James Bond star Daniel Craig has opened up on his retirement plans days after he bid his final goodbye to the iconic movie role fifteen years after he was tapped to become the new 007.
The actor who appeared on The Late Late Show on Friday to talk about his time as 007 was asked if he would consider spending some upcoming time off in Ireland and he said he has the country in mind.
The actor who joined host of the show Ryan Tubridy via video link from London also talked about how it feels to be saying goodbye to the iconic character after 15 years in the role.
“Yes, I mean, I love Ireland,” he replied. “I think I want to retire to Ireland if they will have me,” he laughed.
Craig said he felt “very happy and grateful” to have made one more Bond film that will launch in cinemas.
“Obviously, a lot has happened over the past year and a bit, and this is so low down the list of priorities, but it was just the hope that we would manage to get it into the cinemas and here we are – we got a premiere and everything,” he said.
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“So, I am just… I am very excited about all of that.”
When asked if he continued to enjoy playing the 007 role over the years, Craig said he was “worried that I would kind of get sick of it and I never did.”
“As long as there was somewhere we could take it and we could sort of go somewhere new and there was always something fresh to do then I was happy, I was very happy with it,” he said.
“It’s odd, I mean I have never played a role over and over and over again. I think it really snapped into focus in this film that it is a character I play… and who it is, and I won’t ever do that again. I suppose that is quite moving, that makes me quite emotional.”
He also said that he thought the makers of James Bond had “got the wrong guy” when he was offered the part.
Craig said he initially expressed doubt about being cast in the role during a conversation with producer Barbara Broccoli.
He said he told Broccoli: “Thank you, flattering, but I think you’ve got the wrong guy.
“Maybe you’re auditioning lots of people and you’re sort of trying to get a picture of it.”
