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Daniel Craig's charismatic performance in Layer Cake (2004) caught the attention of Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and helped pave the way for his casting as James Bond. Craig initially hesitated to make Layer Cake, but after reading the script, he discovered how much fun it was. When asked about... it years later, he recalled: “I mean again, another film I was dragged kicking and screaming it. Seems to be my MO, doesn’t it? Look, the way it turned out was fantastic but I thought it was sort of all sort of popular kind of something or other and actually it what it what it did for me was it freed me up in a way that I couldn’t have imagined. You know it’s sort of not serious, but it’s a kind of it’s a sort of funny film. It’s a comedy to a certain degree and it I just I don’t know what happened, when I got into it and I started reading and I went God, this is so much fun. And I kind of allowed myself to enjoy it sounds like kind of like I’m some sort of stoic.”show more

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GRACEFLIX🎥2 months ago

Layer Cake still feels like the unofficial Bond audition. Craig already had the swagger, the cool, and that slightly dangerous charm. Easy to see why Broccoli took notice.

Goldfinger2 months ago

and a 10/10 soundtrack! ...and OMG! Sienna Miller 🔥

Hier/Nicht Hier2 months ago

LAYER CAKE rules. But it was Craig as the assassin in 1998's ELIZABETH that caught Barbara's attention. She'd had him tagged as Bond for years.

Kirk smith2 months ago

Layer cake is in my top 10!

rzrshrp/whpsmrt2 months ago

Sienna Miller >>

Anthology of Interest2 months ago

I found Daniel Craig to be a boring bond. Casino Royal is good though.

Sam2 months ago

Layer Cake SUPER underrated.

Jonathan Wayne 🐦2 months ago

Sienna miller is beyond beautiful

Halloween Jack2 months ago

Layer cake is a masterpiece

LFC Real talk2 months ago

Jude Law cheated on this version of Sienna Miller by the way.

Gold Royalties2 months ago

not everyone noticed this but The Duke's nephew Sidney (Sienna Miller's bf yeah right!) is Ben Whishaw who played Q during the Daniel Craig Bond era! 🤯

Jamal2 months ago

The best part of Layer Cake was Daniel Craig's Characters name, anyone remeber what it was ?

JLS Photos2 months ago

Outstanding movie! Very slick production.

CryptoNinjas2 months ago

Layer Cake was truly the perfect audition tape for him. That role showed he could handle action and swagger.

Nigel Harris2 months ago

one of my all time favourite films..

DADS OUR JOB2 months ago

@CanningTownLen

Chetty Xiu2 months ago

Does he complain about EVERY role he’s ever had

Shawn Ferdinand2 months ago

Layer Cake was awesome

Bakshijr HRUNDI2 months ago

Who’s the girl?

VF-12 months ago

He sucked in Layer Cake. That movie was a huge disappointment anyway. Who cares? But then he went on to drive the Bond franchise into the ground. What a guy.

DB2 months ago

For an actor he never seems to like being an actor.

Rob Birkenhead2 months ago

All good things to those who wait 🙌

Mike Kouten 🇺🇸2 months ago

I gotta watch this one for a third time. I love the genre & the cast, but thought layer cake was just a shit movie. 🤷‍♂️

Mii De2 months ago

Daniel Craig really walked into Layer Cake and accidentally unlocked the version of himself that would become James Bond. 😂🔥 Sometimes the role you almost don’t take ends up changing your entire career. From a reluctant gangster to 007 — what a trajectory. 🥶🍸

Milos Stepancevic2 months ago

good movie 8/10

Mac Allen2 months ago

A banger of a movie

Jane2 months ago

Craig kicking and screaming into Layer Cake then realizing it's pure fun? That movie was the real origin story for Bond. Absolute cinema.

David Parker2 months ago

A great film, well worth a watch.

Wesley Wayner2 months ago

He was decent in Road to Perdition as well.

Call me Sal2 months ago

That's a good post to read, thank you. Here's mine on few iconic Bond girls, they worth the hype as well 🧿

𝓐𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓮2 months ago

that movie is a total gem! his performance was spot on

The Good Films. 🎬📺2 months ago

They don't make movies like this anymore

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Alex Norén shares his thoughts on Adare Manor 🗣️🇪🇺 "Yeah, when I was there yesterday, it hits you how like amazing Ryder Cup is, and I thought the venue was spectacular. I've never seen a place like it. "To have a year to see if I can improve in all areas of the game and be part of that team would be amazing, and it was very - firstly, I thought it was smart of Luke to gather all the players there. Second, it made it kind of even more sort of like a goal for everybody, I think. "Some players obviously know they will be there, but for everybody else, it was a really tempting goal just to see the place and then imagine it in one year."

