Confirmed! Daniel Craig Will Return As James Bond

WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"" ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM
"MUNICH," "DEFIANCE," AND "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO."
OH, AND THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S ALSO JAMES BOND.
PLEASE WELCOME DANIEL CRAIG!
HELLO, DANIEL CRAIG.
HELLO, SIR.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IS THAT YOURS?
>> Stephen: THAT'S YOURS RIGHT THERE.
PLEASE, HAVE A DRINK, MR. CRAIG.
NOW, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE HAD YOU ON HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
WE >> WE DID, WAS IT YOUR 37th
SHOW?
>> Stephen: WOW.
ARE YOU A SAVANITY ON COUNTING TELEVISION PROGRAMS?
>> ONE OF MY SKILLS.
>> Stephen: CAN WE CHECK, THAT PLEASE?
I WANT TO FACT CHECK THIS GUY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF FAKE NEWS HERE ON "THE LATE
SHOW"."
"MUNICH," "DEFIANCE," "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO."
BUT MANY PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS JAMES BOND, I THINK THE GREATEST
BOND.
I TRULY-- I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME-- THE FIRST TIME, "CASINO
ROYALE" AT THE END IT SAID, "JAMES BOND WILL RETURN."
I SAID, "HE ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: I WOULD SEE ANOTHER-- I WOULD SEE ANOTHER
DANIEL CRAIG JAMES BOND MOVIE IN A MINUTE.
NOW, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE ROLE OF JAMES
BOND AGAIN, IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES," BACK IN JULY.
THEY SAID THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE NEXT JAMES BOND.
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT IT ALL DAY.
>> YES, THEY HAVE.
I'VE BEEN QUITE CAGEY ABOUT IT.
I HAVE BEEN DOING INTERVIEWS ALL DAY AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING
ME AND I THINK I'VE BEEN KIND OF COY.
I THINK IF I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH, I SHOULD SPEAK THE TRUTH
TO YOU ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: CRAILG, WE COULD USE SOME GOOD NEWS HERE.
DANIEL CRAIG, WILL YOU RETURN AS JAMES BOND?
>> YES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH.
DANIEL CRAIG, EVERYBODY!
>> DO I LEAVE NOW?
>> Stephen: THAT IS FANTASTIC!
THAT IS FANTASTIC!
>> I COULDN'T BE-- I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
OH, HOT DAMN.
I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE DONE INTERVIEWS WITH
TODAY.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN-- I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I THINK SO.
>> Stephen: YOU SAVED IT FOR HERE.
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
THEY'LL ALL AGREE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO NOT GIVE THEM THE
SCOOP.
>> I THINK THEY WILL.
I THINK THEY WILL.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG YOU HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD BE THE NEXT
JAMES BOND?
HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN HOLDING OUT, DANIEL CRAIG?
>> IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> WE'VE JUST BEEN SORT OF TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO.
I NEEDED A BREAK.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T ALWAYS WANT TO BECAUSE YOU SAID IN AN
INTERVIEW, AFTER YOU FINISHED "SPECTRE," MR. "I ALWAYS WANTED
TO."
YOU SAID, "I'D RATHER SLASH MY WRISTS THAN PLAY JAMES BOND
AGAIN."
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THAT WRITTEN DOWN THERE.
>> Stephen, OF COURSE,, OF COURSE.
I HAVE A TERRIBLE MEMORY.
PEOPLE HAVE TO WRITE THINGS DOWN FOR ME.
SO THERE IS A TIME WHEN YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE NEXT JAMES
BOND.
>> LOOK, THERE'S NO POINT MAKING EXCUSES ABOUT IT.
BUT IT WAS TWO DAYS AFTER I FINISHED SHOOTING THE LAST
MOVIE.
I WENT STRAIGHT TO AN INTERVIEW AND SOMEONE SAID, "WOULD DO YOU
ANOTHER ONE?" AND I SAID, "NO!"
