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Obviously some of the "facts" at the end of the "interview" are wrong. Blatantly Wrong.Daniel Craig - conquers his fear of heights
by Martin Thomas. Published Fri 12 Jun 2009 10:37, Last updated: 12 Jun 2009
Daniel Craig has revealed that portraying the tough superspy has cured him of his morbid fear of heights.
Chester-born Daniel, 41, revealed that he was originally a quivering wreck at the thought of filming fight scenes on cranes and jumping off buildings.
Now Daniel has revealed that the stunts he was required to perform in filming Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace have finally cured his vertigo.
Daniel, who was educated at Hibre High School, West Kirkby, said the gruelling schedule of filming meant he simply had to conquer his demons.
He said: "I used to have a huge problem with heights before taking on Bond.
"But I have less of a problem with them now and I even look down.
"They always say don't look down, but what's the point of being up there if you don't look down?"
Daniel explained that the sequence in casino Royale in which he was perched on top of a crane was the scariest he'd ever done.
He said: "I was shaking and the thought of getting up there.
"It was a very long process and involved eight weeks of shooting - so there was no time for being afraid of heights. In the end I did as much as I could up there."
Meanwhile preparatory work has begun on the next 007 adventure and there is speculation that it will involve scenes set in Afghanistan.
Code-named "Bond 23" it will see Daniel return for his third outing with a Licence to Kill.
Screenwriter Paul Haggis, who edited the screenplays for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, is working on the new script.
And it is being suggested that some scenes will be in Helmand province after an official at the British embassy in Kabul was hired as a consultant for the film.
The official concerned is said to have signed a confidentiality agreement with the film-makers to protect the secrecy surrounding the project.
Thousands of British troops are based in Helmand - one of the country's major heroin production regions - where drugs fund the Taliban armed insurgency and Al-Quaeda terrorists.
* It would be the second time that film-makes have ventured into Afghanistan with 007.
In 1987 "The Living Daylights" Bond, then portrayed by Timothy Dalton, was imprisoned in an arms-dealing camp in Arghanistan under Russian control.
While I do believe Daniel Craig's fear of heights is better than it was I do not believe he is over it. They way he talks about being over it is out of sorts with everybody I have known with this phobia.
Maybe it is all down to him being smug and that is what makes him sound like he is full of it. One thing you guys hit the nail on head on is Craig is a woeful interview subject. He really is the worst of all the Bonds when it comes time to meet the press.