Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux on Spectre

thank you so much for being here guys congratulations on another incredible entry in the uh in the bond franchise in the bond world it's amazing thank you uh my first question right off the top is this movie opens with just a phenomenal uh one shot like the first shot of the film is so long it's so beautiful it's so well choreographed I don't want to give too much away but Daniel what was it like shooting that talk talk me through that was that uh for me it was easy I mean really yeah I just I just had to turn up um the uh you're going in and out of rooms I imagine it's very well that's just I mean the complicated stuff is actually filming it we we were doing something that was very it was massively ambitious um you know there's a tradition in Bon movies you got to open the movie with as big a bang as you can and we we wanted to go with go for it in this one um and Sam always had this idea of doing a one shot we um uh which is technically very difficult it's technically also difficult to sort of make work and he's done a brilliant job of making it work um but we had very very experienced film crew on that set I mean most of the guys had just come off Star Wars some of them did the original Star Wars um they they're they're you know they're incredibly experienced and they were excited about what we were doing and when you feel when you feel that on a movie set you know you're kind of you're heading in the right direction is that something that you look for going into another Bond movie you look for something that's going to sort of set this movie apart from the last ones and is going to make Spectre possibly as iconic as moments in Skyfall you don't you don't consciously I mean look you you you set out to make the best movie I mean skyall was one thing it was in a particular direction it was a very um personal story it's about M's death it stays in the UK and this one you know the ambition was we want to travel to as many places as we can get to we want to expand it out my charact bond is like sort of behind the curve all the way through Skyfall and in this film he's ahead of the curve and he's leading the chase uh so it's you know so in that sense you know uh You' got three big set pieces with two smaller set pieces uh attached to it and then is about making a good story that's first and foremost the most important thing absolutely Kristoff it's no secret that you are the villain in this it's not I thought I surprised you um what what does it take to become a a bond a bond villain to be asked Ser ser seriously um I mean this is this this is the the prerequisite um um it's it's in the script I we all we all are connected through the script that's how we work on the same thing and uh a villain is always there to create problems for the hero and that's why I think playing this Bond villain is fabulous because I like to create problems can I ask you a question about your villain uh I noticed that he doesn't wear socks in the film it's a silly observation but it was one there were two very specific shots where there were no socks have you ever worn socks in the desert when it's it's kind of hot fair enough was that a but I it it seemed like a very clear decision and it was kind of uh it in the shots you could see it very clearly and I was wondering whose idea that was if that was a thought that went into the villain or if it was just about the practicality of someone in the desert it was about 105° so you know uh Monica uh you're absolutely beautiful in the film it's a it's a great part and I feel like you're you're a Bond girl who hasn't been a Bond girl yet you should have been a Bond girl a while ago we've been waiting for this for a long time what was it like to finally get the ask before I was too young for the [Music] role so uh but actually for me is a really great experience to have the chance to work with this amazing cast and uh directed by S mandes and to play this part is not very long in the movie but it's a key role and uh for the first time an adult woman a mature woman and I think it's a beautiful example for women for actresses anyway for me was great and um I had those moment of uh uh passion and fight with Daniel and it was easy because it's very sexy so does that make you blush Daniel no I have no complaints though uh Leah you come you're you know you're coming off of blue as the warmest color and a lot of films before that in in France what's it like to become an international star not just on the art housee circuit but now just on the international circuit in terms of a franchise like Bond yeah um they had imagination because I come from from um I mean a very another kind of films I would say um no but I was very I mean very happy to be part of the the film you know uh it's so iconic and you know it's also working with great actors great director you know it's not only an action film so I mean it's for me it's a dream were you nervous taking on such a large role in such a well-known uh movie franchise yeah I was kind of nervous I have to say and ALS Al working with I was impressed by Daniel and not anymore I should add not anymore that was a couple of days and that was gone no but uh yeah I mean I'm impressed you know um to be on this on a set that hug and so but it was um I mean it was a great experience Daniel when you sign on for uh a fourth Bond movie how involved are you in pre-production in the story or are you sort of signing on as Bond the actor and you trust everybody else beforehand do you feel any ownership of this character I trust anybody um um I when I when I uh did this came did Cina Royale which is 10 years ago now um I asked the producer who was here at tarbar whether or not if I if I'm going to do this then I need to be part of the whole process I need to know what's going on and I need to have my say um even if you