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Casino Royale reunion: Craig, Mads on Bond nerves


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Published : 06 Mar 2021 08:33 PM

Daniel Craig and Mads Mikkelsen first met casting the 2006 film ‘Casino Royale,’ which was Craig’s first turn at ‘James Bond’. Mikkelsen recalls their initial conversation at costume fitting and what he thought would be an audition. It was a crazy day, one Craig compared to “herding cats.” The two were taking a smoke break together when director Martin Campbell came up and said he didn’t need to see Mikkelsen, he had the part. Reminiscing with Craig, Mikkelsen recalled, “You took a drag of your cigarette and said the famous words, ‘Who did you fuck, I did six castings for this?’ That was our first meeting.” Hearing this, Craig laughed and noted: “I can’t believe how witty I was!”

The actors sat down (virtually) with one another for the inaugural episode of ‘Dream Teams,’ Variety’s new series that pairs collaborators who caught lighting in a bottle. Having recently seen Mikkelsen’s turn in the film “Another Round,” Craig was eager to discuss that performance but the two also reminisced about playing poker, that infamous torture scene and playing drunk.    —Reuters