Daniel Craig on the impact of playing Bond and why it caused five-year wait

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Daniel Craig has said that his feeling &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;physically really low” was partly responsible for the long wait for the new James Bond film&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor&comma; who returns for his fifth and final outing as the spy in No Time To Die&comma; said that he struggled with the physicality of preparing for the films&comma; and that he also suffered from anxiety over the role&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Craig told GQ magazine&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was never going to do one again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;151429" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-151429" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-151429" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;68DF4354-DF19-436C-8532-90F5F3C9B809&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"750" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-151429" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Daniel Craig stars in No Time To Die &lpar;Universal Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Trying to prepare for a role in one of the most popular film franchises in modern cinema without a script also caused him to have anxiety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have suffered from it in the past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have suffered because it’s been like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I can’t cope&period; I can’t deal with this&period;&&num;8217&semi;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The British actor has also told of his regret over not speaking up about the script for the previous four Bond films in which he has starred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve kept my mouth shut before and I’ve stayed out of it and I’ve respected it and I’ve regretted that I did&comma;” he told the magazine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Looking ahead to life after Bond&comma; Craig – who is married to actress Rachel Weisz – said that his future may involve &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;having another kid&comma; maybe just being older”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But all of these things&comma; I was just like&comma; you know&comma; f&ast;&ast;&ast; it&period; There are other things that are more important&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On future acting roles&comma; he added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m pretty sure I can play just about anything&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;151428" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-151428" style&equals;"width&colon; 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whether it’s Trump&comma; or whether it’s Brexit&comma; or whether it’s Russian influence on elections or whatever…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are British people working in the top industries in the world and at the top of those industries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We do that&comma; and we are good at that&period; And somehow we’re kind of breaking all that apart&period; Whether that’s breaking from Europe… There is a sort of a nihilism&comma; isn’t there&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film finds Bond after he has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica when his old friend Felix Leiter&comma; played by Jeffrey Wright&comma; from the CIA turns up asking for help&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads4--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected&comma; leading to a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No Time To Die also stars Lea Seydoux&comma; 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