don't listen um and I've got a very big mouth so I I you know the creative process is the most important part of film making for me and I want to be part of that process and they very generously let me do that so I've done that in all four movies um and Sam as well when he came on board very very generously allowed me into that process so I've been you know this has been a two-year uh two and a half year process for me I'll say process again is it different when a director like Sam Mendes comes on to the project does he add something I mean every director would add something different but Sam Mendes comes from I think a different kind of pedigree uh at time times does he bring something different the whole the whole deal is I mean the cast we have is like I I I I wouldn't mind what movie I was in I would be this is my dream cost absolutely and you know I I've always said if we have this amount of money to spend on a film then we should get the best people for the job and you've got to you know you've got to attract them but Sam which does something he does incredibly well is he casts beautifully and um actors want to work with him because he's and I hate to use the term cuz I don't know exactly what it mean but he's a great actor's director um and and I think everybody here will say you know that working with Sam is just it's just he has your back he looks after you he makes you give a better performance so um yeah it's uh it's it's a uh I've been like I said I've got a big mouth I get involved kristofh uh you know you're you're known very well for your your roles in Tarantino's movies who's also considered an actor's director in many ways how is Sam an actor's director specifically on a on a on a Bond movie which is uh you know it's it's much different than than than a Tarantino role for an actor yeah I I mean comparing Tarantino and Sam Mendes is somewhat of a futile Endeavor um um Sam Sam is a theater animal he's a showman and um that's common ground so is Daniel by the way and um you you can feel that in in the work in with between director and actors um there's a different mode amongst theater people do you feel like it's important to have a theater background for for roles like this or for projects like this no but it doesn't hurt uh Monica when you signed on to the film did you know what part you were going to be playing was there a script ready to go or were you signed on as Monica blci and we'll find a role for you in in in this movie no no no actually um when I met some and the London explained to me that he was looking for a mature woman and uh because actually I was surprised I said what I'm going to do at 50 years old in a James Bond but he said for the first time I want uh that's absurd you're absolutely beautiful at 50 years old thank you but uh he said for the first time I want an adult woman uh close to bond and I say thank you very much and um and actually even though he a is not a long part in the movie but he a key role and uh and I had to express so many things in not a long amount of time and um so I did it because they I had those Four Strong scenes and I wanted to do it Leah this is your first time uh really doing action sequences right action scenes No I did some before you've done action scenes before yeah what was this was this different for you in in the bond world were they were they bigger than before or are you are you used to it no I'm not no not this kind of action no no but um no it was great to do some action in the film I mean it's part of the you know it's part of James Bond's world so it was I really loved it really yeah and I had to do my own stunt as well you did your own stunts yeah yeah I jumped from eight meters I was with the did you get a little banged up we did Daniel how close do you get to to doing your own stunts do you do a fair amount of them or at this point do you kind of need to remain unbruised for the other shots I wish that would so um I don't definitely get bruised but that's kind of part of the job I've been doing that since since casino and but I enjoy it I get a kick out of it I mean I'm not I'm not as stupid as I was because I don't bounce as much as I used to but um um so I you know if there's a very skillful stunt man who can do make me look very good I'm I'm all for it but I just I try and get my face in there I try I want the audience to try and believe that I'm there that I'm doing it with this uh with this entry into the uh Bond franchise like I said there are there's action sequences in every one of these movies but I feel like the opening action sequence in this film is just something we've never seen before Akin maybe to the the train sequence in in in Skyfall uh how much how much of that was talked about beforehand and planned and was decided that this is no we just turned up and shot it so that scene was improvised to all of it was like improvising on set there's a massive amount of planning it's it's it's it's you know that's why I say I'm I'm a very small part of that process I mean literally I turn up and I obviously I've been rehearsing and I've been working out and I know what the shot is but I you know I'm fitting into a you know into a into a into a sort of a process which has been going on for months and months and months of planning and just the logistics of it we had thousands of extras um we had helicopters flying 30 ft above the ground we had them looping the loop you know we I'm there for a week I I shoot solidly for a week and then the the second unit carries on shooting for another month you know after that I mean it's it's it's a very very very complicated thing and I mean I'm I'm massively proud of it but I'm massively proud of it because I I know everybody involved in the amount of work that went into to getting it to to where it is do you feel like a does does the bond World feel kind of like a family for you at this point having