Daniel Craig reveals the James Bond film he hated: ‘F**king Nightmare’

Daniel Craig calls Quantum of Solace a ‘nightmare’

Following his James Bond debut with the hit 2006 film Casino Royale, Craig found himself in a difficult situation. Describing how the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike affected the production of his second Bond film, he said, “Paul Haggis pitched the script, then he walked off and joined a strike, And we did this ‘We didn’t have writers, so we didn’t have any scripts.’

The Knives Out actor recalled that he was forced to write most of the script, before admitting, “We probably should have never gone and started production, but we did.” “I wrote a lot about that movie – maybe I shouldn’t really say that, and I don’t want any credit, that’s fine – but we were in that position because that’s what we’re allowed to do. I was allowed to work,” Craig explained.

Despite grossing approximately $600 million at the global box office, Quantum of Solace is considered one of the worst Bond films ever made. Along with Craig, the main cast included Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench. Apart from the production and script failure, the film received negative reviews from critics.

Craig continued, “Under WGA rules we were allowed to work with a director and write scenes. But it has some amazing stunt sequences, and I’m still working hard to prove it, in the sense that it has a lot of great things in it, but it just didn’t work. “The storytelling wasn’t there. And that’s the ugly lesson: starting a movie without a script, it’s not a good idea.