Daniel Craig Reveals Greatest Bond Regret, and It Isn't What You'd Think

This is exactly what Daniel Craig revealed in his interview with the LA Times, referring to his previous statements about the many injuries he endured during the filming of James Bond. Turns out, this detail alone was his biggest Bond regret.

"I'm pissed off at myself that I ever even spoke about them [injuries]," Craig revealed, adding that it was totally his fault. "I kind of didn't shut up about the fact that I had all these injuries," he went on to say.

Daniel Craig has played the secret agent in five films in the James Bond franchise over the past 15 years, securing his place in the Bond universe alongside icons such as Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan.

When talking about the filming process, he always lamented that playing James Bond was a bit tough, so when asked by Time Out in 2015 if he wanted to star in another 007 movie, Craig literally said, "I'd rather break this glass and slit my wrists. No, not at the moment. Not at all."

He did make one more movie.

Well, the list of Craig's Bond injuries is impressive. He tore the labrum in his right shoulder during a stunt on an airplane in Quantum of Solace (2008), and then hit it again against a wall while jumping out of a window, rendering his arm "kind of useless," as he put it.

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His next serious injury came during the filming of Skyfall (2012), when he tore both calf muscles and had to go to rehab. Speaking about the incident, he said that the recovery was not a problem, but it was hard psychologically because the mere thought of having to do it again was painful. In Spectre (2015), Craig injured his knee joint during a showdown with a professional wrestler. A knee brace, which he had to wear until the end of filming, was edited during production.

In 2020, prior to the release of No Time to Die, he told GQ that it was his last James Bond film. "This is my last Bond movie. I've kept my mouth shut before and regretted it," he said.

But now the actor seems to have come to terms with the pain.

Craig explained to the LA Times that "the physical side of the movies was just the job" and he just had to do it, "I trained, learned the fights, that's kind of my brain not working," he said.

But it was not the physical part that was the hardest. The actor is proud of how much energy and soul he put into the creative side of the films.

Daniel Craig has the longest tenure as 007 in the James Bond franchise, with No Time to Die being his final film. But who will take over?

Just this summer, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli told Deadline that filming on the new installment of the series would not begin for at least two years, while they were not looking for an actor because the main focus was on "reinventing Bond".