Daniel Craig denies that No Time to Die is ‘cursed’

Even prior to coronavirus delay, 25th Bond film had experienced a run of bad luck

Daniel Craig has denied that the forthcoming No Time to Die is “cursed” after the film suffered a wave of bad luck during production and ahead of its release.

Craig, who makes his final appearance as James Bond in the new movie, explained that talk of a “curse” has bothered him.

“It pisses me off,” he told GQ. “Because I’m just like, ‘Don’t curse our movie.’ And also, we’re doing our best here.”

Craig’s GQ cover interview occurred before No Time to Die’s April release was abruptly cancelled amid coronavirus concerns and pushed to later this year.

Prior to the release delay, No Time to Die underwent a difficult production, which included on-set accidents, Craig experiencing an ankle injury and reports of Grace Jones backing out of filming at the last minute.

Danny Boyle was previously attached to direct the film, but ended up quitting the production. He was replaced by Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Craig expressed ambivalence about Boyle’s departure, but did also reveal that No Time to Die went through four different scripts prior to filming.

“Danny had ideas, and the ideas didn’t work out, and that was just the way it was,” Craig explained. “I would love to have gone into this and had a script that we could shoot. And it just didn’t happen. There were so many things that went against it.”

After being delayed by the coronavirus outbreak, No Time to Die will finally be released on 12 November.