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Paul Sorvino, who played Paulie in Goodfellas, nearly backed out of the film two days before production. The self-described “softie” had spent months agonizing over the role, convinced he didn’t have what it took to play a mafia boss. He explains… “I didn’t think I could do it, because it was not the kind of role that I felt I really had an affinity for. The externals were easy: middle-aged Italian man. The difficulty was in the lethality that I felt I didn’t possess. And so even though I wanted to do it, I was sort of faking when I went to the meeting and giving Martin the impression that I knew exactly what to do with it - when I had no idea what to do with it. But I wanted so much to be in a Scorsese movie. I guess he just figured I was capable of it. It was about two months of preparation to try to get this quality that I knew it called for. I was kind of agonizing over it - I was thinking, “I’m gonna ruin this movie.” I was looking for something to get out of it till two days before we started production. By virtue of constantly searching to find that kind of quality that killers have, I was preparing to go out one night, passed by the mirror to check for spinach in the teeth, and I jumped back. I literally frightened myself. I saw a look in my eyes that frightened me. ‘Who was that?’ I said, ‘That’s Paulie.’ And once I found it, the role became just a duck in water. It just was so easy to do.”

Paul Sorvino, who played Paulie in Goodfellas, nearly backed out of the film two days before production. The self-described “softie” had spent months agonizing over the role, convinced he didn’t have what it took to play a mafia boss. He explains… “I didn’t think I could do it, because it was not the kind of role that I felt I really had an affinity for. The externals were easy: middle-aged Italian man. The difficulty was in the lethality that I felt I didn’t possess. And so even though I wanted to do it, I was sort of faking when I went to the meeting and giving Martin the impression that I knew exactly what to do with it - when I had no idea what to do with it. But I wanted so much to be in a Scorsese movie. I guess he just figured I was capable of it. It was about two months of preparation to try to get this quality that I knew it called for. I was kind of agonizing over it - I was thinking, “I’m gonna ruin this movie.” I was looking for something to get out of it till two days before we started production. By virtue of constantly searching to find that kind of quality that killers have, I was preparing to go out one night, passed by the mirror to check for spinach in the teeth, and I jumped back. I literally frightened myself. I saw a look in my eyes that frightened me. ‘Who was that?’ I said, ‘That’s Paulie.’ And once I found it, the role became just a duck in water. It just was so easy to do.”

Gangster Cinema Central

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Justin Rose reacted to another near miss at the Masters: “I think just chance that got away obviously. You know, I was by no means kind of free and clear and was nowhere kind of close to having the job done, but I was right in position. You know, Amen Corner, without really hitting a bad shot but just not good shot, not committed enough on maybe 11 shot specifically, it was kind of like two saves. “There was a lot of club and it was not -- and it was a bit of a safe lie and I kind of felt it in the fairway with the wind direction and just wasn't able to really trust that one in there. “Yeah, because I was really in control. First ten holes I felt like I was -- yeah, I was. And the mentality was to run through the finish line not just try and get it done. I was playing great, but just momentum shifted for me around the Amen Corner.” “These are the tournaments I focus on. These are the tournaments why I practice. These are the tournaments that get me going that sort of extra mile to sort of have to show up and keep being in these great arenas is kind of why I practice, yeah.” Justin shot rounds of 70, 69, 69 and 70 to finish T3 for his 8th top 10 at the Masters. Another incredible performance. Justin ROSE The Masters

Justin Rose reacted to another near miss at the Masters: “I think just chance that got away obviously. You know, I was by no means kind of free and clear and was nowhere kind of close to having the job done, but I was right in position. You know, Amen Corner, without really hitting a bad shot but just not good shot, not committed enough on maybe 11 shot specifically, it was kind of like two saves. “There was a lot of club and it was not -- and it was a bit of a safe lie and I kind of felt it in the fairway with the wind direction and just wasn't able to really trust that one in there. “Yeah, because I was really in control. First ten holes I felt like I was -- yeah, I was. And the mentality was to run through the finish line not just try and get it done. I was playing great, but just momentum shifted for me around the Amen Corner.” “These are the tournaments I focus on. These are the tournaments why I practice. These are the tournaments that get me going that sort of extra mile to sort of have to show up and keep being in these great arenas is kind of why I practice, yeah.” Justin shot rounds of 70, 69, 69 and 70 to finish T3 for his 8th top 10 at the Masters. Another incredible performance. Justin ROSE The Masters