done four movies just like a family yes yeah but like a thousand person family yeah all that goes along with it yeah you love them and you hate them uh I think I think it's silly to say like have you always wanted to play a bond villain or always wanted to play James Bond I can't imagine a young actor at 20 being like I'm going to be a James Bond villain but did you ever think that you would become that was that ever something that was on your bucket list only when I was very very small and then I grew out of it and I wanted to be James Bond and then did that jealousy of James Bond help you help fuel your character absolutely you have to draw from yourself you know Daniel is there do you ever want to uh play the villain I mean you can't play a bond Villain at this point do I think yeah you think you do play a villain um yeah obviously I mean that's as Kristoff often says you know the villains are are often the most interesting characters because they're they're very very complicated um and that's uh you know they're always attractive um but I mean I I I've never played Bond as a good guy yeah I feel like your bond has always been and I'm not sure if it's something that you you brought to the table but a much more complicated Bond one who was sort of struggling with his role as a Hired Gun and as a as a spy well he kills people for a living you know I mean it's it's that's a that's a pretty heavy thing it's like and I I just I don't know how else to do it I think that you know you got to approach a characters you've always got to never forget it's James Bond it's a James Bond movie and there are certain rules that apply but everything else is uh is up for grabs are you always surprised by what new special skill bond has in in a in an upcoming movie there's always a new one I feel like what is it in this one well I guess he's helicopter you know he fights someone with in a helicopter and kicks them out and elbows them and I don't want to give too much away but there's a pretty strong helicopter fight yeah you know no you didn't give anything away with that did you um yeah I look he's James Bond yeah that's it that's all yeah he do a bunch of he's James Bond he's always doing stuff uh Leah when working with Daniel Craig were you nervous working with him how did he make you feel comfortable on set you said you were a bit nervous taking on this role I think yeah but um we got along very well I think so F GS mainly F gags fart gags someone is that how you make a serious scene funny for you offset is do you actually do forecast you do whatever you want you do whatever you can I mean the fact of it is it's you know we're doing very long day I don't complaining we do very long days and it's you know you've been on a movie set it's it's it's it's it's kind of intense and often very boring we just have a laugh we kind of try and keep ourselves jollied along like you at work when you're at work you try and keep everybody keep everybody going that's that's that's the deal did Daniel do Fark eggs with you and with you I I do it with everybody Daniel Craig addicted to fart gags that's how he makes it work on set really guys they're farts they're funny come on they obviously don't think so it's a serious crowd here uh Monica you as you said you have you have a short but pivotal role um in the film was a lot more shot of your character or was that that that pretty much it going into it but for me um do you wish you had some action sequences is there are so many way to do action you know she started in the cemetery and she finished in the bed this is the action but um but actually you know the um I wanted to work in this movie because for me is an the process of uh my career I've done always films small movies like molena and Italian movie and then uh film like Matrix and uh irreversible and then uh you know other big movies and this is the process you know the work the working process I like and also I'm European I'm not part of the American system and uh and all the American movies I've done I've done through Europe and so for me it's interesting to move between one European movie an American movie an English movie right now I'm shooting a Serbian movie with the Amita so is um you know a kind of interesting way to work and also because to work with directors they come from different cultures it becomes an interesting way to to learn things not just as an actress but also as a person I think it's amazing that you brought up irreversible it's just an amazing amazing accomplishment and and and movie um Kristoff do you have a favorite Bond villain did you have one going into this movie was there anyone that you look I'll um I'll rephrase with the exception of you do you have a favorite Bond villain um no but when whenever I'm being asked um g f in Goldfinger comes to mind and um I grew up with these movies where g f played these characters and in to see him in a different context with James Bond um is always um in a way I don't know whether I could call it sentimental but let's let's call it inspiring because he he was a German theater actor propelled into this uh into this situation and um maybe maybe I think of him because I identify not with the um you know some huffing and puffing and U what he's doing but you know the situation um maybe there are similarities I don't know can you talk about who your villain is who your character is in relation to to bond absolutely not go and see the movie there was a lot of annoying uh internet rumors beforehand and I feel like uh it's it's it's it's been settled now but maybe we'll we'll hold off and let people see the movie is that the is that the deal yeah absolutely 100% I'm on I'm on your side here uh Daniel did you have any favorite bonds going in when you first started was there anyone that you looked to as like that's that's the bond that I think I should emulate or try to be or at least I I never