Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to a very special 421st episode of Awards

Chatter, the Hollywood Reporter's Awards podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of only six people who have ever

played the role of James Bond and the person who has held the job the longest of all.

Indeed, his five Bond films, 2006's Casino Royale, 2008's Quantum of Solace,

2012's Skyfall, 2015's Spectre, and 2021's No Time to Die,

span a period of 15 years, or one quarter of the 60 years the franchise has existed,

and collectively grossed $3.96 billion worldwide, more than any other 007s.

Daniel Craig. Craig, the only person ever to receive a best actor

BAFTA Award nomination for Performance in a Bond movie,

has also done fine work in non-bond films, made before and between his Bond installments.

In projects like John Mabry's Love is the Devil and Chicago Poor's Elizabeth in 1998,

Sam Mendez's Road to Perdition in 2002, Christine Jeff's Sylvia in 2003,

Roger Michelle's The Mother in 2003, and Enduring Love in 2004,

Matthew Vaughan's Layer Cake in 2004, Steven Spielberg's Munich in 2005,

Edward Zwicks' Defiance in 2008, David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2011,

Steven Soderberg's Logan Lucky in 2017, and Ryan Johnson's Knives Out in 2019.

But it was as Bond that he truly made his name. The Los Angeles Times called him

the best Bond since Connery, and The New York Times concurred, declaring that he

fits Fleming's description of the character as appearing ironical, brutal, and cold,

better than any actor since Mr. Connery. Meanwhile, Esquire argued he had Connery's hard-edged

danger, Moore's carnal appetite, Timothy Dalton's laser-eyed focus, and Brazenin's confidence.

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