# Daniel Craig off suicide watch list... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945 "2017-07-10T19:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/1 "2017-07-10T19:34:12Z")
…agrees to do [another 007 movie](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4679018/Daniel-Craig-set-sign-fifth-James-Bond-film.html) instead of slicing his wrists. I’m just glad he’s going to be okay and in another Bond film. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/2 "2017-07-10T19:49:21Z")
I’ve never seen so many euphemisms for “they offered him a shit-load of money” in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/3 "2017-07-10T19:53:41Z")
The preview for Logan Lucky sure gives us a new look at Daniel Craig. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EsQHkdMqD6g/maxresdefault.jpg "LOGAN LUCKY Trailer (2017)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsQHkdMqD6g) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/4 "2017-07-10T20:00:18Z")
I might actually want to go see this one. If they offered him a sufficiently large amount, it may be sufficient to impact their SFX budget, which means that they’ll script for less SFX, more realism, and more story. Quel bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/5 "2017-07-10T20:11:11Z")
I’m sure that his agents and managers pointed out that no one else is going to pay him anywhere near what he would get for the Bond movie. I hope they negotiated a big upfront salary and profit participation on the backend. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/6 "2017-07-10T20:14:03Z")
I’m always up for another Bond film so I’m glad they’ve decided to throw more money at the best Bond actor thus far in the franchise. But yeah, the writing in SPECTRE was cringe-worthy. Also, Logan Lucky is news to me. Looks like a fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/7 "2017-07-10T20:30:07Z")
I remember seeing that interview a couple of years ago (in which Daniel Craig said he’d rather break the glass he was holding and slice his wrists than appear in another of these movies). It was pretty funny. But as I remember, he suffered a serious injury during shooting, so I can understand why he was upset. ---
**Author:** ![witzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/edb3f5/32.png) [@witzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/witzel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/8 "2017-07-11T18:32:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m sure that his agents and managers pointed out that no one else is going to pay him anywhere near what he would get for the Bond movie. I hope they negotiated a big upfront salary and **profit participation on the backend**. Surely you meant “percentage of the gross”, given the studios’ uncanny ability to lose money on virtually every film. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/9 "2017-07-11T18:38:43Z")
So, this means you should never say, “Never again”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/10 "2017-07-11T19:01:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > So, this means you should never say, “Never again”? 😃 +1 ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/11 "2017-07-11T19:39:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m sure that his agents and managers pointed out that no one else is going to pay him anywhere near what he would get for the Bond movie. I hope they negotiated a big upfront salary and profit participation on the backend. I just hope his agents and managers don’t lose out in their benevolent eagerness to get him the best deal. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/12 "2017-07-11T21:15:04Z")
Reminds me of an interview I saw with Harrison Ford, some time in the 90s, where he said that the only way he would make another Indiana Jones movie was if it was called _Indiana Jones and the Comfortable Chair_. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/13 "2017-07-11T22:43:45Z")
> [@witzel](#): > > Surely you meant “percentage of the gross”, given the studios’ uncanny ability to lose money on virtually every film. That’s such an old trick now I doubt a top tier agent, such as Craig undoubtedly has, would get screwed by it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/14 "2017-07-11T22:47:11Z")
I’m usually up for a new Bond film, and I thought Craig was brilliant in _Casino Royal_. But that last one was an absolute stinker. Maybe the worst Bond flick I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/15 "2017-07-11T23:09:22Z")
Aside from aston martins, I want to see more British brands like webley, holland & holland, trickers, wilkinson sword, bikerstaffe bows, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/16 "2017-07-12T02:41:41Z")
> [@Marci\_Al](#): > > Aside from aston martins, I want to see more British brands like webley, holland & holland, trickers, wilkinson sword, bikerstaffe bows, etc. Check out the Kingsman movies. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/17 "2017-07-12T02:45:33Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:3, topic:790945”] The preview for Logan Lucky sure gives us a new look at Daniel Craig. [/QUOTE] Man, Danial Craig does an _amazing_ Jeff Sessions impression! ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/18 "2017-07-12T03:01:26Z")
He’s starting to look too old. Give James Purefoy part. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/19 "2017-07-12T04:41:17Z")
No, Quantum of Solace was the worst Craig Bond. Visually chaotic, lackluster plot, boring and violent, it undid all the good will that Casino Royale engendered. Admittedly I haven’t seen Spectre yet. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945/20 "2017-07-12T04:43:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m always up for another Bond film so I’m glad they’ve decided to throw more money at the best Bond actor thus far in the franchise. The best _living_ actor, perhaps. #ripdavidniven [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-craig-off-suicide-watch-list/790945.md?page=2)