In a recent Q&A section with The New Yorker, Daniel Craig discussed his opinions on playing M16 secret agent James Bond in five films across 15 years. The actor was promoting the theatrical release of Luca Quadagnino's Queer when he shared that he had mixed feelings about Bond's concept of masculinity and said:
"I would say one of my biggest reservations about playing (Bond) would be the construct of masculinity. It was often very laughable, but you can't mock it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it."
Daniel Craig then went on to compare Bond with his Queer character William S. Burroughs and explained how the two roles showcased masculinity through a different lens.
"We're all vulnerable. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter how tough you are, everybody's vulnerable. But it's how boys are brought up, how men are expected to behave, how someone like Burroughs was expected to behave."
Daniel Craig went on to explain his character in Queer and opened up about how "boys are brought up" or how "men are expected to behave." He added that Burroughs was on the hunt for lust and love and wanted everything a city could give him.
"I am not doing this movie in response to that" - says Daniel Craig about his role in Queer
Daniel Craig, comparing his two different characters, James Bond and William S. Burroughs, said that he would not have played Burroughs when he was playing Bond since they both contradicted each other.
James Bond was portrayed as arrogant, self-righteous, and self-pitying. The Guardian's writer, Ben Child, even called him a "posh Andrew Tate." On the other hand, William S. Burroughs is a gay, drug-addicted American expatriate writer who is far from Bond's character features.
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"Listen, (Bond) is nearly 20 years of my life. When I took it on I was one persona. I'm now completely different person. I'm not doing this movie in response to that. I'm not that small. But I couldn't have done this movie when I was doing Bond. It would've felt kind of, 'Why? What are you trying to prove?"
His upcoming movie, Queer, follows the life of Lee Williams, an American ex-pat living in a small working-class and collegiate community who pursues a young American serviceman. The movie is set in the 1950s Mexico City and is an adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name.
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