Inhliziyo Yombulali: Ukuthi UDaniel Craig Washintsha Kanjani UJames Bond Unaphakade | I-GQ US ngo-Ephreli 2020.
UyiBond engcono kakhulu kuze kube manje—umlingisi onomphefumulo othungathayo okwazile ukushintsha umenzeli oyimfihlo wekamu umlingiswa onezinhlangothi ezintathu. Manje njengoba umhlaba ulungiselela ifilimu yokugcina ka-Daniel Craig njengoba kusondela i-007, unikeza umbono ongajwayelekile mayelana ne-franchise ayichaze kabusha kanye nesithonjana asicabange kabusha.
Ngaphambi nje kwamabili, ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ngo-Okthoba, uDaniel Craig wadubula indawo yakhe yokugcina njengoJames Bond. Bekuwuchungechunge lokujaha, ngaphandle, endaweni engemuva yePinewood Studios, entshonalanga nje yeLondon. Isethi kwakuyi-Havana streetscape-Cadillacs neon. Lesi sigameko ngabe saqoshwa eCaribbean entwasahlobo, ukube uCraig akazange agqashuke imisipha yeqakala futhi kudingeke ukuthi ahlinzwe. Wayeneminyaka engu-37 futhi ebhlophe ngenkathi ejikijelwa njengenhloli edume kakhulu emhlabeni, ngo-2005. Uneminyaka engu-52 manje, izinwele zakhe zimpunga ezingcolile, futhi uzwa isifo samathambo. “Uya ngokuya uqina,” kusho uCraig muva nje. "Futhi-ke ungabe usaba."
Ngakho-ke wayelapho, ejahwa umgwaqo owumgunyathi waseCuba eNgilandi ngobusuku basekwindla obumnyama. Ubekhokhelwa imali elinganiselwa ku-$25 million. Kwakuyilokho okwakuyikho. Yonke ifilimu ye-Bond iyinguqulo yayo yesiphithiphithi, futhi ukwenziwa kwe-No Time To Die, ifilimu yesihlanu neyokugcina kaCraig endimeni, kwakungehlukile. Umqondisi wokuqala, uDanny Boyle, wayeka. UCraig walimala. Kuqhume isethi. "Kubukeka sengathi sizokwenza kanjani lokhu?" Kusho uCraig. "Futhi ngandlela thize." Futhi lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba igciwane lenoveli lishanele umhlaba wonke, libambezele ukukhishwa kwefilimu ngo-Ephreli ngezinyanga eziyisikhombisa, kuya kuNovemba.
Cishe abantu abangu-300 babesebenza engxenyeni yokugcina yokuqoshwa ePinewood, futhi wonke umuntu wayethosiwe kahle. Umqondisi, uCary Fukunaga, wayethwebule isiphetho sefilimu—ukuvalelisa kwangempela kuCraig’s Bond—emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambili. Izinsuku zokugcina bezimayelana nokuqoqa izigcawu ebezidukile noma ezishiswe ngaphambilini, eziqeda izinyanga eziyisikhombisa. Kube yingozi nje yeshejuli ukuthi kumafreyimu akhe okugcina njengoBond—uhlobo lwe-cinematic archetype uCraig alushintsha okokuqala kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1960s—wayekwi-tuxedo, wanyamalala ebusuku. Amakhamera agingqika futhi uCraig wagijima. Lokho kugijima okukhulu, kokuphelelwa yithemba. “Kwakushunqa intuthu,” esho. “Futhi kwakungathi, ‘Bye. Sanibonani... ngiyaphuma.’ ”
UCraig akalona uhlobo lokuhlala ezikhathini ezinjengalezi. Ingxenye enkulu, uyabavimba. “Ungaziziba lezi zinto ekuphileni noma ungakhetha… Kufana nomlando womndeni, akunjalo?” wangitshela. “Indaba iya ngokuya iba nkulu. Ngizizwa nginjalo ngamasethi emuvi: Le nganekwane iyakhula. " I-Bond igcwele izinganekwane kakade. Amadoda amaningi aye ahamba enyangeni kunalawo aye adlala indima, futhi uCraig uye waba yiBond isikhathi eside kunawo wonke—iminyaka engu-14. (USean Connery wenze amagigi amabili abuyayo, kodwa ukupela kwakhe okuyinhloko kwathatha amahlanu kuphela.) Amafilimu nawo, ngokusangana, ibhizinisi lomndeni, eliqinisa kuphela umqondo wezinganekwane. U-Albert “Cubby” Broccoli wenza uDkt Cha, ifilimu yokuqala ebhizinisini, ngo-1962. Eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nesishiyagalombili namamuvi angama-25 kamuva, abakhiqizi yindodakazi yakhe uBarbara Broccoli kanye nendodana yokutholwa, uMichael G. Wilson, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe we-Bond isethi ye-Goldfinger, ngo-1964.
