Daniel Craig in role of James bond

Daily Mail reports that 48-year-old British actor Daniel Craig refused to contract for the next two films of the iconic franchise about James bond. To convince the actor could not even a tidy sum: Craig has offered a fee that is almost 100 million dollars! For comparison, shooting in four bond movies brought the actor in the amount of “only” $ 55 million.

The actor has decided to abandon the role after the movie “007: Spectrum”, the latest in the James bond films to date. Close to the star, sources say that the decision was influenced by Craig’s criticism of the paintings with his participation, as well as obtained on the set of a knee injury and “General fatigue”.

Daniel Craig

And in October 2015 during an interview with a foreign media reporter’s question whether Craig again in the future to play bond, the actor replied:

I’d rather break the glass and cut my wrists than play in the fifth film,

— said Craig.

We will add that in the last few months, the media discuss who will be the next James bond. Among the applicants for the James bond — Tom Hiddleston (on it are the basic rate to date), Tom hardy, Idris Elba, Damian Lewis, Henry Cavill.