Daniel Craig’s shock 007 Quantum Of Solace admission

The former James Bond star has made a startling confession about an extra role he played in one of the franchise films.

Daniel Craig says the heavily criticised Bond film Quantum Of Solace was not up to scratch because the script was not ready when shooting began — and he ended up writing a lot of the film.

The movie was Craig’s second outing as 007 after Casino Royale and the script was delayed by a Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, reports The Sun.

“Difficult second album — f***ing nightmare,” Craig admitted.

“Paul Haggis did a pass on the script. Then he went off and joined the picket line and we didn’t have writers. We should never have started production.

“I ended up writing a lot of that film, which I probably shouldn’t say.”

Craig revealed the truth about his extra role in The Quantum of Solace. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

He added on the Awards Chatter podcast: “There are some amazing stunt sequences in it but it just didn’t quite work.

“The storytelling wasn’t there.

“That’s a lesson — starting a movie without a script is not a good idea.”

The film was impacted by the WGA strike which lasted from November 2007 until February 2008.

Craig as James Bond in the film.

It starred Olga Kurylenko as Camille, Judi Dench as M, and Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields.

Craig made five appearances as 007.

The British actor took over the role from Pierce Brosnan, releasing his first film – Casino Royale – in 2006.

Quantum Of Solace followed in 2008, and if the first film not to be based on an Ian Fleming novel.

Skyfall followed in 2012, Spectre in 2015, and the Covid-delayed final outing for Craig came in 2021 movie, No Time To Die.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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