Amafilimu ahambisana ne-Marvel: Skyfall kaCraig's Skyfall ezungeze ibhokisi lebhokisi elifanayo, i-$ 1.1 yezigidigidi, njenge-Iron Man 3. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, angama-artisanal ngendlela eyinqaba, eboshwe isiko, indlela ethile yokwenza izinto. Amahhovisi e-Eon Productions, enza amamuvi, awuhambo olufushane ukusuka eBuckingham Palace. Itimu yetimu ayishintshile isigamu sekhulunyaka. I-stunts ingokoqobo kakhulu. Imibhalo iyiphupho elibi. Kukhona inkolelo yamademoni kancane, yaseBrithani yokuthi konke kuzosebenza ekugcineni. "Bekulokhu kunento uBond abe nayo ephikweni nasemthandazweni," uSam Mendes, oqondise amafilimu amabili ka-Craig's 007, wangitshela. "Akuyona indlela enempilo ikakhulukazi ukusebenza." Ukubala nanoma yikuphi kwalokhu akusizi ngempela uma ungumphambili. UCraig uchithe isikhathi sakhe esiningi njengoJames Bond ezama ukungacabangi nhlobo. Ngenkathi engenzi Isikhathi Sokufa, waqopha izingxoxo ezithile noBroccoli noWilson mayelana neminyaka yakhe endimeni. Kuningi ayevele engakukhumbuli. “Yeka ukucabanga kabi futhi wenze nje izinto ezimbi,” kusho uCraig kanye, kwangathi kuwukuganga. “Kucishe kube njalo. Ngoba ziningi izinto ezenzeka ekhanda lakho. Ngisho, uma uqala ukucabanga ... yilokho. Kufanele ukhohlwe uhlobo. Kufanele ushiye i-ego yakho."
Konke lokhu kusho ukuthi, njengoba sekuya ekupheleni, ngezinye izikhathi uCraig unenkinga yokuqonda ukuthi kwenzekeni kuye nalokho akuzuzile. Lapho ngichitha isikhathi naye kulobu busika, uCraig wayefudumele futhi eguquguquka ngokwedlulele. Wakhuluma imayela ngomzuzu, walahlekelwa imicu futhi wathola abanye. Waxolisa lapho ephendula imibuzo yami cishe kaningi njengokufunga kwakhe. Esikrinini, ubuso bukaCraig—lobo buso balo mshayisibhakela omuhle, lawo mehlo anendandatho yegesi—kungaba nokuthula okukhathazayo ngenkathi umzimba wakhe uhamba. Empilweni yangempela, yonke into emayelana no-Craig i-animated, i-part-sprung. Kunjengokungathi ufuna ukuthatha izindawo eziningana ekamelweni ngesikhathi esisodwa. Uzidelela kakhulu. Phakathi nengxoxo ende, lapho ngimtshela ukuthi ukwazile ukufaka umlingiswa owayengenamuntu ngaphambili ngokuphila kwangaphakathi, umuzwa wokufa, nomuzwa ongapheli wokulahlekelwa—ngamafuphi, ayewunqobile njengoBond—uCraig ekuqaleni akazange aqonde ukuthi yini eyayimnqobile. Bengithi. Lapho eqaphela, wahlakaza exolisa okwesikhashana. “Okushoyo, kufana, uma ngikusho…” engabaza. Akakwazanga ukubekezelela ukuziqhayisa. Kodwa naye wayazi. “Kulinyusile izinga,” kuvuma uCraig ekugcineni. "Kuyasijabulisa impela."
