Bond baddies 'only after money'
Craig faces only financially-driven bad guys as Bond
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Monday, 30, Oct 2006 02:15
Daniel Craig did not want to shake or stir any fans' religious or political beliefs with the new James Bond film, insisting that suicide bombers should not be used as bad guys.
The actor, who has been voted by some fans as being the sexiest 007 since Sean Connery, did not want religion or politics to be a motivation for the crooks.
"Every terrorist in this movie is non-political," Craig told Premiere magazine.
"I said, we can't have [suicide bombers] in this movie because the connotations of a suicide bomber are something that lie within religion and politics."
Instead, the villains are motivated by financial gain.
"We have to make sure that all of the guys that are setting bombs and trying to hurt people are basically walking away with a suitcase of cash," the first blonde Bond said.
Craig, who has been angered by some alterations to the Bond franchise such as changing Bond's drink of choice from a martini to beer, says that director Steven Spielberg helped him decide to take on the role.
"You know the kind of films I do, Steven, they're not, you know, this," he said to Spielberg, who directed Craig in Munich.
The famous E.T. director is reported to have told Craig to go for it if the script and money were right.