Flushing It

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Karolina Muchova after losing to Linda Noskova in the Wimbledon final: "She was obviously on top for the first set and a half. But you must be proud of how you were able to turn it around and fight back and take it to a third." Karolina: "I think I started really slow today. On the other hand, Linda started really strong. Really good serving games, and she played really fast. I was kind of looking for myself. It took a lot of power and strength out of me to get back into that 2nd set. I gave it my all to get back... the people were cheering on me, I felt it, I felt the support. I felt the momentum in the 2nd set and I turned it around. It was definitely nice that it happened. It was tough. As I said, it took some strength out of me and unfortunately the start of the 3rd kind of slipped through my fingers."

Karolina Muchova after losing to Linda Noskova in the Wimbledon final: "She was obviously on top for the first set and a half. But you must be proud of how you were able to turn it around and fight back and take it to a third." Karolina: "I think I started really slow today. On the other hand, Linda started really strong. Really good serving games, and she played really fast. I was kind of looking for myself. It took a lot of power and strength out of me to get back into that 2nd set. I gave it my all to get back... the people were cheering on me, I felt it, I felt the support. I felt the momentum in the 2nd set and I turned it around. It was definitely nice that it happened. It was tough. As I said, it took some strength out of me and unfortunately the start of the 3rd kind of slipped through my fingers."

The Tennis Letter

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“Because I think a lot of people are familiar with you know, pop stars have these alter egos on stage and then they're also a little bit potentially different behind the scenes. Can you talk about what the difference is between those two personas?” ROSÉ: I think, you know, like I started off as, my whole career started as Blackpink and I feel like it was so much fun creating this character on stage because I'm just from like Australia, like in my bedroom, but like it was so much fun creating this like pop star, like character. It was so much fun. And then I think creating my first solo album, it was my discover of like, you know, who am I? And like when I was naming the album, I really thought a lot about it. There was like options like, you know, number one girl. And then a lot of people did like, what about Rosie? And at first I was like, it seems a bit like narcissistic. I'm not sure. And then it slowly grew on me. And then, you know, just the idea of it being Rosie because Rosé has been such a big part of my life. And that's what we present ourselves as Blackpink, Blackpink Rosé. And I felt like this was very opposite. And so I noticed that it was closer to kind of introducing a different version of me, like because it combined all the stories I would talk about with my friends and family. And they call me Rosie at home. And of course, the online name that the company had made for me from at the beginning of Blackpink, I remember when it happened was like the day before they released my picture, profile picture, they were like, Rosé. And like the name got announced.

rosie

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Q: “Because I think a lot of people are familiar with, you know, pop stars have these alter egos on stage and then they're also a little bit potentially different behind the scenes. Can you talk about what the difference is between those two personas?” ROSÉ: “I think, you know, like I started off as, my whole career started as Blackpink and I feel like it was so much fun creating this character on stage because I'm just from like Australia, like in my bedroom, but like it was so much fun creating this like pop star, like character. It was so much fun. And then I think creating my first solo album, it was my discover of like, you know, who am I? And like when I was naming the album, I really thought a lot about it. There was like options like, you know, number one girl. And then a lot of people did like, what about Rosie? And at first I was like, it seems a bit like narcissistic. ..I'm not sure. And then it slowly grew on me. And then, you know, just the idea of it being Rosie because Rosé has been such a big part of my life. And that's what we present ourselves as Blackpink, Blackpink Rosé. And I felt like this was very opposite. And so I noticed that it was closer to kind of introducing a different version of me, like because it combined all the stories I would talk about with my friends and family. And they call me Rosie at home. And of course, the online name that the company had made for me from at the beginning of Blackpink, I remember when it happened was like the day before they released my picture, profile picture, they were like, Rosé. And like the name got announced.”

hiro

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My own words about what happened last Saturday night. Best I can remember, how I felt in the middle of it, and what I hope to do next. I’ve appreciated all of your kind messages and prayers and help. I don’t expect much in the way of justice. Would be nice if that happened but it’s Portland. I know it’s a long listen, sorry about that. I tried to make it as short as possible.

My own words about what happened last Saturday night. Best I can remember, how I felt in the middle of it, and what I hope to do next. I’ve appreciated all of your kind messages and prayers and help. I don’t expect much in the way of justice. Would be nice if that happened but it’s Portland. I know it’s a long listen, sorry about that. I tried to make it as short as possible.

C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom

239,535 views • 1 year ago