AND INSTEAD OF SAYING SOMETHING WITH STYLE AND GRACE, I GAVE A
REALLY STUPID ANSWER.
AND IT'S -- >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S LIKE
ASKING A WOMAN WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH AND HAS, LIKE, A FOUR-INCH
EPISIOTOMY, "WOULD YOU THRIEK HAVE ANOTHER BABY?"
>> IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE THAT.
I DON'T, I CAN COMPARE IT TO THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD GET IN TROUBLE.
>> I WOULD GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
THAT WAS BAD ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: HOW IS YOUR LOVELY WIFE?
>> SHE'S VERY WELL.
SHE SENDS HER LOVE.
>> Stephen: DOES SHE?
>> YES, SHE SENS HER LOVE.
>> Stephen: L-O-V-E?
HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I HAVE A RACHEL PROBLEM?
>> YOU DIDN'T SAY A PROBLEM.
IT'S A CRUSH.
>> Stephen: IT'S A PROBLEM IF YOU'RE MARRIED AND YOU HAVE A
CRUSH ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S WIFE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
>> AND YOU'RE TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S DANIEL CRAIG'S WIFE.
YOU HAVE A REAL PROBLEM IF YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON DANIEL CRAIG'S
WIFE.
>> SHE HAS A LITTLE CRUSH ON YOU, SO THAT'S OKAY.
WE'RE JUST ADULTS.
WE'RE JUST BEING VERY ADULT ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: TOTALLY ADULT ABOUT THIS.
JUST-- BUT NOT EUROPEAN ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I HAVE-- I HAVE A GOOD MARRIAGE.
>> YEAH, SO DO I.
>> Stephen: ANYWAY, GIVE HER MY BEST.
( LAUGHTER ) YOUR NEW MOVIE-- OKAY, SO BOND,
POOF!
WHO CARES ABOUT BOND AT THIS POINT.
YOU HAVE THE NEW MOVIE WHICH IS "LOGAN LUCKY."
WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME?
>> JOE BANG.
>> Stephen: HE'S AN EXPLOSIVE EXPERT, JOE BANG.
THAT'S LIKE A KNIFE EXPERT NAMED "RICKY STABY."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU DO AN EXTRAORDINARY KIND OF
APPALACHIAN ACCENT IN THIS MOVIE.
>> EXTRAORDINARY, YES.
>> Stephen: IT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> IT WAS I KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE SOUTH SO I WAS VERY NERVOUS
ABOUT COMING ON HERE AND YOU JUDGING ME.
>> Stephen: NO, NOT AT ALL.
WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
LET'S LET THE AUDIENCE JUDGE.
YOU'RE IN THE BACK OF A CAR-- >> I THINK I'M IN THE BACK OF
THE CAR, ADAM DRIVER IS IN THE FRONT, AND I'M TAKING MY CLOTHES
OFF.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER JIM.
>> GUNNING FOR 100 IN THE NEONLY BLUE CAR THAT PROBABLY AIN'T
EVEN ON THE MARKET YET.
DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE ASKING FOR-- TO BE PULLED OVER?
>> SUNDOWN, A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, POLICE DEPARTMENT HIT BY BUDGET
CARTS.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PACONTROL CAR FOR 40 MILES.
>> THAT'S STILL ONE MUSKER.
>> IT'S BEEN HANDLED.
>> NELLY.
I'M ABOUT TO GET NAKED.
BACK HERE.
SO NO PEEKIN'.
>> I SAID NO PEEKIN '.
>> WOULD YOU GIVE ME MY ARM, PLEASE?
>> IS IT THIS ONE?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU GOT IT DOWN.
YOU GOT IT DOWN.
>> YOU THINK?
>> Stephen: I THINK SO.
I MEAN, THE KEY WORD IN THAT SENTENCE IS NECK-ED.
YOU GET NECK-ED.