did that no because I'm I'm a terrible mimic so I wouldn't have been very good at doing doing that but you know Sean connory is he defined it he I think it's one of the reasons it's still as popular as it is today um and those those early movies are they stand up they still stand up If This Were to to be uh your your last Bond what would you want what would you want to leave people with in terms of you as as Bond or your bond Legacy farag yeah um no leave it there's one in the movie I don't I don't want to ruin it but there is um I don't know how I if I wanted to if I wanted what's the question uh If This Were to be your last Bond movie what would you want to be your lasting Bond Legacy how people thought of Daniel Craig as Bond I look I've always you know the thing is all we've ever tried to do with these films is just make the best movies we can and it you know if you had asked me 10 years ago where I wanted Bond movies to be now I would have said right here and that's so so I'm I feel very incredibly satisfied and I'm just honored to be part of them and it's it's been I have an you know a wonderful wonderful time shooting these movies um they're like nothing else um and and uh you know so if it were to be my last movie I'd be very happy and if it's not I'll still be happy absolutely I think we have some time for audience questions does anyone have a question out here in the audience hey as a young actress um the audition process could be very stressful uh would you have audition advice uh for someone like me and when you do get the role how do you stay focused in such a stressful environment I mean maybe I can answer that this question um yeah I was very nervous when I did the casting so I had a beer and I don't think it was a great idea so uh no just uh stay with your fears and I mean try to be focused that's all I can say and it but a beer can you know help also because I was obviously you got the part I got the part so maybe but um yeah it's very but you know it's part of the I mean it's a job it's a difficult job I think and um we all have fears and but we have to to I mean live with them Monica did you you you didn't have to uh audition for for your part did you no because um actually some script said Monica so and here she was so it's fine there's no audition involved yeah so was already they was looking for an Italian Widow with secrets so there are not so many um and Chris you said you were just asked no no I was asked to audition and then I was called back and then they wanted someone else and then I pleaded them and um in the end I said I'll do it for free and then they said okay next question from the audience hey guys want say I'm a big fan can't wait to see the movie uh this one's for Daniel if this is going to be your last Bond filmed who would you like to see replace you um I I you've probably heard this from me in the press a number of times it's not I don't care but I just I I it's whoever is I just be good just get it right I mean it's like uh um you know there an amazing thing to be part of and I genuinely haven't given this any thought at the moment I I don't know whether this is my last movie I want time off I want to think about other things than James Bond but whoever does it in the future cuz someone will you know hope they make it they make them good how much time have you usually gotten off in between in between movies to think about other projects or even do other projects this one was a little different I did a play in in New York two years ago but that was it then I decided to not do anything I wanted to concentrate on this next question hi um I'm just wondering uh why do you think that the bond Legacy uh has lasted so long why is it still popular even though there's been 24 movies because they kick ass I I I mean I'll try I mean people ask that a lot and I don't know really what the answer is because if we knew what the formula was we'd just keep doing it um I don't think in fact it's kind of the opposite you there's a kind of there's a saying if it if it ain't broke don't fix it and we don't do that with the movies we rethink them we try and we try and think up as as fresh an idea as we possibly can and traditionally over the years they've always changed they've always kind of reflected a little bit what's going on in the world and they've been a vent Cinema and they've been a celebration of Cinema and and we've continued to try and do that um you know it's a very crowded marketplace now uh 50 had 62 whenever the first movie came out there was one action adventure movie and this was it and now there's 10 20 movies a year and you know you're trying to you know you're trying to remain at the top of that pile um and that's that so you just you've got to I would say you put the creatives in the room and and and you'll figure it out but it's uh it's you know it's it's a it's a tall order also look at that poster come on of course it's still popular that's awesome next question uh we're going to take one last question from an online viewer Madison would like to know what is the funniest thing that happened behind the scenes while filming Kristoff thank you that was the answer by the way not I can answer you can answer on when we we were with Daniel in the desert you remember which and the pants ripped off oh yeah n's pants only once has it ever happened yeah my pants tore in two your pants they just tore in two I what was I doing I was lunging my pants they found it very funny I really want a spectre blooper real with the pants being torn and all of your fart gags like that's that's really what I at the end of the credits thank you so much um guys I have to let you go congratulations on another uh classic entry into the Bond movie world thank you so much for being here Spectre comes out on Friday guys go see it

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Published: Thu Nov 05 2015