Kwaqala ngomngcwabo. Ngo-April 21, 2004, uMary Selway, umqondisi odumile waseLondon, wabulawa umdlavuza. USelway wayesize uCraig ukuthi enze izindima ezithile ezibalulekile zakuqala; wayesemtshelile nokuthi enzeni. UCraig akayena neze umuntu ozithobayo. Wahamba ekhaya esemncane futhi akazange abheke emuva. “Umama wayengizonda ukusho lokhu, kodwa ngangingedwa,” kusho uCraig. Eminyakeni yakhe yama-20 no-30, wayezimele ngokwakhe ephutheni. “Umbono wokuthi abantu bayangeseka...ngaleso sikhathi ngangingawuboni. Kwakuwukuthi ‘Ngingedwa. Ngenza into yami.’ ” UCraig wayesesikhumulweni sezindiza, esendleleni eya eNdiya, ngesikhathi kufona enye yamadodakazi kaSelway. Wamcela ukuthi amsize ekuthwaleni ibhokisi. Wamangala. Wathi: “Kwakuwukuphaphama. “Kwakungathi, ‘O, kunjalo. Abantu bayakhathalela.’ ”
"Sizabalaze ukuvimba uTrump ukuthi angangeni kule filimu," kusho uCraig. “Kodwa-ke likhona. Ihlala ikhona, noma ngabe nguTrump, noma ngabe iBrexit, noma ngabe ukugxambukela kweRussia okhethweni. "
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U-Craig wethule isikhathi kumamuvi we-Bond. Ngaphambi kwakhe, umlingiswa, kanye nomhlaba wakhe, kuvele kuvuselelwe kusukela kufilimu kuya kwifilimu. Umnyango wesikhumba ogxunyekiwe wehhovisi likaM wavuleka. Emafilimini kaCraig, ahlelwa ngokukhululekile, iminyaka ye-Bond neBrithani isigugile. Kukhona into enjengokungabaza. I-England ayilungile ngempela. Abezinye izizwe awanaphutha ngempela.
Lapho i-Casino Royale isongiwe, uCraig waba nomuzwa wokuthi wayecabanga ukuthi indaba iyonke kufanele iye kuphi. “Imibono emikhulu iyona engcono kakhulu,” wangitshela. “Futhi imibono emikhulu uthando nenhlekelele nokulahlekelwa. Banjalo nje, futhi yilokho engifuna ukukuphokophela.” Ngemva kokushona kukaVesper Lynd, wayefuna ukuthi uBond avale, alahlekelwe yikho konke, futhi phakathi nezigigaba ezimbalwa, kancane kancane azithole futhi. "Ngicabanga ukuthi sesikwenzile, nge-No Time To Die," kusho uCraig. "Ngicabanga ukuthi sesifikile kule ndawo-futhi bekuwukuthola uthando lwakhe, ukuthi angathandana nokuthi kulungile."
Uthole umhlanganyeli wakhe omkhulu ku-Sam Mendes. Kwakuwumqondo kaCraig ukuya kumqondisi. UMendes uthe yebo ngenxa kaCraig. “Ubeyisizathu sokuthi ngikwenze,” kusho uMendes kimi. "Ngiphinde ngaba nentshisekelo ku-franchise ngenxa ye-Casino Royale." NjengoCraig, wakhangwa umbono wokufa kukaBond kanye nokungaqiniseki ngesimo saseBrithani ekhulwini lama-21. Ku-Skyfall, ifilimu yokuqala ye-Mendes's Bond no-Craig, u-Javier Bardem, edlala i-cyberterrorist villain, uthi: "I-England, umbuso, i-MI6-uhlala endaweni eyincithakalo .... Awukakwazi okwamanje."
UCraig ubambe iqhaza kakhulu ekubhalweni kweAsikho Isikhathi Sokufakunakwamanye amafilimu eBond. “Le ifilimu yami yokugcina,” esho. "Ngake ngawuvala umlomo wami ngaphambili ... futhi ngiyazisola ngokuthi ngenzile."
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