Knowledge is the most important thing for him, the only way you're going to find knowledge, you've got to go out and explore, you need to go and find that. Basically, he wants to mix everything up. So what was the challenge in playing Lord Craig:I like the fact that he's a bit of revolutionary.
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If they do another movie I'd love to do, and we'll fit in it.
I'm very happy with the way this is working out. I try not the count chickens, and I really do because there's no point because you go crazy. That will be the plan, but it will obviously depend on how well we do here. So assuming that The Golden Compass is a big hit, and obviously you're shooting the next Bond film, will the plan be to jump back into filming the second film? It's changed in the fact that I don't have the freedoms I did before, but I've also got a huge amount of other freedoms that came along with it. You have to have a sense of humour with these things and I've just tried to remain who I am. Is that how you've been able to cope with the fame of being Craig:I run away. It's crazy and it's wonderful, but it's fun. My advice to her has always been enjoy it, enjoy what's happening here. That is the first and foremost in this situation, and this whole thing we're doing now is sort of crazy. Certainly, in a situation like this, you have to remember she's a little girl and she needs to be protected. What did you think of her being able to handle the pressure? Did you sense that she was under any Craig:I don't know, I mean, if she did then it was her own pressure because she wanted to get it right but I think that's kind of normal. She's got a quality about her that I felt is important to the role, and if you want to follow her into the world Philip Pullman created, then it's icing on the cake. She had to be right, she had convey strength, she had to be a little girl that we wanted to follow, and she's done that, brilliantly I think. And I'm sure that the Catholic Church, which is being directed as you know, can handle it.Īs a fan of the books, what did you feel the film had to have in it to capture the essence of the Craig:Well, the key element for the film is Dakota. I think the classic thing is that majority people who are criticising it probably have never read the books, and need to. The character I play has all these revolutionary ideas.
I think that, for me, is what's important in the movie.
I think what's it more against is the control and the misuse of power that any organised religion, or any political organisation exercises over the people they're supposed to represent. For me, I don't think the story isn't at all anti-religious in any way. Were you surprised by the reaction to the film by the Catholic Craig:I'm not surprised, no. He writes children's stories with major adult themes and major ideas about making the right choices. He does what he does brilliantly as a writer. I'm such a Philip Pullman fan and actually his philosophies, morals and the way he looks at the world. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to do this I've got to get involved with this. I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. Why were you interested in doing another franchise in addition to Craig:It didn't really cross my mind. Craig, who's a very energetic guy in person, talks about that decision and juggling Bond with an epic fantasy trilogy. Turns out the climactic scene in the first novel, though filmed, was pushed back to the second film. Fans of Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy will probably need more of a Daniel Craig fix after watching the film. Craig stars as the swashbuckling adventurer Lord Asriel, who seeks the true meaning of 'dust' in the universe. 007 does fantasy in the first of the His Dark Materials trilogy.Ġ07 does fantasy in the first of the His Dark Materials trilogyĭaniel Craig puts away his Walther PPK and tuxedo to star in a completely different franchise genre.