too far from the Bond vibe, the producers were looking at things that are mentioned or alluded to in Bond books that have already been filmed, and then spin a new story off of those. And of course, don’t forget that Ian Fleming led his own kind of pretty interesting life–might not be a bad idea to look at some bios of him for ideas.  

Check out the rest of the interview here. And, oh, by the way, Defiance opens December 31st for Oscar consideration, then goes wide January 16th.