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Daniel Craig invisible to the naked eye


We are serious Daniel Craig fans in this household ...

We watched the entire movie from start to end and my husband says to me, "Hey, I thought that Daniel Craig was in this movie!"

......... now THAT is proof of an actor disapeering in the role he is playing.

Did anyone else do a double-take when they realized that "holy crap, that is Daniel Craig?"

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Please don't use Daniel Craig and "naked" in the same subject line.

It can be misleading to search sorts...

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I didn't realize it was him until I came on here and saw this post! I just watched it, also saw it for the first time back in 2005.. Wow. Amazing work by Daniel Craig.

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Come on people, how could you mistake this pair of ice-blue eyes?

On the other hand when Craig was announced to be the new Bond I was the only one in my circle of friends who could put his name somewhere. ("oh, Paul Newman's crazy son from Road to Perdition? That's going to be interesting")




"I think that God has got a sick sense of humor and when I die I expect to find him laughing."

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YES... thank you... I had the EXACT same reaction. At first I thought, oh no that's not him, there's no way... then as they kept showing him over and over I realized it was him and that he is a phenomenal actor. People only tend to know of him through the Bond movies, but he is a truly great actor... It did not even seem like him in any way shape or form.... his role was probably to small to have been nominated for an oscar but it was def. an oscar worthy performance... he absolutely immersed himself in that character.

"Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it!" - Vincent Hanna

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I didn't know he was in the movie, but I remember thinking "man, this crazy guy is great, where have I seen him before?". After the movie I came here and "holy $hit that was james bond"

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Well I just watched it tonight, and I did figure it out that it was Daniel Craig during his first appearance. Okay I wasn't sure until his second appearance, the eyes and bone structure give it away, but the dark hair fooled me.

But from this thread I just figured out that was Jennifer Jason Leigh, and the cast list says Mackenzie Phillips was in there also!!!

I just bought it on a whim, kinda a Brody fan and the brief description sounded good. It sat on my shelf for months and I just now pulled it out. Can't wait to share it with others! (But I won't lend it.)



(My name is James and my eyes are blue.)

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I recognized him right off. He did pretty well with the accent.

If you're a Craig fan look for Hotel Splendide. A very off-beat movie, but the one that first brought DC to my attention.


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Did anyone notice that at the end his character was looking out the window and had a green string or something wrapped around his fingers?

Then it showed the Stranger (the guy that shot the cop) in a bar, and he seemed to be swirling the same green string around his fingers...

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I also thought it was an interesting coincidence that the song in the credits of The Jacket is from a James Bond movie (On Her Majesty's Secret Service if I remember correctly).

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I recognized him almost immediately. Although I will admit at some points he had a bit of a Hugh Jackman in The Prestige look - minus the 1800s clothing - going on.

See here: http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_The_Jacket/005TJK_Daniel_Craig_004.jpg

But having said that there is other times that it is clearly Daniel.
See here: http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsC/23388-26477.gif

You're a troll.

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