Daniel Craig recounts the chaotic realization of Quantum of Solace

Strike of scriptwriters, failed waterfalls and improvised scenes: Daniel Craig reveals behind the scenes of Quantum of Solace, for the better and especially for the worst.

Quantum of Solace,, The “real-fauus suite of Casino Royale“”will return this Sunday evening to France 2. This opus has since released the spirits in 2008 in 2008 by its apparent strangeness, making the film a kind of UFO with difficult reputation.

This reputation, Quantum of Solace The owe to a complicated achievement, strewn with pitfalls, mentioned by Daniel Craig in the documentary Being James Bond broadcast on Appletv in 2021, while Dying can wait was slowly approaching cinemas.

During this documentary, Craig recounts the evolution of the film, and the many difficulties he was able to encounter, the feature film being taken in hold by the success of Casino Royale On the one hand, and the strike of the writers who agitated Hollywood in 2007 on the other.

“”We had a scriptwriting strike. We had a scenario, he was not finished, but he was almost finished. The film works a sort of“explains Daniel Craig, then evoking the shadow of Casino Royale which hovered on the feature film. “It’s not Casino Royaleand that has always been the case … It was literally like the disturbing syndrome of the second album. In a way, we could not exceed Casino (…). Of course, we wanted to do better than Casino Royalebut you know “.

Quantum of SolaceSabordé by his predecessor in short, ironically for Bond who always succeeds in getting out of the bad steps of his missions.

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This chaotic achievement is also remembered, during the documentary, by Barbara Broccoli, the producer of Quantum:

“”We started to shoot without a script, which is never a good idea. But the scenario was returned, and I remember that the screenwriter who had returned him recovered his check, then took his sign and went to demonstrate in front of the studio. We were screwed up, and we all had to manage so that the story works, and it didn’t work very well. But I watch the film, and you know, it’s always a good film. ”

Cascades missed by Daniel Craig, improvised scenes and script written over the filming: so many elements that do not guarantee success. So much so that Marc Forster, the director, thought twice before getting started: he told in 2016 during an interview with Collider have thought “Ok, maybe I should leave the project“Faced with a script that was not finished and several other major productions arrested.

Finally, even if everything was not going, Quantum of Solace was released in theaters, and he will return this evening to television. Here is his trailer:

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