Whether or not it’s by way of a 2024 film like Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, or an upcoming 2025 film like Wake Up, Lifeless Man: a Knives Out Thriller, Daniel Craig is a reputation folks hear very often. However apparently we’ve all been saying the previous James Bond actor’s identify fallacious for a while, and nobody was the wiser. Because of a brand new late night time clip that’s gone viral nonetheless, I don’t assume we’ll be forgetting methods to say the actor’s surname any time quickly.
That’s precisely the place the issue lies too, as our pronunciation of “Daniel” has been simply high-quality. That being stated, with the James Bond film star making one more look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, Mr. Craig took the time to handle the matter as follows:
I’ve a bone to choose with you [after] six exhibits. … It is a dipthong. I do not say ‘Col-bette.’
The plain joke apart, I’d have by no means imagined that the “Craig” in Daniel Craig was pronounced in that particular method. And sure, in reviewing my footage for our No Time to Die interviews from 2021, I admit I fell into that very lure. Ought to I ever get the possibility to talk with the person once more, I’ll now be further positive to enter the dialog appropriately.
Which leads me to one thing else I famous about this interview. I’d wish to assume that much like how any member of SNL’s 5-Timers Membership may let you know that repeated visitor spots makes for snug familiarity, being a fixture on Mr. Colbert’s present in all probability grants an identical feeling. Let’s not neglect, this was the venue the place Daniel Craig confirmed his Bond 25 return in 2017.
You may see one other instance of that consolation in how Daniel Craig even begins to say the prospect in his interview. Additional partaking the additional questions that Stephen Colbert provides to maintain the distinction straight, it is all good natured correction, versus an precise blood feud. With that in thoughts, check out the clip from The Late Present proven beneath:
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I’m positive loads of folks can be bookmarking or saving this video for future reminders on this very topic. So I wouldn’t anticipate the viral nature of Daniel Craig’s elocution lesson with Stephen Colbert to die down any time quickly. Which is sweet, contemplating the actor’s newest movie Queer is at the moment in restricted launch, with a nationwide launch slated for December thirteenth.
As for Wake Up, Lifeless Man: a Knives Out Thriller, that can presumably be accessible for streaming with a Netflix subscription later in 2025. Until Daniel Craig’s feedback on theatrical distribution have fallen upon the fitting ears to make the three-quel a very cinematic occasion; and I actually hope they’ve.