DID YOU PICK UP ANY PHRASES, LIKE SOUTHERN PHRASES THAT YOU
HADN'T HEARD BEFORE?
>> DO YOU KNOW THIS ONE (BLEEP).
>> Stephen: GRIN (BLEEP)?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I'VE MET ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, BUT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH.
YEAH.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I CAN IMAGINE >> I THINK IT KIND OF MEANS YOU
PAY SOMEONE A EXPLIMENT COMPLIMENT AND SORT OF TWIST THE
KNIFE IN AT THE END.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY, OKAY.
I KNOW THAT.
LIKE KIND OF A HOSTILE FRIENDLINESS.
>> A HOSTILE FRIENDLINESS.
>> Stephen: LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL PRAY FOR YOU."
>> IT'S EXACTLY THAT.
YOU PUT IT IN A NICER WAY.
>> Stephen: "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU.
BLESS YOUR HEART."
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
>> Stephen: THAT USUALLY MEANS, "YOU'RE THE DUMBEST
(BLEEP) I'VE EVER MET."
OKAY.
NOW, OKAY, THIS IS-- THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT
HERE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS CAME ABOUT?
THIS IS-- THIS IS-- FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW.
THIS SCENE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IN "THE FORCE AWAKENS" WHERE
SHE'S BEING HELD CAPTIVE BEFORE SHE'S INTERROGATED, THAT'S YOU
AS THE STORMTROOPER, AND IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU CAN TELL IT'S
YOU.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
>> I SLEPT WITH J.J. ABRAM S.
>> Stephen: YOU SLEPT WITH J.J. ABE RACKS?
WELL, I DIDN'T GET A PART IN "STAR WARS."
>> AND YOU DID?
>> Stephen: HE IS A VERY INVENTIVE LOVER.
SOME PEOPLE SAY HE MAKES LOVE TOO MUCH LIKE SPIELBERG, BUT I
THINK HE'S VERY ORIGINAL.
>> I THINK THAT'S TRUE.
HE SI AGREE.
I WISH-- THAT "STAR WARS" MOST HAVE BEEN SHOT AT PINE WOOD NOW
-- >> Stephen: IN ENGLAND.
>> IN ENGLAND WHERE WE SHOOT THE BONDS.
MOST OF THE CREW ON THAT WERE WORKING ON THE BOND, WHICH WAS
STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS, I'M GOING TO GET HIM INTO TROUBLE, BEN
DICKSON, SECOND A.D., WHO I HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH FOR A LONG
TIME AND HE WAS MY LIAISON ON SET, AND HE WAS WORKING ON "STAR
WARS" AND I HAD MEETINGS AND SAID."
HOW IS IT GOING?" IT'S FANTASTIC.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
J.J. IS AMAZING.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
AND I SAID, "CAN I BE IN IT?" AND HE SORT OF WENT, "ARE YOU
SERIOUS?" "YEAH, I'M SERIOUS."
AND HE WENT TO J.J.AND HE SAID, "WE'RE SHOOTING A STORMTROOPER
SCENE THIS WEEKEND.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?" >> Stephen: WOW, WOW.
THERE HE IS.
AREN'T YOU A LITTLE SHORT TO BE A STORMTROOPER?
>> OH, I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU BE, YOU GIVE WITH ONE END
AND THE TAKE WITH THE OTHER!
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
LISTEN, SO IS THIS THE LAST BOND?
YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE ONE AFTER THAT?
>> I THINK THIS IS IT.
I THINK THIS IS IT.
I JUST WANT TO GO OUT ON A HIGH NOTE AND I CAN'T WAIT.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU JUST ASKED TO BE IN THIS MOVIE AND IN IT,
CAN I BE THE NEXT BOND?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CAN YOU HOOK THAT UP?
DONE.
IT'S DONE.
"LOGAN LUCKY" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
DANIEL CRAIG, EVERYBODY.

Confirmed! Daniel Craig Will Return As James Bond

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